6 Months Old

William is growing super fast and I can't believe that he is already six months old. At his 6th month appt he got his shots again along with being 17.4 lbs and 27 1/2 inches long. He is in the 90% percentile for his weight, height, and head. He is sitting up on his own, drinking from a cup, eating fruits & vegetable, and getting ready to crawl. Its super cute when he gets up on his hands and knees and just rocks back and forth not going anywhere. Also, he moves himself forward by getting up on his toes and leaping himself forward to whatever he wants. Sometimes he goes backwards by pushing with his hands. William has one tooth on the bottom and two more teeth working their way through. He still sleeps 10 hours at night and takes at least 2 naps during the day. He talks, plays with toys, smiles, and laughs all the time. We love having William in our lives and enjoy seeing him grow and change into a young boy. William is sitting up on his own!!!

4 Generations Visit

4 Generations: Jason, William, Laurel, Ann, Julee (Jason's Mom), and Grandma Sue 3 Generations: Jason, William, and Great Grandma Sue So earlier this month we went and visited William's great-great Grandma Sue on Jason's side of the family. We visited for about 2 hours where we talked, showed her some christmas pics, and remembered things from the past. She looked amazing for being 89 years old. Her hair is long and up in a ponytail and super strong still. Also, a side note is that William got his first tooth on the bottom front last week. Here are pictures from the visit. Laurel, Ann, William, and Grandma Sue Jason, Me, William, and Grandma Sue

5 Months Old

William turned 5 months old last Friday. He is rolling all over the place, scooting on the ground by putting his face down and pushing with his toes, and getting some teeth. The teeth haven't come through yet, but you can feel lots of them on the bottom and top. He is eating like a pig too with eating 2 stage 1 baby foods at each meal time along with his bottle on demand. At his 4 month appointment he was 14.8 lbs so he is now probably about 16 lbs but I haven't weighed him since his appointment. He is wearing 6 month clothes and almost into 6-9 month clothes too. Still isn't able to sit up on his own, but he is getting better at sitting on his own and needs to use his hands to hold himself up. Here are a couple pictures of William.

4 MONTHS OLD

William turned 4 months old last Tuesday and we had his appointment NewYears' morning. He is rolling all the time from his back to his stomach, holding his head all the way up, trying to sit up but now able to yet, and eating baby food. So far we have just tried cereal and apples, which he LOVES apple sauce and its the only way he will eat all of the cereal. He makes all kinds of noises now when talking, laughing, spitting, or just noises. At his appointment William weighed 14 lbs and 8 oz. He head is 43.2 inches and he is 24 inches long, which the doctor said he is above what average babies are at his age. Also, he got 3 shots in the leg and 1 oral shot. He liked the oral shot, but screamed as soon as the needle touched his skin again. He was whinny the rest of that day and a little the next so we gave him some medicine which he loved. Hope everyone had a great New Years and we'll keep you updated in the next couple of months.

Celebrating William's First Christmas

We went to Jason's parents for Christmas eve where William opened some presents where he tried ripping the paper before eating and following asleep. It was just the 3 of us and Jason's parents at their house. We had dinner, apple pie, and presents where we got lots of gifts that will be well used in good time. For christmas day we went to my parents house where all 6 of my siblings, their spouses, 7 grandkids, my parents, us, and 2 dogs. It was very crowded but great to see everyone together for christmas in a long time especially with my dad not being well. We even got family pictures taken before people started to leave. First we let all the kids open their presents, which took a long time because they get the most and I opened William's presents cuz he was sleeping on Aunt Jamie's lap. Then all the adults opened presents followed by eating ham sandwiches, salads, and dips. For dessert my sister Andrea made 2 cheesecakes that were really good. Towards the end some of the adults played poker while the kids played with their toys in the play room, aka my mom's sewing room. Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and more pictures to come soon.

Thanksgiving 2009

This year like the last 2 years Jason and I have gone to both family for thanksgiving, getting 2 meals instead of just one. This year we went to my parents in the afternoon where we ate kinda light and then we went to Jason's parents at 4 where we ate more food and pie. At my parents house it was us, my parents, my sister Andrea, and my brother Alan and his family. At Jason's parents house it was us, his parents, and his sister Jami and her family. There are so many things to be thankful of this year, but especially for our healthy baby boy William who will be 3 months old sunday and growing tons. This morning Jason went shopping on Black Friday at 2 in the morning to Walmart first and then to other stores so that i wouldn't have to go or wake up William. He got gifts for me and his side of the family. We're not planning on buying William many gifts because all of our family will be getting him things and he will only be about 4 months so he won't know what is going on. I am going to buy him a stocking and put things in his stocking for Christmas morning. Hope everything that went shopping this morning survived and got what they were looking for along with having fun.

Update on my Dad's Health

My dad and I at my high school graduation

For those of you that know my dad has lung cancer and is doing really well with the cemo and radiation. He has 1 more cemo on monday and then a 2 week break before getting more and he'll continue with radiation for 5 more weeks. He hasn't been sick, but super hyper where he stays up till 11 at night where before he went to bed at 8. Please keep praying for my dad and family as we are going through this with him. Hope everyone has a great thanksgiving.