Our busy weekend!

Saturday we decided it was time to work in the yard. The weather was finally nice enough to be outside for a while, and everyone is actually WELL! We have been wanting to get out there and fix the horrendous landscaping, or lack thereof! Will was such a great helper digging and of course playing the dirt - he is ALL BOY!
So here is what we started with ....



This is what it looks like after! Much better! We still have some work to do, but are so happy with how it looks now. I cannot believe we let it go for as long as we did...






Saturday morning before we went outside to work we had the door open to the screened in back porch - Will had a blast (and so did Rocco) going in and out! We can't wait until the weather gets cool enough to do this every weekend!

Making a mess - as usual!

Trying on his Halloween costume from YaYa

Update *** update to the update!!****

*** We chose someone who will be watching Will! Her name is Ashley, and she has a 5 month old named Trey. Mom & I met her earlier in the week, and feel totally confident she will provide wonderful care for Will. Her husband, Mike, was also there, and we thought he was great too! Please pray for Will and his new transition ~ daycare did not go so well, but I think this will be so much better for our little guy! I am much more comfortable with this situation. I just hope he adjusts quickly!!!!


Well .... as of this week, Will is no longer in daycare. I just could not send him back after the "Hurricane Break" (as my sister likes to call it.) He got sick again last weekend and this time his fever spiked to almost 103, and it totally stressed me out!! He ended up with strep throat, my poor baby :-(
So, I have been on the hunt for new arrangements - I can only pray that we find someone half as great as Mary was. I know no matter where he stays while I am at work there will be an adjustment period, but being in a home is so much different than daycare. I know we will not be fighting illnesses on a weekly basis, and he will be getting much more attention!
He has stayed with YaYa this week, and has been a much happier boy - almost back to normal! I think as soon as he is done with his THIRD ROUND of antibiotics and his tummy gets back to normal we will be doing good.

Random Pictures

Trying to put a diaper on Elmo

Could those eyes be any more blue??

Playing with the empty diaper box - he was wearing those red shoes!

Grumpy pants ... sick AGAIN!

After Ike ....

Well, we are all safe and sound! **Including our Baytown & Pasadena family members (I was a nervous wreck about all of my in-laws staying in Baytown! Thank the Lord they are all safe!). No real damage anywhere, some down trees and loss of electricity but everyone and their homes are good.
We just got power back last night around 11:30 .... it was a LONG 5 days! Will is SO out of his routine - exhausted and overstimulated, but such a good kid through the whole thing. We stayed here the 1st night - hot, tired and ready for electricity. We then heard it was going to be a while so we took a trip to stay with Uncle Josh, Aunt Amy, & Miler for a night. Even though we were without power we wanted to be in our home after a day away. So we came home, spent a night here and then a night at my parents (who had a generator). And last night during our "camp out" the electricity came back on!!!!!

Hope everyone is safe, and there was no damage (or little / easily fixable - is that a word?)!

Getting ready for Ike

Patrick spent the day getting hurricane supplies. Yesterday evening we took advantage of all being home together! We went and had mexican food for dinner and when we got home decided to take advantage of the "calm" before the storm. It was so nice outside we sat and let Will play a while before bedtime.

Our Week

Well, I have no pictures to post because, well, to be honest this week just plain sucked. I thought by Will's 3rd week things would be better, but he still cries when we drop him off. He still has a snotty nose, the rash is getting better, his cough is still there ... oh, and he puked all over my Tahoe over Labor Day weekend. We did have a great evening yesterday for the first time; he threw a terrible fit at night before bedtime Tuesday and Wednesday - which he used to do perfectly. Thursday night was good, we played outside for a while, then showered and he was ready to read, say his prayer and go night-night (thank goodness, Mommy is about to lose her mind!)
Anyway, please pray for Will that he adjusts soon, and that his immune system builds up quickly. I hate seeing my baby boy sick :-(

Family Picture

Patrick & I had a night out last night to celebrate our birthdays ... Will stayed with YaYa and Pa. He is still getting over the crued. He was on the road to feeling better, but his cough got worse, and then this morning he woke up with a rash all over. I am not liking this daycare thing AT ALL. I am ready to find somewhere else for him to go if this continues!

