Labor Day Weekend

We had a great weekend! A birthday party, a bonfire, apple picking, and animal petting zoo. Will is going, going, going! Crawling all over the places, pulling up on everything. He even crawled up onto the dishwasher door while I was unloading it tonight. Anyday now he'll be walking. Will is a great eater! He is eating a lot of solid foods now and self feeding most of his food. He has a great personality, funny and sweet. He loves to cuddle and overall easy to please. Check out our new pictures from this weekend on picasa.

day of music

Yesterday we went to the Macy's day of music festival downtown Minneapolis. It was a beautiful day to be outside listening to all types of music. We saw the Teddy Bear Band(family/kids music), The Jimmies(real music for real kids/rock), Jumbo Ya Ya(fusion music), and The International Novelty Gamelan Ensemble(World Music). WE went inside the Orchestra Hall and they had all types of instruments that kids could try playing. Will was to young to try any out, but he loved watch the other children playing the violin and bongos.
Will has grown up so fast. He's just starting to try and crawl. He gets on his hands and knees and just holds it for a few seconds before falling onto his belly. He can maneuver himself by rolling and pivoting on his belly to get to toys he wants. He just started self feeding himself sweet potato puffs, he loves them! He can eat small chunks of bananas too! The other night during dinner he tried to pull himself up on the chair I was sitting in. He got himself off the ground, but fell over. I just know as soon as he's moving he's not going to stop, I'll be chasing that kid around town!

Photo album

You can now view Will's photo albums. Just click on the picasa link under the picture of Derek and I. Enjoy!

7 months

Wow! Time flies. Will has grown and changed so much in the last couple of months. He sits up on his own and loves to do so. He can't play and entertain himself for a lot longer now that he can sit up. He rolls around but is not crawling yet. He loves to talk! A lot of babbling da da da's and ma ma ma's. Just recently it seems like he is trying to make us laugh. He will laugh and look to see if we laugh at him. Some of you may have heard that Will was chosen for a Target casting call from a picture I sent in. Derek took him to the photo shoot and it went well, but Will did not get called back. We had a photo shoot of our own for Will's 6Th month pictures. He's so cute!

Water babies

 
Tonight was our 2nd water babies class. Will loves the water and thinks it's so fun to jump in. We sing songs and learn to kick and reach for the edge. I think next week, Will gets dunked. Our friends Kelly and Owen are in the class with us, the boys have a lot of fun together.

Dinner Time!

 
Well, it's been awhile since I've posted and pictures of Will. He has grown a lot. He is now 20lbs and 29 inches long. He started soild foods between 4 and 5 months old and loves them. His favorites have to be carrots and apples. He rolls over from his back to his tummy, but is still working on rolling from tummy to back. He is starting to sit on his own now, with some support, just in case he tips over. The weather has been great this week and we have spent some time outside. Will touched grass for the first time and loved it, he came up with fists full of it. Stay tunned for more pictures. We are having his 6th month pictures taken.

Standing Tall

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Originally uploaded by derek.springer

Will loves to stand now. His leg are so strong, no wonder my ribs hurt so bad when he kicked in the womb. Will has started on rice cerel for a few weeks and just had prunes mixed in tonight. He is such a good eater. He sits in his high chair and waits patiently while I fix his meal. We're going to try peas next. Things are going great here at the Springer's, I just can't believe how fast time goes by. We can't wait to see family in IL the end of this month. Stay tuned for more pictures!