Silly Performing Boy / Playing At Cottage / Canada Day / Feeding Yourself / Fun On Slide

Hi Baby Will!

Silly Performer

I think you just might be a silly performer just like your sister Emma.  You seem to love when being silly and making people laugh.  Yesterday while walking around, you came up to me, put your mouth on my arm and blew raspberries.  We laughed, and you looked up with a grin and giggled.  So you kept doing it and grinning and laughing when we laughed.

Last week, while eating in a restaurant, I put on a paper pirate hat … it made you laugh.  Every time I put it on you, you’d grin big … and then you would turn to Mommy with a big grin on your face as if to say, “I’m being silly Mommy… look at me .. laugh at me.”  You grinned and giggled more when we laughed at you.  Here you are … such a silly boy.

Playing At Cottage

You have so much fun at the cottage.  You walk all around the deck, crawl up and down the stairs, and crawl and walk on the walkway, over to the sandbox, etc.  Its so nice because we can just let you go and just keep an eye on you.  We recently bought you and Emma a water and sand table.  You spend so much time over at it playing with the sand and water.  I’m glad we got it because you love it.  Here’s you and Emma playing together at the sand and water table.

Canada Day

We always have fun on Canada Day.  We have fun at the cottage all day, watch the Charlottetown fireworks across the water from the deck and set off a few of our own fireworks down by the water.  Here’s a picture of you, Emma and her friend Delilah on the deck a while before the fireworks.  You guys were laughing and drumming on the deck box with your hands.  In this photo, I think you are wiggling your hips and dancing.  Cute boy.

Feeding Yourself

You sure are growing up.  I took some pictures of you on Canada Day.  You were holding a spoon and eating applesauce all by yourself.

Fun On Slide

You and Emma have lots of fun on the swing and slide.  When I put you up on the deck, you have a great laugh when I peek at you between the railing boards.  You move quickly back and forth from the slide end to the rock wall end and back and forth.  I run back and forth to head you off and make sure you don’t fall off.  You laugh hysterically the whole time.  Emma likes taking you down the slide with her.  You used to be a bit nervous, but when this photo was taken (July 4th), you loved it and had a great time.

I love you sweet baby boy!
Daddy

Beach Day / Eating Lemons / Dipping Fries

Beach Day

We decided to take a drive east today.  We dropped Devon off at St Peters Campground with Noah, went to the Fortune Beach and visited Old Nanny and Grammie.  You had a lot of fun at the beach.  You loved playing in the sand, you loved playing in the water, and you loved playing on the sand bars.  You didn’t even put much sand in your mouth.  Below there is a picture of you having fun at the water edge with the waves lapping at your feet.  Over the course of a few photos, you were having fun, you were playing, you were smiling, and then you were screaming.  You really did have a great time.

Eating Lemons

You silly silly boy.  We went to the Sheltered Harbour restaurant in Souris again after visiting Old Nanny.  I have pictures of you from May trying a lemon and making a sour face.  Today, you were reaching for the lemon from my caesar salad.  You really wanted it.  I took out the seeds and gave it to you.  You munched on it for a long while without making a sour face at all.  You loved it.  You pretty well devoured it.  I had to take it from you when we were leaving.  There was barely half the rind left.  Silly boy.

Dipping Fries In Ketchup (First Time)

You were a hungry boy.  You were grabbing at my food.  Instead of breaking fries and chicken up into small pieces like we usually do for you, I decided to give you whole fries.  You dipped them in the ketchup on my plate and ate them up.  That was the first time I seen you dipping something and eating it yourself.

I love you baby boy!
Daddy

Walking So Great / No To Billy / Brushing Hair

Hi Wonderful Will!

Walking Great

You started standing and walking a little while ago, but over the past couple days you’ve really taken off.  You’ve been walking around so much.  When we put you down on your feet, you keep standing up, and then start walking around.  You can walk around, stop, bend over and pick something up and keep walking again.  You climb to your feet from a sitting or crawling position and start walking around.  A couple days ago you were pretty unsteady on your feet and walked around pretty slowly, step by step, but you’ve been better every day.  We all kept saying that we can’t believe how much progress you’ve made in walking in just a few days.

