The Water Table

Ahma and Bapa gave Will a water table for his birthday, and it is a huge hit!  Will played with it for a while, and then we put him in it which he just loved!  I have a feeling we will be playing with this on a daily basis.  Thanks Ahma and Bapa!

Will's 2nd Easter!

This is Will last Easter (just over 1 week old)...

And this is him this Easter!

Party Time

We had a birthday party for Will on Saturday to celebrate with family and my awesome mom's group. 

It was a monkey themed party, so we had monkey cupcakes and we decorated with Will's month by month pictures with the monkey and also some monkey party favors.  The party was a lot of fun!  Will is so lucky to have such great friends and family to celebrate with him.

Will had a cupcake....which he completely smashed...

Gwen and Lila loves the ball pit

Lundon likes the green ball

McLain was happy as ever

and Andrew loved the balloons!

Loli loves seeing Will all dressed up

As always, Uncle Chuck kept Will laughing!

Happy Birthday Will!

Will turned one on April 2!  We greeted him in the morning by singing Happy Birthday to him and I think he knew it was a special day.  We spent the day at home with Ahma and Bapa, Lovey and Granddad and Aunt Leen and Uncle Chuck. 

Here are some other cute pictures with his 12 month sign.  He seemed pretty excited to be 1!

Will and Granddad

Ahma and Will looking out the window

Bapa pulling Will in the big tub

Will in the tub

Will's first 1st birthday card arrives from England!

Thanks Ian and Mary!

One year of Wednesdays with Will

Apparently I never blogged about the blog's namesake. Seeing how this is the last Wednesday of Will’s first year, I think it is time!

At my awesome and incredibly cute baby shower, the hostesses (Aunt Leen, Caroyln, Elizabeth, Jenn, Julia, and Stephanie) gave me an adorable album called “Wednesdays with Will.” The idea was that each week I would take some pictures and write about what Will was doing that day or that week. It is a super cute idea, and I am happy to say that I *almost* have 52 entries! It has been such a sweet way to watch him grow, and I love looking at the week by week changes.

Thank you girls for this gift! It has been such a fun way to document Will’s first year. I definitely wouldn’t have done it without the album!

Here are the first few entries...

The Ball Pit

If you were driving down our street yesterday, you may have seen this site - Chad pushing Will in a pack-n-play filled with balls (referred to as the ball pit).  Our friend Mindee suggested this great gift for Will - 200 hundred balls to play in while in his pack-n-play.  Since the day was so nice, we had taken Will outside with the ball pit earlier in the day.  Later that same day, Chad watched Will for a few hours and decided he would try the ball pit outside again, however, he couldn't really carry Will and pull the ball pit.  So, he just put Will in it and rolled it outside. 

That was a huge hit!  Will loved the motion and shrieked with delight.  So Chad pushed Will up and down the sidewalk.  We did it again this morning just so I could see how funny this must have looked to the neighbors and those driving by.

Will also got this tunnel for his birthday.  It has been a huge hit!