The Weathers Family

The Weathers Family

Thursday, December 29, 2011

15 Months Old

This first one was the best I could get...

The rest of them looked something like this-

or this-




New Words:
light- ite
dada
mama
tree- dee
woof
night night- nana
uh oh
shoes- sues
sock- ock
ho ho ho (pointing to Santa)
duck
quack- cack
block- ock
PawPaw- papa
moo (usually while looking at a cow)
*and of course no-no


*Some of these are not "new", but this is what we've got so far*
And he certainly doesn't do all of these on cue. You know how that goes.


Firsts:  Auburn football game; lots of new foods (favorites being: canned peaches, strawberries, vanilla wafers, pulled pork bbq); walking

Measurements: wearing anything from 12 month to 2T clothes, size 6 wide shoe, size 4 diapers, no dr visit yet (15 month was scheduled for yesterday, but no shots while you're sick- we've rescheduled for next week)

Other Info.:
*You now have all 4 molars, they finally cut through *praise Jesus* (total of 12 teeth)

*We're trying to get off of baby food (purees, anyway). You like mostly anything we give you, but never eat more than a few bites. Not enough for this mommy to think it's a good meal. You still love baby food, and that makes me feel like you're getting enough fruits and veggies.

*Doing much better with a sippy cup. Do not like any kind of fruit juice, but prefer milk or water instead.

*Sleeping from about 7:30/8ish until 6 a.m. (sometimes I have to wake you up)

*Napping once at daycare for about 3 hours, give or take. Napping twice when at home or at Nana's house, lasting about 2 hours each.

*You give hugs and kisses to any and all stuffed animals. Just last night, you were walking around carrying a monkey going, "Mmma, mmma, mmma!" and squeezing it. You can blow kisses too.

*You still take a bottle first thing in the morning and before bed. I keep telling myself that we'll switch to a cup soon. This is my cuddle time with you, so it's sooo hard to give it up. At least you drink out of a cup during the day.

*Tantrums have begun. Right now they don't last but for a few seconds- you are easily distracted. We try to redirect you to something you can do. During these tantrums, you are crying "No! No! No!" and there  is usually kicking involved. I tried to get a quick video of this- this one isn't that great, but here, he was trying to pull things out of the diaper bag and I said "no". Fortunately, he recovers quickly.


* Messes are becoming pretty common around here, whether it's dumping out a container of puffs or pulling out all of the baby wipes from a container.

busted...

Does this mean I officially have a toddler?


Here are some more pictures from the past 2 months:

bathtime is a favorite

 in your free time, you like to rearrange tupperware (or just chew on it)


First Auburn football game (I think it was homecoming)

 You did pretty well, we left after halftime but I think you could've made it a little longer. You were getting squirmy and very sleepy.


I mentioned that we are trying more solid foods here recently, one of them being spaghetti. You seemed to like it at first, even eating several spoonfuls. Well..... 

For those of you who aren't familiar, the next picture is the "pre-vomit" face. There are many mommies who probably know this look. 

Thank goodness you didn't throw up, but it was a close call. 
You recovered pretty quickly....
...but you sure weren't eating any more spaghetti. 
Back to baby food we went. Oh well!

The past week or so, you haven't been feeling very well and not acting completely like yourself. This made for some extra cuddle time, especially with daddy. He was loving it.

Despite the ear infection, you could still be pretty silly.
Those pj's just wouldn't stay buttoned!

Above is the scary tunnel I had referred to here

It's not so scary anymore! :)


Dear Sweet Will,
You are growing up so fast! We love each and every day with you. You are the sweetest, silliest, funniest, little thing ever. I have loved staying at home with you over the holidays- this makes it so hard to go back to work. You are learning new things every day- your brain is a little sponge. We love you so much!

Love, 
Mommy and Daddy




Monday, December 26, 2011

Christmas 2011

WARNING- very long post with lots of pictures...you may want to get a snack.


First of all, wow- Christmas with a toddler is completely different! And by 'different', I mean: exhausting, stressful, incredibly fun, hilarious, messy, etc. but I wouldn't want it any other way. We are so blessed to have amazing families and the opportunity to spend time together. 

Our Christmas festivities began on Christmas Eve. I took Will to communion at the church where I grew up. I knelt with Will at the altar and took communion while the pastor prayed for our family, calling us by name. Such a special experience. I look forward to doing this each year. 

After church, we went to Jeff's parents' house, aka Mimi and PawPaw's. The immediate family gets together every year for dinner and presents. I have several pictures from that night:

Will was pretty excited to see everyone 
(and yes, not only is he walking now, he is running- Lord help us)

 The first gift of the night


Isn't that rocking horse adorable?? I know one little guy that thought it was pretty amazing :)

I got a quick video of him riding- he caught on pretty quickly

And more running, in new Christmas PJ's by the way

While he wasn't running or opening gifts, he decided to do a little rearranging of the furniture


And then the picture with all the grandkids. 
Attempt #1:
"Let's see if he'll sit on the rocking horse"
 Nope.


Attempt #2:
"Ok, we'll just let him sit on the floor"
Nope.


 Attempt #3:
"Aha! One of those chairs!"
Priceless.


When you look away for just a minute, he disappears. Never good.
Little stinker snuck into the bathroom to play the game "How many things can I throw in there?"
Luckily, he only got 1 before he got busted.


Tried to get a picture with PawPaw, a little blurry

The boys playing with their remote control trucks (which Will found pretty interesting, too)

One of the cousins got a Wrestle Mania ring and a couple wrestling men...Will threw a Ninja Turtle in there for good measure. He wasn't quite sure what to do at first, but.....

...daddy swoops in and saves the day! He is teaching Will the proper way to use those guys.
I see lots of these moments in our future. This makes my heart happy :)


You may not be able to tell from the above pictures, but our little man has been one sick baby the past few days. We finally went to the dr today (Rapid Care because pediatrician was not open....NOT 'rapid' at all, by the way). Double ear infection and a cold. Bless him :(

And now, moving on to Christmas Day. He did sleep in those adorable pajamas, but vomited all over them first thing Christmas morning. So we had to settle for snowmen pj's- still pretty cute :)

Jeff and I are calling to him "Will, come in here! Look! Oh boy!"
And he's thinking, "What is going on in here?"

New books and a puzzle (this teacher sure is happy...haha)

giving the puzzle kisses :)

He also got several other things, one being one of those expandable tunnel things that he can crawl through. I thought it was a brilliant idea. However, when I took it out of the bag, it flew open and scared him to death. It took until tonight before he would go near it. He crawled through it though, finally, and discovered that it was pretty cool.

After eating breakfast at Mimi and PawPaw's we then went to my parents' house for brunch around 11. 

Will got a cute puzzle

and this tricycle. He hopped right on! 

He hasn't quite figured out that it has wheels, so he just walks with it for now. But either way, he had a blast :)

Then he remembered one of his favorite things to do while at Nana and Grandpa's house:


We tried to get a family photo by the tree....semi-successful, considering we had a sick, over-tired baby on our hands


We went back to Jeff's parents' house that afternoon for the big family dinner. I didn't get any pictures. Will was either asleep, or not a happy camper. He then proceeded to sleep for 12 hours last night.  Much needed sleep for our little buddy. 

Merry Christmas!