Will’s 2nd Birthday–Construction Party

 

Wow!  2 years have gone by so fast.  Our little Will is growing up!  He’s into dump trucks, traffic cones and just about anything else construction.  He truly enjoyed his party and it was a beautiful December day, and all the kiddos got to play outside!  We so enjoyed having everyone join us for the party, and he got so many wonderful gifts, which he’ll enjoy every one of them.

What a curious little fellow!  Checking out all of the goodies before the party started, even took a bite out of a chocolate donut (a.k.a. spare tires).

Dada and Will greeted his guests outside.

Will definitely knows he is “2”.  But holds up one finger on each hand to show you.  One day he’ll get it right, but for now it’s just too cute!

He almost didn’t know what to do with everyone singing to him!  We’ll call it a successful party that he didn’t stick his fingers in the cake before we cut into it!

His favorite gift from the party was this little back hoe ride on toy.  He calls it his “digger”.  Cousin Courtney picked out a great one!

Grandmother and Papa sprang for a new bike!  He loves it, he even got the helmet to boot.

‘Nough said!

Max even enjoyed some cake too!  Though some did end up on the wall…thanks Papa!

Happy Halloween

 

Will’s FAVORITE thing is safety cones right now.  He can spot them a mile away.  He always wants to stop and touch them too!  We’ve got several at home to play with.  So for Halloween this year, I though it would be a great idea for him to BE a cone.  My mom and I spent several hours making the cutest little cone (without a pattern) and I was so excited about it.

Well that TOTALLY backfired.

Will absolutely protested!  He liked to look at it, but wouldn’t DARE let me put it on him.  So…after trying to “convince” him for a couple of weeks, I caved and let him be the little construction worker.  So little brother Max already has a hand-me-down costume.  Max was the construction workers little tag along safety cone. 

We had a great night at church playing games and collecting candy, stopping for a hot dog and nachos, then hit a few homes in our neighborhood.  Will did such a good job trick-or-treating.  He knocked on the doors, said thank you and was good about collecting without having to sample/eat each candy treat. 

Our Latest Adventures

Aren’t they the cutest you’ve ever seen!  Max is 6 months in this pic, Will is 21 months.  They are a hoot!

Max was the star of the show for this photo shoot!  He’s such a happy little guy.  Always smiling, patient and LOVES to watch his big brother play.  I’m sure he’s dreaming of the day when he can play with him.

I love this family pic!  We are so blessed with these kiddos…they are the light of our lives!

Max is a BIG little brother.  Only 5 lbs shy of Will, and already busting into the 18 month clothes!

Doesn’t that smile just melt your heart!  I can’t get over it!

Our Boys

 

Will thinks that the jumparoo is for him!  He plays in it quite often.

They sure do love each other…Max loves to watch Will play and now Will is attempting to pick him up.  I can’t wait till the day that I can’t find Max, cause Will has carried him somewhere!

Will even thinks that they should both be able to play in the jumparoo.

I think that Max will get to eat lots of things before he really should.  Here Will is trying to feed him an apple…he was actually successful at it!

Happy 4th of July!

It’s good to have friends at the lake!!!  My best friend Jennifer’s family has always had a boat and I started going to the lake with her back in college.  If you can believe it, I could actually ski at one time, even go outside the wake!  I wouldn’t even attempt now!  Anyway, thankfully she and her family were gracious enough to invite all of us down for the fourth.  We had a BLAST, and Mark and I forgot how much we LOVED the lake…we really miss it!  The boys were great, slept well and played well and they both loved the water! 

We learned that Will can climb out of the pack-n-play, so had to switch him to the peapod (baby tent sleeper) we had borrowed from our wonderful neighbors.  He did good in that and Max did great in the pack-n-play.

Everytime we got on the boat, Max fell fast asleep – what a cutie!

Will was such a little explorer as always…checking out every part of the boat, dock and lake house!

Will even got to help drive the boat!  Thanks Mr. Jason!

I was watching Max up at the house and missed the afternoon that Will played in the lake forever…so no picks from that, but I did manage to get this shot, though he doesn’t look to happy!

Maybe next year the Crouch’s will let us come again!  I’m sure they’ll need a whole year to rest up from our adventures and craziness!

Max is 4 Months Already…

He’s is so big and getting bigger everyday. His 4 month checkup revealed that he’s in the 95th percentile for weight at 17 lbs and 5 oz, and 65th percentile for height at 25 3/4 inches. He’s exactly the opposite of Will at the same age…Will’s always 95th in height and 65th in weight!

He’s smiles all the time…just look his way and he lights up – what a sweetie!

Milk just didn’t seem to satisfy him long enough anymore so we started solids a couple of weeks ago. He’s a champ. Not shy at all about finishing his helping. He’s eating apples, pears, sweet potatoes and cereal and loving every bite!

Max has discovered his feet and loves to play with them..ALL THE TIME! He’s already growing up so fast. He’s been rolling from tummy to back since he was 2 1/2 months old, and it won’t be long till he’s rolling the other direction too. He’s already trying to tri-pod sit a little too. I can’t wait till he and Will can play together!

Will–18 mo, Max–3 mo

Here are the pics I had taken early in June to record Will at 18 months and Max at 3 months.  It was fun to compare Will’s 3 month pic to Max’s.  They are for sure brothers!

This is the best pic we could get of them together…Will is so busy, he just couldn’t sit still!