20 Months

William has been a very busy boy! He loves to climb on everything! We have already had our first ER visit for a mild concussion from climbing! His vocabulary is growing everyday! Right now his favorite things are lawn mowers, trucks, tractors and trains. Lawn mowers specifically he could talk about all day! He is such a sweet and polite boy and says "shank you" a lot :)

Long Overdue Post

Time flies by! I can't believe it has been since March that I have updated the blog. I feel like I haven't been the best at taking as many pictures as I should! With a little guy walking and moving everywhere, I am constantly on my toes and not as much time to take pictures :) William turned 15 months old on April 22. He started walking a few weeks before he turned 15 months old! It is amazing to see him moving and talking like he is. He can say, Mama, Dada, Granddad, Nana, All done, Night night, bath time, Amen, dog, thank you and outside. The new words are coming everyday and he is now doing what you say. If you ask him to go get his shoes in his room he will go do that! His brain is a little sponge and we are loving every second of seeing our little explorer bloom! His favorite thing to do right now is to be outside. From the minute he wakes up till he goes to bed, he wants to be outside :) We have had a busy last few months, so I will try to recap it with a few pictures. Enjoy!

William loves to climb into everything and on to everything! He likes to push his basketball chair up to the couch and climb up and walk all over the sectional!

 My beloved Grandpa "Pops" passed away on April 11th. We were able to go down to Florida twice and see him and spend good quality time with him. He was able to make it to my sister Natalie's beach wedding and then a few days later went home to Jesus. He was an amazing man that walked with the Lord everyday and such an inspiration to all. His laughter was contagious and his love for everyone was remarkable. We look forward to the day when we can be reunited with Pops and our Lord Jesus Christ. Until then, we will cherish our memories and keep singing all of the songs and sayings he taught us :)

 William loved the beach and everything about it! He takes right after his Mommy and Daddy. Next time at the beach we can teach him to hunt for sharks teeth and shells like Pops taught us!

I love this picture of William looking up at Natalie on the beach right after her wedding. Natalie was a beautiful bride! Reese was a precious flower girl!

 William loved swimming in the pool with his Papa!

He was not happy when we had to leave the beach. William sat and played with the sand for 45 min straight! I think a sand box is in order for this little guy soon!

 We went to The Indianapolis Children's Museum and William loved playing in the water and fishing!

 This little guy loves his sand! Again, he cried when we had to leave from the sand table.

 We went to the Indianapolis Indians baseball game with Gram and Javon. Chad's Dad has worked for IPL for 30 years and yesterday was a family day at the game for all IPL employees and their families. Unfortunately Granddad had to work, but we still had a great time at the game! William enjoyed seeing all of the kids and getting to meet a few players!

This picture was taken right after William ate an ice cream cone with Gram. He stuck his entire mouth over the ice cream cone and loved getting messy! That's one of the best parts about being a kid is getting messy and eating ice cream to your hearts content! :) He kind of looks a little sugar buzzed in this picture!

Busy Boy!

This past month I can't believe how much of a big boy that William has turned in to! He can keep himself entertained for a little bit of time so I can get a few things done during the day. He is a very good explorer! We loves to throw his balls and climb on anything and everything! Including the fireplace :) William has also discovered that the trash can is a fun place to throw things into. We have so far found some books and a spoon in the trash! :) We went to Florida to visit my Grandpa and Grandma a couple of weeks ago and William loved spending time with them! My Grandpa was recently diagnosed with cancer, so we decided we should hop on a plane and spend some good quality time with them! William slept pretty much all the way through all of our flights. He was a very good travel companion! William took his first steps the other day! He is going to be off and running soon! We are enjoying this beautiful Indiana pre-spring weather! Thank you Lord for such amazing sunshine!

 My parents, Auntie Natalie and Resse came to visit and we had a fun day at The Children's Museum together!

 He loved riding the merry-go-round!

 William loves having fun with his Uncle Travis! They must have been doing something very fun!

 4 Generations! So thankful for the time we got to spend down in Florida!

 We went on multiple walks a day. After being in Florida, William thinks he needs to be outside all day now! And he isn't too keen on socks or shoes anymore!

                                                          William loves his Mimi and Pops!

                                Water boy! William is like a little fish in the pool! He loves to kick in the water!

                                                                      Cool dude!!

"Mom, I thought my book was dirty so I thought I would put it in the dishwasher" I love the curiosity of this little boy! :)

Super Bowl in Indianapolis

 Chad's work had an event downtown on Saturday the day before the Super Bowl. William thought it was so neat to look out the window to the people on the street below. It was so neat to see our city with the Super Bowl! Indianapolis did a great job!

 Future NFL all star? :)

 This is one of his new things to do a cute face and says "Ohh"! He loved looking at all of the lights and happenings at the NFL Experience.

 We got to see the Lombardi trophy and all of the Super Bowl rings.

This is one of William's favorites things to do when Chad comes home. He loves pulling the car in the garage with Chad! He gets so excited!!

William's 1st Birthday!

William turned 1 on January 22nd! We had such a great time celebrating the birthday of our sweet William! He wasn't too happy about a bunch of people watching him eat his birthday cake! He had a little bit of a melt down after we lit the candles. Maybe Mommy shouldn't have lit the candles! Next year he will be all smiles for the cake!

Chad and I had a fun time making Will's personalized ticket invitation! We wanted it to look and feel like an actual ticket to a game! Maybe we can just build off this for birthdays to come!

The candy and cookie bar!

 He was happy until the lit candles came on his tray and then all of the singing!

William loved having his Papa, Nana, Auntie Hill and Stephen at his birthday party to play with!

 Two very proud Grandpas!!! Along with one of Will's favorite toys he got from his birthday!

 "Look Mom isn't this paper awesome?" Again, just like Christmas, he loved all of the paper and cardboard more than his presents! :)

I had to have a nice bath after a long day of playing at my birthday party! Nana and Papa gave him a bath and he loved every second of it!

William on his actual birthday! We celebrated and sang to him at 10:47 the moment our precious son entered this world! We are so thankful to be your Mommy and Daddy! We love you William!