Vacation Part 2

Will got his first and probably last charge card while on the trip! Thank heaven he was too young to use it; it was linked to our bank account, so he could charge anything he wanted while at the lodge. You know kids, they can get out of control with that!

His picture was on it too, pretty funny photo, he didn't like having to be still and look at the funny round camera the lady was aiming at him. I'll see if I can get it on here, it's a must see!

Will loved this chair in the condo; if you were sitting in it he kindly pulled your leg until you got up and put him in your place. He brought his tools along for the trip to do a little carpentry.

There was a pool table area in the lobby that Will particularly enjoyed running around in. Most of the time he interrupted kids playing pool, but they didn't mind, he'd love on the girls and melted their hearts. One in particular; he would lay his head in her lap and kiss her hands. I think I'm going to have a heart breaker on my hands. She was puddy!

New Years Eve we went to dinner with our friends The Clark's & Bell's in a restaurant next to the lodge. We watched fireworks and had a wonderful evening with friends.

Will & Bennett Bell had a great time playing with each other. Bennett was very kind and shared his toys with Will to get him to sit at the table longer than 2 minutes. Restaurants are brutal right now!

Friday after skiing all day we bundled Will up and went outside to play in the snow. Little stinker won't wear gloves or boots so Grandpa kept trying to warm his hands.

Yeah, this is as close as he got to the snow.

He loved the outdoors though.

And his time with Grandpa

Friday evening we went to dinner at The Clark's Cabin since dinner out with the kids is so difficult. Will made himself right at home...taking off his shirt and all! For some reason he was way hot (not fever hot) so he enjoyed the evening topless.

He relaxed quite well over at their place, reading a magazine and lounging in the chair!

After relaxation time, he decided to go on a tyrade and re-organize their magazines....Hey a kid can only sit still for so long!

So that was our trip! The only thing we didn't get to do was dog sledding; the person failed to tell us 1 year olds were not allowed to sled. Didn't bother me much, since Will won't wear gloves, goggles or boots, I worried about him on a sled being pulled by dogs. We'll do it next time! We had a great time and look forward to hitting the slopes in a couple of years and taking Will up with us. Well, he'll be in ski school but skiing non-the-less. Breckinridge has the coolest ski school for kiddo's; Bennett Bell went this year and had so much fun. Heck, I kind of want to take it just so I can ride the escalator thing up the slope!

I'll get our Christmas pictures up next week, we had a wonderful Christmas with all our family, so I'll share that too.

Vacation Part 1

We had the best time in Colorado. Will did amazing, he loved it there. Upon arrival, we had to stock the house, Will enjoyed grocery shopping. I would have gotten more pictures of him at work, but we were busy running down the isles chasing him and replacing everything he kept taking off the shelf. Would have been frustrating if we weren't laughing so hard.
We had 2 amazing days of skiing and 1 not so amazing day, but we skied anyway. No injuries to report; Michael crashed a couple of times and me being the supportive wife, laughed so hard I about wet my pants.

Yes, we are wearing helmets! That was a first for us; I fought it til the end, but 95% of people wear them now and after finally giving in, I have to say it's the only way to go. Keeps your head extremely warm and...well, safe from head injuries. Michael swayed me with that; "Angela, you won't be any use as a mom with brain damage, if you won't wear it for yourself, wear if for Will" (yeah, that'll hit ya where it hurts!!!!)

Cheeeseeee! Getting ready to head down the mountain. My Dad, Michael and I were the skiers on the trip. My mom, didn't get to this time, she was a little sad, but she has to get her knees stronger before she tackles the slopes again. So she enjoyed Will and Grammy time while we were on the mountain.

Will got to SWIM outside....in the freezing cold.....and snow! He freaked at first, but then realized we wouldn't let him go so he started having fun.

Now he's having a blast!

We spent Saturday downtown shopping...for Will of course. Will primarily walked every direction but the way we were going. Dad had to intervene every once in awhile to keep his little legs dry.

But for the most part he led the "wrong" way thru town.

I still have pictures on my big camera; I'll download those tomorrow for Vacation Part 2.

Naughty....or Nice???

We hope everyone has a Happ Happ Happy Christmas & Merry Merry New Year! Eat too much, sleep in and enjoy your time with your family!

"Who...me....make a mess? Ohhh, noooo I'm reorganizing!"

The Martin's are off to Colorado next week for a fun old fashioned family ski trip and dog sledding adventure. Of course Will won't be hitting the slopes; he'll be hanging w/ Grammy while we ski. No they aren't getting left out, Grammy can't ski anymore and Will...well, we'll give it another year or two before ski school. So they will hang until after naptime then come join us for adventures in the snow. We'll have tons and tons of pictures to post when we get back. Enjoy the rest of your year and we'll be back up and running in 2010.

Santa get off my ride

This is my bike Big Man!

Here, you go here.

While I go for a spin!

Poor Poor Santa!

Fun Old Fashion Christmas!

Last night we celebrated Christmas with my Moms side of the family. Will really got into opening presents....even if they weren't his, which is what's happening in the picture below. Fortunately it was Grammy's present so she didn't mind.

I have a feeling Christmas Eve & Day none of us will get to open many presents, instead Will will do it.

He helped everyone throw their wrapping paper away.

Then when it was time for his presents, he sat patiently waiting for me to get the toys out of the box.....

Okay, forget patience, he just got ticked and tried to rip them out himself.

Here Comes Santa Claus....Here Comes Santa Claus

"GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!"

Okay, so one year pictures with Santa....not so good! Maybe next year!

