Catching up...

So I realize that I am way behind on my postings....so this is a quick recap and pictures to let you know what has been going on with us.

A couple weeks ago, Will and I headed back to Iowa for Ella's soccer game and dance recital. I can't believe how fast she is growing up and it was great to see her play and dance. Will loved playing with his cousins all weekend and still talks about Ella the purple clown and how she dances in her costume! Will actually loves to go to sleep holding the picture of Ella = )
Will and Kade kicking the ball around at soccer practice.

Will, Claire, and Kade playing "ring around the rosy"

Will, Kade, Claire, and Libby posing with the soccer balls...funny thing was Claire organized this and told everyone how to pose = )


Ella playing soccer


Ella the purple clown!

The next weekend...I worked the overnights and Brian and Will just hung out most of the weekend. On Sunday night, Will played outside with his water table and squirt guns.
He would "sneak" up behind the dog and squirt him and then laugh and laugh!


This was also the night of the bad boo-boo! Will backed into the grill while it was hot and got a burn on his shoulder. It is healing nicely but I sure it was pretty painful! Will just kept saying "boo-boo hot". He now says grill hot!

Random night playing outside with remote control cars, bubbles and sidewalk chalk!



This past weekend Brian's dad came down and they tore out the old concrete in back of our house and the sidewalk in front and built a deck. It turned out great and we are so excited to spend nights just hanging out on it!




Will got to swim in his pool because it was super hot out and we had friends over to grill on Sunday night, so Will and Maci did lots more swimming.





First s'mores of the year!




Our Memorial day was relaxing, however Will was sick! He woke up and threw up in his bed and then on the floor and then on the me and then on the couch!! Plus he had a fever most of the day...poor guy!! In the afternoon, he took a 3 1/2 hour nap and was acting a little better so we played outside some. He didn't eat much all day though and was pretty cuddly so we called it an early night. Will woke up in a great mood today though and ate a big breakfast and lunch, so hopefully he is better!!
Brian got new socks and Will thought it would be fun to play with them = )

If you look close on his right shoulder, you can see the burn...



Today I was off so Will and I went to Crown Center to see Clifford the big red dog! Will loved running around with all the kids and playing with the stuff. Afterwards, we headed to Fritz's (the train place) for lunch. Again, WIll was in heaven. He was so excited about all the trains! And now...he is sleeping = )










After I posted these pictures...I realized I never actually got a picture of Clifford...oops!

So like I said a quick recap of the last couple of weeks. I started my summer job and have been keeping busy with that. Brian keeps busy with work as well and continues to work Saturdays off duty. We are hoping to get in a lot of camping this summer, bike rides, trips back home and a few baseball games....so hopefully I will have more fun stuff to post throughout the summer!

Happy Mother's Day!

Today was a little crazy and unorganized but was fantastic! I worked the overnight last night, got home around 8:30 this morning and went right to bed. I asked Brian to wake me around 11 but apparently he didn't get the memo and I ended up sleeping until after 12. We were planning on going to the zoo but since I slept later and the weather wasn't too nice, we decided not to go. We then talked about going to Deanna Rose farm or Union Station but as we were driving and trying to decide where to go....we decided to go to a carnival that was close by. When we got to the carnival, we turned around and Will was sleeping! So we opted out of this option as well. After driving around a bit, we ended up at the mall and then decided to go to Monkey Bizzness!! This is turning into one of my new favorite places to go with Will = ) We then planned to go to Olive Garden for supper but when we got there it was really busy so we ended up at a new chinesse buffet in town, which was actually really good!! So like I said very unorganized and crazy....but it was a fantastic mother's day!!

To top it off Will and Brian got me a new flower paint, which Will painted. It is great. Will was really cute because he kept saying "made it, made it" when he was handing it to me. He was really proud of it! I will post a picture of it tomorrow after we put the plant in it. All in all it was a great Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day to all the great mothers out there and especially to mine...love you lots mom!!

Sorry there are no pictures from today but I do have some from last Thursday and Friday. I didn't have class or much going on and didn't want to stay at home, so Will and I went to a children's museum on Thursday and to Little Monkey Bizzness (smaller version of the other one) on Friday...I told you, it is my new favorite place and lots of fun!! The children's museum was an old school building and had different learning activities in each room, which was really fun too.
Doctor William!


Bottle feeding the cow


Planting vegetables at the farmer's market


This little girl took a liking to Will and was helping him work all the toys. Her mother said she is a "mother's hen"...it was cute!

Lego Land






Little Monkey Bizziness fun! I prefer the other one cause I get to play too but I think Will had fun anyways!






Taking a little break to read...


Playing dress-up. He ONLY wanted to wear the fire fighter costume...don't tell his dad!

Painting a picture...and working really hard at it!

1st Dentist Appointment

Will had his first dentist appointment this morning! He didn't so much like the dentist or hygienist and their exams but the environment was fun. The waiting room had a little play area with fish painted on the walls with lots of toys and the movie Cars playing. Once he got to the dentist chair, there was a tv above him with Sesame Street on! Afterwards, he got a token which he used to get a new bouncy ball. Will then got to put his handprint on the wall with his name under it since it was his first visit. And as we were leaving he got a fresh homemade chocolate chip cookie! Seriously...how fun is that dentist?! And afterward we headed to the park to play! I made sure Will knew how much fun it was to go to the dentist so that in 6 months when we go back he doesn't cry and scream and have to be held down through the exam like this time = )
The dentist said Will's teeth look great! He still has 3 molars coming in but they are all poking through so within the next couple months they will be here. And good news is his bite isn't bad yet so we dont have to work on stopping Will from sucking his thumb YET. The dentist said when he was a little older, Will would understand the process and it would be easier!! So all in all....it was a great first visit to the dentist.
Here are a couple pictures of Will in the waiting room. I wasn't able to get any pictures in the dentist room since I was too busy holding him down = ) Maybe next time!

Bike ride plus random pictures

This is a delayed post but I thought that I would share any ways since I have pictures to go along with it!

So every year Brian and I talk about getting bikes but we never do it until this year! I mentioned it one night and Brian got on his trusty craigslist and found us male and female mountain bikes and a baby carrier for pretty cheap so we decided to get them. Will can only gain 5 more pounds until he can no longer ride in the carrier but it is working now so that is all that matters.
Well I decided one day that I would get some good exercise and go for a ride just Will and I. I guess I am really out of shape and not used to riding a bike because I almost died doing it!! It didn't help that I had a 35lb child behind me either = ) The next night Brian took Will and I was on my own bike which was a little better but I am still out of shape! Anyways Will loves it!! He thinks it is so much fun to ride behind us and laughs the whole way.
Here are a couple of pictures of Will:


These are pictures taken before a wedding that we had last Saturday:


And Mr. William helping around the house = )


Sorry on the delayed posts....I am slacking on this blogging thing. I will try to get better at it! Hope all is well with everyone = )