Memorial Day Weekend

We had a great Memorial Day weekend! On Sunday, Michael participated in the Intersect Project with church. They made the news (http://accessproduction.org/videos/intersect.swf)! The moms hit the park and ate picnics and played. On Monday, we went out in the boat with Michael's parents and David, Stacy and Baby Jax. Will went tubing with us and waterskiing in Tati's arms. Watch out Cypress Gardens! He was driving the boat on the way home and fell asleep at the wheel. Check out Michael. He's still got it, even at 30! Enjoy the photos...

Momma's Birthday Party

We told Will on Saturday that Momma's birthday party was at the beach. All the way down there he kept asking if I was going to have balloons, a bouncy house, a fire engine, and a train. He's been to some pretty fun parties lately so his imagination went wild, I guess. Will loved the beach, building sandcastles for his cars and looking for shells. And he liked the ocean too. At one point he said to me, "Momma, no more waves." How do you tell a 2 year old why the waves don't stop, other than by using the go-to "God made them that way" line? The pool was also a hit, especially the water slide. For someone who doesn't like to wash his hair for fear of water getting in his eyes, he definitely surprised us! Anyway, we spent the night in a hotel and had a great time. At one point Will asked, "Momma, whose house is this?" It had never occurred to me that a hotel would raise such a good question. I had a great birthday...Thanks Bebe and Big Daddy!

Conversations with a 2 year old...

Will says everything now... I find myself carrying on full conversations with him all day long. It's hilarious. I know I say this at every stage, but this one might have them all beat (his sister is at a pretty cute stage herself though). For example, we were driving in the car the other day and his DVD wasn't working. So, I pull over on the side of the road to fix it for him. I pressed a few buttons and it started playing. I got back in the car and Will exclaimed, "Momma, you fixed it. You didn't need dadda. I am so proud of you." Like I said, hilarious...

Potty Training...Well, Sort of...

We have started experimenting with the potty and this picture was too cute not to share. If it doesn't make you smile, nothing will... (granted, I'm a little biased!) :)

The Zoo

We went back to the zoo the other weekend. The crowds were a little overwhelming but we managed to have a good time. We only saw the giraffes and then headed for the carousel and play park. Once again, we had to ride on the bench of shame in the carousel (reserved for handicapped people and apparently those scared of the animals). See picture. Then we went to the play park where we ate lunch, climbed nets, and went down the slide... The play park has a little water park inside of it when the weather turns hot and apparently we were the only parents that didn't bring our child a swimsuit. Problem solved, we went into the gift shop and paid for an overpriced swim diaper. Will was a little tentative but made friends with the manatee. Enjoy the pictures! Btw, Lane went with us but the camera didn't take too many pictures of her...next time!

Jeep!

Here I am cruising down the street in my new set of wheels! Thanks mommy and daddy...I love it!

I'm 2!

Will is 2 years old! His actual birthday was last Thursday and it feels like we have been celebrating ever since! It's like Mardi Gras or Hanukkah or something. And at the rate we are spacing out all the gifts, it will still be his birthday next April. We had a big day, starting at his buddy Blaine's house. Blaine is a "big" boy (almost 3) and Will thinks he is really cool. Then we went to "Pump It Up" for his friend Michael's birthday party. This was a little confusing for us but we just rolled with it, pretending it was Will's birthday party too. (We steered clear of Michael's gifts, though.) Inflatable bouncy things are Will's favorite; he is fearless. A huge birthday dinner of fried chicken capped off the evening, followed by a monkey cake, and yep, presents. Saturday was the actual day of his birthday party. The theme was Curious George, Will's favorite cartoon, which admittedly has some poor role modeling in it. In every episode, curiosity evolves into mischief and then some form of shady (dis)honesty. But monkeys are cute so I figured it would make a cute theme. It turned out to be a lot of fun for the kiddos but the weather didn't exactly cooperate. See the dark skies in the above picture. Tica and Tati were so gracious to let us move the party indoors. We are still celebrating but here are a few pictures to tide you over. His major present, an electric jeep, is still waiting to be unveiled but there are just too many other distractions right now. It will remain my wild card... :)