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...

why...

...is William so smiley??



Maybe it's because he's been sleeping 7-8 hour nighttime stretches this week! This makes us all smile!

6 weeks?!

I cannot believe that William is 6 weeks old today! Here are a few of his 9 day old pictures. He has grown so much since these were taken!

Will and I have been having lots of fun lately. He has started smiling AT me instead of just accidentally, which is SO fun! He is also awake and alert much more these days, although he still enjoys a good nap. And who doesn't? Another wonderful thing that Will has started doing is sleeping in longer stretches at night! He typically sleeps for about 5-6 hours right after we put him to bed, wakes up to eat, and then sleeps about 3 more hours before needing to eat again. So, it's not exactly a FULL night of sleep for anyone, but it's better than waking up every 3 hours all night! We still have some nights of the 3 hour schedule here and there, but I feel like he's getting more consistent with the good routine lately. This is a VERY good thing, as sleep is a pretty big deal to me.

Since the weather has been so nice lately (you know, except for the random 6 inches of snow on Matt's birthday), we have been going on walks a lot, although Will has a tendency to sleep through every walk! Last night we went out right before the rain started, and he actually stayed awake for most of the walk. I wonder if that might be because he was being rained on just a bit?

Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to lately.

Tummy time - Will doesn't hate it, which is great!
He's a champ at holding his head up:

Mema and Aunt Christa came to visit last week. Somehow we didn't get a picture with Aunt Christa, but here's one with Mema:

Hanging out with Nana:

Our St. Patty's Day celebration:

Will's baseball outfit- too cute not to post, even though he didn't want to wake up for the picture (is anyone surprised about that?):

And finally - I'll end this post with what I think has to be the funniest picture yet. The other day, I decided to take a picture of Will stretching as he was waking up, because I think it's absolutely adorable. And when I looked at the picture afterwards, I noticed that he was totally flipping me off! Who taught him that?!

one month old and happy!

I cannot believe William turned one month old yesterday! Time really flies! Will had his one month check-up yesterday, and here are his stats:

Weight: 10 lbs 5 oz (50th percentile)
Length: 22 inches (70th percentile)
Head: 15 inches (40th percentile)

He is getting so grown up! He has officially outgrown some of his teeny tiny newborn clothes, and he moved up in diaper sizes yesterday! To be fair, he probably should have moved up to the bigger diapers sooner, but I was in denial until I had to change him at the doctor's office and I felt a little bit bad at his too-small diaper! So we have officially moved to size 1!

On another very exciting note, Will smiled at me twice this morning! It was sort of a half-smile both times, but it was definitely his first "awake time" smile. I obviously didn't get a picture, so here's a picture I got a few days ago of one of his sleeping (i.e. gas) smiles. So just imagine this with his eyes open! :)



One of Will's favorite parts of the day is when Daddy gets home from work. I think he loves how playful Matt is with him, and he's probably tired of looking at me by the end of the day! Here's a great picture of their playtime the other night. Matt was getting Will ready for the business world:


Since yesterday was Will's one-month birthday, I decided we most definitely needed a photo shoot. However, Will wasn't interested AT ALL! I could NOT keep him awake. Here's one of the pics of my sweet, sleepy baby:

It has been such a fun month with this little man! We just love him so much, and we can't wait for more fun times!

triple threat

Ever wonder what happens when you put three newborns together on a couch for a photo shoot? Especially if those babies happen to be starting to get a little hungry and fussy?

It starts with a little confusion about what is going on:

Then everyone starts to become displeased....

And then the wheels come off:

Will and I had an impromptu play date with Jennie, Harper, Keli, and Nolan today. It was so much fun! The babies were all on their very best behavior, and the mommies had a blast catching up. Thanks for having us over, Jennie! Can't wait to get these crazy babies together again!