What are you calling him?

"What are you calling him?" is one of the biggest questions people ask us after they find out William's name. William has lots of potential to be shortened and changed for different nicknames. As we will be coming home soon, I think this is a topic we should cover so everyone knows the answer to this question.

For right now, we really aren't calling him anything except William. Most of the time, I say "Your son pooped his pants...again" and John will say "The baby is crying...again". He is just starting to show personality and I think (hope) we will have a better idea about what nickname fits him best. We don't really have strong feelings about any of the possibilities. I happen to be a fan of Will and Liam. However, Bill, Billly, Billy Bob, Will or Liam are all okay...Willy is NOT. After teaching eighth graders for so long, Willy brings to mind something that is inappropriate for my little boy. So, Will, Liam, Bill, Billy, Billy Bob, or William are all okay with us. Willy...is NOT!

In other news, we have been having some pretty good nights. I'll write more about them if they continue this weekend. Today we ran some errands around town in the rain and then walked when John came home from work and the weather cleared up. For dinner, we started making a dent in the sloppy joe dinners I made before William was born. We haven't even started the taco dinners or the lasagna dinners I made. I think I though we needed dinners for a year...our freezer is still fuller than it has ever been before!

Videos!

We finally got the video thing figured out to have them online! The link on the left side called "William Videos" should take you there. Warning: If you have dial up internet, these might take a long time to load up! We had a great day today hanging around and walking outside - the high today was around 80 degrees! John had to mow the yard today for the first time...time for me to figure out how to get some yard work done with William around. We have some major weeding to do and it is probably time to put some seeds in...

Rainy Day

Today was a rainy, cold day so we hung out inside until the afternoon. Four of my coworkers are due to have babies in April and there was a baby shower for two of them at work today. William and I went to visit with everyone. One of the biggest challenges is getting William in as many of the baby gifts I received as shower gifts. Today he wore his fuzzy puppy hoodie, He-Man Heidt onesie, his Oshkosh jeans and blue bowling shoes - all gifts from coworkers.

Bath time with John aka "Daddy"


In his carseat ready to go...


Another carseat shot


With "Auntie Laura" - originator of the "He-Man Heidt" nickname

PS Stay tuned for possible sleeping news tomorrow...

Cover it Up!

What to do with a bald noggin? Find something cute to cover it up with! Here is our first attempt at a real hat (not the hospital hats!). I think it is a little big - that is a good thing because his head is growing like crazy!

I might be biased, but I think he is cuter today than yesterday!

...and more blankets

William & I didn't have the patience or time to get all his blankets photographed in one "shoot". So, here are some more!

The blanket made by my quilting friends

A blanket from Great (grand?) aunt Susie Heidt.


A blanket made by great grandma Gerry

Scooter!

I'm not sure how William has managed this, but he is starting to scoot around in his crib! He was VERY tightly swaddled last night when I put him down and withh his head touching the top of the crib. This morning, I came in to this:

So without being able to move his arms or legs very much, he has managed to scoot around! This morning, William let us sleep in a little. He was up at 5:30 (6.5 hours) and then slept again until 9am. Nice! On top of getting enough sleep, the timing also allowed us to try out a new church. Why haven't we gone before? It is a long and not very interesting story, but the point is we made it there today. William was great through the whole service! He slept most of the time until the pastor blessed him during communion. At this point, he woke up and smiled his way through the service - which the people around us enjoyed VERY much (lots of giggling in response). John and I both enjoyed the service and found there were a few people I know who are members of the church.


After church, we went to Chillis (mmm...fajitas) and then to Once Upon a Child to look for some cute clothes for Easter. William did a great (GREAT) job for us. This afternoon, we finished up our taxes, went for a walk outside and John got some time in working on the basement. Overall, we had a great weekend!

P.S. Oh NO! Happy belated birthday to aunt Cathy!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day! We all celebrated this morning with a HUGE green poo! It was EVERYWHERE! All over the bouncy chair, up William's back, on his pajamas, on his socks, on my arm and best of all - dripping on the floor! Warning: Too much information (TMI) ahead... It appears that the vitamins William's pediatrician recommended giving to him every day have turned his poops from a yellow color to a dark green when given every day. Lovely!

Once we were cleaned up and changed into our "green" outfit with turtles on it, we decided to venture out into the snow (yes, snow! It was 80 degrees on Thursday and Saturday it snows!) to do some shopping. We went to the outlet mall in Warrenton, Missouri to look for a cute Easter outfit/3 month picture outfit for William to wear and to get John some new shoes. We didn't have any luck on the Easter outfit, but did score some shoes for John and some summery clothes for William. We also got him his first pair of sunglasses!

Then, we went out for pizza at a new place.. it is always a little dangerous to do that in St Louis. Sometimes you end up with saltines and cheez whiz. This place was pretty good - we would go back. So, for anyone who wants pizza the next time you are here - we have the place.

The rest of the day we are planning on laying low and hanging out together. Oh yes, the Sanford boys are coming over to play when we are in Rochester on Thursday, April 5th! Fun times!

Our green turtle outfit from Robyn! We were going to put him back in his shamrock shirt, but he pretty well hosed it down yesterday with spit up...


New sunglasses- so cool!


Sucking on his fingers! William has been doing this a LOT lately! Today, I heard a funny noise coming from the mat during tummy time - William is trying to eat his whole hand!



This time he has his thumb!