Will at the Pumpkin Patch

Will is pointing to the pumpkin he wants. Of course he is saying, "dat, dat, dat!" At home he refers to the pumpkins as "ball."


I didn't get the whole size of the horse in the picture, but I did manage to get many pictures of Will riding this horse alone!


Will loves to drive our cars in the driveway. This was very fun to him : )


The animals were probably the best part of the pumpkin patch. He would run back to the barn or the pen to see the animals more. I guess grandpa needs to take him to great grandpa's farm more often!

WHO DOES OUR SON LOOK LIKE?? We get mixed opinions of who Will resembles. I thought this could be a good picture to get some new votes!

Hello, Fall!

Will's favorite thing to eat lately is corn on the cob! He can really eat a lot : ) But of course he tells us "hot, hot" the whole time while he is eating.


Look at me dad!



Will loves his piggy bank and coins. He will hand you his piggy bank (which is a hint for you to open the bottom) and he will sit and put all of his coins in the slot. He does think it's funny to put the coins up to his mouth for you to say, "No!" And this picture just happens to show Will posing in front of the window for the neighbors!

Aunt Cindy bought him some stacking blocks for his birthday and he loves to make a tower and knock them down.

How does mom get this to work?

Labor Day and Train Ride

Last week, Will went to an Orthopedic Pediatrician to look at his bow legs. Dr. Hasley said children can be bow legged until two and that Will would probably be fine after he grows a little more. So now when people tell me how bow legged that he is I can tell them, "He's FINE!" It was driving me crazy how many people would comment to us!! Luckily, it isn't anything to worry about.



For Labor Day weekend we went to Grampy and Grammy's house to hang out for a few days. We watched the Husker game out on the deck and William played with his cousins.
Elijah (17 mo) Will (13 mo)

Grandpa Timmy had the boys come on his train for a quick ride, too! We were a little nervous about how Will would like this idea . . . for those of you who know how much William LOVES trains!!! But he did great and I got some fun pictures!

We haven't been up to much lately, I'm sure we will attend a UNO game or two this fall.

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.