Getting out of the house

I would like to begin the post with a little plate of cookies that I made the recipe for today. It was yummy!


Will has been really pushing his limits these days. Today is actually the first in a few days that I have not put him in time out. He has started to bite, throw things (especially sippys and tantrums), and just not listening. At first his time outs consisted of us having him face out and stay in one spot for about a minute. HHe thought that was a game, so we started facing him into the wall. He has NOT liked that. He cries and whines, but after a minute or so, we let him out and talk to him about why he is being punished. Hes usually ok for a while after that.


So Aly has been getting bored being cooped up in the house all the time, and we have an annual pass to the Living Planet Aquarium. At first Will was hesitant to touch the fish tanks, but after a few minutes, he just became fascinated with all the colors and fishies. We thought we would only be there for a short time, but he kept on going back to certain tanks and playing so an hour and a half later, we left.
So we needed a night out and decided to catch a movie and have Aly's nieces watch Will. When we came back, this was the picture we saw. He sure loves Jessie and Cammi!


Now this one makes me laugh. Spence was playing with Will and with the light behind his head, this made him look like a little angel. HA HA!

Childrens Museum

So yesterday I had a friend invite me to the Gateway Children's Museum for a few hours. If you haven't been there with your kids, I strongly recommend it. They have so much fun stuff there like a ball area where there are playplace like balls that kids put into tubes and watch them go from one point to another. Will had a blast with that. They also have a big water table where the kids can watch water move from a high point and see how it cycles itself. They had ping pong balls that float along with the flow of water through clear tubes and empty into little sink places. Will could have played there the entire time if I didn't distract him to another area. Everything there is kid sized and fun for the little ones!
So I finally took a quick belly shot of myself. Here it is.
Now that Will is getting older, he is trying to be very independent. He has been very good at sleeping in his big kid bed at night, through the night. I think we are on night 5 of sleeping all the way through by himself. He also likes to feed himself. Last night I just cut pieces of food for him and let him hold his fork and feed himself. He even lets us know when he really wants to eat. He just climbs right into his highchair without any help.

December in Review

So I thought about doing a whole year in review, but its a little late and I am a little lazy/tired right now, so If you are curious, I will give you the condensed version, followed by some pictures from this past month!
JANUARY- Will started eating solids and was a scooting boy.
FEBRUARY - Spence got braces, Aly's pizza was available at Pier 49, Draper Temple Open House.
MARCH - Better weather, Will rolling all around to get from one place to another and starts sleeping thru the night.
APRIL - Army crawler
MAY - Aly Race for the Cure, First family trip to the zoo, Will starts to crawl and cruise holding on to couch, Wills first camping trip.
JUNE - Better baby proofing of the house as Will is in to EVERYTHING!! Spence goes back to school.
JULY - Will walks with little toy for help, Aly runs Pioneer Day 10K
AUGUST - Will Turned 1 year old!!!, started walking on his own, Our 2 year anniversary, Finding out we were pregnant with Lilly.
SEPTEMBER - Will's first haircut, gets first 3 teeth
OCTOBER - We had a little devil running around, 2 more teeth.
NOVEMBER - Thanksgiving, Chocolate Show, 1 more tooth
DECEMBER - Finding out we are having a little girl, Will got 4 molars, Will stands tall at 32 1/2 inches and is a whopping 30 lbs! We all got sick (Spence got Mono)

Now for the pictures!!! Below is Lilly's camera debut! It is a sideways view of her little face!

The Sunday after Christmas, Spence and Will wore their new church outfits and took a moment to pose for the camera.This kid is trying to fill some big shoes!

The Sunday before Christmas, I got will all dressed up in a new suit and he didn't want to smile for the camera.
Will enjoys helping mommy clean the house, here he is pushing the vaccuum along. He got his own for christmas!
My little boy sleeping in his big kid bed for the first time yesterday. He only took a short nap, and when he went to bed, he was fine, it was a couple of hours later that it got difficult. His door wouldn't close all the way and he woke up and kept wandering out of his room. Wish us luck in the transition from crib to bed!!
Happy New Year everyone!!

Sickys

So the past few weeks have not been the most healthy at our house. It all started about 2 weeks ago when Aly and Will both got head colds. Then, it was passed on to Spencer. As the first 2 cleared up, Spence got gradually worse. He ended up heading to the Dr about a week after the cold started only to find out that he had developed a sinus infection. All that started to clear up this past weekend, when Aly noticed a sore throat coming on with accompanying cold sores. After about 3 or 4 days, Spence felt the same symptoms, minus the cold sores, coming on. He went to the Dr again to find out we caught another virus and that we just need to wait it out with Cloraseptic spray and lozenges. All we want for Christmas is for everyone to feel better!!
Besides that low note, we have been busy getting ready for Christmas. Will actually got 3 new teeth. He pushed 3 molars in within a week, with a fourth one on the way. Its so funny to see him try to chew more with the back teeth coming in!
We have Christmas all set up at our house and are excited to have Gran and Grandpa come up again and share some time with us! It will be a little different from years past, but we are embracing change and hoping for a jolly good time.
We had a great Stake Conference this past week where Elder Hales came in and spoke to all of us. The lessons and testimonies shared were great and helped me to want to work harder at doing the necessary things to be a close and happy family. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas this week and I look forward to reading about afterwards!
We love you all!!

And its a......

We had our ultrasound today and are pleased to announce that we are having a little......







GIRL!!!!!

Will is going to have a little sister! Lilly is expected to come late April and join our little family!

I am a bad blogger!

Well I will admit it... I am not a very good blogger. It has been a month since the last post so here is the latest update and catch-up! In the past 2 months, Will has finally gotten his teeth. He has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. He uses them sooo much now. The picture above shows how he enjoyed a cookie and got the frosting on his nose!

I like this picture because it shows how big my little guy is getting! At his last doctor appointment (about a month ago) he measured in at 32 1/2 inches tall and 28 lbs 12 oz. He has only grown since then.
Along with his growing body, Will has a HUGE personality. He found a bowl on the table and put it on his little head. It started as a balancing act and then...
became an astronaut/fishbowl game. He has had so much fun putting his face on everything from windows, balloons, bowls, and screen doors. He cracks me up!
Yes... I know these are a month late, but better late then never. We decided to theme our Halloween costumes this year with mommy as an angel, Will as a little devil, and daddy as a demon. We had fun taking the little guy trick-or treating.
This picture just captures the little devil at work. He would not sit still for a picture. He would rather run away and laugh then cooperate with mom!
In other news, in case you haven't heard, we are expecting again and we will find out what we are having tomorrow. The baby is due April 25 and the excitement is growing as time goes by. Hopefully I will be better at posting what we are having than I was this past month!