Snow Day

 It snowed today in Dallas!  Will and I saw the snow and went to tell Chad.  Next thing I know, Chad and Will are heading outside.  Will was still in his PJ's, so we just added a coat, hat and wellies, and he was happy as can be!  He loved the snow, and he lasted much longer than Chad and I did.  He was sad when we made him come in because we got too cold!

Chad handing Will a snowball to throw

He loved it! 

Airplanes!

 On Saturday, we took Will to the flight museum.  Will got Chad a membership there as a Christmas gift since they had so much fun playing there last year.  This was my first time to go, and it was so fun to see Will have such a great time running around in the kid's play area.  This will likely be the site of Will's second birthday party - he loves airplanes!

In the cockpit

in the bounce house

waiting for dad to get more quarters so the airplane can fly!

Little Man

Will isn't potty trained yet, but we are working on the concept with him. He always finds an ESPN magazine to read when he takes a seat...

Words

My mom suggested that I write down the words Will is saying these days, so here is my best shot at things I have heard him say unsolicited.

- please, thank you, gracias, hi, bye, good
- drink, milk, juice, lemonade, coke, water, aqua, coffee
- cup, straw, plate, fork, knife, spoon
- store, apple, applesauce, orange, grapes, cheese, cracker, salsa, chips, ketchup, bread, raisins, fruit snacks, toast
- santa, christmas tree, star, reindeer, candy cane, present
- pumpkin
- airport, plane, helicopter, fly, boat
- trike, car, truck, keys
- firetruck, garbage truck, trash, stink (thanks to the book "I stink"), dump truck
- wheels, honk, beep, horn
- hose, spray, ladder
- fall, wash (in relation to doing laundry), bath, splash, clap, play, need, climb, scoop, read, walk, run, go, sit, sleep, stay, push, pull, eat, cook (in reference to putting something in the microwave), open, close, shut, throw, wait (usually with an "I" in front of these).  Today he burped and said "I burp!"
- broom, mop, sweep
- bathroom vocabulary (including for the sake of documentation!) - wet, poop, pee pee, toot
- stairs
- one, two, three, four, five, six (in spanish as well) - This is somewhat solicited in that we are usually counting and he chimes in.
- more, again
- bed, crib, room, pillow, blankie ("bobbie"), chair
- toothbrush, toothpaste, brush, blowdryer
- outside, moon, star, snow, rain, cold, hot
- light, dark
- guitar, bag, tent, picture, card (in reference to the memory card for my camera), clock
- pool, park, bubbles, ball, bat, slide, swing, sand, cake, castle (all in relation to things he makes in the sandbox)
- eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, head, tummy, legs, arm, feet, hands, fingers, toes
- coat, shoes, socks, shirt, pants, hat, gloves
- duck, dog, cat, kitty, bunny, sheep, horse, cow, bird, whale, turtle, fish, bee
- baby, sister
- night night


So far, he three word sentences have been "I want more", "I push car", and "I play Star (Wars)".  One of my favorite two sentences together was "It's dark.  I need lights."

He doesn't say his colors without being asked what color something is, so I didn't include those for now.

Napping in a big bed

Yesterday, our nanny went to get Will after his nap and found him straddling one side of the crib, acting like he was riding a pony.  So, today Will took his first nap in his new fire truck bed.  It was a matter of time before we started the transition, but we were just hoping it would be after baby girl got here so we could utilize Will's new room as a guest room and a second bedroom for me and baby girl if needed.  Instead, we are going with Plan B and we hope that he sleeps really well in his new bed!

I woke him up when I snuck in to take a picture of him, but he went right back to sleep.  I wish I had a picture of him riding on the side of his crib to go with this one, but I missed that moment!

21 Months Old!

Will is 21 months old and beginning his last month as an only child.  He is busy talking up a storm!  It was such a fun month with the Christmas holiday.  I think Will misses seeing Santas, Christmas tress, and eating candy canes.  He still talks about all three regularly.

This month Will...

* fell is love with fruit snacks, raisin bread and the store brand black cherry yogurt (which he calls "dad's yogurt").  By love, I mean he consumes massive quantities of these things... like 4-5 pieces of bread and 3 adult servings of yogurt.  He would eat an endless amount of fruit snacks if I didn't hide them somewhere new everyday. 

* loves Star Wars.  He said "I play Stars" yesterday and grabbed Chad's hand to go upstairs and play Star Wars with him. 

* loved looking at Christmas lights.  He would say "wow" appropriately when we saw a really good display.

* remembers who gave him what gift.  He will see his guitar and say "Chuck" and usually follow it up with "Airport Aunt Leen" which sounds more like "poor port unt een".  He knows Aunt Leen and Uncle Chuck go together as well as all the other couples in his life.

* goes to bed easily.  He now says good night "night night" to me downstairs and blows kisses while going upstairs with Chad to read and play before going to bed. 

* counts.  He has one-two down.  He can count higher with help, but currently only points out things where there are two of them.

* fell in love with Dora.  He really likes the only episode he has ever seen which is about a car race.

* says "I read", "I walk", "I sit", "I play", "I read", etc. 

* really enjoyed spending time with Lovey, Granddad, Ahma, Bapa, Great Grandma Jo, Great Grandpa John, Great Aunt Lori, and second cousin Jessica.  As expected, he was spoiled by all of them with trucks, hugs and lots of love.



Welcome 2011 - The Happiest New Year for Chad

This might be the best start to any year for Chad.  Will woke up and went to play in the fire truck room (his future room).  Chad and I are still emptying our items from his future closet (a New Years Eve activity), and there was a bin of Star Wars figures in his room.  Will found Jango Fett and was running around the house holding him saying "Star! Star!"  (That is what he calls Star Wars.)  He wanted to play with anything and everything Star Wars, so Chad got out his old school Star Wars characters to show him.  Will loves them and kept saying "I want more!"  He just can't get enough.

To add to Chad's pleasure, I asked him to buy some more Star Wars things for Will.  Chad seems to own a lot of the bad guys, and I would love for Will to have some good guys.  He asked me twice - "Did you really just ask me to buy some Star Wars characters?  Really?"

Chad is already in love with 2011.  We have an exciting year ahead as we add a new little one to the family.  Happy new year to all!

Playing with a lightsaber

Checking out dad's collection

Planning a trip for 2011

"I read"

At the park

he loves the sand box