We're ready for the beach!

Tomorrow is the big picture day and the scratch on the forehead is almost gone. The bad news: we have a new scratch up the side of the cheek. Argh! What am I supposed to do? We'll be going ahead with the pictures tomorrow unless there is something drastic that happens overnight. We are loving this weather. We got out for a walk and visited with the neighbors a little. Here are some fun pictures from our beach day!

Edit: Bring on the Pictures!

Big smile from a little squirt!


Stretched out on my beach towel...

Help Please (not an emergency)

William was supposed to have his 3 month pictures taken today. However, when I went to his room to get him upthis morning, he had a big scratch running across his forehead! I am mad because I specifically cut his nails yesterday so THIS wouldn't happen. Argh! So, I called and rescheduled for Thurs (and got a better appt. time anyway). Today I realized I needed to decide between a few outfits for him to wear during the pictures anyway. We had a little try on session this morning to see what outfit was the cutest and I'm having a hard time deciding what to put him in. So, I need help please!

Outfit #1 Light Blue Stripes

William spit up big time when I put him into this outfit. Other than that - no reaction good or bad

Outfit #2 Dark Blue Stripes

William also spit up on this outfit. Welcome to my life! William really enjoyed trying to shove the corner of the collar on this outfit into his mouth. I had a hard time getting the collar on the left side to lay flat. Other than that, no reaction.


I explained to William what I was doing and why. I carefully observed him to see which outfit made him "happier". As you can see from above, I didn't get a very clear answer from him! So, if you all would leave me a comment, send me an e mail or call me on the phone before Thursday, I would appreciate it very much!

My outfit after the try on session: Note the spit up on the pants and shirt - this is from 1 spit up! You also can't see the spit up from earlier down the other side!

In other news, today was another gorgeous day! We went out for a walk and then poked around in the yard for awhile to enjoy the weather. We hope everyone got to be out and enjoy a little bit also!


hope to hear lots of opinions soon!

Half way there!

In the last week, William has been working pretty darn hard to get off of his back. Well, we are halfway there. Almost everytime he is on his back, he is rolling easily over onto his side! I don't think it will be too long before we are completely rolling over every direction!

Rolling over to knock over the blocks!


Rolling over to get more of the burp cloth into my mouth

Peeking!

P.S. Sorry about the onesie being so low cut! We're in the process of moving him into the 12 Month sized onesies - the 3-9 month size keeps popping open when he stretches and moves around! This baby needs to remember he is a BABY!

Beautiful Day

It was a great day! The weather here was gorgeous, so we went out for a walk and then visited with some of the neighbors! What a beautiful day!

Edit: I also want to add that Uncle Mike (McGarry) will be coming to Rochester on April 29 and leaving on May 14. Yeah! It is looking like we will be in Rochester from May 2 - May 12 (with John returning to St Louis again to work as before).

Videos and Goodbye Wallace!

We are in the process of uploading some videos! Click the links on the left side of the page. John promises me you will be able to tell which videos are from before and which ones are new somehow!

Today, we got up and got ready for church. Things were going great when we were about ready William spit up and I had to do some changing. We got to church and realized that church started 15 minutes earlier than we thought and church was almost over. Oops. Bad planning on our part! So, rather than walk in 40 minutes late to church, we went out for pancakes and said a prayer on the way. When we got home, we took a walk together and then worked in the yard. John worked in the basement a little and then got a haircut. William is still working pretty hard on the rolling over stuff, but we don't have it yet! Check out the video from yesterday (4/14) of him trying to get rolled over from his back to his front!

We have also officially said goodbye to Wallace. Wallace was a gigantic, ugly wart on my thumb. He appeared when I was pregnant and I had it taken off once. He came back bigger and uglier. My OB thought it could be from the pregnancy hormones and suggested waiting until after the baby came to get it taken care of for good. Wallace got bigger and badder looking at the end of the pregnancy. After William was born, it seemed like Wallace was getting smaller and smaller. In the last few weeks, he has all but disappeared. After consulting with John today, we have decided that Wallace the Wart has departed - for good, we hope!

Happy Sunday!

Rainy Day and Rolling over (almost!)

Today was a rainy, cold day! Yuck! We all hung out inside for most of the day. We did venture out for a little while to get some stuff at Lowe's for the basement and seeds for our garden :) John worked on the basement for awhile and William worked on rolling over from his back to his front! We got some video of him working on it - he is getting there. This is the first day we've really seen him actually work on it. A lot of grunting was involved as was kicking of the feet. We're so proud! We are working on uploading video to the internet and sorting through the files - watch for a new VIDEO post soon!

Wheee......

Hah hah....mommy's still in her jammies!


Tee hee! Mommy has no idea how much her arms are going to hurt tomorrow!

11 Weeks Old...Sniff

Today, William is 11 weeks old! Time has gone by pretty fast. We are going to mark the occasion with some pictures to show you exactly how much he has grown. I can hardly believe it! Today we celebrated by going for a long walk outside, out to lunch with my coworkers (they are on spring break), and to an art exhibit with artwork from some of our former students. Then we went out to eat with John (fajitas anyone?) and then to the mall.

William week 4

William week 8

William week 11


William week 3

William Week11