Please excuse all the pictures of Will in his underwear/diaper/pull-up lately ... we are really working hard on potty training and getting undressed quickly helps!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Just Like Daddy...
Patrick had his bicycle in the house making some adjustments last night (I told him to bring it in because it is SO HOT in the garage) and Will thought he needed to do the same. Priceless!
Please excuse all the pictures of Will in his underwear/diaper/pull-up lately ... we are really working hard on potty training and getting undressed quickly helps!
Please excuse all the pictures of Will in his underwear/diaper/pull-up lately ... we are really working hard on potty training and getting undressed quickly helps!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Busy Summer Days...
Last day of swim lessons - we got to play today!
He is a great kicker - lots of splashes!!
Practicing Reach n Pull with Ms. Darcy
Reading books in his new "reading corner" in his bedroom
Cleaning his animals
Playing the "horn" ... such a great imagination!
This is what happens when he dresses himself
And my favorite thing about summer days...
He is a great kicker - lots of splashes!!
Practicing Reach n Pull with Ms. Darcy
Reading books in his new "reading corner" in his bedroom
Cleaning his animals
Playing the "horn" ... such a great imagination!
This is what happens when he dresses himself
And my favorite thing about summer days...
Monday, June 22, 2009
Will's Latest Sayings...
And the majority of them are questions ... gotta love an inquisitive child!
*What's (insert name/object) doing? -- This is usually repeated over and over.
*Where's (insert name/object) going? -- Again repeated over and over.
*Hey, what's that noise?
*Where are we?
*Look at that! -- sounds more like wook at dat!
*Watch out!
Other cute things he is doing:
*When he wakes up, he comes stumbling out of his room, still half asleep saying, "Good morning." Doesn't matter if it is in the middles of the afternoon!
AND if we are not up when he wakes up in the morning, he comes in our room and says, "I wake, I hungy, I firsty!"
*He is constantly hungry ... he walks around saying, "I'm hungy!" and rubs his tummy.
And sadly there are some not-so-cute things happening in the McLendon house - Will screams LOUD for no reason sometimes, other times when he is mad. If I thought we had entered the terrible 2's eariler I was very wrong....hopefully this will pass quickly (right!).
On another note we have started potty training. It is going okay, sometimes he is ready to sit on the potty, and other times you'd think we were asking him to torture himself in some way. It is an interesting experience to say the least, and very time consuming. He does not like to be wet or dirty and lets us know right away - for example in the middle of the night if he has a wet diaper, he will stand at the end of his hall, and yell across the house, "POOPOO, POOPOO!" until one of us gets to him. He has also removed a few dirty diapers in the last 2 weeks - gross. We need to knock out this potty training thing quick....
*What's (insert name/object) doing? -- This is usually repeated over and over.
*Where's (insert name/object) going? -- Again repeated over and over.
*Hey, what's that noise?
*Where are we?
*Look at that! -- sounds more like wook at dat!
*Watch out!
Other cute things he is doing:
*When he wakes up, he comes stumbling out of his room, still half asleep saying, "Good morning." Doesn't matter if it is in the middles of the afternoon!
AND if we are not up when he wakes up in the morning, he comes in our room and says, "I wake, I hungy, I firsty!"
*He is constantly hungry ... he walks around saying, "I'm hungy!" and rubs his tummy.
And sadly there are some not-so-cute things happening in the McLendon house - Will screams LOUD for no reason sometimes, other times when he is mad. If I thought we had entered the terrible 2's eariler I was very wrong....hopefully this will pass quickly (right!).
On another note we have started potty training. It is going okay, sometimes he is ready to sit on the potty, and other times you'd think we were asking him to torture himself in some way. It is an interesting experience to say the least, and very time consuming. He does not like to be wet or dirty and lets us know right away - for example in the middle of the night if he has a wet diaper, he will stand at the end of his hall, and yell across the house, "POOPOO, POOPOO!" until one of us gets to him. He has also removed a few dirty diapers in the last 2 weeks - gross. We need to knock out this potty training thing quick....
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Galveston
We spent this past week in Galveston with my parents, and sister's family. We had a great time ... went to the beach, the Strand, ate at Rainforest Cafe, and rode the ferry. Will loved it all! He thought the ocean was great, loved playing in the sand, and all around enjoyed himself!
We ended our trip driving through Crystal Beach/Bolivar which was very sad. A year later the place still looks like a ghost town, and the homes that are being rebuilt are so high they have porches underneath them. Although there are very few atually being rebuilt.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Playing at the beach
Rainforest Cafe
He LOVED dessert...
Miler
New sunglasses
The boys playing
At the ferry
This is a pier on the Sea Wall ... it was crazy! Apparently 2 people rode out the storm on top of that building, scary.
We ended our trip driving through Crystal Beach/Bolivar which was very sad. A year later the place still looks like a ghost town, and the homes that are being rebuilt are so high they have porches underneath them. Although there are very few atually being rebuilt.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Playing at the beach
Rainforest Cafe
He LOVED dessert...
