Will's 1st Birthday

July 25th we celebrated William's birthday with family and friends. The theme that Will picked out was a monkey party!! Will's great grandparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and a few family friends came over to party in the garage : )

Will enjoyed his cupcake and cake, he surprised us by eating the sweets because usually he spits them out.

It didn't take too long before he ate the entire cupcake!

Megan Ringenberg created Will's monkey cake and Colette Siner helped us out by bringing her special monkey cupcakes!

Thanks for making this a fun day for William and us! Enjoy the rest of the summer and we hope to see everyone again soon.

Our Birthday Boy!

Will turned one on July 22nd! He has started drinking from sippy cups and isn't quite sure how much he likes COLD milk now. I am surprised how well he is drinking from a cup because he used to let the juice/water run out of his mouth and smile : ) He is also cutting two teeth this week (perfect timing for his birthday), which brings us to 3 top and 3 bottom teeth!


Working With Dad- Will and Sammy spent a few days getting ready for William's birthday party and I came outside to catch Will fixin' the mower!!! He was covered in dirt, grass, and GREASE! His birthday party is tomorrow and I will post pictures later this weekend.

Play, Play, Play- His new place to play is inside our living room hutch. He takes out all of the bins and toys to sit in their with his snack or cup. It's very cute!

Fun in the Sink- Will's favorite fruit these days is pineapple, which leads us to quick rinses in the sink.

Zzz Zzz- It seems like Will eats all day, I hope his daycare doesn't mind feeding him this much! He eats all solid foods now and is a big fan of cheese : ) All of the eating must make him tired.

Family- This is from our little family outing at O Fest, Will took a spill at the pool earlier this afternoon and scraped up his chin : ( He did very well with the large crowd and loud music. He was definitely a people-watcher!!

Will is Almost ONE!!

Lately, Will has been entertained with pulling dishes out of the dishwasher. A few days ago he learned how to climb into the dishwasher and get dishes down from the top rack. This is his new chore : )

Will is walking all over the place now! He still crawls to get places close, but he is a walker!!

Family picture at the lake, in a week we will celebrate the 4th of July and Sammy's birthday!

Will and I attended the Bennington Daze Parade last weekend. He didn't like the loud fire truck sirens, but ended up enjoying the rest of the parade! He liked chewing on the suckers that kids gave us.

Our handsome boy gets all of the church girls smilin' at him!!

A Tough Day at Work!

This video shows Will and I working hard! It has been a fun two weeks babysitting each day for the Walsh Family. Jordan is helping Will "play nice" with the two dogs and master walking. He has walked up to seven steps alone, but still crawls to get to places faster. 

He also had an interesting time crawling into our kitchen cupboards recently. He loves to play with the pots and pans (obviously I must not use them enough if they are always in there!)

Sam and I took a four day vacation to San Francisco earlier this month. We went to Alcatraz Island, Sonoma Valley, and toured different parts of the city. The picture of Will crying shows how much he missed us : ) This was our first time being away from Will more than one night. He actually was well taken care of by both sets of grandparents.

The tubes are in!

UPDATE: Will's surgery went well yesterday! He hasn't had any problems with his ears and has remained happy and smiley : ) Hopefully he feels much better now and won't have anymore ear infections!!! Thanks for all of the phone calls and prayers!

Memorial Day Weekend

Will does NOT want to work with dad! We tried taking a picture with a Kiewit hard hat and Will refused to wear it : ) This was the best we could get.


Brave Will didn't mind the chilly water on Memorial Day Weekend. He loves the lake and splashing!


Will and Elijah tried to play nice together in this pool, but they wouldn't sit in it together!

Will and Elijah playing on Grandma's deck!

After swimming all day the boys played one more time together before bedtime!

Will at 10 months

Hello! No pictures this morning, just a quick update. This week Will had an appointment with Dr. Edmunds and ENT and we have decided Will needs tubes. He has had too many ear infections and his ear canals prohibit any fluid from ever clearing out of his ear. Putting in tubes will be the perfect solution to this, hopefully!

He is still a happy boy even with his chronic ear infections! Will has two top teeth and two bottom teeth. His newest accomplishment is standing up without assistance! He also enjoys crawling up the stairs (thanks Grandpa) and EATING!! Now that Uncle David is home he allows William to pull hair and bite! We're working on correcting these bad habits!

My last day with students was yesterday and June 1st Will and I will start our summer job. Julie Walsh has asked us to watch her 3 kids this summer : ) Will and I can spend our days in the pool and playing with them. I will post some pictures after Will's tube surgery and let everyone know how he is doing.