It was a really nice day, so we went to Nana’s and Grumpy’s at the cottage after work.  You had lots of fun walking around everywhere.  Here you are strutting around and having a blast.  You might notice that your face is really dirty.  You had a couple freezies … you were covered in sticky freezie juice and dirt.

You silly boy.  One of the neighbour's little girls was riding your truck around on the deck with her puppy in the back.  You were walking along behind as she went back and forth.  When she got to the end of the deck at each end, she would stop with her feet.  You wanted to keep going.  You’d keep pushing and when she didn’t move, you’d lean into it to get the power to push her.  We had to stop you from pushing the car over the edge each time.  You silly little bull.

No To Billy & Others

You uncle Billy is home this week.  Its funny and kinda cute … every time he comes up to you, puts his hands out and asks “do you want to come with me now”, you shake your head no right way, every time he asks.  You also do that to Mommy sometimes.  If I pick you up in my arms when we get you at the babysitter, Mommy puts her hands out to take you, and you shake your head no … sometimes you shake your head and then turn and move your head away from Mommy to snub her even more.  Sometimes, in addition to shaking your head, you swat her hands away from you.  It usually only lasts a couple tries, and then you reach for Mommy.

Here is a photo that I took from a video that shows you shaking your head no as Billy reaches for you and asks if you want to come up with him.  Silly boy.

Brushing Your Hair, Using Phone & Remote

You’re such a smart boy.  When you pick up a phone, you put it up to your ear.  When you pick up the TV remote, you start pushing buttons and you turn to the TV to see if its doing anything.  Last week I snapped a picture of you when you started brushing your hair after you picked up a brush.  Smart boy!

I love you sweet baby boy!
Daddy

1st Hair Cut / Blowing Your Nose

Hi Sweet Will!

First Haircut …. Kinda

You had your first real haircut today at OT Hair Cutters.  You really needed it because your hair was getting pretty thick and long.  I think the long hairs over your ears bothered you too.  You did get a little trim a couple months ago when Brenna was getting her hair done in Kinkora, but they didn’t really cut much off your hair at all.  We saved some bits of the hair they cut, but I think we lost them. 

Here you are getting clipped.  Mommy sat you on her knee and held your head still,

I made sure to save some of your hair clippings.

You and I posing after our hair cuts.  You look so handsome.

Blowing Your Nose

You silly boy.  A few times I noticed you grabbing a tissue from the box, putting it up to your nose, and blowing out through your nose.  I had my camera nearby today so I got a couple photos of you doing it.  Cute silly boy.

I love you cute baby boy!
Daddy

Official First Steps

Hi Big Boy!

Today we can say that you officially started walking.  Sherry, your babysitter, told us when we picked you up this evening that you took a few steps today.  When we got you home, the first thing we did was try to get you to take some steps for us … and get the video camera rolling.  I took two videos of us trying to get you to walk.  Most of the time, you wouldn’t try to walk … we’d try to stand you up and you’d let your knees buckle, and sit on your bum.  You did take some steps for us a few times.  Here are a couple photos I pulled out of the videos.

Now you will be even more trouble … when you start walking more.
I’m proud of you my big handsome boy!  I love you!
Daddy

Where’s Your Hand!!!

Hi Wonderful Baby Will!

This evening when I was putting your jammies on you, your hand didn’t come out of your sleeve when I was putting your shirt on.  I grabbed your arm and shook it as I said “where’s your hand!!!  aaaaaaa!!!  where’s your hand!!!!”  You giggled and laughed each time I did it.  You’re such a cute little boy.  I used to do the same thing to Emma when I was getting her dressed.  She used to think it was pretty funny too.  I posted a story about it in her blog when she was younger.

I love you cute baby boy!
Daddy

8th Tooth

Hi Little Baby Will!

Mommy realized tonight that you now have 4 teeth on the bottom.  I’ve seen those teeth for a little while now, but I didn’t really think that they were new.  I guess I was thinking that you already had 4 on both the top and bottom, but I was wrong.  There you have it… you now have 8 teeth.  The two new are the ones on either side of two front bottom ones.  I think more on the top may be on their way.

I’m glad that you aren’t biting very often anymore.

I love you handsome Will!
Daddy