Miler
New sunglasses
The boys playing
At the ferry
This is a pier on the Sea Wall ... it was crazy! Apparently 2 people rode out the storm on top of that building, scary.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Fun with Friends
This weekend our very dear friends, The Lloyds (they have a blog link on our page) came and spent the entire weekend with us! They currently live in Austin, and we do not get to see them as often as we'd like. Their little girl, Peyton, is about 10 months younger than Will, and they played great together. We were also blessed with the Novosads presence Saturday evening ... they brought their 2 sweet girls, and I got to give their newborn Parker her very first bottle!! Once Malley settled in the 3 kids had a blast (as did the adults!!!) We fed the ducks, played, and enjoyed great company.
Here are some pictures from the weekend ... in no particular order!
Here are some pictures from the weekend ... in no particular order!
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Big Boy
This is not a great picture (taken from Patrick's cell) ... but here is Will's new big boy haircut! He looks SO cute, and SO big! We had it done at Snip It's in The Woodlands Mall, and then rode the carousel afterwards. 
Sunday, May 31, 2009
A whole lot of nothin'
This is what has been going on the McLendon house. We have had quite a lazy week after being going all last weekend. In my mind I am already on summer break; too bad I still have to work 5 more days!
Will has transitioned into his big boy bed like a champ, but what else would we expect? This child has pretty much transitioned into everything with no problem. How lucky are we?
I am still constantly amazed at his vocabulary - everyday he says something new. Right now his favorite thing to say is "I can't (and insert whatever we are asking him to do that he does NOT want to do!). For example when I wanted him to go take his nap today, he responds "I can't take a nap, Momma." Luckily, he says this, but usually is very easily persuaded into doing whatever we are asking. As he gets bigger he is more and more stubborn, but it is hard to get mad when he acts just like me!!
Will has transitioned into his big boy bed like a champ, but what else would we expect? This child has pretty much transitioned into everything with no problem. How lucky are we?
I am still constantly amazed at his vocabulary - everyday he says something new. Right now his favorite thing to say is "I can't (and insert whatever we are asking him to do that he does NOT want to do!). For example when I wanted him to go take his nap today, he responds "I can't take a nap, Momma." Luckily, he says this, but usually is very easily persuaded into doing whatever we are asking. As he gets bigger he is more and more stubborn, but it is hard to get mad when he acts just like me!!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Big Boy Bed
Will is now sleeping in a big boy bed ... Patrick refinished the bed over the weekend while we were gone, so last night was his first night attempting sleeping in it. Didn't go well at all. Unfortunately, we had not taken the crib down yet so Will's response was "How bout this one?" while pointing to his crib, so today we took down Will's baby bed (such a sad day for Mommy and Daddy...) and he napped in his big boy bed! I am not quite sure how long he ran around his room, opened and closed the door, and got in and out, in and out of the bed before he finally fell asleep BUT he did sleep! We are about to put him down for the night, so we shall see......
Posing with the bed last night
Napping this afternoon
**EDIT - He slept all night! I was so worried he would be standing next to our bed in the middle of the night, but he was still sound asleep when I left this morning!
Posing with the bed last night
Napping this afternoon
**EDIT - He slept all night! I was so worried he would be standing next to our bed in the middle of the night, but he was still sound asleep when I left this morning!
Busy weekend!
Our weekend started early ... I took off Friday to get ready for our very busy, fun-filled few days! Will and I left Friday and headed to Lufkin with YaYa. We had dinner with Aunt Amy, went shopping, and then Will fought sleep for quite a while (singing his ABC's, asking where everyone he knows was, and just non-stop talking.) He gave up a little after 10:00
Saturday morning started early, and we got on the road with a full carload (me, Will, Mom, Amy, Josh and Miler) by 7:15 headed to Louisiana for a family reunion. We enjoyed spending the day with the Gregory family! It has been several years since I have been, and Will's first visit. Neither of the boys slept very much that day, so once we got back to Lufkin Saturday night they were both ready for bath and bed! We had another big day Sunday...
Nonnie and her brothers - she was the only girl out of 8 children!
Sunday, we celebrated Miler's 1st birthday. Will, of course, tried to be the center of attention ... but Mommy really tried to make him understand it was Miler's day! Here are some pictures of the boys enjoying their time together!
Happy 1st Birthday Miler!
Saturday morning started early, and we got on the road with a full carload (me, Will, Mom, Amy, Josh and Miler) by 7:15 headed to Louisiana for a family reunion. We enjoyed spending the day with the Gregory family! It has been several years since I have been, and Will's first visit. Neither of the boys slept very much that day, so once we got back to Lufkin Saturday night they were both ready for bath and bed! We had another big day Sunday...
Nonnie and her brothers - she was the only girl out of 8 children!
Sunday, we celebrated Miler's 1st birthday. Will, of course, tried to be the center of attention ... but Mommy really tried to make him understand it was Miler's day! Here are some pictures of the boys enjoying their time together!
Happy 1st Birthday Miler!
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