Photos

Well, yesterday I decided that I didn't have the picture I was looking for from William's baptism. I felt kind of rushed about getting everyone ready and out the door to the church and didn't get time to work with the pictures much. So, I put him back in the outfit again (it is way tighter now - he cannot have grown that much!) and brought him back to Mommy's photo studio. I got a few that I like - still don't think I got the one. Oh well. William slept until 7:15 am, ate and then we both slept until 10:30am. After our looonnnggg sleep, we got dressed and went over to the Heidt's to visit. We had a yummy taco dinner with the McGarry's and then played cards until too late at night.

We have a big day ahead of us! The Sanford boys are coming over to "play" this morning and then we are going to the Gaedke's for dinner tonight. The BEST part of today: John is coming back tonight! YeAH! Here are more baptism outfit pictures and an "extra"

This is William in his totally adorable outfit from Great Grandma Nona. Can you tell that it is a 12 month outfit? Shouldn't it look bigger on him?

A Boy and a Girl!

William (and the rest of us) are so excited that we will be getting a new baby boy AND girl cousin! Congratulations Uncle Mike and Aunt Tien!

Yesterday was a busy day and I didn't get on the internet because we were painting our computer room and unhooked all the network cables. After sleeping until 9:15am, we spent time with both of the grandpas - Grandpa Kevin in the morning and Grandpa Heidt in the afternoon today. We went out for dinner at Baker's Square with great grandparents Wennersten, aunt Kaye, Scott and the grandparents McGarry.

God Bless You!!

Today William was baptized at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Our family all went to church and enjoyed the Palm Sunday Service and then stayed after for the baptism. William was great! He was awake and happy during the service as well during the baptism. He was very tolerant of the water being splashed on him and the thousands of pictures people took afterwards.

We all went to Valentino's for lunch afterwards and we enjoyed visiting with everyone very much! William was again well behaved and slept through most of the lunch so we all got to eat (we need to be careful - I could get used to this angelic behavior...). After lunch, we went back to the house to visit some more and then John left to drive back to St Louis. We were sad to see him go, but we'll be seeing him soon (Wed. we hope?).

Pastor Ortloff, Kelly, William, & John

William with his godmothers: Kaye and Jessica


The McGarry/Wennersten Family

The Heidt Family


The Heidt cousins (Mike, Becca, Ben, William and baby A, baby B)


Jim, Kendra, William, Ben, Becca, and Mike


After lunch, the Easter Bunny came early!

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!