can you handle the cuteness?

I am so excited.

ADORABLE new photos of babies in Night Owl hats and cocoons are here!!! OH my goodness. I couldn't sleep last night because I was so excited about the adorable-ness of all of these. So this post is just dedicated to looking at precious babies. If you didn't already have baby fever, you might now. ENJOY!

A gigantonormous {new word...think it will catch on?} thanks to Allie at A Walk in the Park Photography and Jill at JC-Originals Photography for sharing their talents and photos with me! If you're looking for a photographer, I recommend both of these ladies highly!

big shoes to fill.

14 months and.....WALKING!

Happy 14 months, Will!

Our sweet little Will turned 14 months old today, and we have had a month of milestones! From teeth to talking to WALKING, it has been a fun month. Here are his bear pics for this month:

{oops, no bear! but cute...}

We have been sick around here, so we had to take a little break during the photos.

{We have both been sick, but honestly, Will has not seemed bothered by it much. He coughs and sneezes right on through his sleep at night, and keeps going all day. Sweet boy.}

Here are a few fun facts about Will at 14 months:

• Will is so fun. I mean it. We have FUN. He cracks me up every day, and I just love watching him learn things. He is sooo curious, and he wants to know everything about everything. He will sit for a long time {in baby time} and point at pictures in his books while I tell him the words.

He's curious during photo time too...

• He is finally getting his top teeth!! Look at those chompers coming in! And I think I see a third bottom tooth that is just about to pop through. Go Will!

• Eating and sleeping are still great. Will's favorite thing to eat is probably fruit of any kind. I haven't found anything he won't eat, but he definitely prefers some things over others. He has done great with drinking whole milk, and really seems to love it. But not as much as he loves juice. We've tried a few different kinds {half juice, half water} and he loves them all. It's so fun to watch him experience new things!
• He has lots of new words this month. Mostly he has added to his list of words that he can point out when I say them, but he has also started saying a few new things. He now says the Will version of wagon {GA-gon}, fish {iiish}, uh-oh {he's been saying that for awhile but I don't think I mentioned it last month}, and the Will version of "car" totally cracks me up. He says "DUH duh" for car, but he says it every time! It's funny because he says "ca" very clearly for cat, but doesn't use that same sound for car at all. :) He has also developed a long list of animal noises. These are awesome. He can do a monkey, lion, elephant {complete with arm motion}, cow, horse, sheep, and today he started copying my owl noise pretty well. He also always pants when I ask him what the dog says. Not sure on that one - I have always said "woof woof" but I guess dogs do pant too...

Here's a video of the lion noise, which is tied with the elephant for my favorite.

{I really need to get a video of the elephant.}

• Will just realized how fun it is to flip switches, hit buttons, etc - especially if the effect can be seen immediately. He is now in charge of turning on lights and opening and closing the garage door anytime we go somewhere. He also has a toy that lights up and plays a song when he hits a button on it {ok, he has lots of toys that do that, but he has latched on to one particular one} and he loves to hit the button and start dancing when the song plays {but he only dances for the first part of the song} and then he waits with his little hand hovering over the button until the song ends and he can hit it and start dancing again. {love}
• Finally, and most importantly, WILL IS WALKING! He took his first steps back in February, and I know he has had the ability to walk for awhile now, but it just finally clicked today. He mastered the skill of standing up without holding anything for support last Thursday and has been getting much braver ever since. Then today, he just stood up and started walking around! Yay Will!

Here's a video we got this evening.

{Yes, Matt is bribing him with cheese. It was bedtime and he needed some motivation.}

Happy 14 months, Will!

happy friday!

{had not realized the azaleas would be in bloom when the first batch was taken, hence the casual and overly busy tshirt, which I love, but does not really work for a photo session in front of BRIGHT pink...so we went back for round two, in white}

Wow. That was a lot more pink than you usually see on this blog.

this week

I guess it's been a few days since I posted, because I have lots of pictures to share! We have had a fun week, and as you can see, most of it has been spent outside. We love spring around here. It has gotten to the point where if I open the door {like to feed our street cat or get the mail} but I don't take Will outside, he will start crying because he wants to play outside! So here's what we've been up to.

Mimi and Duke got a new swing, and Will loves it! Will is a huge fan of the swing at our house, but unfortunately, we don't have a great tree to hang it in. So our swing, while fun, is somewhat precariously balanced on a branch that is too skinny. The small branch was fine when Will was smaller, but I'm thinking we're going to need to find a way to hang it in the tree in the front yard. Too bad those branches are like 2 stories high. Hmmm.. Anyway, here is Will swinging:

he was all about sticking his tongue out that day

Then we had a little early birthday celebration for Matt's 30th.

And Will had fun playing with Duke.

Then on Monday, we celebrated Matt's actual birthday. Happy 30th, Matt!! We love you!

We started with birthday blueberry pancakes.

Blueberries are Will's favorite, but he wasn't expecting them in the pancakes!

We had some cake.

And Matt got some new cowboy boots!

{excuse the all red outfit. apparently it's laundry time around here...}

On Tuesday, my mom got to go to the arboretum for a field trip with her kids at Moss Haven. You know we don't pass up an arboretum trip, so we met up with them and had a blast!

We loved hanging out with Ben and Chase!

And then yesterday, we went back to the arboretum with Madison, Jennifer, and some of their friends. It was very fun, and Will loved playing with Madison.

Will wishing he was big enough to dangle his hands in the water...

Hey, Madison! Gotcha!

Madison isn't so sure...

What a fun week!!