Monday, February 4, 2008

Visit with friends

William, Lauren, and I made the trip to Atlanta this weekend for a delightful and much over due visit with the Marlatts. Lou Ellen is a friend from college and she was an attendant in my wedding. Mike, Lou Ellen's husband, was in ROTC with Eric. They have baby Kensley who has a very lively personality and was very sweet to meet. She is so tiny and squishy--she was so fun to touch.
Lauren decided it would be a good time to show off. She started rolling over everytime she was put on her tummy. She has dabbled with this skill before but, only then did she really perfect it. Now, she is working hard on rolling back-to-tummy. Not really, she is quite happy laying on her back and kicking up to her side.
William participated in poop-a-thon while we were visiting. He really enjoyed using the Wheeler's (Lou Ellen's parents) potty and pooping everytime. He would work very hard to produce little poop nuggets everytime he needed to pee pee. He pooped 3 maybe 4 times in the few hours we visited with the Marlatts. Then, we headed over to visit Wendy, Mark, and Brenden where William pooped another 3 times. He was more than pleased with himself as was I. Today, William did a trial gymnastics class with his buddy Brenden. It was a little too structured for William but he really enjoyed the activities. Mosty he enjoyed the trampoline. But he was able to practice his somersault and start learning how to do a cartwheel.






Cute Pictures

Lauren lovin' that corn on the cob
William building a tower for Grandad to knock over
Lauren reading her favorite book--baby einstein "mirror me"
Sweet sleeping Lauren
William had the best time playing cash register with his buddy Brenden


Saturday, February 2, 2008

Mmm... Corn!

Lauren is really enjoying this food thing--bananas aside. She has now added avocado to her food range. She enjoyed the new fruit. But, she really enjoyed corn (I totally broke the introduing new foods rule)--on the cob, that is. She had a death grip on the cob and expressed her pleasure through various sounds while she was licking and gnawing the corn cob. Lauren became very angry with mommy when I finally took the cob away.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Big Date

William and I took a special trip to get ice cream this evening. We went to Cold Stone Creamery and William made quite a colorful confectionary treat. I thought for sure he would go for the chocolate ice cream but, he insisted on the blue ice cream ( it turned out to be cotton candy flavored). To his ice cream, he added M&Ms and sprinkles--It was a delicious creation.

Good Times

William and Kaylee are patiently waiting for their lunch--William wowed Karen, Kaylee's mom, by eating not one but two hotdogs and part of a slice of pizza. It takes a lot of food to maintain his 32 lb physique.


William played at Monkey Joes with his friend Kaylee yesterday. William loves to play with friends and always has fun playing at Monkey Joes with his friend Kaylee