What a Busy Day!

Nana had a very interesting morning watching Will! We should have known that Bailee stepping in poop and tracking it throughout the house within the first ten minutes was just the beginning. Usually, Will naps for 2-3 hours. So, Nana was outside with the baby monitor thinking she had at least another hour before Will woke up when she heard a loud crashing sound come over the monitor. Without a second thought, she raced up the stairs to find that Will had woken up and managed to pull his mobile down. Will thought this was hilarious and gave his big toothy smile. He then proceeded to pull himself into a standing position and laugh at Nana. Between shaking the railing and having the rail hit him chest level, we were afraid he may flip himself out of the crib. Well, his mattress was lowered today as a result. Hopefully the lowered mattress solves this problem! In addition, Will's front tooth popped through, and he's a crawler. Nana had left Will to play with his toys in the living room as she went to the kitchen to prepare his lunch only to look up and see him peering around the corner and begin to make his way towards the kitchen. Today was a busy day!

What do you do in 85 degree heat?

You break out the pool and relax in the backyard!

OJAI!

Yes, we did get back about a week ago from a week long trip to sunny, hot Ojai, California! Uncle Pat and Houston joined as, as we visited Uncle Ryan and the Ojai family. The week was relaxing as we enjoyed walks along Shelf Road, tons of Guacamole and fresh OJ, the beach, and oh yeah, our fourth wedding anniversary, and my 30th birthday! Here are a couple of pictures from our trip:

Woo hoo, we're here! Just waiting for our luggage.

Uncle Ryan feeding William!

Pat & Houston at the beach.

Enjoying the sunny beach in Santa Barbara!

On the beach with Daddy!
Yum, trying Avacado for the first time!

Visiting Uncle Mike!

Four years ago we were married in the Rose Garden at Woodland Park Zoo. For our 4th Wedding Anniversary, we visited the Santa Barbara Zoo! We saw lions, meerkats, giraffes, elephants, etc. William loved it! The moneys were his favorite.

30th Birthday dinner at Bocalli's. We were going to sit outside, but it was way too hot...103!

8 Months!

William is such a sweet, easy going, funny little man. When he wakes up he is all smiles, and often times will be caught talking to himself. Will loves being outdoors and being held, but he is also content sitting on the floor with his toys and is fascinated by labels. Even though he isn't crawling yet, he still manages to find Bailee's toys, the laptop cord, and he has perfected spinning around in a circle. We have a lot of work getting our house baby proof, and we really need to get going on that. Crawling I'm sure is any day. He has started to reach for us to hold him, and thinks we are hilarious.

I wish we could say sleep was improving, but it's not. We are getting up anywhere between 2 - 3 times a night. We are up for about 10 minutes nursing each time, and William is quick to fall back asleep. I really hope we outgrow this stage soon!

Solid foods are a huge hit. We haven't come across a food that Will doen't like. We aren't feeding ourselves yet, but Will does like Puffs. He can pick up the Puffs, they just don't find their way to his mouth. They instead land on the floor, where Bailee swoops in to help with clean-up.

Happy (Be-lated) 4th of July!

Well, the weather was less than ideal, but we still had a great 4th of July with family! In the morning, Will and I supervised Jon and Papa assembling a pergola for the back deck. It really turned out looking great, and hopefully, we start experiencing more summerlike weather so we can enjoy it! We all went to Nana and Grandpa's house for an early dinner of crab soup, steak, corn, potato salad, and green beans...it was so good! We were in bed early and could hear the fireworks going off around us. Maybe next year we'll stay up to see some fireworks.