Will's 3 month Photos

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Enter Gallery: Martin Nov. 15, 2008
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Here are Will's 3 month photos. It was a pretty cold day that day, Will did amazing for the temperature we were dealing with. It's so much fun watching how much he changes each time.

Cookie Weekend

Will was introduced to the family business this weekend. Saturday we took his 3 months pictures with both sets of grandparents and Michael and I. It was chilly, but I think we got some amazing pictures. We'll see. I'll put the website on here when they are ready. Then saturday afternoon Will got to spend the day with his Nana while my mom and I baked all day. Then sunday Will got to help us finish baking, he did great in the kitchen, he may join in on the fun in a couple of years!

Sunday evening after grandpa and daddy got back from hunting, Will took a little cat nap on grandpa's lap. He'd been sleeping for awhile on grammy's lap, but moved over to grandpa so grammy could go eat. Grandpa put the heater up on the patio, so we were enjoying the cozy evening on the porch.

Then Mr. Will finally got up to enjoy the evening, but....

That didn't last long, he was out again.

I guess his fun filled weekend with all his grandparents wore him out!

Will's Jumperoo

I'm not quite sure how this thing works yet, but it's fun to sway side to side.

OOOO SSSSS UUUUU!!!!!!

Just so everyone is clear, I'm a baby divided! I don't have a preference; I just wear the clothes to humor my family and friends and will choose which I like when I'm older and can make my own choice!

Fun Filled Weekend

We had a great weekend at the lake. Saturday we lounged all day and watched football. Well, actually mommy and I took some great naps while daddy watched football. Then Grammy and Grandpa and their friends Clark and Carol got back from their Talimena drive and joined us for more football and a great dinner. I got tons of attention this weekend; Sunday I spent most of the afternoon and evening sleeping to catch up on my rest from my busy weekend. Here are some fun pictures from my fun weekend.


Mom just told me we are going to the lake....ohhh, I'm so excited!!!!!


Daddy has me all bundled up while we sit under the heater on the porch friday night. What a great night!!!

Mommy didn't bring me enough warm clothes for the weekend, she wasn't expecting the weather to be so chilly so she went to the new Wally World in Checotah to get me this cute hat and mittens. Yeah, I'm really not enjoying these mittens on my hands!!! But I'm ready to go for the OU game. Aunt Traci bought me this outfit....I love it!!!

And now I'm ready for the OSU game, Aunt Bonnie and I are matchy matchy and ready to go!


Here I am with Grammy in my Camo Denver Acoustics jacket. Grandpa had this jacket made for me for next winter but low and behold it fits me now. Glad mommy tried it on me this weekend; I really like it; I stay very warm in it and I can advertise for grandpa.

And now I'm sous cheffing (sp?) for Grammy while she made her famous Fertada (sp?) sunday morning. I even have my burp clothe draped over my arm for instant messes.

Grandpa took me for a cruise in the mule sunday morning. Little does everyone know they'll be driving the wheels off of this next summer to entertain me. I had fun on my ride except when grandpa stopped to talk to friends. I like to go fast, he should know how I feel.

Will got a new crib and sheets before he was born to welcome him to the lake from Grammy and Grandpa. Here is a picture of him in his bed. We play "where is Will" when he sleeps in his camo pj's.

And to end the weekend we took a pretend cruise in grandpa's corvette. Yes, believe it or not, grandpa took his corvette to the lake for a fall foliage cruise with some friends. I just drove it in the garage while grammy put up the christmas tree.

Sous Chef

As we made dinner last night, our little sous chef set on the counter and assisted in food prep. "Okay, now slice those mushrooms. Hmmm, what can I get into???"


Don't worry, he didn't get near the knife. I think he's very interested in his socks!!!! I'm just excited they are still on his feet. We love kicking our socks off.


"Ahhhh, all that work and now some rest!" He's found comfort in the lovie near his face. We'll see if it's the chosen one!

Surviving the first 12 weeks

Well, it's official....we made it! The first 12 weeks definitely had it's ups and downs, but we got thru it and all survived! Will is going to be 3 months old on thursday; the time has flown by. I think he's taught us so much more than we've taught him so far. He's such a wonderful baby. We learn a little more each day about his personality which is so much fun. He is definitely Michael's and my child. I just hope he is more mild tempered like his daddy. Night time is so important for him, I don't think we are going to have any trouble getting him to sleep....ever. He is sleeping thru the night now which is awesome. We are learning that he needs his down time during the evenings. Too much stimulation makes him really fussy. Halloween night was rough on him, we didn't get to put his bear costume on because he was so fussy, I didn't want to torture him w/ it, so he just got his pictures taken in it that morning and they are precious. I don't have any online so I can't publish them, but I will get one on the blog when I pick up the prints. We had to finally shut off the lights and call it a night early on halloween because the door bell kept waking him up. (who's brilliant idea was it to put a door bell right outside of his room???) That would be his mommy! But other than making sure he has plenty of beauty rest; life is going great. I am working monday thru thursday now, so Will gets to go to work w/mommy and hang w/ grandpa everyday. We set his pack and play up and he has his bouncy seat there too, so he's a happy camper. The swing is his new best friend too, he loves taking naps in that. I hope one of these days we take naps in bed. We'll work on that later. Here are a few pictures of our little guy...he just melts my heart!!!

