Will turned 8 months old... Late

I know this is late but my computer wasn't able to upload pictures and now it can so I have some catch up to do.

Here are some pictures of Will when he turned 8 months old.

Sickness

The last week has been full of sick babies and sleepless nights. A week and a half ago I knew something wasn't right with Will he was pulling at his ears and very fussy. I took him to the doctor and She said he looked great and if he was getting an ear infection it was at the very beginning and she couldn't see it yet in his ears. About 5 days later Will would not stop crying, he would just scream in pain and pull at his ears. I took him back to the doctors but to a different one. He had a double ear infection and his two top teeth were coming in. She ordered an antibiotic for him and now things are going much better. He is still grumpy and not sleeping well but I'm praying for a better week.

Joshua has a horrible cough, had a bad runny nose, and he hasn't been sleeping well at night. On average I have been getting 6 hours of sleep at night, which isn't enough for me. I am tired and want to sleep soon. Will did sleep 7 hours in a row two nights ago but Joshua woke me up in the middle of that.

I have been fortunate to not get sick yet myself, I'm praying I won't catch this one. Michael has been well also. Praise God for that!

I am praying for a better week.

Lost and Found

Will loves his pacifier very much and is very silly with it. He loves to take the bottom of the pacifier and chew on it while the nipple of it is in his mouth. He has become very good at putting the paci back in his mouth the correct way! He loves to grab the pacifier and quickly (while we are trying to get him to sleep) throw it across the room. Then he cries because he really wanted it and made a mistake.

Yesterday while Will was in his crib laying down he threw the paci out of the crib, so funny. Another time at Wal-mart he dropped the paci in the shopping cart and it took me a while to find it. We have to make sure we have it leashed to him so he doesn't loose it.

Lately we have been finding pacifiers where we didn't think of looking. Joshua found one under his bed, we found one outside in the snow where we park, and another in the laundry basket. I love finding them because then we don't need to buy more!

Year in Review... Pictures Part II

August

Will and his Aunt Misty


Joshua being silly.


Joshua and Michael at Village Inn for my birthday breakfast!

September

Will sitting big.


Will and I.


Joshua and Michael trying to get the fire started over Labor Day weekend. We drove up into the Snowy Range for a picnic.


Michael with his boys.


Us at Will's first football game.

October

I started my business, Letters By Lee


Joshua with our carved pumpkin


My little cow and cowboy.

November

Will at 6 months old.


Will's first Thanksgiving.


Will sitting on Daddy's desk.

December

Will fell asleep while holding Joshua's sword.


Sitting like a big boy.


Will's First Christmas. What a great picture of my boys


Happy Birthday Jesus! The true reason why we celebrate Christmas.

Why?

Joshua is completely in the why stage of life. We have been fortunate to have missed out on it for such a long time. He has always asked why but just when something doesn't make sense. Today he has been asking why all day long...

At the store:
Mom: I need you to stay on the cart because we will be moving soon.
Joshua: Why?
Mom: Because we will be moving soon.

At home:
Mom: Please don't dump the cookies out I don't want crumbs everywhere.
Joshua: Why?
Mom: Because I don't want crumbs everywhere.

Do I really have to repeat my self? Of course there has been more than just two times today that he has asked why. If I counted them there is at least over 15 times so far he has asked me why.

Year in review pictures!! Part I

I have a lot of pictures I want to use in this post so I'm breaking it into two parts. I am going to try to do this and the year in review letter at the end of every year. It is a neat way to see what we have been up to that year!

January
Pictures from our road trip to Texas.

My Aunt Twila, Joshua and I.




My Auntie, and Cousin Shane with Joshua and I.

February

Ready to blow out the candles. He was very excited to have a Birthday party.


Ryan and Joshua playing with their Spiderman masks.


Joshua playing baseball in his new basketball outfit his Uncle Greg and family gave him with his new baseball and glove his Daddy and I gave him.


March

Me 30 weeks pregnant


Michael and Joshua ice skating at a Church event.


Joshua in the bathtub at our house.


Joshua and I at the park.


Joshua with cousins Alexa and Dylan when they came to visit at Grammy and Papa's house.


My cutie at the park.

April

Michael and I all dressed up for his awards banquet for school.


Me in the hospital get up after I was admitted for preterm labor.

May

Joshua with me for my last belly picture taken just before we left for the hospital.


Michael and I with Will shortly after he was born.


Our new family picture with the four of us.


That's better!


Joshua playing at the Children's Museum in Laramie.


My boys asleep in the stroller.

June

Will in my Moby Wrap in Idaho.


My cutie in Idaho.


Our family in Idaho on vacation.


My Dad with Will in Oregon.


Joshua sleeping in the car on our way to see My sister Erin in Oregon.


Michael and Chris with the smoke balls in Idaho.

July

Saying goodbye to our wonderful friends the Hubers.


Joshua dressed up as a Fireman at the Children's Museum in Denver.


Michael, Will and I at my cousins wedding in Texas.


Joshua playing in the pool in Laramie Wyoming.


Our happy baby boy Will.


A nice family picture, now if only Joshua was smiling and looking at the camera.