Time with Aunt Amy (and Uncle Josh)!

This weekend I hosted (along with my aunts) a shower at my house for Amy ... Miler is due at the end of May, and we all cannot wait for his arrival! Josh & Amy came Friday night and stayed with us, and Will LOVED the attention from his aunt and uncle. He stayed up until almost 9:00!! Anyone who knows me, knows that is a big deal!
Saturday, Will was ready for his aunt and uncle to wake up so he could play. Then we got ready for the day, and celebrated Miler joining the world soon ... Will is going to have so much fun playing with his new cousin!! Here are some pictures from the weekend:







Now, back to packing ... we close on this house a week from Monday! I had not packed a thing until today! Wish us luck....

Easter

Will celebrated 2 Easters this year ... first with the Williams family on Saturday. He got to start the day being in the Pet Parade with YaYa & Pa's dogs, Lily & Tucker and Aunt Amy's dog, Echo - next year Riley will get to be in it too!! Then later that day he got to see the Easter Bunny, play with animals (more ducks!) in the petting zoo and do an Easter egg hunt with other kiddoes his age. A whole day full of fun - and we were all exhausted from it! Will was out before we even got out of my parents neighborhood.











On Sunday (after a good night of sleep!) we headed to Baytown to spend the day with the McLendon side of the family. Will got to hunt even more Easter eggs, and play with his cousins!







And after all the excitement from Spring Break to Easter ... our sweet sleepy little boy this morning (he woke up at 5:55 so I brought him back into bed with me ~ he slept through me taking a shower, getting dressed, and drying my hair!)

Family News - Update!

We sold our house! Closing is set for April 15 ... now we are on the hunt for a new home! I am going to look tomorrow, so everyone say a prayer that we find the "perfect" home. Until we do find that home we will be gracing my parents with our presence at their house ..... it should be fun, and it will be a FULL HOUSE while we are there!

Thanks for all the prayers about the sale of our home. We are so blessed that our home was on the market for only 3 1/2 weeks!

Spring Break!

We had a fun filled extended weekend in Flint, TX with my parents. We relaxed, watched Patrick & my dad fish, and just hung out. Will also had his first trip to the zoo. We had a great time, although Will is not too crazy about road trips!



Hanging out on the pier watching Daddy & Pa fish!

Playing with Pa's hat while Daddy was grilling steaks.

The Flamingos at Caldwell Zoo in Tyler

Pointing at the birds

In the petting zoo with the goats

Deciding if he wants to pet the goats



Trying to touch the toucans

Standing in an elephants footprint!

In awe of the fish ... or as Will says, "Ish!"

A bath in the sink

His new cheese face ... I cannot get a normal picture anymore!

Feeding the ducks ... you should hear how he quacks, too funny!!

I thought he was going to get his first spanking here with these stairs! He could not stay away from them!

First Haircut

We FINALLY made it to get Will's haircut ... we have had plans to do it now for about a month! So, first thing Saturday morning we went, and he did great! He smiled, and sat in the chair like such a big boy. The lady, Kelli, who cut his hair was great with him so, overall we had a really good first haircut experience!! AND, now Will looks like such a big boy ....


BEFORE ... shaggy hair!!
DURING ...


AND AFTER ... our handsome little man!

Video of Will walking

Here is a very short video of Will walking (and throwing a bit of a fit ... he was all out of sorts last week being sick).

Will & PawPaw

Sick, sick, sick....

All of us!
Will has officially had his first real illness, and sadly it was a stomach bug (that he passed on to EVERYONE). He woke up sick last Thursday, but we thought maybe the spaghetti and meatballs from Wednesday night dinner did not agree with him. Unfortunately he continued to throw up over the next 2 days. So, YaYa stayed with him Friday at our house. On my way home from a meeting Friday afternoon Patrick tells me he is now sick .... and about 5 hours later it hit me. Will spent Saturday night with my parents, and what do you know? Everyone there got sick Sunday night/Monday morning! This thing was BAD NEWS!
Luckily, we are all on the road to recovery and maybe now I can find some time to sit down and put some new pictures on here!

Family News

Well, Patrick & I have officially put our house on the market ... we really thought we would stay in Cypress another year, but have decided it is time to be closer to family! We love where we live, and I have a great job close, but raising a little one with no one in close proximity is HARD!!!

Please pray for us that our house sells quickly, that I get a new job in Montgomery for next school year and that this move goes well for us. This was a big decision for us to make, but one that we are very excited about! We cannot wait to have family close; for so many reasons!!

We will keep you all updated on everything ... thanks for the prayers!

P.S. Video of Will walking is coming soon!!

1 Year Portraits

These are a few of the shots from Will's 1 Year portraits ... such a handsome boy!

Our little scholar!

Will LOVES books! He takes each and every one on his bookshelf off every day when we play in his room. Then he actually sits down and pretends to read (for about 5 seconds!) We have now started reading a book in place of the night time bottle (which he dropped as of Friday - we are BOTTLE FREE!) and he sits in Patrick's lap and tries to help me turn pages. He will actually sit through almost an entire book (only in Daddy's lap) ... pretty impressive!

He's Walking!!

I think it can be considered official! Yesterday as I was working on dinner, I turned my back at the stove and the next thing I know Will is walking over to me! I promise video soon!