The Adventures of Will and Sam

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Swimming in the tub

Its been very hot in Chicago this weekend so after a sweaty walk to the swings this evening we thought it would be fun to let Will cool off in our big bath tub! He wasn't to sure at first but by the end he loved kicking his legs! By the time we have Aquababy class Will will be doing the butterfly stroke in the lap lane.

Will's hosted his first playgroup!

Will asked me last week if he could have all his friends over and I said as long as you keep sleeping through the night you can have the whole gang over! On Tuesday we had the whole crew over - Justus, Rhett, Juliana, Emmy, Griffin and Joe!! It was such a fun time. Will was having so much fun that about 20 minutes into the party he wanted to rest his eyes - which turned into an hour and half nap and when he woke up all his friends had to go home! Its ok we will have everyone back soon!

Will testing out the play areas before his friends came

Moms watching this babes wiggle about

All the babes in a row

Will and beautiful Juliana

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Good night Will - Mommy will see you in the morning

Bedtime is such a funny thing. When I was little I can remember hating when the final credits ran of Full House because I knew that it was time to go to bed. Em and I would read books in her bed and when my parents would come to turn off the lights I would quickly pretend I was sleeping - because if I was sleeping then they wouldn't dare wake me to move to my own bed :). As an adult bedtime is a wonderful thing! Laying down in cozy sheets, letting your body relax from the stress and activity of the day knowing ahhhh I can sleep in tomorrow because its Saturday.

Then Will came into our lives :) HAHA. Our little alarm clock - a very very cute one at that! When we first took Will home I remember thinking there really is never a bedtime - its just a 3 hour block that happens over 24 hours - just from 9pm to 5am its really dark in the house. I must admit I sometimes dreaded the night but each week it got a little easier. Will has always been a great sleeper. So good in the beginning my biggest stress was how to I keep the little guy awake long enough to feed him. About 3 minutes into a feeding he would be fast asleep laying all over me - and I must be honest I didn't care one bit that it might take over an hour to nurse him. Now Will is 5.5 months old and if you were to tell me back on 3 months ago I could put Will in a crib and he would fall asleep on his own I would have laughed you out of Chicago. No rocking for hours, holding the binki in his mouth by his crib, rubbing his head, his back, his arms, his cheek, singing "sweet baby will" over and over and over until I couldn't remember where the song started or stopped. 5.5 months later I kiss him on the cheek (about 50 times) and tell him "I will see him in the morning" (even though sometimes its more like 4am for a quick snack.) What a smart boy he is. Amazing that little by little he learned that sleep sack = bed time and that laying in his crib alone can be fun when you roll from one end to the other over and over. What an amazing thing it is to watch a baby learn. When you think it would be impossible for a little baby to accomplish the "impossible" - they do it right before your eyes. Although I would never EVER trade the hours of rocking, and singing and and snuggling for a million trillion dollars - it is nice to have my little boy asleep at 7pm to enjoy dinner and movie at night. I love you Will and I will always be there to see you in the morning!

Who wouldn't want to wake up for the smile!

The king of the 30 minute nap. I thought maybe if I tucked him in real tight he would stay asleep. No luck - but comfort slept for hours!

Funny pictures from his video monitor

Jammed up to the side in his cribby

Side Sleeping - how we really know he is calling it a night!

Tummy sleeping

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Just everyday life

Church with Grandmommy in Texas - I loved the lights and music

Off to Starbucks Saturday morning with Mom and Dad and my gift card!

Playing at the park with Dad

Reading my new book about Lobsters from Auntie Sam

Eating my feet

Reading books at the park with mommy

On the swings like a big boy

J + W + two crazy moms + camera = pretty funny pictures

Jenny and Justus came over to the house the other day to play and we thought it would be pretty funny to sit them on the leather chair. It is so fun having Jenny and Justus to play with all the time and I can't wait to watch the boys grow up together.

"Hey Justus what are our moms doing?"

"No idea Will but thats pretty cool you can grab your feet"

"Opps sorry Will just got a little excited and lost some of my milk"

"No problem J, you can always lean on me - We will be best friends forever"

5 Months Old - July 5th 2011

4th of July in the Lone Star State!

Jason, Will and I took a trip down to Dallas for a long weekend. It was such a great trip. We got to see so much family and they all loved on Will which was such a special thing for us to see! Although the weather was HOT HOT HOT we did lots of fun things - went swimming, trip to LuLuLemon, lots of rolling around on the furry carpet and a trip to Aunt Donna's and Uncle James's new house!! Grandmommy/Barb was so nice to let us take over her house - which always amazes me how such a little person comes with so many things. Grandmommy and Will hung out one night while Jason and I got to go out with friends and play Top Golf - we had realized that was the first time we had gone out in a LONG LONG while :). Thanks Barb for everything and can't wait to come back over Thanksgiving.

Nanni and Will reading books early in the morning - so sweet