Things I don't want to forget

When will was a brand new baby when ever he would get hungry he would open his mouth and shake his head side to side.

How Will looks like he is in a fencing pose while he sleeps.

Will's cute little mole on the back of his neck.

Will's cute 'WAAA' cry, he sounds so helpless.

Breastfeeding him.

His lips.

When ever he yawns or is cold or for no reason known to me he quivers his lip, Michael would then say 'Oh quiver me chinburs' or something of that sort.

How much his big brother loves him so much Joshua shakes his body when he touches him.

How Joshua says Will is drinking cocoa milk too, and that he drinks it from my belly.

Joshua's reaction when he saw my stretch marks on my belly for the first time after Will was born. He said 'Awwwe' and pointed. He asked me what they were.

How Joshua flicks his blue blanket while he drinks his milk.

How Joshua says Will's name is baby Will. I wonder when he will be just Will.

This is just a little of what I have been thinking of lately that I don't want to forget later on.

Family update

6 weeks old!!!








At my sister Wendee's pool in Denver.

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At the Rec-center Gym Jam.

Wow. We have been so busy and it is very hard for me to find the time to post pictures. Sorry everyone it has been 3 weeks since my last photo post. I'll post a lot of random pictures today. I'll try to get them in the right order too.

Will is doing great and gaining weight beautifully. The last time we had him weighed he weighed 10 pounds 6 ounces. He is getting to be quite the chubby little man. He is now wearing some 3-6 month clothes because he is so long. He LOVES to be held and would have us hold him ALL the time if it was possible. He enjoys eating and is a GREAT nurser, I have been blessed that is for sure, he prefers to eat every hour and a half to two hours during the day. He will then give us a four, three, and two hour stretches at night. One day he did sleep 6 hours in a row and has yet to do that again. He has the cutest little cry, a classic 'WAAAAA' sound. I'll try to get it on tape (shouldn't be that hard to do) and post it.

Joshua still loves his brother a ton and enjoys giving him kisses and hugs. He is getting to be a lot more gentle with Will but I still need to look out for Will to make sure his big brother isn't hurting him out of love. Joshua made a new friend at the park a couple of weeks ago and I made friends with his mother. The little boy's name is Lucas, it is very hard for Joshua to understand that the name Lucas can be a first name as well as a last name. Lucas is one month older than Joshua and his little brother is 7 months older than Will. I get along great with their mother and I started taking a Gym Jam for Joshua to go to that we are able to walk to together. I really enjoy the new friendship. Thank you Lord for giving me what I need!!!

We will be gone on vacation starting Saturday for the next 10 days so I won't be posting anything new then. Enjoy the pictures.

Christmas...

Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas?? I am loving the summer and fun that comes with it, but with hardly any time in my days to sew I need to get a head start. I thought for Christmas this year I would make everyone's Christmas gifts. Or most of them any way. This is what I thought I would make my boys. Yesterday I picked up a HUGE bag of multicolored felt from a local freecycler (yahoo group that I can go on to get free things around town that people don't want any more). I have already cut out the pieces for the felt watermelon and cucumber. I also want to make sandwich makings, cookies, other fruits, pizza, and a 'paper bag' to go with it. I think he will love it. Will should be able to benefit from this toy later on in life too. :) Let me know what you think. Click on the words below to visit the link.

For Will
Mr.Owl
Taggie animals
knit washcloths
Toy bucket

For Joshua
Mr.Owl
Felt mail
Felt food
dress up

4 weeks old!

I cannot believe Will is 4 weeks old already! Some days it feels like he has been with us a lot longer than 4 weeks. It is getting harder and harder to remember life with out him. Will is doing so well with nusing, however, he gave me a sore while we were still in the hospital and I think it has finally decided to start healing. The last time we had him weighed was when he was 2 weeks so I won't know what he weighs until Friday at his 1 month well check. Today Will was awake and alert for about 2 hours, he usually still sleeps all the time though. Just not when we would like him to!



Such a cutie


Will 4 weeks old!

2 weeks old!!

Wow the time has gone by so fast. It is hard to believe he is two weeks old already. Will is doing great with eating and sleeping, he only gets me up twice in a night. I am very pleased about that, however it takes us an hour sometimes more to get him fed, changed, and successfully back to sleep so I am still not getting a lot of sleep. At least I am getting sleep.

We went to Will's well visit at two weeks and he weighed in at 8 pounds 3 ounces. He is so much more alert now and loves looking around. Joshua still adores his baby brother and wants to hold him, play with him, tickle him all the time. It is cute watching him ooh and ahh over his baby brother.


Last week I took the boys on a walk to the Dinosaur Museum at the UW campus. Joshua loves going there and I really should go there more often since it is FREE!! Both boys fell asleep on the way over there so I had to get a picture of them.




Will at two weeks old.


Will asleep on Daddy's lap.

Picture update

We have been very busy trying to keep up with our boys. It feels like we are starting to get a schedule going with our boys. It feels like it took forever to figure out and we are still learning. Everyone is doing well and is healthy. We had a couple concerns with Will but after doctors visits everything is going great. Will gives us 3 sometimes 4 hour stretches of sleep at night, which is WONDERFUL. I am hoping he will start sleeping more and more at night for us.

Michael is liking his new job and today was his first full day of it. Since Will has been home he has been working half days so he could help me out during the day. So far our day has been wonderful. It is so nice and warm (almost HOT) outside so we went to the park in the morning, I took Will to the doctors, then brought lunch back to Michael at the park. This afternoon Me and my boys are going to the geology museum so Joshua can see the dinosaurs. He thought that sounded like a great idea and is looking forward to that.

I haven't posted many pictures since Will has been with us so I thought I would for all of you faithful readers. Enjoy!


Joshua and Will before Church on the 17th.


Michael and his boys










William in my sling





Michael and Joshua

Weight check

This last week we have had a public health nurse come over to help with nursing, if we have any questions for her regarding bringing up baby, or if we just want to see how much he weighs. Will's birth weight was 7 pounds 14 ounces. His discharge weight from the hospital was 7 pounds 7 ounces. Tuesday he was 7 pounds 6 ounces, Wednesday he was 7 pounds 8 ounces, and today he was 7 pounds 13 ounces. We are so proud that he is gaining weight so well...

Since being home from the hospital we have had quite the interesting sleeping arrangements. We have had nights of sleeping in our bed with him because he wouldn't sleep in the bassinet. A night of sleeping in the living room, Michael on the couch, Will in the bili bed and me on the floor. A night of me sleeping on the couch with Will on my chest. Then there was last night, oh what a wonderful night. Will ate at 10pm, I put him down in the pack -n- play upstairs and he stayed asleep until 2am. He woke up at 5am, I fed him, put him back to bed and he slept until 8am. Ahhhh it feels so great to have a 'normal' night. Now if only my 3 year old would sleep past 7am that would be delightful.

I'll try to post new pictures when I get them on the computer. I have taken a bunch of pictures since being home so I know I have some good ones to share.