rockin' & rolling!

William hit a milestone on Monday - he started rolling over from his tummy to back! He has been rolling over when propped up on his elbows since about 6 weeks, but I felt like that was cheating, since we had to do something to help him out. SO....that means Monday's unassisted roll-over was his first! I was able to get a video of the third time he did it. He was pretty pleased with himself, and so was I! Please excuse my annoying voice in the background. (I suggest utilizing the "mute" option when watching) Apparently I can't help sounding like a goofball when I am talking to Will! I'm also going to have to work at being a better cameraperson...

Since Will turned 10 weeks old today, I decided to get some more video of him. When I was taking the "rolling over" video, I realized that I haven't been getting nearly enough videos. Clearly we have plenty of pictures, but my new goal is to bring the video camera out more often. So here's a short clip of our very happy little man this morning:

After the movie making session, we had another fun moment this morning. Will's tummy time mat has a mirror that I often put in front of him when he's on his stomach to give him something to look at. Typically he doesn't even really notice it, and certainly has never enjoyed it. Well, this morning, he saw himself in the mirror, got excited, and smiled! He loved it and was fixated on his reflection for about 2 minutes. So fun!

We should have another big milestone to report very soon. I mentioned in the last post that the doctor recommended moving Will to his crib in the nursery, and I have found myself making excuses as to why he should stay in our room just a LITTLE bit longer (fever from his shots, need to get room darkening shades for the nursery, etc). But...I think it's time. I heard from another new mom that her pediatrician said that babies should sleep in their cribs once they are down to one feeding per night, and William definitely is. So, we're going to make the move tonight and see what happens. My guess is that Will is going to sleep just fine, and I'll be up all night checking the monitor!

Who wouldn't want to look at this guy all night?

two months!

Happy 2 month birthday to William! I cannot believe it has been 2 months since he was born. It seems like yesterday that we were coming home from the hospital. He actually turned 2 months old on Sunday, and here are a couple of pictures we took on the big day:

Happy Will!

Here's the monthly pic with his big bear. He's growing so fast! Still can't really get a smile on the full length shots, because I have to move too far away to get both Will and the bear in the pic, so he stops smiling by the time I can get in place to take the photo.

So here is his "solemn stare-down" pic:

Also on Sunday, Holly, Brian, and Ben came over for a visit. It was so fun to see the boys together even though they are a bit too young to actually play with each other. Holly and I tried to explain to them that even though they don't know it yet, they are going to be best friends. It was interesting to me to see the difference just a few months can make at this young age. Ben is almost 6 months old, so he was playing with Will's toys, sitting like a little man on the couch, and having a great time! I know that 4 months won't make a difference at all in a few years, but it sure does right now!

Here's a picture of Holly and me with our little men:

Will had his 2 month check up today. He's growing so fast! Here are his stats:

Weight: 12 pounds, 12 ounces (75%)
Length: 24 inches (85%)
Head: 15 3/4 inches (45%)

Unfortunately, Will also had to get shots at the appointment, and he was not pleased. He was already a bit fussy because he was getting very tired by the time we got to the doctor (fyi..."a bit fussy" is a nice way of saying that he screamed at the doctor during most of the appointment). So, as you can imagine, having 3 needles stuck in his chubby little legs did not help the situation! As painful as it was to watch, he actually recovered very quickly and immediately passed out once we loaded him up into the carseat. He has been napping ever since we got home except for waking up once to eat. Poor baby!

Since Will has been sleeping well, the doctor recommended that we move him from the pack & play in our room into his crib. This makes me REALLY feel like he's growing up fast! Not sure if we'll try it tonight or later this week, but that is definitely a big change! It will be nice not to have to tiptoe around our room, but I'm not really sure if having him in another room will make me sleep better or worse. We'll see how it goes!

I do like to end with a funny picture if I can, so here's one that made me laugh. Uncle Alex gave Will an A&M t-shirt, so I decided to take a picture of him wearing it, which I did. But then I thought it would be funny to deck Will out in every piece of Aggie gear he owns (those are A&M socks, but you can't see it), and here's the result. I love his face and the fact that somehow it looks like his shoulders start right under his ears!

happy easter and baby feet!

We had a very fun Easter last weekend! Somehow I am just now posting about it...where does the time go? William enjoyed his first time at church, his first sweater vest, some fun family time, and a visit from the Easter bunny!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the weekend.
I love it because Will is SO happy:

Yes, we were suspending him next to the tulips that Blair and Melanie gave us. I thought it would make the pictures very festive.

We tried to take some family pics using the timer and tripod on our camera. This is the only one where we all made it into the photo:

Matt and Will:

Will giving me a flower - how sweet!

I tried to have an Easter themed photo shoot for Will, but he really did not enjoy being put into a basket. Even when he was totally asleep, he would immediately start crying when I set him in the basket. This was our best shot:



Will with some of his treats from the Easter bunny:



Martha, Ryan, Matt and Will:


Will and the ladies:

All in all, it was a very fun weekend! Unfortunately, my mom had to miss the festivities, as she was out of town to take Mema back home. We missed her!

Since Easter, Will and I have been enjoying the nice weather and attempting to do some spring cleaning. However, it's amazingly tough to get things done when it's so much more fun to play with Will or just hold him and stare at him while he sleeps! So that's my excuse as to why we haven't really done much cleaning...

And finally, we have been taking tons of pictures! One of Matt's birthday presents was a new portrait lens for our camera, so Matt has been taking as many pictures as I have, which equals LOTS of pictures of William!

One of my recent favorites that Matt took:

And I did a "baby feet" photo shoot:

Speaking of baby feet...I have recently discovered that I am obsessed with how cute Will's tiny feet are! Since he was born in the middle of a snowstorm and the first month or so of his life was very cold, his teeny feet were always covered with socks, footie pajamas, etc, so I didn't have a chance to really stare at his feet. Now that spring has brought short sleeves and barefoot babies into my life, I find myself completely in love with his feet! Hence the 50+ pictures I took of them. Seriously, what is better than baby feet?! (maybe baby smiles?)

Coming soon - William turns 2 months old on Sunday!! This is exciting, although I think it means he has to have some shots at his 2-month check up on Tuesday. Don't tell him that...