Please Pray...

My grandma is in the hospital right now (see her picture in the post below with William). She was diagnosed with cancer about 10 years ago-Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. It's a very slow growing cancer. She had a cat scan yesterday, and they found that the cancer is getting worse. They are trying to control her pain, and they are talking about trying a new chemo that will hopefully shrink the cancer and make her more comfortable. It sounds like hospice is going to be involved too. Please pray that my grandma can be pain free.

My grandpa (her husband) passed away a year ago on December 1st. My other grandpa died two days after William was born-it will be a year on February 23rd.

Also please pray for my friend's husband, Eric. Jenny has been a long time friend of mine, and her husband was diagnose with testicular cancer at the age of 30. They have three young children-the youngest was born at the end of September. He starts chemo tomorrow, so please pray for him too.

Thank you!

William's First Thanksgiving

William slept through his first Thanksgiving meal...which meant a relaxed and enjoyable meal for mommy! He woke up after we ate, and then it was his turn to eat. Of course he loved it! He ate turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and a couple bites of an apple from apple pie.

Here are some pictures of our first Thanksgiving with William.

I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for this year-great family, husband, job that I enjoy, good health, and of course, my son. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!






William and Great Grandma Ward

Happy 9 Months, William!

William turned 9 months old today! I can't believe he is three-quarters through his first year! He is changing so much everyday. He is moving a lot now. If he sees something he wants, he crawls right for it. We have to really watch him around everything now. This evening I was sitting on the floor with him folding laundry, and he picked up a very small piece of lint! He will pick up anything and everything.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. William will be eating turkey, mashed potatoes, and sweet potatoes. MAYBE I'll give him a little taste of apple pie!

Here are some pictures I took tonight of him wearing a Santa hat. Please excuse the Santa hat! I bought it at the Dollar store, and it's an adult size (I pinned the back). I'm hoping to find a child's Santa hat before his professional pictures on December 2nd.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy your day and your family! I know I will-I have lots to be thankful for. One of which is my beautiful son.

Just Hangin' Out

Here we are just hanging out on a Sunday evening!

William will be 9 months old next week. He is crawling all over the place and quickly! It really is amazing to see how quickly a baby grows in nine short months.

Bath Time!

Here are some recent photos of William in the bathtub-one of his favorite places! He is doing really well. He is growing and changing everyday right before our eyes.

He has started crawling forwards. He still really enjoys to just sit and "hang out", but when he sees something he wants, he will crawl to it. I am so thankful to have such a content baby. It's time to start babyproofing!

He is doing really well with eating solids. He is primarily feeding himself now and loving it. If I try to put something in his mouth he refuses to open, and he then takes the food from my fingers and feeds himself.

He still really enjoys going to daycare. He loves all the toys and the other kids. He is so happy when I drop him off in the morning, but he is happier when I pick him up. With him being so happy in the morning when I drop him off, it makes going to work so much easier. I really like that he is home two days a week with my mom ony day and Olly the other day.

We are spending the holidays in England this year with Olly's family. We are leaving on December 21st and returning January 4th-2 weeks! I'm looking forward to it, and it's approaching quickly. I think William will do really well on the flight. Thank goodness it's an overnight flight going over, so hopefully he will sleep. My biggest worry is the time change! At least we will be there for two weeks though. Just long enough for him to get used to it, and then we'll hop on that plane and come back home.

I am really looking forward to seeing Olly's family again. 1 1/2 years is too long! I'm sure they are equally as excited (if not more so)-especially to meet William. It will be a really nice time for all.

First Halloween

Here is William on Halloween! He was so cute! We only made it to two houses for trick or treating though. We went to my aunt and uncle's house and William's daycare provider's house. He was pretty tired at the end and cried on the way home =( Once we got home and took off his costume and clothes, he was as happy as can be. I don't think he liked being a dragon!

It was fun to dress him up and take pictures for his first Halloween.