BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

Our Little Prince is 1!!! We had a family gathering (and a few close friends) Saturday afternoon to celebrate Will's birthday. Thank you to EVERYONE who came ... great-grandparents especially! Thanks for making the drive! We really do appreciate all of you who came all the way out to Cypress ... since NO ONE lives close. Will got lots & lots of wonderful gifts (toys, clothes, books .. you name it, he got it!) and has had the time of his life playing with them today. His favorite gift seems to be the card that sings from Nonnie & Poppy - he opens it, then closes it real quick and turns and smiles at us to make sure we are watching him. He is such a ham! We have spent today putting together new toys, playing with ALL of them, and unwinding from a very busy, and tiring day yesterday!


Here are some pictures from his party!!

The cake that matched his "Prince" theme invitations.


Will's little cake


Trying to let him blow out the candles ... he just wanted to touch the lit candle!


Playing in the icing...


I had to actually give him a piece to taste before he would put anything in his mouth!




The "singing" card from Nonnie & Poppy

Opening his little trike from Brandon, Jennifer, & Malley! This is about the longest he sat still!

Going to show YaYa & Nama his presents! (And of course both grandmas have their cameras out ready to go!)


BACK to the singing card...

He LOVED his Winnie the Pooh ball from MawMaw and Papaw ... he would not stop trying to chew on it (Rocco liked it too).




The birthday boy unwinding at the end of his big day! Thank goodness he is finally 1 ... now we can cut off that shaggy hair!




Thanks again to everyone who came! We have had such an amazing, fast year with Will. He is such a blessing to us, and everyone whose life he is a part of!!

Sleepyhead!!

Our little boy is such a good sleeper ... and here is the evidence to prove it! This was a little before 7:00 on Wednesday morning. How sweet is this?

Quick Update...

Sorry I have not posted lately, things have been busy, busy!! Will is doing wonderfully ... we enjoyed my time off but are also now enjoying getting back into our daily routine. He was happy, as always, to get back to Mary's and see her and all the kids. He is also working on walking (taking 3 and 4 steps here and there) and talking LIKE CRAZY! This morning as we were getting dressed he pointed at his jacket (which has a dog on it) ans said "Woof woof! Patrick & I were both in shock, like did he really just say that?!?!? He is also really into pointing at everything right now.
We have a first birthday coming up very soon, so check back for pictures soon!!

Play Date with Malley

My best friend Jennifer has a daughter who is about 7 months younger than Will. We went over to visit them on Friday for a play date...unfortunately they are in completely different stages right now! Will really wanted to play with Malley (and by play I mean touch her face, grab her arm) and Will is not the most gentle child around! Anyway, Jennifer and I are really looking forward to when they are able to actually play together, but for now they just played side by side ... well Malley just sat in her Bumbo while Will went through ALL of her toys!
Thanks for the fun afternoon, girls! We will have to do it again soon!






As you can see, he wanted to give Malley a kiss on the head, but Jennifer had to intervene because as I mentioned, Will is not so gentle! We are really working on that!

Oh No!

Will can now open cabinets AND found our food containers & lids ... as I was working on the laptop at the kitchen table, Will found something to "work" on too! He took every piece of rubbermaid, tuppeware, etc.. out of the kitchen cabinet and played with each and every lid and container. I am having so much fun being home with Will on my short break watching him explore and learn so many new things every day. We have a VERY BUSY litle boy!

Christmas...

We had such a wonderful first Christmas with Will! He was not sure about the whole present opening thing, but he has had lots of fun playing with his new toys!
He definitely cleaned up this Christmas! One whole side of his closet is almost full of NEW CLOTHES! Needless to say, with the busy few days we have had, and all of the new things, our son has a been a bit overstimulated! Even with all of the excitement, and the traveling (all across the Houston area from Baytown to Montgomery) he was so good, and only had a few fussy moments...we are so blessed! Below are some pictures from the very eventful 2 days we had!

Patrick & I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. Happy Early New Year!

Early Christmas

We had our first of THREE Christmas celebrations today ... so Will got to open his first round of presents! He had fun, but the paper and the silver bow from Grandma's present were much more appealing! He does love his Sing-Along Stage (which I am sure will have many pictures posted very soon of him playing with!) and his Up-Up Elmo. There was so much going on and he was very active today! I am sure he will get more into the present opening thing later, but for now the bows are enough to keep his attention!

11 Months

Well, our sweet boy is growing every day. He is changing and turning into a not-so-baby-anymore....and it makes us sad! But, he is also communicating like crazy, which is so much fun. He hands you things when ask for them, he says "uh-oh" when he drops something, and also says Mama & Dada ALL the time! He is also standing on his own and walking while holding onto things. I cannot believe in less than a month we will have a 1 year old!!


Getting ready for our walk to the swings ~ all bundled up!



Swinging...he loves it!


LOTS of uh-ohs! This is his new favorite thing to do.


He loves being pushed around on his dump truck

Baby Stewart News!

Amy had her BIG ultrasound this morning, and ....... IT'S A BOY! We are all so excited!!

Mommy's Graduation Weekend

This weekend was a big one for our family ... Mommy graduated, and Will sat through the whole thing like such a big boy (so I was told)! We had a family celebration at my parents afterwards and then Patrick took me to San Antonio! Will got to spend the weekend with his PawPaw & Namaw, while Mommy and Daddy got to relax and enjoy the pretty lights on the Riverwalk.


Will with Mommy before graduation.





Mommy getting her hood!


After the graduation ceremony, at YaYa & Pa's house


Outside our hotel


On the Riverwalk ... the lights were so pretty!



Out on our balcony ... we had a great view of the Riverwalk!
Patrick, you did a great job on our mini getaway! Thank you so much! I love you!

Ho, Ho, Ho!

We ventured out today to get Will's picture taken with Santa Claus...of course there was a sign that said he'd be back at 2:00 and it was only 12:30 so we did some shopping and then got back in line at about 1:30. Will entertained everyone standing around us, and about 10 minutes before Santa was due back Will got fussy. Of course. BUT, the second he saw Santa Claus he lit up!! He smiled and kicked his feet and just stared at Santa (as you can see below)! Needless to say we had a succesful first trip to take picture swith Santa!