WILD!!!

Believe it or not this video was shot just before Will went to bed. When Will is laying on a soft place like the bed, his crib or the changing table he gets just WILD! As you can see from the way he moves, we are going to be in BIG trouble once he figures out how to crawl.

Anniversary Do-Over

Chris and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on August 5th over a Totino's Pizza and chips and salsa. The evening didn't turn out quite like we'd planned. Late that afternoon I was on my way to a meeting at church when my car battery decided it's life needed to come to an abrupt end. So...our anniversary was spent at Wal-Mart getting a new car battery. We were so hungry and the new Subway hadn't even opened yet in Wal-Mart. We finally decided this past week that it was time for an anniversary do-over! After dropping Will off for some quality time with Grandpa and Grandma Tatge we headed to Touch of Europe for dinner. Keeping up tradition we had our anniversary picture taken at the restaurant. We also went to see the musical "Chicago" at the Pavilion -- it was amazing! The anniversary do-over ended up being better than our original plan! Funny how things always seem to work out.

Happy 1/2 Birthday!!!

Today is Will's 1/2 birthday! It is hard to believe he is already 6 months old. It is amazing the changes he's gone through in such a short time. He is really developing his own personality now. You can see that he is learning to sit up now (with a little help). His dexterity has greatly improved over the last couple of weeks. Our little guy has also developed into a finger-sucker. I guess he decided to take after his mom by sucking his middle two fingers. Sometimes he even tries to get the thumb of his other hand in there, too. It works wonders to soothe him back to sleep - which is a bonus! Speaking of sleep - he still isn't sleeping through the night. He is usually up once or twice in the night to eat. Mom likes the nights she's only up once. This week's new event is starting baby food --- Green Beans Here We Come!

Ladies' Man

You can guess from this picture which little boy was the center of attention at church yesterday. Will's good friend, Quinton, shared this cute outfit with him! As it turns out Will is quite popular with the middle school girls at church! They all swarm around him wanting to talk to him, pat his head and hold him. He is well-loved by his church family! I'm sure one day he'll be wondering why his mom ever thought this outfit was a good idea! It happens to all of us - I think there are a few pictures of me in 70's gear - oh, and when I thought it was cool to tie a shoelace in my hair.

Our little Will has really started to jabber a lot. He especially likes to talk while we are driving in the car. I often turn down the radio and just listen to the "important stories" he has to tell me. It is fun to see his budding personality forming!

Belly Laugh

I'm entering the techie world and trying a blog! Amanda, my friend and co-worker, convinced me to give it a try. So, here we go!

Will is nearly 6 months old now! Funny how fast 1/2 a year can fly by. The speed of his development amazes us each and every week. In no time he has gone from a sweet, little curled up ball of baby to a rolling, jabbering, kicking wild boy! Last night was one of those belly laugh moments for me. I was "trying" to rock Will to sleep (which never works, by the way). We were singing nice songs like "Amazing Grace" and all of a sudden Will's face got all red as he was learning how to stick his tongue out and blow! To his surprise he made a fun, new sound! Here we were sharing this sweet, solemn moment and he wanted to be a funny man! I guess he'll have some new noises to try out in church now. You'll see from the picture that Will is learning to eat "real food". He ate a whole box of rice cereal with apples! As soon I opened up the second box he decided he didn't like it anymore and refused to eat. We switched to oatmeal now and he's lovin' that. Soon he gets to start on that yummy baby food!