I'm Back!

Well, after about a 6 month lapse I am back!! Notice how the posts came to a halt as soon as William was able to walk/run/get into everything?! Yes, I have been running around after him for all of this time. TJ and I have been posting videos of William on YouTube and be sure to check them out!! We are both completely ate up with him! He has been doing wonderful! Sleeps all night in his bed, I got him weaned off of his bedtime bottle (which was not easy but only took him about a week and half to get over it) and now he goes to bed with no bottle or sippy cup. Such a big boy I tell ya!

So what else has been going on?

In October, my Mom, Aunt Cinda, William and I all drove to Kansas to visit the family. William did NOT want to sleep for the entire 9 hr drive to and from but he never cried or threw a fit. He was so happy to have people in the back seat with him I guess. My Dad and Cindy threw a birthday party for him and it was a really great party! William got to play with all of his cousins, eat pizza and just run around like a crazy man! William seemed to have picked up the cake thing by then and tore into it! I could not have imagined a more perfect party!!! I think the best part for me was seeing both sides of my family together celebrating! Not sure that has happened since the mid-80’s. It will be a wonderful memory I will have forever!

William also got his first haircut from his Aunt Stacy and it was loooooong overdue! Of course, I cried and got it all on video so enjoy:

William was Superman for Halloween! So CUTE! We went out to trick-or-treat with his Aunt Deborah, Uncle David, Aunt Dynee and all his cousins! We went to Granger and joined their annual Halloween hayride. We had a blast! William got his first candy, a Dum-Dum! I didn’t take him up to any doorsteps because he wasn’t going to be eating the candy and TJ and I definitely do not need to be eating the candy so Will and I just were along for the ride! Next year, Lookout!!!

Nothing to eventful in November. Had a Gumbo Thanksgiving at our place with Aunt Shiny and Uncle Slate in town. Just enjoyed everyone’s company and keeping it low key for a change.

December was Christmas, Christmas, Christmas! TJ and I decided not to go to Beaumont this year so my family came in the weekend before Christmas. My grandparents, Aunt Cinda and Mom were in town and William got spoiled with toys, more specifically, ELMO! J I think he ended up scoring 3 Elmo’s (or Mo-mo as he calls him). He also got a potty from his Grandma which he instantly took too! He LOVES to sit on the potty! It was soooo funny watching him trying to back up into it so he could sit down. He eventually caught on but he just kept backing up, sitting down, missing, getting back up and doing over and over and over!!! We were all cracking up!!

The next weekend was actual Christmas weekend and we really had an overall relaxing holiday. Had a small get together at our place on Christmas Eve and then went out to Deborah’s for Christmas. They made a traditional Christmas feast and it was delicious!!!! Everyone exchanged their gifts and then the little ones played outside (for as long as they could because it was FRRREEEEZZZING). I opted to take William on a QUICK walk to see the roosters (eeewwww – as he calls them), chickens and the cows (mmmmmm- will’s way of saying cow). Then we went inside and him and Colt wrestled around the living room for a bit.

We’re almost caught up! J Can’t think of too much that has gone on in January. New Years we had some friend’s and their little ones over (super cute again!!!!) and the babies played while we had some adult beverages. I managed to make it to midnight but it was a struggle! I weaned him off of the bed bottle this month and that’s really about it! He is literally into EVERYTHING and he is such a toddler it makes me want to cry! I thought he would be a baby longer! Such a big man wanting to feed himself, go up and down the stairs, talking up a storm (still mostly baby talk though). He will look right at you and say “ jaksde hrfa hjsk jhfn khsd fhahsf haj” and then waits for you to answer him. I mean, he is saying sentences and just looks at you like “so did you get that”? TJ and I know his set of baby words for real words so we have a general idea of what he is talking about. He’ll be talking our ear off soon enough.

Be sure to keep checking out TJ’s YouTube siteby clicking HERE!!! for video updates. We can upload from our phone which is great because trying to upload videos to this site takes forever! J

We have BIG family plans in all aspects for 2011 so it should be interesting! I will try to make some time in my schedule to update this site so check back every once and a while!