Will Is Four Months Old

The little guy turned 4 months old on December 19th. He continues to be an incredibly happy baby. He still smiles at the drop of a hat and he is laughing now, cracking himself up or laughing at his sisters. It's so cute! He also discovered his feet during the last week or so and now he spends all his time hanging onto his feet and he can even put his entire foot in his mouth! Such talent! Will had his 4 month check up this week and he weighed in at 13.14 lbs (25th percentile) and is 25.5 inches tall (65th percentile). Happy Four Months Will!!

Merry Christmas

We are finally all on the mend from all of our illnesses and had to get busy baking some cookies to leave for Santa Claus. Here are Natalie and Amanda busy in the kitchen.


Watching their cookies bake with great anticipation.....

And, the final product. A plate full of cookies for Santa!

We had a great Christmas! It was a beautiful day and the girls had great fun opening up all of their presents. Will watched it all with wonder.....

The girls were very excited about their new bikes. Here they are getting ready to go on their first ride (with a little helpful push from mom and dad).


Big smiles the day after Christmas from Natalie:

And Amanda -- still in love with the new bike:

And, finally, the cutest little reindeer around:

Randomness Part III

Christmas time has not been kind to the girls with respect to illness. Like last year, the entire family began to come down with a mean bug a few days before Christmas. Natalie and Mom on Sat, Dad and Amanda on Sunday, Will early this week, and most of us are still trying to recover. It was Mommy's birthday yesterday and our dinner plans had to be cancelled because Will was under the weather. No worries, I'm sure I will reschedule a night out with my beautiful wife. Here are some more random photos since my last post that were just too good not to share! Enjoy!



Here are some photos of the kids with Daddy playing in the nearby school yard playground. Daddy and Will (sleeping!)

The girls are starting to enjoy their "togetherness", here they hold hands and walk around the school building to make sure all the doors are locked.

And of course, what kid does not love splashing in puddles!

Every night when Mommy gets home from work, Amanda has to have her shoes to wear around the house. On this night, the girls branched out and wanted to wear Mommy's jacket! First Amanda, then Natalie.

Here is an ill feeling Amanda pretending to be Will sitting in his Bumbo Seat. I don't have the shot, but the seat sticks to the girls rump when they try to stand up....use your imagination....it's very funny!

Prior the their Christmas break, the girls made these Christmas Ornaments for our tree. These beauties have made front center position on our Christmas Tree! Here is Natalie's.

And Amanda's.

Randomness Part II

Julie and I seem to have less and less free time these days and she was unable to post Sunday night. So, I will take the opportunity to post as I am waiting in the Jury Pool today. Here is a photo I snapped of Amanda yesterday when I picked her up from School. Amanda LOVES this hat, and I must say she wears it very well! If my phone camera was a little bit faster, you could have also seen her smiling face. :-)

Randomness

Whew! We had a busy weekend! My dear friend, Linda, came to visit this weekend and was instantly Natalie and Amanda's new best friend.

Will got a new toy this weekend: a Jumperoo. You can see that he had so much fun in it that it wore him out!

And, the kids' wonderful nanny, Sarah, got married this weekend. We are sadly coping without her while she tied the knot and is now off on a fun honeymoon. The girls got all dressed up, but unfortunately, we did not get too many good pictures as they were *so* busy that it was hard to get a shot. But, here is a cute one of mommy and Miss Amanda waiting for the ceremony to get started.

Finally, one of my favorite shots from Thanksgiving weekend: a very happy Will with his Daddy!

A Lot To Be Thankful For

Will is Three Months Old!

Will turned 3 months old on the 19th of November. He is getting bigger and stronger every day. He is still a very smiley boy and he chats up a storm to anyone who will listen (but of course is extremely quiet whenever we attempt to capture it because he is so enamored with the video camera). He started making raspberry noises this week and also started laughing about a week or so ago and it is the cutest sound ever. Here is a video of Will enjoying life, followed by a few recent photos.

Just Do It!

Natalie and Amanda are very independent these days and have seemingly adopted the Nike slogan "Just Do It" with great gusto! It sounds more like "DO IT!!!!" when they say it and we hear it repeatedly throughout the day....along with their other favorite new word: "NO!"

Here are the girls showing how they "do it" at one of our recent outings at ArtBeast, a wonderful place for young children to express their creativity. They painted.


And Amanda played with puzzle blocks.


Outside on the terrace the girls spent a long time washing babies. Who knew such an activity could be so entertaining! Here is Natalie scrubbing away.

A clean baby is the result of all of her hard work!

Here is Amanda with her squeaky clean baby.

And, here is mommy helping the girls make some fun masks.

Finally, in yet another display of their "Just Do It" attitude here is a shot of the girls walking the dog, Sable. Of course, Sable is big enough to take both of them for a walk and then some, but Sable is a good girl and let the girls walk her around the park.

This is the way we go to school......

The girls started pre-school this week. They were very excited to go on Monday morning....until they realized that mommy and daddy don't stay at school with them! It will definitely take some time for them to adjust to their new environment, but I'm sure they will get there over time.

Here is Amanda heading out the door with her new backpack, which was a great gift from Grandma T.




Natalie and Amanda all smiles in the car on the way to school.

Playing with new toys and sitting at a Natalie-and-Amanda-sized table. Yay!

And, of course, sliding, which is probably their favorite thing to do these days.