Our First Days of School (and some funny pics from the weekend)

Will's First Day of School Last Monday ... our sleepyhead


After getting his hair brushed



And while I am laying in bed feeling like I am dying from strep throat this comes in to greet me:



And Mommy's first day back to being a classroom teacher!

LOOOONG Week

Will started school this week. Monday went great, he was ready to play. Tuesday he realized he had to go (and stay) again, and cried a litle when I left. Wednesday, he told me, "All done!" when he saw his teacher and started bawling .... and when my Mom picked him up Wednesday afternoon he was congested, VERY congested. So, YaYa took him to see Dr. Taylor on Thursday who said he had a sinus infection, and gave him some anitbiotics. When I got home his fever was up to almost 101 (and Will has never run fever). Needless to say he did not go back to school this week .... THEN Mommy felt kind of bad Thursday night, and woke up in the middle of the night running fever with a very sore throat. Felt terrible Friday morning, so I went to work, and left early for a dr. appointment at 2:00 - AND I HAVE STREP THROAT! Luckily, Dr. Laningham gave me a shot, and a ZPac and I already feel much better. Will seems to be on the road to recovery as well, but is still pretty fussy. Please pray that next week goes better with school ~ it is so hard to leave him crying :-(

Helping Daddy take out the trash

As we were winding down last night (obviously right before bath time for Will), I took the trash bag out of the trash can for Patrick to take out ... Will has apparently seen us do this a few times! He drug it all the way through the kitchen, down the hall and to the door out to the garage! Our little man!




Will starts "school" tomorrow as I go back to work ... please keep us all in your prayers (this is a very difficult transition ~ for Mommy!)

Mommy's "ot"

or something sounding like that ... it is definitely hat in Will's language, but does not quite sound like it! I wear my hats on the weekends when we run errands (and I don't feel like fixing my hair! haha!) Will LOVES hats! He goes into Pa's closet and tries to take his hats, he goes and finds Poppy's hats and wants to wear them, he takes PawPaw's hat and tries to put it on ... he LOVES hats!!!!!!!!!! So, he found mine today after I took it off, and this is what he did (he also likes to cover his face and run ... scary!)

Eating with a fork

Mr. Independent pretty much does not want anyone to feed him anymore. So, what we end up with is a MESS! And of course Riley hangs around the high chair while Will eats to see what he can pick up off the floor ... lovely!

Napping with Mommy

The day Tropical Storm Eduard rolled in the whole family was home for the rain .... Patrick managed to sneak a picture of Will napping with Mommy!

Our Little Climber ....

So ... when Will is in his playroom playing it is great; I can be productive. He will read his books, play with ALL of his toys (or take them out and leave them strewn about the room),and turn on the TV and pretend to watch it (since he changes the channels and it was on HGTV when I walked in the other day!)However I have quickly learned when it gets quiet, and every few seconds I hear something drop onto the floor I go in and find this...




Nice, huh? Any Moms of climbers out there who can help us out with this one?????

Will's playdate with the Shipley twins

The Shipley twins are the children of my college roommate, Lauren. They are a few weeks older than Will, and they all played so great together! I don't know why it took Lauren & I so long to get them together!!

Will, Caden & Brroke still warming up to each other ... and all wanting to go play with Riley (who was in his bed)!

Sweet Brooke

Caden was riding the truck and Will just went and hopped on with him!

The Silly Faces of Will

I am so enjoying my last weeks of summer home with Will ... I think this year will be just as hard as last year to back, if not harder (me starting at a new school and Will starting school himself). I have been capturing all of his silly faces in pictures, or the one silly face he now makes when I pull out the camera! He is one goofy boy, and we sure do LOVE it! He makes everything we do a little more fun!

Will & his baby cousin, Miler

Amy & I decided to have the boys pictures taken together while we were both still of for the summer .... it was quite the experience! The photographer was not great, and she had no idea what to do with a child who wanted to run all over the place (Will) and a baby who lays and does nothing (Miler). So here is the result:

Our weekend at home...

While we were just hanging around the house this weekend I got a few cute pictures of Will. He literally went into his playroom, climbed onto the couch and sat and watched Disney Channel for about 10 minutes .... Parick & I were in shock! The others are just him hanging out!


Hard to see but I did not want to interrupt him!

Body Parts!