7 Weeks!

NEW FEATURE: Listen to William "talking" by clicking on the "Audio Sounds" tabs of the left side of the page! (go down grandma, you can't see 'em yet...)

Today William is 7 weeks old! Just to prove it, he slept for 7 1/2 hours! He went down at 10:30 and slept until 6! I am SO proud of our boy! He then went right back down and slept until John woke him at 9am! I was starting to get discouraged because he had been sleeping for shorter periods of time the last 3 days...hopefully tonight will be another long sleep night!

I went back to work today (just for the day) and enjoyed seeing everyone at work and getting a few things done. John and William stayed home together and had the basement inspected - WE PASSED! (who wants to sheetrock?) Then they came up to school and we had lunch together. The boys did very well on their own and had a great day.

Bulbs I planted last year are starting to come up!


Rub my tummy for good luck says the 7 week old boy!

We call him the wiz kid (and it's not cause he's smart...)

Well, all the parts definitely work...William keeps proving it over and over. Not once, twice, but three times so far today. Today we have been busy cleaning the house a little bit, doing laundry and running errands. Our big first for the day is that I took William to the mall and walk after yesterday's walk in the rain. There were two stores I needed to hit and we got that done and then walked around for another 40 minutes or so. William had a great time watching the lights and filling his pants in his car seat/stroller combination.

Next to the kangaroo in the kids area of the mall.


Just waking up in his pack n play.


Smiling...and the beginning of new hair coming in on top...

The big news is that I will be working tomorrow! Tomorrow is a professional development day and if I work, then my maternity leave is extended 1 day. The boys will be home together tomorrow hanging out - fun times!

I want THAT baby back!

William only slept until 3:30am again this morning...what happened to the baby that slept until 5:30am? I want THAT baby back. My hope is that this might be the 6-7 week growth spurt I have been reading about and in another day or so we will be back to where we were. Otherwise...it could be a long week!

In other news, we have picked some tentative dates for traveling. We think we are going to try and leave St Louis either March 28 or 29th depending on John's work schedule. We will all stay through the weekend and have William's baptism on Sunday, April 1st. John will leave on Sunday afternoon sometime and I will stay with William in town. John will come back the following Thursday or Friday and stay through the weekend. We will all leave for St Louis on April 8 (Sunday). There are LOTS of people we want to see! So, if you will be in town, let us know so we can start making plans! We are pretty excited! As we move forward with planning, I'll try to post details. Right now, we will be at the McGarry's house. We plan on baptizing William at noon on April 1st at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Rochester. That is all of our plans!

William has been doing a lot of "talking" - we're still working on getting some of it uploaded somehow! He also has been doing a lot of watching his hands and this weekend started blowing bubbles!

The big job today was to get out and buy William some bigger diapers! He is stretching the limits of his size 1/2 diapers and needed to bump up to the size 2's. Our baby is growing so fast! We got out to walk tonight as a family to enjoy the beautiful weather (75 degrees) and get some exercise. William also enjoyed (honest, enjoyed!) a bath tonight!

Blowing bubbles!

goodnight,

the heidts

Photo Studio Pictures (Kelly's)

William's Blankets

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William has received many MANY blankets from a lot of special people! Today, I thought we should start getting pictures while he is still sort of small with these special blankets...here are the pictures!

William with the blanket knitted by Great Great Grandma Myrtle (made for me when I was a baby)

Super soft blanket from Great Grandma Nona (look at those blue eyes!)

The quilt made by Mommy (me!)

Last night wasn't a great night, William only slept until 4 am...still not bad for his age, but I've been spoiled the last couple of nights. Unfortunately, then I couldn't go back to sleep - here I thought sleep deprivation was due to the BABY being awake, not just me not being able to fall asleep. Although we were tired, we did get some things done around the house and get out for a walk on a beautiful day - it was 75 degrees! Later in the day, we played photo studio with a sheet in the living room. I'll post the photo studio pictures in a separate post...

The first outfit I put William in today seemed a little small. I thought maybe I shrunk it the last time I washed and dried it. Then, the next two outfits also were too small...I am starting to think we maybe have outgrown the 3-6 month outfits. Is that possible? We have only been wearing the 3-6 stuff for about 2 1/2 weeks. In addition, I am also crabby because we have 2 more bags of diapers that I think are just about too small....

Outdoor Adventures!

Another big BIG first for us! Our first hike! It was a beautiful day today! It was about 65 degrees - a perfect day to be outside. Today, we met some of our friends out on the trail for our first hike with William. We were a little unsure how he would do, but it went great! We planned on hiking a 2 mile loop which accidentally turned into an almost 3 mile loop. William slept in his carrier (thank you Kaye) the entire time. William was in a great mood when we got back to the cars so we decided to grab a sandwich and visit at Quizno's - yum! What a great day!

Most of the group: Rocky, Liz, Laura, Kelly, John & William (Jeff behind camera) before the hike


John and William after our hike


Our family after the hike

We got home about 3:30, in time for John to run a few errands and wash both cars. I got some time to hang out with William and clean our kitchen (it REALLY needed it!)

Those of you who are interested in our sleep times - another great night! William slept from 10pm- 6:30am (okay, okay, it was only 5:30 am because of daylight savings time)...we're pretty excited this could be for real! Bath night tonight!

Sleepy Saturday...

Well, we started the morning off right with another long sleep from our little boy. William slept from 10 until 5 am- not quite as long as yesterday, but still darn good. We're hoping he continues along this way! The weather was beautiful and we got out to walk the neighborhood. John did some work in the basement and helped around the house. We think we might (might) be ready for the preliminary inspection! Kelly continued to battle the laundry beast as Wyatt Erp still resides at our house.

Tonight, John tested out his baking soda hypothesis and made a batch of cookies and we watched some movies together. William is starting to enjoy reading books a little bit -his attention span isn't very long, but it is a start.

The fluffier cookie - unexpired baking soda?

John and William read about cars together

goodnight,
the heidts