He sleeps so peaceful...and yet, he might just have something on his mind???

Oh, that thumb can calm a wild horse! He's so content!

I'm such a happy baby!!! And I'm ready to go hunting with daddy.

I'm not quite sure how this thing works, but I like it!!! My feet touch the floor w/out mommy and daddy holding me and I can kick my legs. Yeee Haaaa!!!

Here is me and daddy at Wally World. I love this carrier I can look around and kick and stretch. I'm just too cute!

Our Trip to Austin!

Last weekend Michael, Grammy, Will and I packed up and headed to Austin. We spent the weekend introducing Will to his new friend...that's a girl, Allison (daddy and Allison's daddy said they can't be called boyfriend and girlfriend!!!). My dear friend Brooke had a baby girl 4 weeks ago and we went down to meet her and for her family to meet Will for the first time. Brooke and I were pregnant together...(obviously!!!) and she was too big to travel to OKC when Will was born so we finally got together this past weekend for the first time to see each others babies. Anyway, Allison is so precious, she is tiny and delicate; just the way a baby girl should be. It was so weird holding her for the first time, I know Will is only 12 weeks old (can you believe that???), But I seriously don't remember him being that delicate. Even though he was that weight for a very very brief period of time; I don't think he ever was delicate. He's been boy since the get go! And after seeing little Miss Ally, I really realized how much of a Bruiser my precious boy is. Will did so well during his trip to Austin. He slept during most of the drive and handled staying in an unfamiliar place very well. He got to take his first trip...of many...to Cabela's to get Grandpa and Daddy a new deer blind and of course some killer Camo outfits for himself. It wasn't the same without Grandpa, but we'll go back soon with him so he can show Will the ropes of the hunting world. Here are a few pictures from our trip, Will and Ally's facial expressions are priceless.

Ally did a lot of this, but she was awake long enough for the next picture which was pretty funny!!!

Will looks like he's taking a crunch! They both look like they are studying something with great intent! And I just noticed it looks like Will is trying the arm stretch to wrap his arm around Ally. He's going to be such a Romeo! Look out girls!!!


Here is my little preciousness hanging in the hotel room.

And here is Mr. Flirt laughing at Grammy!!!!

What a fun weekend!!!

Will's Busy Week

How cute am I????

This week has been very eventful for Will. Not eventful in the sense that we've been out and about all week, but we've been working on a lot at home. Smiling, lifting our head, rolling over (haven't gotten that yet) sitting up on our own (with the boppy seat) and lots of talking with some attempts to laugh. Michael and I decided to try the boppy seat out last night to see how he does (he's not supposed to use it until 3 months). Well, not only did he sit in in well, he almost doesn't fit in it. His little legs get stuck going in and out. God bless our chunky monkey!!!!

Trying out my Boppy Seat

Now we are playing with my ocean friends....did I tell you how he likes to box? He is starting to grab at stuff and our little fist sucker has now found his thumb....YUM!!!

And another picture of me holding my head up! Oh yeah....touchdown!!!

Dad may kill mom for this, but here's a sneak peak of my halloween costume! I'm going to be a brown bear for my first halloween. I thought it was pretty funny when mom and dad put this on, but then I got irritated. Let's just hope it's cool on halloween; otherwise I won't be in this long. This outfit is a size 6-12 months (the smallest I could order) and though it's a little big, it actually fits him well. I mean come on, he is a brown bear, so he's supposed to look big. rrraaarrrr!!!!

And here I am calming down after all the craziness mom and dad put me thru. I really love my paci now; it really calms me down and I'm actually sleeping longer at night with it.

2 month check up

Will had his 2 month check up last week and mister chunky monkey weighs 15 lbs. 5 ozs. He's 23.5 inches long. The doctor said he's growing perfectly and has great control of his head. Unfortunately we started shots at this visit and that was brutal for mommy and Will. Grammy (my mom) went with us for support because daddy was traveling all over the country last week. Will ran a very mild temperature the next day and by mild it never went above 99.8 and tylonel nipped it in the bud quickly. Michael was so upset that he wasn't there for bubba bear, but I informed him we've got several more of these to go and he can be there for the rest. The doctor said Will will start laughing and rolling over in the next two months. I can't wait for laughter, you can tell he wants to make noise when he smiles but can't figure out how yet. He wiggles his body and coos so I'm sure laughter is in his very near future. The rolling part i'm worried about, I watch him like a hawk now, no more leaving him on the changing table when I go get clothes from him closet. We still aren't sleeping thru the night, but are only getting up once a night so that isn't as bad. Will has made it clear he is like his mommy though, when he's tired he's tired and you better get him to bed or he goes crazy. I've tried to stretch his bedtime to later in the evening so he'll sleep later or longer but he has an internal alarm clock that says bathtime is at 7:30 and he wants to be in bed no later than 8:30. And if you don't make this time schedule he lets you know about it non stop. But I can't complain; that just means mommy and daddy get to go to bed early to0. Michael, Will and I are really starting to get each other figured out, which is making life a lot easier. We are not quite sure what life was like before him; he makes us laugh and smile so much; I think Michael and I finally learned the true meaning of happiness. What a blessing!!!

Here is daddy and Will matching for the very disappointing OU/Texas game. At least they looked precious!!!!

Here is Grandpa Mike and me getting ready for the football game!

And Nana is listening to me talk her ear off after she filled my belly.