Will's First Christmas

We had a great first Christmas with Will. We went to Austin and celebrated with Will's grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, great aunts and uncles and cousins.

Here he is awaiting the arrival of Rudolph...

This year, the bows and cards were as big a hit as the gift itself. We are enjoying this stage while we can!


















Will reading the cards and passing out gifts at the Kerr's house.

Will and his new truck!

On the move

I love putting Will in our green chair and taking his picture... but now he sits for just a second before he tries to stand up of dive off the chair. This guy is just happier on the move...

Time for some babyproofing...

The Pacifier

Will never fully embraced the pacifier for it's intended purpose, but he does think it is a funny toy. He usually smiles when he sees it and laughs when he plays with it. If he crawls around with it in his mouth the "right" way, he holds his breath and he quickly has to stop, sit and catch his breath. It is really funny to watch. Sometimes he will just sit and play with it and hang it out the side of his mouth like a cigar. We were going to throw away our collection of pacifiers when we realized Will didn't care for them around week 4 or so, but now we are glad we saved them!

Proof

If this picture isn't evidence enough of Will's new teeth, his crib surely is. Will apparently is a "crib chewer." We prefer to call him "baby beaver", but either way, this boy started widdling away at his crib. There are scratch marks and even areas when you can see the natural wood underneath. So, now his crib is covered with blankies... tied on by some ribbon. Initially, I saw the scratch marks and assumed I had some time to "research" what to do in this situation. Then after his next nap, we saw the newly exposed natural wood and came up with our homemade solution. No research needed.

Our 3-toothed reader

Will just loves the Clifford Christmas Presents book. He loves to open the flaps on every page. This is one of those books that he will sit and look at over and over and it definitely keeps his attention.

He now officially has 3 teeth! He got one the day after his eight month birthday, and then one last friday, and one today. He has 2 on the bottom and 1 on the top, but they are tough to photograph since they are still tiny. He's is also pulling up everywhere these days. He is one busy and curious little guy.

My favorite Friday

Our nanny needed the day off, so I took the day off to stay home with Will. As a result, I think nanny needs to take more time off... I had a great time today.

When Will was having his morning yogurt, I noticed another little tooth next to the one that showed up last week. He officially has 2 (sharp!) lower teeth. Since he got his first tooth, he now loves to carry something in his mouth when he crawls. It can be anything really, a toy, a piece of paper... you name it. I think he is just proud that he has something to hold it in his mouth when he crawls.

I went to get Will from his nap, and when I walked in the room, he was standing up in his crib waiting for me. He was oh so proud of himself - he had the biggest grin on his face. At this point, I felt like the universe was with me in that he was doing these things for the first time on the first day I have had alone with him since he was 3 months old. (Seriously!)

I put Will in his Santa suit and took him out Christmas shopping. We headed to North Park and we completely lucked into getting his picture taken with Santa! Someone in line had an extra ticket and gave it to us. We waited all of 15 minutes before it was our turn! It was cute to see Santa on Santa's lap. Will didn't know what to think, so he just held onto Santa's beard for dear life.

After this awesome day with Will, I would really like to consider going to a 4-day work week. Maybe that is what I will ask for for Christmas!