Busy Week

We've had one busy week in our world. Well, weekend and this week have been super busy. Over the weekend, Michael and I took on the backyard; it's time to seed, so we took the opportunity to get rid of some ugly flower beds and a completely useless rock garden. Will spent most his weekend with Grammy so we could tackle that. Saturday he spent the day up at Aunt Traci's new house helping Uncle Jason do Handy Manny type stuff. He even took his hammer to help.

Sunday we spent the afternoon over at Nana & Grandpa Mikes and played w/ Grace. If you click on her blog in "my friends section" you can see Will's mad walking skills. Speaking of mad walking skills, Will is becoming a pro! I'd say he's 80% walking now. Again, I'll post video very soon. But back to a busy week! Grammy and Grandpa left this morning for Napa Valley to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary. They were supposed to go in August for the actual Anniversary, but Grammy's job postponed it. So their off today! I've been spending the week getting prepared for them to go as well as letting Will spend time w/ them before they left. They don't do well if they go too long w/out seeing him!

Sorry this is the only picture I have for this post, Will was raiding Grammy's purse Saturday night and found her AMEX card. Smart kid!!! Hope everyone is having a great week, if Grammy and Grandpa see this, we hope you have an amazing time in Napa!

I'm doing it, I'm doing it!!!!!

Will is learning to walk. Yup, you heard me, our little man is step step steppin!

Practice makes perfect and what better place to practice balance than a beach????
This all started last week over at Nana & Grandpa Mike's when he let go of Dad's leg and wobbled over to me unassisted. Of course all the cheer and excitement sent him into crazy baby rolling on the floor. Since then, he's getting better and better, going further and further until here shortly crawling will be a thing of the past.

Another step.....

It's a bit of a chore to walk when your feet keep sinking, but he went a ways before....

He had enough.....

And decided to play in the sand!

I'll post some walking video soon! (have to capture it first!!!)

Spaghetti Face Will

Will was entered in a Rao's Spaghetti Face Contest. If you Click Here you can cast your vote for Will to win a teddy bear, a wagon and some yummy sauce for his mommy to make him spaghetti and meatballs. (his favorite) Just click on the stars below his name to cast your vote.

Closet Renovation Complete

New Closet....Check!

We finally got the house put back together this weekend after a complete rebuild of our master closet. New carpet, shelves, rods...the whole kit and kaboddle!

It's amazing what happens when you re-allocate space.....you have more space!

Shoooooeeeeesssss! All this space for my/our shoes!

Best of all; Will got his favorite hang out back! He even helped dust and put it back together. Well, actually he took shoes off the shelf as I put them on, but he was a big help.

It took us about 3 weeks from start to finish to complete this project, so we lived in a mess for a while, but to watch Will roll around on the carpet made it all worth it.

And though we aren't done w/ house renovations and Michael said if I watch HGTV again he might shoot me; seeing Will react to the difference in the old versus new floor puts a smile on both our faces!

1 Year Pictures

Will took his 1 year pictures last friday. Here is a few of the many favorites I have from the session.

CHEEEEESSSSEEEEEE

Ohhh, Balloons!

"Mom....when I'm done, I'm done!!!"

Construction Project

This weekend we took on a new project....ripping out our closet and starting over! What a mess...

The ever so eager to help Mr. Will got busy prepping the wood strips for Dad and Don (the best closet builder in the world) to cut.

Here he is measuring the wood, making sure it's ready for the saw.

Stretching wayyyy high to make sure it's long enough.

Taking a moment to show Dad how big he is....Will is thisssss Big!!!

Now back to work, selecting his next piece to measure.

Lining the boards to put together.

Taking another moment to show everyone how big he is....Will is thissss BIG!

Handing the board to Dad so he can put it in the closet.

AND, taking a break! This was a lot of work. Whew! It was decided this weekend that before we take on any new projects, Mr. Will needs a hard hat and tool belt. He was such a big help. We didn't get the closet quite finished, but once it's done, I'll post a picture of the beautiful work Will did to make Mommy a wonderful space for her clothes.

Sketti...Skettti...SKETTTIIIII

Will love..love..L-O-V-E-S spaghetti and meatballs! Last night he decided while eating to army paint himself orange!

This was really funny until my tired little Bear who decided he only wanted a 40 minute nap yesterday started rubbing his eyes and got spaghetti sauce in them. ***Note to self, spaghetti sauce is NOT tear free. So, off to the bath we went!

Play Date

Over the weekend, we got together w/ our friends to let the babies play together. Caroline is getting so big and man does she have a personality!

She and Will had an intense drum session going on on the coffee table.

Then Will started playing peek-a-boo with Caroline's mom while Caroline continued drumming away!

Will had a pretty uneventful weekend, Sunday he spent most of the day whining because his mouth hurt. More teeth trying to come thru, poor kid. Everyday he becomes more of a big boy; at school he no longer sleeps in a crib, he's on a big kid cot. That's just crazy to me that he can do that. Of course he won't be sleeping in anything but a crib at home for as long as possible, but if daycare wants to give it a go, then more power to ya. Will is getting closer and closer to walking too, his standing w/out assistance is getting longer and longer and he'll take a step or two w/out holding on then blop back down for some intense speed crawling. He's always been a little man of little words, but his chatter box sessions are beginning to come on strong. Of course we have no idea what he's saying, but glad to hear he's joining in on the conversation. This week his dad is gone all week which makes it tough on the little man; he doesn't get why he can hear dad but can't find him. He's learned how to hang up on dad when he pushes the big red button too which he finds very funny. Well, all I can say is dad better be ready for a little man clinging to his hip this weekend!

Good time in the tub

We got a ton of new bath toys for our birthday, but of course the cup is still the fav!

My little farmers tan baby!

The flash of the camera would shine bright around the tub and this was quite fasinating.

Our week with Austin

My cousin Austin got to spend the week with us last week. He lives in Jacksonville Florida; this is the second summer he's gotten to spend a week w/ us and he's pulling for a month next year.... Last summer I was huge pregnant while he was here and didn't get to do much, so this summer was nice to be normal and have fun hanging with him. I even got up on a wakeboard, which I haven't done is at least 3 years. (last time was when Michael, my friend Brooke and I went out and I face planted...ouch!) Anyway, we had to send Austin home Sunday to start school today. It was great for Will to spend time w/ him; he and Austin became good buddies and we look forward to our next visit. Miss you Austin, have a great school year!