Williams's first Easter! 2011

We didn't go too crazy with all the Easter hoopla's this year, I figured.... He is six months old weve got plently of time! I actually did want to try to get out and get his picture with an Easter bunny but it just didn't end up working out.
Luke's mom came out to watch Will Friday, Luke and I both had friends in town so we went out to see them and then the weather got bad... really bad. The worst tornado in 45 years hit Saint Louis (again!) I texted Luke's mom frantically, it makes you want to tear yourself apart when something like this is happening and you are not with the person you love most in the world. She assured me they were okay and all three of them (her, Will and Boomer) were hiding in the basement in the bathroom. She had to get Will out of bed three different times to go to the basement. There was significant damage but luckily we didn't know anyone that was hurt. Will was asleep when I got home but I snuggled his butt a little and whispered sweet nothings to him, it was so hard to be away from him during this!

ANYWAY! Luke's mom spent the night with us and we all hung out in the morning and I made some food, yummy new egg casserole, and cheese squares aka hillbilly cheesecake! His brother, sister in law, and niece came over and we had a yummy Easter brunch! They brought Will some clothes and some big boy food, puffs and yogurt bites. Sunday morning we got up, got ready and headed to church. Then we went straight to my moms she was doing a brunch as well! Over there Will got MORE big boy food, plus some baby food, and diapers, we got really stocked up! Mommy liked these kind of Easter presents!!!

It was a very low key but nice first Easter with my little buddy!

My mom and Will, both tuckered out after a long fun Easter holiday.
Gramma and her two boys, the only way we could get them together in a shot!

Nana trying to help get the boys together.

If it wasn't one it was the other... they wanted nothing to do with an Easter photo shoot.

Will is fascinated by himself once again

Showing off his crawling skills to the fam... Luke's mom and my dad both guess he will be walking by nine months. ohh lord help me!

Ahhh ha ha ha- my happy baby boy!

Big boy treats!

Baby Girl checking it out

Nummmmmumumum

"Look MA, no hands!"

Opening his Easter basket from Grammy

My sweet perfect family

Will wanted to eat mommy instead of pose!

Will with his basket, that used to be my basket, HEY... I just realized I got the shaft this year!
Will got a basket, Luke got blue moon, and I got diapers, ohh joy!

Will and his cousin Peyton

Ohh we also tried out Will's mesh feeder for the first time this weekend (thanks for the reminder ash!) and he really liked it. First we did frozen strawberries I thought the cold would be good but they were kinda bitter tasting, funny faces but then we went with some fresh cantaloupe and he loved it! Definitely good to do before a bath or with no clothes on!

Hope everyone had a great Easter celebrating and didn't get hurt or damaged in the storms!

I get it...

I now understand, I thought I kinda knew... but I don't think I did. But now, now that I have him, I get it.

LOVE: It doesn't even do it justice to put into words how much I love my little William. Some mommies including my own have tried to explain it to me in the past, the unmistakable, indescribable amount of love you will fall in with your child/ren, I have to add the "ren" because I was #2 and Luke #4. When I was pregnant my sister Crystal was uber excited for me and once she told me it was because she would get to see me experience this type of love like she had just fell in with Bennett. For me, It didn't happen on day one... of course I loved him and was so excited to meet him and that he was finally here. But everyday as his little personality came out more and more and I found so many things we have in common I just keep falling more in love with him everyday.

More evidence of my snugglebug!

MINI ME: Ok here it is the only way to explain this. "He is ME only smaller." Everyone has always said he looks just like me. "He's got his momma's eyes" "cheeks!" I never saw it, to me he was William! I finally am starting to see the eye thing, in photos and up close he's got my "Chinese eyes" as Luke and I call em... but blue, like daddy! It is fun to see but the place I see me most in him is his little personality, the things he thinks are funny, his toys attacking him, his LOVE for dogs and animals, I could go on forever. He is cranky when he is tired and hungry just like his mommy. This morning I went to get him out of his crib (it was silent so I thought he was sleeping still) but he was sitting there up like a big boy smiling and laughing just hanging out. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen before in my entire life!

Our Crawler... 6.5 months

FAVORITE AGE: We've all heard it before "this age is my favorite!!!" But its another thing that is true! Every age and stage Will is at has been my favorite! I LOVED having a teeny tiny newborn around, so sweet and soft. Will really gave me a run for my money there for a while with his health issues and our bank account took (and will be taking for a long time) a BIG beating! He was the perfect "baby" size guy for a while and so fun to fall asleep on the couch with and snuggle. And now of course once again this 6 month mark has been my favorite, he is playing SO much sitting, eating fun foods, and now CRAWLING! Sorry for the bad iphone pics I have a video to upload soon. Saturday morning he crawled for the first time and has been going ever since! I know this will bring a whole new love to this stage!

