Wednesdays with Will and Katie

Monday, August 15, 2011

More Alice

I forgot how much I loved the baby stages. Katie is 6m old, and we are just having a blast with her. She smiles, giggles, and squeals so much - she can't help but bring a smile to my face all the time. I want to just eat her up.

She is still loving her Alice. I can't help but take pictures of her with her doll - it is just too cute!

Dallas World Aquarium

Chad joined the aquarium a few weeks ago after going one weekend with Will to escape the heat. Will and Chad have gone every weekend ever since. This weekend Katie and I joined them, and it was really fun. Will knows his way around really well. We were walking by something that looked like nothing, and Will points and says "Turtles!" Sure enough, if you lean over and crook your head to the left, you can see turtles. I think he and Chad have probably seen every single animal that lives there.

Speaking of, if you ever go, I should warn you that the crocodiles are so large they almost don't look real. I have never seen a crocodile so big in my life!

checking out the river otters

Katie doing some stretches

checking out the stingrays

Friday, August 12, 2011

Meet Alice

I found this darling doll, Alice, for Katie online at BlaBla Kids and I had to get it for her. Will has their Hercules the Elephant, and so I knew how soft these dolls are. I was so happy that Katie loved this doll from the minute it arrived. She played with it as soon as we opened the box, slept with it in her crib, and when I peeked at the monitor to see if she was awake, I saw her playing with Alice.

I loved my doll as a kid. I mean loved. I didn't want to open my Christmas presents until I had fed my doll Ashley. In Christmas videos, you can see Kathleen opening presents and then there is me sitting in a little chair in my red robe feeding my baby.

My doll Ashley got some much love that my dad had to tape her legs back on as they would fall off from so much play. I am pretty sure she is tucked away in a box in my parents attic, so during one of my Austin visits I will have to find her.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Things I love about Will right now

Will likes to measure people's toes. He says "I am going to measure your toes. I'll get my measuring tape." Then he will run (always a run) to the drawer where we keep the measuring tape, come back, "measure" your toes, and then say something like "all clean!"

I'm not 100% sure where this came from - maybe a combination of things. He did have his foot measured at Stride Rite, but that has been a while.

Everything can be fixed with his screwdriver. For example, his crocs broke and he said "I'll go get my screwdriver and fix it!" He then usually breaks into the Bob the Builder song, a favorite at our house.

Another favorite is the ABC song. He loves this song, but if someone else sings it, they are sure to be corrected. In the end, the song goes "Now I know my ABC's...". Will quickly will say "No! They are MY ABC's." The alphabet is not something he shares.

He has recently gotten into hiding. His favorite hiding place is behind the sofa in Katie's room. It is affectionately known to Will as "my hiding place." He loves to hide there, especially if he hears someone coming when we are playing in Katie's room. Chad or Loli will be coming down the hall and Will will say "Daddy/Loli (pronounced Woe-wee) is coming! I am going to hide in my hiding place!" He then runs behind the sofa to hide. Usually when Chad/Loli say "where is Will?", Will replies "I'm hiding in my hiding place!" or he will answer "no" when they guess where he might be.

When we were in Seaside, there was an AWESOME toy store. It was great. Will loved it and loved to play with the cars. They had a great collection that Will displayed on the floor for the other shoppers. Will called the toy store the "toy story." He has never seen Toy Story but I guess he has heard about it? I just loved hearing "I want to go to the Toy Story!"

Will loves to tell you that he'll be right back. "I am going upstairs to get my boppies. I'll be right back." I assume I tell him I will be right back a lot as he tells me this all the time.

Will understands cold, hot and warm. He really misses playing outside, and I guess he is used to me saying it is too hot to play outside. Now he will say "Mommy, let's play outside. It's warm."

We love to take Will to the neighborhood pool. It opens at 10am on Sat and 12p on Sun. On Sundays, he would always think the pool should be open earlier, so we showed him a watch and explained to him what the watch would look like when the pool opened. So now, whenever we see the pool or talk about the pool, Will says "Is the pool open? I need to see your watch."

I also tell him that I miss him when I see him after not seeing him for a bit. When I woke him up from a nap the other day, his first words were "Mommy, I missed you!"

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

6 months old!

Katie is 6 months old! Wow, the time has flown by. Everyone says that, and it is just so true. Katie is such a joy - she is a happy and content baby who has the best squeals and giggles. We just adore our every minute with her and love seeing her brother interact with her.

This month Katie:

* weighs 17.5 lbs (75%)

* measures 26.5 inches (75%)

* head measures 43 cm(75%)

* can sit up on her own

* started eating food 2x a day (and so far she has loved everything)

* started eating puffs

* took her first airplane ride

* was baptized on July 31!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Tunnel Love

Check out this sweet video of Will kissing Katie in his tunnel. He loves for her to get in there with him. The morning started off with him saying "Katie, hurry! Get in the tunnel!" So I placed her in the tunnel and they played.

The video starts with him singing "Go To Sleep" - a song from a Diego episode and then he holds Katie's hands. Next it looks like he is going to take a bite out of her, but it ends with sweet sweet kisses. He just adores her. I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts!

Katie's Baptism

We baptized Katie this past Sunday at our church - Highland Park United Methodist. It was such a wonderful morning - my parents, my sister and brother-in-law, Chad's parents, grandmother, sister and our nephew all came to the service to see her be baptized. Katie was the only baby being baptized which was extra special. I am not sure I have ever attended a service where only one baby was baptized at our church - there are usually a bunch! So, it was really special to have it all about her.

When the pastor Jim Moore said a little prayer for her, he held her finger and during the prayer Katie decided to start chewing on it. It was cute to watch. When the pastor held her up to see everyone, she just smiled and glowed. Such a sweet welcome to her church family.

Our family