weekend update

Well this past week has been a fun one. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary by getting a hotel room downtown and having Jami watch Will for the night. The next day we spent time at the temple and downtown. Afterwards, we went to the aquarium as a family. We had fun and Will just watched all the little fishies in their tanks. There is one spot where they have a little photo canoe and so we hopped in as a family. When we told will to say "cheese" he just smiled and scrunched his face up (like in the picture)
Then the other day I was sitting on the couch and looked over at Will to see him pulling every unused diaper out of the basket, opening them up and leaving them in a pile on the floor. I guess I shouldd just be grateful that they were unused!This morning Will was his usual self and was caught making faces for the camera. He does this thing were he closes his eyes, tilts his head down, opens his eyes and looks at you with an expression saying "you're strange". I caught him mid-blink in this picture but he looks like hes sleeping.
Yesterday we were playing outside. Will kept on wandering toward the neighbor's driveway (there is a little drop from our yard to there) and I got up to try to get him before he fell, but being the little mischievous monster that he is, he tried to run away from me and greeted the sidewalk with his face. He was just fine, but he seems to be a typical little boy by getting hurt.
So last night Spencer brought me some beautiful flowers. They really made my day! There are yellow gerber daisies with red-orange tips and roses in the same shade.
Now the past couple of days have been pretty dang hot, so to cool off, Will and I have been going outside to play with the hose. Roxy really likes it when Will shares the water for her to drink.
Will has just loved being outside! He helps me water the vegetable garden and then cools/cleans my feet off with the hose. He doesn't even mind splashing the water on himself!
bye!

Big Birthday Boy!

I know that I have not been the best blogger, but I am making a resolution to do better!
This little guy has been having so much fun with bathtime. He has developed an appetite for rubber duckies!
Now I know that I am not the most attractive person in the picture above, but I have my reasons. I had just finished the pioneer day 10k and I was totally beat!
Las month Will took a tumble in church. He got a goose-egg on his head immediately after, but didn't cry once we gave him his binky. If you look closely, you can still see his little battle scar.
We were out shopping for food at Costco and found ourselves surrounded by watermelons and Will just had a ball!
So I think that since Will has been growing, he just gets so tired and crashes wherever, the floor, his highchair, wherever.He just couldn't stay awake!
This picture show just how big the little guy is getting. He measured in at 30 3/4 inches at his dr appointment and 26 lbs 2 oz. My little linebacker!
I just thought this was a cute little picture that really shows his personality.

We had a little birthday party for Will last Friday. He had a hard time at first, teething and all, but once the tylenol kicked in, he was back to the happy boy we know and love.
Now I am not totally sure, but I think this kid liked his cake!

I know this looks kinda gross but Will was having fun feeding himself yet again. He Had cereal, berries and spinach all over his tray and little body.
This morning I gave Will little pretzel stick. He was being cute so I took a picture of the cute kid. He has been into everything these days. I even turned my cell phone off and let him play with it last night. He managed to turn it on and save some entries for *gfdrk and other odd names. What am I going to do with that kid.
Will is also cruising on furniture, cabinets, mom and dads legs, and everything. He does this thing where he picks up whatever he can (binkies, bottles, dvds, newspapers, etc) and throws them over his baby gate, down the stairs to the basement. He likes to see what happens when he does something.
A while back we went to the Hogle Zoo. Will did ok, but it was a first time for both Mommy and Will. We wanted to see how the big guy measured up to, I think it was an orangutang or some kind of ape. Still got a ways to go.

Signing off with a picture of will being a happy little boy.

Self feeder and little helper

I haven't posted pictures in a little while so here are a few fun little smiles!
Just like Popeye, this kid loves his spinach because it makes him strong!

He looks so cute when he sleeps

A day out and about. This kid loves being outside!

So Will has really been trying to be independent. I often find him after he has crawled into the kitchen and grabbed the swiffer. He watches me whenever I clean the floors and he follow me around trying to get the mop to do it himself.

We have also started letting Will try to feed himself. Of course I feed him at the same time so he gets some more of the food inside of his tummy. He loves playing with the food and feeling the different textures. I just think hes the cutest kid when he gets food on his face.

In one of my last posts, I talked about how Will was trying to wear Daddy's shoes. This is just how cute it is!

Another attempt at trying to help clean the floors after mommy did.

Just helping mommy get the wipes. He loves to help!

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Independent Child

So I don't have any pictures to post, but I do have a few stories of the past 2 days in Will's world.  So yesterday he woke up early and would not go back to sleep, so we took him in our room and let him play on the floor for a few minutes.  I was getting up and he was starting to get into the items on my nightstand.  He managed to get a big bottle of ibuproufen and shook it up a little.  Then he turned the bottle upside down and hit it a few times on the nightstand.  He pushed it down and I guess he turned it just enough that all of the sudden, little pills started pouring out.  We picked him up right away and cleaned up.  We were so surprised to see how a 10 month old could open a child proof bottle.  

Next item of independence.  Will woke up REALLY early once again and wouldn't let me sleep.  I finally got him back to sleep and couldn't fall back asleep myself.  So we got up a little later and came into the messy living room.  Spence left his church shoes by the couch and it was so funny to look over and see Will put his little feet inside his daddy's shoes and look at me with a huge grin.  I took a picture on my phone, but still need to get a card reader so that I can put those pictures on the computer.  

A short time later I left Will in the living room and went to the bedroom.  I heard my phone ring, but didn't go to answer it.  Then I thought I heard a lady's voice and I came into the living room.  I looked at Will playing with my phone and I realized that I should check the call log. He had managed to call one of the phones at the house (the one I heard ringing) and also the bank.  I don't know how he figures these things out, but he does. From that point, he managed to pull my laptop down from the fireplace (only like a 8 inch drop).  He about knocked the dvd player off its shelf in the TV stand, and started pulling DVDs out of our DVD tower.  By this point I am feeling like "WOW I Really need to baby proof the house. 

The last thing happened just after I finished cleaning the living room floor.  I put Roxy in her crate to make my job a little easier.  When I was done, I sat on the couch and watched Will cruise from the middle of the couch to the crate where I watched him unlatch the door on the crate and open it up for Roxy to get out.  How does this kid figure these things out.

Needless to say, I have started doing things to keep my little explorer out of trouble while I start baby-proofing.  He has spent a chunk of the day in what I call his little prison cell  ( his little playpen).  He hasn't been real happy about that.