21 Months Old

William turned 21 months old yesterday! He has kept us laughing nonstop over the past month from his many attempts at jumping (i.e., flailing his body around and jerking his head back), funny facial expressions (i.e., poking his bottom lip out and turning his head to the side when he's caught getting into something), nonstop "talking" (i.e., babbling nonsense), making his crying noise and sad face when we say "what does a baby say?," and his latest obsession with coins. He will do anything you want him to for a penny "muh-ee." For instance, tonight I wanted him to finish his spinach/pear baby food pouch that I knew he didn't like. All I had to say was "I'll give you a penny if you finish it" and he slurped it down. Success. And when we run out of pennies around the house, we empty his piggy bank and start over ;)

 Juju, Stee, Aunt Birdie, Ah-Dah (David), and Quin spent a couple of days in Key West after Christmas. William pretended like he was right there with them one night :)

New Years Eve day and night! 

 New Years Day!

He's been getting into trouble at school for kicking and hitting this past week. Grant and I are mortified but also understand all children go through this phase. He was one of the last in his class to hit (no pun intended) this phase, and I'm hopeful he'll quickly outgrow it. We do timeout at home but it's practically impossible to get him to sit in a corner for more than 6 seconds.

 Bed head :)

 He's still in LOVE with our neighbor Mae Mae. We had dinner at their house Friday night, and he spent over 3 hrs. chasing her around the house and playing with all thinks PINK :) We've also let William indulge in a DQ ice cream a couple of times over the past month!

William and I spent 2.5 hrs. at Overton Park one day when it was beautiful outside!

 He spent one weekend in Dothan with Juju and Stee so we could clean out our garage and do other household projects. The picture below is the face he made when I approached Juju's car to take him. He kicked me and pushed me away :(

Other random facts: He wears a size 8 shoe (!!!) and mostly 2T or 3T clothes. Even though we've been very pleased with his daycare, we are really praying he gets a spot at our church daycare. He's first on the waiting list for his class. Not only would this school be less expensive, it'd be a great way for him to get a good solid Christian foundation at an early age. He's TERRIFIED of baths, like refuses to sit down and screams bloody murder the entire time. That's made bath time super fun :)

We got to keep baby Quinn for a full day and I got to experience what it's like having two children. Quinn was sooooo sweet and William adjusted pretty well too. He did insist on drinking from a bottle the entire day and has since requested a "baba" instead of his usual sippy cup. 

 I love this silly little boy SO SO SO SO much!!!

First Haircut (20 Months Old)

William had his 1st haircut last week! I was armed with mini Reese's (thank goodness) and he did great!!! I was so proud of him! He looks so handsome with his new "do" but I'm obviously a little biased :)

Christmas Day

This is my last Christmas post! Christmas Day was ALL.ABOUT.WILLIAM. I don't think any of us even realized we hadn't opened a single present 2 hrs. into watching William bounce from one toy to another. Santa was very good to William, and his facial expressions and squeals and sighs of delight made it such a special day!

 In the Santa loot were gifts from ALL family members too. 

 He immediately hopped on his "bike" from Granny. He vroomed all day long.

 Grant was excited to see him show some interest in a basketball!

 Aunt Birdie taught him how to steer. He kept running into the walls ;)

This was the look on his face for most of the morning...pure awe. 

 He loves his picnic table from Juju and Stee! He eats all meals at it now that we're home. 

 Finally the rest of us opened gifts. 

After the Christmas morning chaos, we all got dressed for brunch and round #2 at Jan Jan and Sam's. 

 Best we could do for a mommy/son pic.

 "Any more gifts for me?!" Needless to say, he came back to Birmingham ROTTEN. I think we're just now getting back in the swing of things. 

 Jan Jan and Sam gave him a dancing Elmo, which was a HUGE hit. He's going through a big Elmo phase and we hadn't even thought to get him anything Elmo related. 

 Our child was in RARE form by this point and refused to join us for a family picture :)

 Dad and his girls.

 My favorite picture of all time. I will treasure these forever.

 And that's a wrap!!! Phew, I'm tired just typing it!

Christmas Eve

We had a very low-key Christmas Eve day. We all took naps and sat by the fire most of the day. William went on a walk with Juju. It was COLD, so we got him all bundled up.

I edited most of these pics with a Vintage setting because it makes the pics look more Christmasy :)

 Christmas Eve night we went to the 6pm church service. William wouldn't stay in the nursery (stuck his fingers down his throat to gag himself aka his dramatic stunt when he has separation anxiety) so he sat with me in the narthex during the service. He barely made a peep the entire hour because I told him he'd go back to the nursery if he didn't sit still. I guess he somewhat understood me?!!

 Laying it on thick with his Juju. He's in love.

Jan Jan and Sam looking fabulous as usual.

For as many years as I can remember, we've done Christmas Eve dinner at our house and Christmas Eve lunch/brunch at Juleann and Sam's. We had chicken tetrazzini and a delicious salad for Christmas Eve dinner. I did nothing to help prepare except clean up. 

 Trying to stall bedtime.

Santa got to work after William went to sleep ;)