It's Official...

Yep, I graduated! Here are a few pics from the weekend. I'm off to bed and looking forward to three weeks of freedom! My family was so wonderful to come and support me (no fog horns, thankfully) at the multiple long ceremonies and receptions. More to come...

And just because he's so stinkin' cute...

Sweet Boys

We had our Bible study at our house tonight and William and Sutton got to hang out. Sutton loves William a.k.a. "Baby", and I know William will soon be trying to do everything Sutton can do. Look at these cute boys...

William Laughs

OK, I finally figured out how to get another video to load. William has been doing this little giggle for a while, but yesterday he really laughed a few times. Of course, we didn't get the real laugh on video, but his giggle and squeal are pretty cute!

This has been quite the week for our little man and quite the month for our fam. I went back to work, and although the actual work has been fairly easy, it has been an adjustment. I am still getting used to getting William all ready and out the door in a timely fashion. He certainly has a lot to take to school for such a small person. I think the hardest thing, and I know this will get worse when I start my internship, is being tired when I do get home. Overall, though, it has been a nice month to ease back into the workforce.

William is such a little joy to us. He is so happy! Like I said is the previous post, he had his four month check up on Wednesday. He weighed 13 lbs 15 oz. We gave him some cereal for the first time on Wednesday, and he was completely nonplussed (see picture below). He ate all that we gave him with no objections, but he just looked at us as if to say, "This stuff is nothing special." He seemed to like it a lot more tonight except that whenever he wants another bite, he dives towards the chest of whoever is holding him. I guess he hasn't quite figured out that food can come from a bowl.

Here are a few pictures from the week...

This is one of my brother's old outfits. I love the seer sucker!

Yummy

Little Hippo

Four Months

William is four months old today, and I cannot believe it. This picture is after his four month shots today...so sad.

Mother's Day Weekend

We spent the weekend in Tupelo with my fam, and we had such a great time! We of course had to visit the Gum Tree Festival and enjoy kabobs and fresh lemonade. Here are a few pictures of the weekend.

Wonder where William got his ears...

My two boys...


All of us looking at the camera at the same time, with smiles...amazing.

Smaller Cooler Contest---Go Vote!

Guess what? HJ and I entered William's nursery into the Ohdeedoh Smaller Cooler Contest and it was selected to be posted on their blog. Please follow this link, sign in, and give us a "Thumbs Up" so we can win! We would really, really appreciate it. Oh, and you can check out William's room while you're at it!

Simon Cow

Ok, I know I already posted today (pretty good since I actually had to go to work today), but I couldn't resist posting this picture. My parents got William this cow for Easter, and he loves it. He likes to hug it when he goes to sleep for his naps. We named him Simon Cow.

P.S. I have to confess I only had to work a half day.

Calhoun City Happenings

"Gran" took these pictures when she kept William on Saturday. Apparently, while we were gone William became an avid reader of the newspaper and a duck hunter. I think the hat was HJ's when he was little.

Heigh ho, Heigh ho...

Yes, it is true. Tomorrow, it's off to work for me. Maternity leave is sadly coming to an end. I realized this week that this is the longest I have been out of school since before kindergarten. I am definitely in for a rude awakening when I go back this week, but I am thankful that I am able to work and that William has some sweet, sweet ladies to take care of him during the days I am working.

We went to Starkville this weekend to celebrate my brother's college graduation. I got to have some sweet tea and a shrimp Po-boy at Oby's- yum! And, we had a great time seeing Daniel walk across the stage and receive his diploma. Congratulations, Dan the Man! I can't believe you've finished college. You are a wonderful brother, uncle, and friend!

Crochet Pattern

I had a couple of requests for the headband pattern, so here it is...
I combined this flower:
http://skamama.blogspot.com/2007/11/5-petal-flower.html

With this headband:
http://creativeyarn.blogspot.com/2008/05/simple-crochet-headband.html

Then, I just sewed a few beads and sequins in the middle of the flower and sewed the flower onto the headband. Voila!

By the way, I tried the flower on the creative yarn blog but it came out HUGE (it took up half my head), so I found the other pattern.

Weekend Pictures

Getting ready for a stroll...I love that little grin!

No grins to be had after bath time...too cold!

The Mo-Mullet

We are definitely starting a new trend here...part mohawk, part mullet, part balding...good thing he's so cute, or he could not pull it off. I think all the babies in town will be following suit soon! (Excuse the crack attack, please.)

