Christmas #3 - SANTA!!!

This morning we woke up and discovered what Santa had left! Will got an electric (toddler sized) Diego 4 wheeler! So far he is not too sure of it - I am sure it wont be long! We were lucky enough that all4 of Will's grandparent's and Nonnie and Poppy (his great-grandparents) were here to share in this fun exprience this morning! He also opened presents from Mommy & Daddy, and rediscovered toys he opened yesterday. Then we had a big breakfast, and everyone else headed home. What a fun morning! Now we are all relaxing and will go to YaYa and Pa's house later ... tomorrow Christmas #4 with my parents, grandparents, Aunt Amy, Uncle Josh and Miler! What a week!

Christmas #2

We spent Christmas Eve in Baytown celebrating all day ... literally! We went from Uncle Curtis & Aunt Lori's with the Hackfeld family (that would be Patick's Mom's side of the family), then Will, Patrick and I headed over to see Granny and Papaw (Patrick's Dad' parents) and then on to celebrate with our immediate family. It was a long day but our boy was a trooper! Practically NO nap and he was still cheerful all day! He really cleaned up too - clothes, toys, you name it, he got it.

Will and his Aunt Kelley

Lovin' on his cousin Jacob


With his PawPaw

We did not even ask them to pose - cousins!




Emalee and her Hannah Montana pjs from us - she loved them!

Christmas #1

Yesterday we celebrated our first of 4 (yes, 4!) Christmases! We loaded up with YaYa and Pa and headed to Pasadena to celebrate with the Williams family - our families are all growing and we now have to celebrate ahead of time so we can all fit everything in! Here are some pictures of Will (and you can see Miler opening his presents too!) Next year Jarrett will be here to celebrate the holidays - he will be here anyday!

Aunt Gaylynn showing Will his new prayer bear


Playing with the "cycle" ... he loved the this and all the other bicycles in the garage!

Will and Miler's Christmas Pictures

Dining Diva's Christmas

Tonight was our FIRST annual Dining Diva's Christmas Party!! My 3 very best friends from college came over tonight and we had such a great time! We had Jen and Brandon, Emily and Matt (and we LOVE Matt by the way! he is wonderful for Emily!) and Jules over! We ate great food, drank good wine and had a fantastic time catching up! Will went over to Nonnie and Poppy's for a while, but came back towards the end of the evening and was a trip!!! He went up to all the girls (and only the girls) and would grab their hand and say "PULL!" and pull them into his playroom. SO funny!

**He also counted to 10 today - first time Patrick and I both heard it together! It was crazy. He was hitting his baseball tee and counting each time - SO FUN!!**



Will would NOT let me hold him ....

Pulling Jennifer...

...and in the playroom!

With Auntie Em

And with Auntie Jules!


I am so thankful to have the friends I do! We can go months without seeing one another and catch up like it was yesterday! I love you girls, and am so happy to have each of you in my life! Thank you for a WONDERFUL evening!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Saturday

So, today was somewhat of an uneventful day for us....Patrick and I got up and decided to get our run over with - we did 7.5 miles!!! I gotta get over my 7 mile hump - maybe next week. Then we got Will from my parents, had breakfast and a nap. I was exhausted, and so was Will and Patrick watched football while we slept. We headed out when Will woke up and only made it to Home Depot for our scented pine cones. It was rainy and gross so we came home thinking it would stop in time for Bentwater's Christmas lighting, BUT unfortunately it did not :-( So, we spent our evening at home hanging out. I am SO not going to be ready to go back to work Monday!!! Only 15 days 'til Christmas break - woohoo!


Below is a video of Will sitting in his booster seat (new thing he LOVES because he wants to sit at the table so badly) and eating a snack!

Thanksgiving ... sort of

I was such a bad Mommy and took no pictures ALL DAY! We had a great day at my parents with a ton of family - aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents! Will played football with cousins and showed everyone around his house. But, I took no pictures of all of that fun stuff :-(
So ... Patrick took a few at the end of the day:
Miler trying to hug Will - they get along SO well! If only Will understood "gentle!"



Once we got home we were ready to get in the Christmas spirit (well, I already put the tree up, and some decorations!) It is amazing how our tree seems to have shrunk in this house ... guess we will be getting a new one for next year!

And here is Will attempting to help me and Patrick decorate the tree!

Pictures as promised!

Getting ready to spend the night at YaYa & Pa's while Mommy & Daddy had a night out with Emily & Matt! How big does he look with the backpack?!?!


The big boy sitting at the table (Like the mismatched sippy? Thanks, Daddy!) Will said "Apoo! Apoo!" and climbed up in the chair. He wanted apple at the table like a big boy this day...most days he loves his high chair.

Updates

Sorry for the sparse posts lately .... our darling son broke our computer plug in so we have not been able to charge the laptop. I am on our old one which will probably shut off at any moment!
Will is just growing constantly - he is talking like crazy! He now says 3 word phrases like, "Thank you, Mommy!" He also wished Grandma and Uncle Josh Happy Birthday this week...plain as day! It is amazing how well he is communicating, and it just blows my mind how he's able to tell us things. He lets us know when he is hungry, he will say "HUNGY!!!" and hang on his highchair.
He has also taken quite a growth spurt, all of a sudden his jeans are high waters, and things I thought he'd NEVER fit in are fitting! Our baby is growing up....he will be 2 very soon. Just 2 months from yesterday!!
Life is great in the McLendon household - we are looking forward to the holiday season and time with family and friends!

**New pictures to come soon - our new charger should be here tomorrow!**

Fall Festival

Bentwater hosted their annual Fall Festival today - tons of things for little ones and Will had a blast. I told him we were going to see the animals before we left and he was so excited, saying "AMULS, AMULS!" over and over .... of course we get in the petting zoo and he won't touch them, he just wanted to look. Then we walked by the OK Corral where they were having a gun fight (he ws not too sure about the loud bangs, but no tears). After that we went on a hayride, took pictures with pumpkins (or tried to!) Will got to "fish", play a rubber ducky game AND got an animal balloon! The best though was the slide ... he LOVED it and wanted "MORE, MORE!" But, they guy had to help him up to the top, and there were other kids waiting, so he only got 1 slide!