William, The Baker

William and I have been busy making Christmas cookies. He loves to bake! When I say, "William, do you want to help mama bake cookies?" He immediately gets the chair (the chair he stands on)! His favorite Christmas cookie is the peanut blossom. He doesn't like the Hershey kiss on top though, so I have to take it off for him. He loves to stir and pour!

Recent Photo of William & Me...

Olly, William, and I are going to England for Christmas this year! We weren't sure if we were going to be able to go~everything is so expensive =(. Olly's parents generously offered to help us out as Christmas gifts, and we couldn't pass that up! This will be our last opportunity to go over there and not have to buy a ticket for William (under 2 years are free). Technically he's "free", but we have to pay for 10% of a ticket and taxes, so it's not completely free! With the distance and expense to travel, we like to take the opportunity to go over when we can.

Olly's grandpa died recently, so I know he is anxious to see and spend time with his family.

We having planned a "mini-vacation" for the two of us, which I am so excited about! We are going to leave William with Olly's parents for a few days and go to LONDON! YIPEE!!! Olly's brother, Giles, lives in London (near Wimbleton-have you heard of that?!?!), so we are hoping he will let us stay with him. It will also be nice to hang out with him as well. As some may know, I've spent a little time in London, and I love the city. If you ever get a chance to travel over there-GO TO LONDON! The cool thing is that everything is written and spoken in English (Duh, right?). There is so much to do and see in London, so I've already been rereading my traveling around London book from a few years ago. Olly and I had a few awesome days in London before we were Mr. and Mrs. (this was back when we were friends and the first time we'd seen each other again since we met in Cancun), so I want to go back to some of the places we visited while we were in London together.

Here are a couple recent photos of William from last night. Our friends spent the night, and their daughter is close to William's age. They had fun in the tub together!

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!