Sweet Sixteen...

Months that is...as of yesterday.
He's probably not ready to drive yet, but he sure did love playing in Grandpa Casey's 'vette.

Scenes from a Summer

I know its been several weeks between posts...but they don't call it the "lazy days of summer" for nothing. Also, because my brain has been on a sabbatical for while and I cannot think of anything clever to write - you are just going to have to enjoy the pictures. A couple of updates on Will's new tricks...1) walking full time - he just started this over the 4th of July, 2) kicking Mackenzie with sound effects and taking new stints in timeout for doing so (!), and 3) saying several words including: Dad, cracker, cheese, dog, ball, hat, bird...but sadly, not Mama.

First Vacation

We had our first family vacation with Will (and Grandpa and Grandma Norton) last week in Estes Park, Colorado hiking in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Will loved being in the backpack and was quite the trooper for our 3 hour hikes. Staying in carseat for 8 hours is another story. He was so fed up by the time we hit Ogallala, he decided to drive the last leg home (!).

Lincoln Safari: Healthy Families Play Together...

and then enjoy chocolate milkshakes at the UNL East Campus Dairy Store. Mmmmm...

Lincoln has some great community programs. We really enjoy the One Book One Lincoln program and discovered our favorite book with its 2005 selection, The Kite Runner. Last year, Lincoln Safari was implemented and encourages families to explore public parks. Will and I ventured out today to the Game & Parks Commission Park and then walked among the fragrant lilacs while enjoying our chocolate shake. Anybody who knows me knows I am highly addicted to ice cream - and it seems I now I have a partner in crime.

It is finally getting warm enough to put Will in short "jimmies" for bed. He looks so cute - he often confuses his hairbrush with his toothbrush.

Vintage Easter

Will enjoyed his first Easter in a power suit from 1983. It was orginally my brother's and my cousin Jeremy also wore it in the early 90's...now it was Will's turn. I've recently noticed that the "kids these days" are bringing 80's fashion back (I have no idea why - does that make me old?!)...so I guess that's makes Will a pretty hip one-year old. We slicked back his hair to complete the look - I thought he looked pretty dapper.

Some progress

Will started crawling (finally!) March 23rd. No practicing beyond rocking back and forth...he just got up on all fours and took off. He got a little Tonka truck walker for his birthday, so now he's walking around with that. He thinks he's so cool.

Happy First Birthday, Will!

Will turned one on the 4th of April. Where has this year gone?! We had a smashing party and managed to squeeze 18 friends and family in our little house. Will was so excited it was his birthday, he woke up at 3:30am Saturday and decided to only sleep a total of 2 hours the rest of the day. Needless to say, the birthday boy had quite a few meltdowns before his 9pm bedtime! The video shows his second attempt at the cake...he was pretty unsure about what it was and what he was supposed to do with it at the beginning.