16 weeks

I'm now just over 16 weeks pregnant and feeling great. My energy has started to come back, yeah! The last couple of nights I've started to feel the baby move, in fact, I'm being kicked right now! Even though we've had a lot of snow this weekend, I managed to get out and run some errands today. The mall was packed and so was the hair salon, I got my hair cut tonight.
Derek has been busy insulating the garage ceiling so the guest room above it isn't so cold. He said he's about 3/4 of the way there. Once that's done, we'll move onto finishing the basement.
Will has been very busy playing and working on his walking. It's a lot of hard work, learning to walk comes with a few bumps on the forehead. His new favorite thing to do is run at Derek and body slam him while he's laying on the family room floor. That, and falling on the floor, rolling over and waiting to be tickled. I could tickle him all day long, his laugh is infectious. Enjoy the belly picture and go on our picasa to look at new pictures of Will.

Exciting News!

For those of you who have not heard. Derek and I are expecting our 2nd baby! Yes that's right, I'm pregnant again! I am due June 3rd, 2009 and we are so excited! So Will and baby number 2 will be 20 months apart. They will be close in age and hopefully close as friends. This pregnancy has been different so far. I've had morning sickness this time around and I don't really have time to be tired, although I feel exhausted. On Monday I had an appointment and had an ultrasound. It was amazing to see our baby moving around and to hear it's heart beat and then look over next to me and see Will, who just one year and some 9 months ago was this little. We can't wait to meet our new bundle of joy. We have decided not to find out the sex of our baby and to be surprised as we were with Will. Derek and I will try to keep everyone up to date on our growing Will and growing baby bump!

Will Turned One!

Our baby boy turned one! Will's birthday was on Oct. 29th and we celebrated with a cupcake and a present. On Saturday, we had a big party for him with family, friends, and neighbors. He had so much fun and loves all his new toys to play with. The year went by so fast. Will is now walking and talking, he's tall, and loves his food. His doctor couldn't believe how long he is and how much he's saying. She walked in the room and said, "are you sure he's not 15 months?!" Well check out his new pictures on picasa.

Picasa Web Albums - Derek - Playtime

Picasa Web Albums - Derek - PlaytimeWill is almost 11 months old now! It's hard to believe that he's almost 1 years old. I think he'll be walking by his birthday, he's almost there. Will crawls and pulls up on everything. He walks along furniture but hasn't taken any steps on his own yet. The stairs are his new favorite thing to climb, Yikes! Check out more of our pictures on picasa.

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!