Grammy's Birthday Last Week

Last week was Grammy's......35 (yeah we'll go w/ that) Birthday. Wednesday night we all took her to dinner to celebrate.

Will wasn't really feelin the "be sweet" vibe and quite frankly being quite a grumpy pants, but he did take a moment to give Grammy kisses. He's getting better about his open mouth kisses and actually putting his lips together....can't say Grammy's got it figure out yet.....Just kidding, she was talking to him at this point, he was just going in for a kiss!

Peek A Booo!!! Aunt Traci hiding from the camera. She and Will had quite a good time playing in the restaurant. We ate dinner at Othello's which is by far my favorite place to eat because Will can get up and have a little supervised freedom.

A picture w/ mom before he bolted for more ground time.

Annnddd, here's our little waiter in training. Oh but don't think he's going to be a nice waiter; if his performance the other night said anything he'll walk you half way to your table and throw your menus on the ground.

Will has a new girlfriend, she's quite older, but he's in love! Yes you read that, he was in love with the hostess, would not quit going our front to stare at her. Got to say though, he's got good taste, she was pretty.

Big Helper

How in the world did we ever get anything accomplished without this little man's help? I have no idea...

Dad was mounting brackets to a tv the other night and Will was front and center ready to go. Directions in hand, "this is how you do it!" Of course he shredded the directions shortly after this picture, but give him a screw driver and a bolt and he'd be ready. Too bad he didn't get either of those...but don't think for a second he didn't want them and try on many attempts to take them from us.

After it was ready to go, Will was determined to get it out of the box, straining noises and all. He finally let us do it, but stayed under our feet the entire time. And let me tell you; when that TV in the family room was taken off the wall and moved to the bedroom, you'd have thought we robbed the place. Will freaked completely out, pointed to the wall and screamed "juuu...juuu" Okay, not a word but that was the sound. He's not a fan of things being moved.

"Lift with your legs Dad, I got this!"

Thanksgiving Part 2

We spent the second part of our Thanksgiving Day at Grammy & Granpda's House.

We explored outdoors for a bit; Will was constantly on the go, seems like back of head shots are all I can get these days.

And There he goes!

Remember this from last year. So precious, just cuddled right up in your arms.

And here we are this year, LEEEETTTT MEEEEE DOOOOWWWNNNN....DADDDD!

Oh, surprise surprise, more leaves! He's loosing his precious chubby cheeks and gaining a neck. When did this happen? I was right there the entire time; how'd they go so quick????

Then there was this last year. Granpda facing Will toward him during dinner so they could chat. Our perfect little table scape. Poor guy had to stomach that nasty formula while we all ate delicious Thankgiving Dinner.

But not this year, he was bellied up to the table ready to go with a plate full of yummy deliciousness! Okay, I know you are looking at the makeshift highchair wondering "what in the world???" Well, Grammy has one of those bar mount high chairs which works perfect at the island, but won't clamp onto her table, so we took a barstool, a pillow, towels & belts and made a highchair so Will could sit at the table with us. Worked perfect and we all almost got to finish our entire dinner before he wanted down.

So after our bellies were full and we were no longer able to play outside, it was time to pet the elk and watch Christmas Vacation. It's his new thing that only Daddy or Grandpa can help him with....petting the elk anyway; Christmas Vacation is our tradition, reminds us that whatever chaos we might have can't be near as bad as what the Griswold's go thru. Man, I love that movie!

Here's the elk! Will stands in the middle of the living room saying "Ohhhhh" and "Wowww" then reaches up and wants to pet him.

So that was our fun day. We hope everyone had a blessed Thankgiving; we sure did.

Happy Thanksgiving Part 1

Our Thanksgiving started off a little rocky, Mr. Will took a plunge into the edge of a door and gave himself quite a goose egg on his forehead. After some intense cuddle time w/ Dad, he was up a running again, but now w/ a beautiful bruise and bump on his forehead. GREAT for pictures!!!!

Our first outing started at Nana & Grandpa Mikes house or outside their house is more like it. A certain little boy would not allow us to go inside. We were in long enough to eat Brunch, but he let us know he wasn't happy about it the entire time.

Quickly after we stuffed our faces, it was back outside and on to a new adventure. 1st up....take Nana for a walk and pick up leaves along the way.

Then after we made it almost to Memorial Rd. we turned back around to pick up leaves in Grandpa Mike's yard. He's quite the helper...if you want leaves placed in the flower bed or other places you just raked them out of.

He even brought his rake to help with the pile.

Then it was picture time w/ Daddy. Cheeessseeee!

Annnndddd.....then with Mommy.

And one last photo op w/ Grandpa Mike & Nana.

Then it was back to the leaf piles. The backyard needed some rearranging as well.

After Will finished w/ the leaves, it was time for an intense golf competition between Uncle Corry, Aunt Wendy, Daddy and even Mommy got involved.....with Will's golf clubs. Object of the game....get the ball in the air (wiffle ball). Pretty easy you'd think, but even the most renowned golfers in the family....aka..Daddy & Aunt Wendy kept shanking it. The winners...yes winners (it was a tie) were Daddy & Aunt Wendy because they got it over the fence. It was quite entertaining watching everyone get frustrated with their shot from a plastic golf club and wiffle ball.

Will was more entertained w/ the net stretched across the yard than the games going on around him. We headed home shortly after the golf match because Mr. Grumpy Pants was no longer a happy camper even being outside. After a 3 hour nap, he was golden, but I'll give more detail in the next post of the rest of our day.