First Easter

Will's first Easter was a typical Sunday hanging out at my mom's house. We enjoyed spending time with his cousins Leighan and Kennedy and also getting lots of goodies from the Easter Bunny in his Easter basket. Because he was teething we actually missed church...for the first time EVER. I couldn't believe it. Anyways we spent another wonderful Sunday with family...tradition.

 

 



6 Month photo session

Will's 6 month photo session was fun as usual. He isn't quite sitting up on his own yet so we had to improvise a bit. I love to see him grow in these photos!

 



First St. Patty's Day

Will's first St. Patty's Day was spent with my family hanging out by the pool. He put on his pool side hat and played in a baby chair outside in the shade before going in for a nap. He LOVES to be outside! We enjoyed a nice family day, the first of many more Sunday pool days.



6 Months Old

William is a half a year old. I feel like he was just this tiny little baby boy and now he's wearing 12-18 month clothes. 12-18 month clothes!!! My little baby boy has turned into a 6 month toddler...over night! I can't believe how much I love this baby. Every day I look at him I love him more than the day before. He is my entire world and I can't ever imagine my life without him.

Will started eating cereal shortly after he turned 5 months old. We were off to a rough start with it, but he adjusted well and is now eating double the start amount. He is also sleeping in his own crib at night. He sleeps the entire night in his crib and sometimes wakes up once throughout the night just to eat. He is also rolling completely over from his back to his belly. He does it all of the time and at first I was going in his room at night and rolling him back but after about a week or so of that I just left him alone and checked on him a few times during the night and of course he has been fine. He has also gotten his first tooth...and about a week after that got his second tooth. My poor little guy, teething does not go well with him. I'm pretty sure I gave him Motrin twice a day every day for about a week at least. I felt so had for him! All he wanted was his mommy and to snuggle every single day starting at about 5pm until he would finally go to sleep. Poor thing! He also went to the park for the first time. He just LOVES the swings! Super cute to see him enjoying it. He also started watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He gets the biggest smile every time it comes on...sooo cute! He now weighs about 20 lbs and his height is 29 inches.

This month has been a lot of new things, that's for sure! Along with all his new milestones he has reach he also started with a new daycare lady. She is younger than our previous sitter and much closer to home, which I love. I get to sleep an extra 1/2 hour in the mornings and it takes me much less time to get home after work.

Our goal for next month is to have him sitting up on his own. He is almost there. He can currently sit with something behind his back, such as his boppy pillow. And he can also sit up really good in his bumpo chair as well. He will also experience his first Easter, which will be interesting since we always go to a sunrise church service. He did great at the Christmas church service so I'm not too worried about his behavior. He is also had his picture taken with the Easter Bunny this past weekend. Classic of course!

I also had my good friend Chelsea take his 6 month photos this last weekend. I cannot wait to see how they turned out! She always does such a great job with all of his photos.



5 Months Old

5 months old already...I feel like he was just born yesterday and I woke up and he's almost half a year old. It goes by WAY too fast and I hate that so much, but I LOVE to see him grow up and become this handsome little boy. There isn't a ton of new things to report for his 5th month update. He has been saying the letters "B" and "P" which is new for him. He started eating rice cereal 1-2 times per day. He is still mostly wearing 9 month clothes with some 12 month items in there. He is still wearing size 3 diapers. He has rolled over a couple of times but still isn't doing it regularly. He is sitting very well in his high chair when we feed him. He enjoys listening to kids type of music, we listen to it whenever we are in the car and at home during play time. He has been spending more time sleeping on his own verses us holding him while he sleeps. He has been sleeping more in his crib, pack and play as well as next to me on the couch. He is not sleeping in his crib at night like I would hope he would. He is however getting used to starting in his crib but he eventually moves over to our bed. Since I am the one that usually gets up with him at night I would prefer to get sleep over losing it right now, which is why he sleeps with us at night, but he is getting more comfortable with his crib. Sometimes it takes longer for some kids to get used to their crib than others. He enjoys being outside and also going anywhere in his baby carrier. He still does not have any teeth in yet, but he is still fisting and chewing on anything! I'm sure it will be any time now! He still is a very good sleeper and eater but lately he has been getting up once in the middle of the night to eat. It's usually for about 20 minutes or so and all he does is get a diaper change if needed and eats. He falls back to sleep while nursing and stays asleep until it's time to get up in the morning. He is still napping about 3 times daily, but his naps are getting a little bit shorter. He talks ALOT and plays ALOT. He is a very alert and active baby. He is approximately 18 lbs and just under 28 inches long. His biggest growth jump has been from 2-3 months. He is still in the 90th percentile for all of his weight and measurements.

I have already been planning his first birthday party. I am so very excited to put everything together for that and even though he won't remember a thing about it, I still want it to be just as special. I am adjusting pretty well to this whole parenthood thing. Going back to work has been hard of course for obvious reasons of miss my child and feel like I am missing out on everything. But also because I feel like my life never stops. I get up every day at about 445 and don't usually get to bed until about 10. I have my morning were I am just so exhausted but I just tell myself that life has so much more worth to it now that I have Will. I don't even remember what my life was like without him. I am almost ready to have another baby...almost!



First Valentines Day

Will's first Valentines Day was just another day for him...pretty much what it is for his parents too. Of course I did a little LOVE photo session with him but nothing too much. He wore red on Valentines day just like his daddy did (mommy wore pink). Not much to report on the love day front. Will is still single and loving it :)



4 Months Old

My baby boy is no longer an infant. We have reached some milestones this month for sure! Will is now rolling over...well sort of. He did it for the first time while laying in bed with me one morning and again while having tummy time with his daddy. He is also doing so well with tummy time and can hold his head up for much longer periods of time. He can look at himself in the mirror on his belly! He is also grabbing and holding his toys and starting to put them in his mouth to bite and suck on them. (We MAY have a tooth coming in...stay tuned!) He has been sleeping about 9 hours or so at night and doesn't get up at all in those 9 hours. (That is the best thing for me!) He is also starting to get comfortable in his crib. While he is not sleeping in there at night, we do try and put him down for naps and he also plays in his crib throughout the day. He talks even more and makes all kinds of new baby talk noises. He also has been laughing more at little things that we do, although he never laughs at the same thing twice. He is also starting to grab at his feet and hold on to them. He is wearing 9 month clothes and is now in size 3 diapers. He weighs 17lbs 1oz and is just under 27 inches long, 90th percentile all the way!

I went back to work on January 3rd and of course it was the worst day for me. I had spent the whole week leading up to my return dreading it. I cried at least once everyday leading up to it and on the morning I dropped him off at his daycare I lost it completely. I just miss him every single second I am not with him. He has been doing very well at the sitters house. He doesn't cry when I leave him or at all while he is there. Then again he never really cries unless he needs something. He loves the sitter's house and she is just great with him. He goes there Tuesday thru Thursday and Chris or I am home with him on Fridays and Mondays. I am usually the one who picks him up and drops him off so of course the best part of my day is seeing that smiling face every day at pick up time.

The down side of his four month update is that he has his first little cold. It just broke my heart to see him so sad and upset due to his awful stuffy nose. He has had the worst congestion and nothing else. He has had no fever or cough or anything except this horrible stuffy nose. My poor little guy! I just cried the first night he woke up with it. It was heartbreaking to hear him trying to breathe and knowing there wasn't anything I could do to take it away. We spent lots of time in the bathroom with lots of steam showers as well as getting to know and use a NoseFrida (which is the best thing ever). He is doing much better now but a cold hangs around for days, hopefully he will be better soon!