Thaw before reheating.
Happy Holidays at our beautiful home!
Updates to the yard: freshly sanded and painted fence, cleaned up front yard with brick borders (brick is 100+ year old N.O. bricks dug up and powerwashed from the side yard), and cute mailbox! Lots of work done but still much to do.
What: 3-4 steps. Full steps, where he did not fall at the end, but sat down. Actual supported steps.
When: yesterday afternoon, approximately 5:30pm.
Who: toward Granna. Then Mom. Then Granna again. Then Mom again.
Where: Granna’s bedroom, in her house in Mobile, AL.
Paul’s answer to the question, “guess who’s walking?” — Paul said, “Skip.”
Paul’s response to finding out that Will is actually the one (almost) walking: “Can we use diving weights to hold him down a bit longer?”
We’re back from a trip to Northern Virginia! We:
– Flew in/out of BWI
– Stayed with Paul’s boss and family, the Speeds (what fun folks!!)
– Were visited by beloved friends Paul Reeder & Randy and Katherine Musgrove
– Went to Paul’s company Holiday Party
– Found out that I worked at Baskin-Robbins (during college) with the wife of one of Paul’s co-workers/fraternity brothers
– Had a TON of fun playing with Will and 19-month old Bobby (son of Paul’s boss)
– Saw Aunt Amy, who came up from Fredricksburg (an hour’s drive) to babysit Will and Bobby
Great trip!!!
The kitchen, December 14th, 2004. Still some work to do (drywall patching on wall to the right) and touch-up painting. But so much improved!! The result of A LOT (A LOT!!) of time and effort!
The kitchen, June 24th, 2003. BEFORE move in and renovation.
Will playing with his “Will” rocking chair (a gift from Aunt Amy!)
It was about 4pm this afternoon. I was working on the computer in the study. My Mom is in her bedroom, arranging holiday gifts and keeping an eye on Will, who is playing quietly and contentedly on the floor. The phone rings.
I answer on the unit in the study. “Hello.?” I wait for an answer.
Then my Mom picks up the phone. “Hello?” she says. I ask, “Mom, did you call?” She says, “No, I thought you did.” We both pause; we definitely hear someone on the other end. I say, “Who’s there?”
No answer. We both pause. Then an idea occurs. I ask, “Mom, where is Will?”
We walk over to Will. He has pulled my purse down from the dresser, emptied it of its contents, and is hard at work re-filling it with toys. In his hand is my cell phone, still “in use,” connected to Mom’s home phone number.
What a monkey!
We think it’s whistling! Will is at least trying to whistle! We’re not sure where he is picking this up, but he is making whistling sounds through his teeth.
It is generally part of his recent foray into vocal experimentation…. loud bellows, soft whispers, raspberries, la-la-la’s, shreaks, and now whistling!
…clap your hands!
This is Will’s new activity. He claps to the Wiggles! AND — he does it both seated and standing. (Although still a little tentative about standing a clapping at the same time; he’s working on that coordination!)
Yesterday, Will had a playdate with Alex (a fellow doctoral student) and his son, William!
William is four and has a little sister, Greta, who is a few months older than Will. Greta stayed home with Grandma, so it was just Will and William. (When I asked William what he thought about Will and he having the same name, he politely pointed out, “No. My name is William, and his name is Will.” Schooled me, didn’t he?)
William was great with Will! Paul, Alex, and I visited for about an hour before going to the zoo while the boys played. Will LOVED William — he was hugging him, patting his hair, following his every move — basically, Will was acting like a little brother in total adoration of an older child. And William couldn’t have been nicer. He hugged him back, shared toys, bounced to the Wiggles with him, and on and on. It made me feel so much better about the prospect of day-care because Will was so perfectly happy.
On the way over to the Zoo, William even reached over and held Will’s hand!! It was too precious. It definitely made me want to have another child (after Will is a little older, though!)
So, Alex, William, Will and I all went to the zoo. Will chilled out in the stroller most of the time and slept on and off. William pet one of the baby elephants and we spent a lot of time watching the chimpanzees swing and jump all around each other (they were being very playful!) Although I think William had the most fun climbing around the rock and rope bridges in the “Africa” section of the zoo. It was a short afternoon trip (love that member’s pass!) and a lot of fun!