Sorry moms.... but I have the sweetest boy around. period. end. He is sick again, started as a nasty cold him and his bud Evan were swapping snot all last week and now it sounds like another full blown infection in his lungs. His cough went from bad to worse over the weekend and were taking him to the doctor this afternoon. Even feeling like poop he never fusses or cries he never complains one bit, he still sits and plays and laughs like always. He just wants some extra snuggles (see above) God bless his little heart he is the sweetest boy ever.

Spring!.... Finally!

I feel like SPRING finally SPRUNG this week in St.Louis! The weather has been incredible (except for the earth shattering storm last night) I am so excited it is nice out, I feel like just about ALL of Will's little life he has been couped up inside! We got out to the park and old town St Charles this weekend for some fresh air and a nice lunch just us three. And Saturday we went to have some fun with some great friends. Kris and Tara have sweet lil Calab, Kris and Luke have been friends (great friends) for over 20 years now! Its a hectic life being a baby and all, lemme get some of that dad, you look over there... (first beer) ;) And first cookie! These lil biter biscuits are great for teethers, Will LOVED it! Daddy of course was nervous from the mess it was creating, ohh lord.

So sweet watching the kids interact with each other! Thanks Kris and Tara!

Luke started softball this week too! Spring has definitely (finally!) sprung in Saint Louis!

Big Boy Tubby!

We graduamated to the big boy tubby! No more baby tub for us! Can you believe this chunky monkey is in the 35% for weight?!? Ok maybe I am going a little crazy keeping up with the "1st's" but this was Will's first time getting all pruned up in the tub! Ha!

Playing in the big boy tubby! (ps thank you for letting me borrow it cousin Bennett!)

Just realizing his feet can splish splash! I way encouraged this, so probably created a monster!

These were last week when Luke was there to take pictures but yesterday Will and I dumped all his new bath toys in with him and he had a BALL! I think we have found out new way to {stretch} an hour! Kinda sad my new baby boy is already big enough for the big boy tubby, but ohh so much fun! :)

6 months old!!!!!!!

Doing his happy dance Annnnnnd.... I fell over.

And his happy scream... Ahhhhh!!!

Being silly with Mr. Lamb

Our sweet little baby boy is now six months old! It really does feel like yesterday I was riding in the backseat with him on our way home from the hospital, I was "figuring out" this whole nursing thing, and we were adjusting to life with a new little person in the house.

I love him more than I could of ever imagined! He is my life. I think about him all the time and when I am not with him I worry he misses me because I know I miss him! I constantly research and second guess all of the choices I make for him trying to make sure I am doing everything the best for him. Because he deserves the very best.

I recently decided to stop nursing, I made it six months and he was pretty much exclusively only fed breast milk until we recently started introducing solids. I was lucky to never have a problem producing enough milk for him and both him and I learned right away how to be rock star breastfeeding buddies! I will miss nursing him, and it was a very hard decision to make but I am looking forward to watching him try many new foods and learn how to be a good eater in other ways. I still have a frozen stash so he will still be breastfed for the next few weeks. Quitting has been very, very painful.

Will got lots of shots and thoroughly checked out at the doctor for his six month check up. We are supposed to start trying to increase his solid food intake and we can start with the meats. The doctor was very impressed with how strong and advanced he is, sitting on his own, almost crawling and moving all around, she said she thinks it was my breast milk that made him be a very strong boy! :) I think she could see the pain in my eyes and needed to say something to try and help.

William still loves to snuggle, and this is my favorite thing about him! Last night he literally gave me a hug, wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged me, it was the best feeling in the world. He has some favorite toys, lately the soft ones that he can chew on are good because he has two teeth! And I'm sure others are not far behind! He "crawls" aka scoots, mostly backwards and in circles but I love that he can interact with his toys and surroundings more: time to baby proof!

He babbles and has a cute "scream" that he likes to do, especially at meal time. Loves mostly all the fruits and the sweeter of the veggies.

6 month stats

16.12 ounces 35% -decrease in % could be due to more activity (crawling) and we need to increase solids.

26" long 75%

William I dreamt of you for 26 years, enjoyed a wonderful 9 month pregnancy with you, the first 6 months flew by, and I cant wait to spend the next six months and the rest of my life devoted to loving you. You are the sunshine of my life.

Opening Day 2011

Luke and I had a great time at Opening Day, we really have a great baseball town! I have been kinda down and out lately about St.Louis and our ever changing, annoying weather but being downtown with all of our wonderful fans made me love good ol' St Louie! Enjoy the pics!

Freese batting

The girls and I

Huge flag

Freese!

Bald Eagle circling the stadium

Fighter jets

Teams during the national anthem

Opening day scoreboard

a view of people FLOODING it, it was crazy,madness, fun!

my honey and I

Our perfect little all star! Will has not been to his first game yet, we are waiting for the perfect weather day! :)