I'm Back

Well I've been a horrible blogger. Which I'm sorry about, for those of you who don't see my family on a regular basis, and for myself, because I use the blog to fill in Will's baby book.

We had a great holiday season. My parents came up to Solon and we helped Jane and Tom (Scott's mom) move into their new house on Thanksgiving day. My dad and I did some fun black Friday shopping and I went to work the next day for a 12 hour shift.

Christmas was fun, we spent time in Pella and bounced between all the family in the Iowa City area. I missed out on a few Christmas parties to work. Christmas Eve Chayse turned 6!

We brought the new year in celebrating Christmas in the afternoon at Jane's and then coming home and being extremely worn out. Scott and I stayed awake to watch the ball drop and headed to bed ourselves!

Scott spent a few days in the hospital (even the MICU for a stint) already this year for his diabetes. He went into DKA. We think the problem was he had a few sores on his hands and one on his forehead, which turned out to be strep, which proved to hard for his body to fight off on its own. Therefore everything spiraled.

Will's buddy turned 1! (That's my Manager from work and her son James)

So here it is Feb 23 already.

A few days ago I received my diploma in the mail from Calvin College! And withing 48 hours I had already received a call asking for a donation to Calvin. haha. So now the job hunt begins. I love Pizza Ranch, but I want a career with a bigger paycheck.

Halloween

So I've been a terrible blogger... But here's some Halloween fun we've already done:

Carving Pumpkins

William digging in the fun

William helping Chayse

We put down a table cloth on the floor to help avoid a mess

My Pizza Ranch had a Halloween party so the kids dressed up to take part in the festivities!

Chayse as Darth Vader

Love this! Brotherly Love!

Diva Vampire...minus the fangs in this picture

Knight in Shinning Armor...

Our three kids!

Sunday they will head to their cousins house in Anamosa with Daddy and Grandma Janie to go trick or treating while I work :( But of course I'll reap the rewards and have lots of candy when I come home :)

Life

I realize I haven't blogged for a while. Life's been busy. Have I mentioned that Scott puts in at least 60+ hours a week at Brueggers? I work around 30ish, taxi the kids around, and play with my wonderful baby. Oh and I'm finally finishing my degree, by taking an online class from Kirkwood Community College. So in December I'll have a Bachelors degree from Calvin College! It is seriously hard to do homework or read when a baby is around. He likes to thumb the pages of my book, steal my pens, rip paper out of my notebook. Needless to say, I've tried to do most of it while he's napping. :)

Here's a picture for those who haven't seen William for awhile.
William fell asleep playing on the couch. He must have gotten tired and cuddled up into the corner.

Kids do the Darndest Things

William is so cute lately (not that he wasn't before...)
I just want to quit write down some of the stuff he's doing so I don't forget!

If you say "Hello Daddy, Hello Mommy" He'll hold his hand to his ear like he's talking on a cell phone. He also puts our phones to his ear, his play cell phone, and about anything else that resembles one!

The other day he grabbed the dvd remote and pointed it at the t.v. and pushed buttons...waiting for the t.v. to change channels.

He can now climb up on the couch. Either by grabby our legs and pulling himself up, or if there is a pillow in front of the couch he'll use that. He thinks he's big stuff when he gets up to the couch.

When any music plays, he shakes his little booty and dances.

The other night he slept for 6 hours straight! I was amazed and awoke in a frenzy when I realized it had been that long...but yup he was still breathing :) The next night he woke up after only a few hours.

He is trying to walk so much. He can do a few to 15 steps at a time!

The doctors said he isn't growing on the same curve he was before, so now we have to go back in a few months to just check up. So I've been trying to feed him a lot more than before. He eats a lot, and prefers to feed him self without using his hands, or having us feed him.

He now has 7 teeth. 3.25 top teeth...one is still barely poking through. He has 2 on the bottom, one of which is finally broken the gum but isn't completely up all the way. He is also getting a molar! It's on his top left. It's not his "fang" tooth, but next to that. He likes to bite cereal with his teeth.

I love him. He's the best baby ever!

William's First Birthday!

I can't believe my baby is one already! The year has flown by!
Here are some pictures





Here is what Will is up to:

He has taken a few steps here and there

He has started waving bye bye

He is getting his 4 top teeth in, and looks like his 2nd bottom tooth is also poking through

He wears a 9 - 12 month

He fits in shoes 6 -12 months

He wears a size 4 diaper

He weighed 20 lbs 2 oz and was 28.5 inches at our last vitamin D

He eats baby food, lots of table food, and still nurses at night, around nap time, and before bed.

Hello Cupcake

I just bought the book What's New Cupcake. It has a lot of great ideas. If you make it to William's first birthday party...you might just get a cupcake from this book. Anyway its the second book the authors have put out, the first was Hello Cupcake.
It's fun, but make sure you have plenty of time to mess around in the kitchen. I kid you not it's an almost all day venture! But fun none the less. The directions are super easy and nothing is hard at all. Dayzy helped out a lot with the Ducks!

Cupcake Mums

Duckies..chickens...whatever!

I almost love the ones that are just the ducks butts, but I don't think people would get it if I just had a tray full of those, and none with heads. I've also decided the eyes look a little creepy, but I live in a super super small town, and went to the local grocery store (Sam's market...yeah so small not even a chain!) so instead of picking up brown mini M&M's I went with chocolate chips.

I'm also being a really good girl, and bringing the extras to work, so I don't sit at home and eat them!

Tunnel of Love