A Big Day!

This morning we got to spend time at the McGarry's with both the grandparents and the greats. In the afternoon, we went to the Heidt's and William got to meet all of his aunts, uncles and cousins. He took a long nap with Aunt Tien and his soon to be cousins. She sure is talented to hold 3 babies at one time! We enjoyed a fun dinner with everyone, visiting and showing off our little guy. We have to try and get some more pictures tomorrow - we didn't get a picture of everyone!

After dinner, we went back to the McGarry's and William got to meet his great Grandparents Wennersten and Aunt Megan. Both William and the great grandparents were DELIGHTED to meet each other! Great grandpa Budd had some very special presents for William - a package of M & Ms and his farm set from when he was growing up. They are very special!

Uncle Mike and Aunt Tien (and cousins)


Aunt Kendra


Great Grandma and Grandpa Wennersten


William and Grandpa play with the farm toys


Aunt Megan and William

9 Week Old Sleepwonder!

Well, I think it is finally time to tell you that William is sleeping through the night more nights than he is up. This morning I had to wake him at 8:30 am to feed him and get our day started! He went down last night around 11:30am and slept all the way through! YEAH William! He has been sleeping well for longer and longer periods of time, but this is the longest yet!

Today, we got up late and went over to Grandpa Heidt's to visit and have some lunch. After lunch, we went to St Mary's Hospital to visit Grandma Kim and see all her coworkers - William LOVED all the women (and men) talking to him and was all smiles. After dragging Grandma Kim away from her desk, we went to the McGarry's to hang out and play. Grandma Kim reports that William is starting to use his hands purposefully to do things. He is hitting toys on his jungle gym and starting to reach for things he wants. We are excited about his new tricks, although I'm sure there is much hair pulling and TV remote grabbing in his future.

The Great Grandparents McGarry arrived this afternoon safely from North Dakota. Auntie Kaye and Grandpa Heidt will be joining us for dinner tonight! It will be nice to see everyone together tonight!

Smiley guys!

Update: Here are the rest of the pictures from tonight with everyone!

William with Great Grandma and Grandpa McGarry

William with his Great Grandpa Tom


William with his Great Grandma Gerry

Grandpas and Grandma!

We had a nice day here is Rochester. Grandma Kim got William up this morning for a quick visit before going to work. Grandpa Kevin visited for a few minutes before he got ready for work. The three of us went together to church to meet with the pastor about William's baptism before going out to lunch with Grandpa Heidt at Subway. We had a nice visit with Grandpa Heidt before going back to the McGarry's to meet great aunt (godmother) Kaye and going out to Olive Garden with everyone. I'll come back and post pictures tomorrow from tonight - I need to go to bed!

All smiles with Grandpa Heidt


Talking and playing with Grandpa Heidt


Playing with aunt Kaye (godmother, too)

We made it!

We made it into Rochester about 10:30 last night. William was great in the car - he slept most of the time and was awake and happy for the in between times. It was a LONG trip, but we're glad we came. We stayed up and visited with Grandma and Grandpa last night and Grandma gave William a bath. We put William down about 1 am (later than normal, but he slept a lot in the car) and he slept through until 7:30 this morning. GO WILLIAM! I was worried we would be up all night with all of the sleeping in the car...not this time anyways.

On the schedule for today: meet with the pastor about the baptism and then spend some time with Grandpa Heidt this afternoon! I'm sure we'll take pictures and maybe post them later!

Heading out!

Well, the packing continues...what will we actually need? I don't know - but I bet we have it with us somewhere...if we can find it in the piles of other stuff we are trying to bring. Good thing we are taking the big car! See you soon!

2 Months Old!

Today, William is 2 months old! What a big boy! He has grown so much! We stuck around home getting things done today and playing. We got TWO big walks in today because the weather was so nice out! He started (that I noticed) scooting a different direction today. We took a couple of pictures - he is pretty proud of himself!

We called Valentino's today and were able to reserve the room there for lunch after William's baptism. Another thing to cross off the list of things to do before we leave to go home on Wednesday!

William's head was ON the white burp cloth when he started playing on his mat...he scooted himself the rest of the way!

goodnight,

the heidts
PS Thanks for the Girl Scout cookies mom and dad...

Take a Hike!

Today we got up and met a few people from work for a nice morning hike. It is a little on the warm side (88 degrees) for it to be a great experience, but it was nice to be outside and with friends. We stopped on the trail to eat our lunch at a very nice scenic outlook. This afternoon we got some more baptism details worked out. William is a lucky duck! He is going to have 2 godmothers! Kaye, Jessica and Chris are going to be William's godparents!

A mountain? goat along the trail...in Missouri? Jeff call the DNR to report the goat and they said he (the goat) showed up along the trail 3 years ago and has been in the area ever since...hmmm

John tried out our baby carrier on his back this time...made it easier to see his feet!

John took William for his first swing!

The lake along the trail