Who does William look like?

Well, I need to apologize - I have been working on this post for about two weeks. I had big plans for all kinds of pictures and comparisons. Well, I think he will be 6 before I get it all together - so here is what I have.

The toes: William has his Daddy's toes! Williams second toe is shorter than his big toe, just like John's. The ultrasound technician pointed this out to us when we had our 20 week ultrasound when we were still pregnant.

The ear lobes: William has my ears (so far). Earlobes are a genetic thingee that I vaguely remember when I took biology. Unfortunately for you all, I just scraped by passing Bio, so I can't explain it to you all. William's ear lobes are attached as are mine. John's lobes are not attached, so I win this one.

The thumb: William has John's thumb. In the picture below, I am touching William's thumb - I am NOT pushing his finger back in a way that is hurting him. William's thumb bends backwards slightly as does John's. I do not have this special Heidt talent.

I was hoping to add baby pictures of myself and John for further comparison, but we don't have any pictures - maybe the grandma and grandpas could help us out with this one? Then we all can vote!

So overall, John wins right now....we'll keep you posted!

In like a LION!

This morning, I was feeding William about 7:30 when the tornado sirens went off! Of course, the first thing I had to do was call John and have a serious meltdown over the phone. We had some very strong thunderstorms go through the St Louis area this morning. William and I spent our first very special time in our basement waiting out the storm. Now that we are working on the basement, we don't have an interior room on our lower level without windows - we need to get on with the drywall! Luckily, the weather blew through pretty quickly and the sun came out. I hope this is enough to say that March came in like a lion and behaves for the rest of the month!

This afternoon, we tried to go for a walk - we hardly got around the block before turning around. The wind was so strong I was worried about William pulling a Mary Poppins and taking off in his stroller. We'll try again tomorrow!

Happy Birthday! (still)

We had another good day of napping and awake time. I am starting to see more patterns in William's sleeping/eating routine. This gives me hope that I may be able to predict when the best time to attempt the grocery store is on my own (maybe next week? we'll see) or go to the bathroom by myself. We had a quiet morning listening to the thunderstorm that rolled through and waiting for Mudd to come out from under the couch. This afternoon, we ran a few quick errands and came home for a nice nap!

Tonight we met some of my coworkers at Chilli's for some fabulous fajitas to celebrate my birthday (again, still, whathaveyou). It has been a very long time since I have had the fajitas there - over a month! The night before we had William, we went to Chilli's to fulfill my fajita fix and to try and get things moving along. So, it has been one month I have had to be without my fajitas - they were amazing! We also enjoyed visiting with Laura, Liz and Jeff and catching up with them. William was VERY well behaved. He slept part of the time and was awake and just hanging out the rest of the time - pretty amazing when you figure we were there for almost 2 hours eating and chatting! What a great kid (I realize I might be biased)!


goodnight,

the heidts

P.S. I know it is corny, but I like it cause it rhymes. I may start using it all the time cause I like it so much, even when it isn't night.

Some sunshine this morning!

What a difference a day makes! We are having a great morning! William slept really well last night (I'm not telling how long, I don't want to jinx it!) and now is napping at the SAME time he did yesterday! That is very exciting for me! I actually got to clean 2 bathrooms and sing my favorite bathroom floor song ("how could I forget I had given her an extra key...) while cleaning. This afternoon we might try a trip to Hobby Lobby and maybe stop by the photography studio where I used to work.

Talk to you soon

Kelly

Happy Birthday and Happy 1 Month!

Today is my 28th birthday and William's one month birthday! With most of our celebrating happening this weekend, it was pretty low key today. William had a record setting (for us) day of spitting up and pooping! Happy birthday to me - I guess William was trying to show how much he has grown. Before 3pm, we went through 3 full outfit changes.

Later in the day, we were able to get out for a walk with William and have some adult conversation. For dinner we heated up our leftover fondue to finish celebrating my birthday. After dinner, we gave William his second big boy bath in his tub. I've been noticing it looks like he is loosing some of his really dark hair and tonight it was confirmed when I found a small amount of hair at the bottom of his bathtub. Hopefully, he either grows more in a hurry or looses the rest so he doesn't look like a dope!

These pictures are from tonight and last night - this Little Slugger outfit is one I remember Michael having when he was little. The only thing missing is the blue Little Slugger baseball hat...

goodnight

the heidts

Our Little Slugger

The birthday boy and girl!

...and the walls came tumbling down!

Our Smiley Boy!

We got up this morning to a very proud and smiley boy who slept for over 6 hours for the first time in a week (he ate and went back to bed for another 3 hours)! We all went out for brunch
and then John and Grandpa tackled the next basement task - taking down the walls at the
bottom of the steps in our basement! What a big difference!

The workers with their tools and the sheet rock they took out!

Our new open family room in the basement

goodnight,

the heidts

P.S Happy birthday to William's Uncle Jim!

Happy Birthday!

Today we celebrated my birthday (again) with a great birthday supper at home with Grandma and Grandpa. We made yummy fondue with different kinds of bread and again broccoli. For dessert, Grandma made my favorite chocolate cake with flour frosting - it was perfect. William was a little crabby, but let us eat a nice dinner together until the end. We convinced Grandma to hold William for the last part of dinner - he was much happier sitting with Grandma and seeing the family instead of in his bouncy chair.

Grandpa and William hang out after dinner

John and Grandpa got a lot of work in the basement done today. They think they are close to getting all the wiring complete - that is exciting because then we can have the plumbing and electrical inspected! After that we finally get to put up the drywall!

Mudd helps celebrate my birthday by checking out a box for me!

goodnight,

the heidts

P.S We have pictures that haven't been downloaded from our camera - I'll add pictures tomorrow! --HAH! I thought I had some dinner pictures, turns out it was so good, we just ate it!