Happy Halloween!

Here are some pictures of William in his puppy costume. Isn't he just the cutest little dog?!?! He had fun trick or treating at Grandma and Grandpa's house, around our neighborhood, and at my aunt and uncle's house. He was very curious and spent most of the time trying to figure out what the heck was going on! His favorite treats were the mini-muffins from Gma and Gpa, and he enjoyed the Cheetos from our neighbor.



He didn't like getting his picture taken with me, because that meant being away from Grandpa for a minute!

William's Signs...

William's speech is coming along. His most recently learned words are: grandpa, dada, tractor, pumpkin, bear, and dog.

He still relies on sign language as well to communicate his needs. He is up to about 25 signs:

love
sleep
eat
drink
more
all done
dog
cat
bird
moose
outside
thank you
please
sorry
work
home
drive
milk
shoes
airplane
rain

There are more, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Halloween Costume Sneak Peek...

Here are a couple pictures of William modeling his Halloween costume! Isn't he a cute little puppy?!?! My mom offered to buy him a costume (and I sure wasn't going to pass up that offer!). She ordered him this adorable puppy costume from Pottery Barn Kids. We liked the bee costume as well, but I told my mom that William can relate more to dogs, because he can bark like a dog and sign "dog"! PERFECT!

He doesn't look very happy, because I don't think he could figure out what was going on! He liked looking in the mirror though! I think his chicken legs and arms look so funny! Don't worry-he'll be wearing black sweats and a black shirt!

First Ice Cream Sandwich

William had his first ice cream sandwich at my friend, Theresa's house the other weekend. He enjoyed it!

What happened to my BABY?!?!?!

He is growing up way too fast! He is looking more like a little boy than a baby! Here are some pictures of us at the pumpkin patch last weekend. He enjoyed petting the horse after he got over his initial hesitation. He did NOT like sitting with all the pumpkins as you can tell from the photo!

Apple Orchard September 28, 2008

It's a miracle! These pictures were actually taken today...and I'm posting them today! We went to the Apply Orchard today. William enjoyed the tractor ride! He quickly got hungry and tired, so our adventure was short and sweet.

He is growing so much! He is starting to talk a little. His favorite word is "grandpa"! It sounds like "papa". He carries around a picture of grandpa Steve and says "papa...papa...papa". He also looks out the window, points, and whines to visit grandma and grandpa. He loves it at their house. He also says car, bear, buddy, duck, and dog.

He is up to about 20 signs as well! Today he learned "yes" and yesterday he learned "thank you". He has also recently learned-please, rain (it was a really rainy day), and cat.

Today he was carrying an empty package of crackers. He left the room and then I heard a door open. He was going to throw the package into the garbage! I better be careful otherwise who knows what I'll find in the garbage now that he's figured that out!

William likes to help with laundry too (I'm teaching him young!) which consists of opening his drawer and putting his nicely folded clean clothes into the dirty clothes hamper!!! I let him help with about 2 items, and then I say, "all done-thank you!" Then when he's not looking I take the clean clothes out and put them back into his drawer.

He is so funny! This is a great age. I'm loving one and a half! We'll see what I'm saying in a few more months!

Quick Update...

I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog lately. I just haven't had the time to sit down and devote to it. We are currently STILL without a computer at home. =( Now that I'm back to work, I was hoping to make it one of my first bigger purchases, but it's on the back burner now that Christmas is quickly approaching which means we are hoping to soon purchase flights back to England for the holidays. And this year William will be sitting in HIS OWN SEAT! I will not travel with him (or any future children) as lap children ever again for that flight!

Like I mentioned I'm back to work and already SICK =( I guess that's how it is when I'm around 21 little germy children! School has started off well-or as well as it can go. I'm not a huge fan of the first 4 weeks of school. It's a lot of routines, schedules, establishing expectations, etc...my class is pretty good. There are always a few munchkins who require extra EXTRA attention, but that comes with the job.

William is well-adjusting very well with his schedule back to daycare 3 days a week, grandma and grandpa's house one day a week, and daddy one day a week. He adjusts so well to change. He just "rolls with the punches". He has been sleeping in and taking long naps on the weekends to recuperate from his week!

Next week he starts an evening class (with us too!). It's called "terrific twos" and it's through the school district and ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education). There are a lot of fun classes offered during the day, but being a working mom, we can't go. I'm also going to sign him up for swimming lessons. I'm sure he will love that! He loves the water.

Olly is doing well with his job. He is having great sales compared to the other golf pros in the area who are working at the same company. It is quieting down for the season, but at least he can continue to work year round!