Boy, oh boy, ohhh BOY!!!

William got one final birthday present yesterday. He/we learned that William is going to be the big brother to a new baby boy!!! We are all so, so excited. The baby is measuring right on target; he is healthy and growing strong and the doctor said that I am ALL baby. We are working on names still but we’ve got plenty of time.

Here are a couple of ultrasound photos for your enjoyment. BTW – the “It’s a boy” photo angle is taken from below his bottom looking up. He’s got one butt cheek on the left, one on the right, and a clear view of his man stuff in the middle. We’ve been asked by several disappointed family members if “we are sure” that it’s a boy. And yes, we are sure…the photo may not be that great but the little man gave us plenty of opportunities to view his gender during the duration of the ultrasound. He is not nearly as shy or stubborn as his brother was at this stage.

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Birthday Boy

William turned 2 on Saturday!!! We can hardly believe how fast the time has gone by with our little man! He is developing into such a fun little person. He is almost always happy (although he does have both of our stubbornness). His language is skills are growing day by day and he is conceptualizing ideas/thoughts and relating them to everyday life. We are so very proud of him.

His birthday was great! We spent the morning with quiet family time and then Uncle David and Kori came over for breakfast and gifts. We had planned a trip to the Hall of Flame but the morning activities were too overwhelming to throw in a museum trip also. Saturday evening we headed to Uncle Scott’s and Aunt Cindy’s for a BBQ/B-day celebration. Uncle Scott’s B-day was Sunday so we were able to celebrate them together. We had a great time hanging out with Mike’s family, some friends, and having birthday cake.

Sunday was spent with just Mommy and Daddy. We played with ALL of Wm’s new toys and gifts. It was nice to have a quiet ‘down-day’ after a month of craziness. Overall, we think Wm had a pretty good birthday weekend celebration.

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Nana's Music Quilt

William received a very special gift while in SF. His Nana (great grandmother on Mike’s side) has worked over 2 years on a special quilt just for William. It is absolutely astonishing. Here are a few photos of William’s new prized possession. (Thank you Nana for this WONDERFUL gift; it is priceless)!

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Photos from SF

Here are some photos from our trip to SF last week. Enjoy.

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Update - Sort of...

I know; I know… it’s been WAY too long since our last update…I PROMISE that I will get the activities of the past month logged soon. Things have been wildly crazy (even by our crazy standards). The quick run down is…Mike broke his wrist skating our empty pool and then headed to Las Vegas for a week of conferences. At the same time, I had to take a trip to Boston for corporate team meetings. William spent the entire week showing Gma/Gpa who was boss of his house. Mike and I came back only to have Wm and I come down with a NASTY bug. Although still under the weather (but not contagious), we flew to SF last weekend to meet baby Luella and spend some quality time with Mike’s side of the family. We came home Monday, Tuesday was Mike’s birthday, and now we are gearing up for William’s 2^nd birthday which is on Saturday. Somewhere within all of that we’ve managed to continue on with daily activities and work schedules…so, as you can see we’ve been a little nutty. More updates and photos to follow…promise J

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Fiwere Fitewere

William got a pair of fire fighter (or fiwere fitewere as he calls them) boots last week. Here are some photos of the proud little Fiwere Chief putting out fires in the back yard. Now we just need the jacket and his outfit will be complete!

So proud

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Labor Day Weekend...

Wow, we had a very interesting Labor Day Weekend… Gramma and Grampa made it out for a fast last minute visit and we had a blast. We had so much fun playing together; Wm giggled all weekend at his silly Grampa. We are always glad for the family visits!

On Sunday, we headed out for the brand new public pool that has been built right across from us (literally, across the street). It was the pool’s grand opening and was only open for the weekend. It’s great though – we will be taking advantage of it all next summer. It has a splash area for kids, a zero-depth entry for little ones, diving boards, a huge competitive area, and a wave machine. We had a lot of fun (especially since our pool had to be drained this weekend due to a nasty algae bloom).

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