This one kind of makes me sad. He looks like such a big boy.

Venturing into the craft world...

The ladies in my church have a crochet group. We meet every other week to work on our crochet projects, eat good food (thanks to Mr. Wilson), and socialize. We bring our kids, too, so the boys usually also have a game or guitar hero night. Last year, we mostly made hats to give to Church without Doors, a homeless ministry. Due to some serious hat making burnout, we are making projects for the Cooper-Young Festival this year. The festival is in September, so we should have plenty of time to build up a stash to sell. Here is my first Cooper Young project. The only problem is that I really like it, so I might have to keep it and make another for the festival. I'm going to try to post my projects here, and hopefully encourage people to come on over to Midtown Memphis in September! What do you think?

P.S. Don't worry, those of you who like to click on the picture and see the really big version, my ears are clean...I checked.

1/4 of a year

Happy 3 months, little man!

Surfs Up, Dude!

We are heading to the beach in June, so I thought I would try William's summer duds on this morning. He was cracking me up...

Check me out

Doesn't he look like a ship captain?

I think he sees a shark
And finally, my favorite...Hang Ten! How funny is that?

Happy Easter!

We sang "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" in our service today, and I was struck by the beautiful lyrics. What a reminder that God has truly blessed us by sending his Son to die the death we deserved. May God bless you on this Easter Sunday as we celebrate Jesus' death and resurrection.

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!

Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!

Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!

Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia!

Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!

Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!

Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!

Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!

Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!

Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!

Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!

Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia!

Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Hail the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!

Praise to thee by both be given, Alleluia!

Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!

Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!

King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia!

Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!

Thee to know, thy power to prove, Alleluia!

Thus to sing, and thus to love, Alleluia!

Here are some pictures of William from this morning. My mom made this beautiful outfit for his first Easter.

The Fam

We took a few pictures over the weekend, so I thought I would post. Here is the little man in his outfit that I smocked for him. Before church this morning, he spit up all over my dress. I handed him off to go change, and he had a blowout on Hunter's pants. Then, I put this outfit on him and put him in his crib, and he managed to pee all over his outfit. I really wanted him to wear it to church because I know he will grow out of it in just a few weeks, so I just put it in the dryer for a few minutes. He then had another blowout at the restaurant after church and got poop on it, too. So, here he is in all his glory...I don't think you can see any of the bodily fluids in the picture.
We also managed to get a semi-decent family picture yesterday. William isn't looking at the camera, but it's close enough.

TuPPerware

OK. I have been told by multiple persons (who will remain nameless at this time) that tupperware was spelled incorrectly in my previous post. Usually, I utilized the spell check feature, but I forgot yesterday. I am embarrassed that not only did I spell tupperware wrong, but I have been pronouncing it wrong for my whole life (or at least as long as it has been a part of my vocabulary). I had no idea. Why has no one told me before now? So, I am now aware that it is tuPPerware and not tuBerware. Thanks to everyone who let me know the error of my ways.

Two posts in one day...

I know, it's crazy. I'm posting again. But, I wanted to put up a few pics. This week, we have been pretty relaxed around here. I made a HUGE to-do list so that I can get things finished for graduation and to start work. One of the things I wanted to do was clean out the dreaded tuberware cabinet. The tuberware in our home seems to multiply daily. Where does it all come from? (I know, it should be "From where does it all come?" but it just sounds better like this.) Anyway, not only does it multiply, it multiplies with mismatched tops and containers. I have thousands of lids and thousands of containers, but none of them match. Well, yesterday I faced the task head on. Here are some pictures... I don't have any pictures of the finished product because I think I need to buy some organizational products for my tuberware. Is is weird to buy containers for your containers? HJ probably thinks so but I've got to try something to get the tuberware monster under control. Some day I'm going to invent some easily store tuberware with lids attached to the bottoms.

This is the cabinet where it all has to fit...

Look at this...how was it all in there? (There's William in the background having some tummy time)


I thought I'd include this close-up because it shows that he is, indeed, still blue eyed and blonde haired...

We tried to get William ready for a walk last night while he was mid nap...We put his coat on him and he stayed sound asleep. It must be nice to be a baby!

In other news, I went to William's future daycare today to meet with the director and see his teachers. He is starting part time next week since I have some school things coming up. Also, I don't want to drop him off for a full day the first day he goes. I need some adjustment time. I went in his class and looked around...what a cute group of kids. There are two new boys there that were born the same week as William, so he will have some great little friends.