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Will still had his paci in his mouth from his nap when Greg got home (yes, Mommy bends the rules, shhhh) and so Greg was telling him that the needed to take it out...

Greg: You know, Will, the girls aren't going to like you if you have a paci. They only like big boys and big boys don't have pacis.

Will: stands there for a moment pondering this. But no, daddy! Everybody likes babies and babies have pacis in their mouth.

Touche.

I have a feeling he's going to be hard to argue with in 10 years!

Dear Will,

Tonight, for the very first time ever, you went to sleep in your very own big boy bed. You, of course, were absolutely thrilled with the idea of having a bed with no rails. You grabbed your 3 bajillion blankets (okay, there are only 4 of them), Traveler and Baby Traveler and jumped right in. You are so big. So almost three. And while I'm joyous that you're big and I love everything about you being almost three, I just wish I could make it all slow down for a few minutes.

I remember very clearly what a gut-wrenching decision it was to move you from your Pack 'n Play safe next to my bed into your crib...how I closed the door to your room that night after laying you down, waiting for you to cry out for your mommy. You didn't, and so I was the one crying outside your door...because my tiny little baby couldn't possibly be ready for a crib, right? So this time, the decision to move you to a toddler bed was done more on a whim. But even still, after Daddy and I tucked you in tonight and you snuggled down, cozy and warm in your tiny little bed I had a moment of sadness. Where did the days go when I nursed my tiny little baby to sleep? These almost-three years have gone by so quickly, though the days have seemed so long at times.

I am so proud of the little person you are becoming. You are kind and polite. You have a wonderful sense of humor. You are just mischievous enough. You are loud and you voice your opinions (even when they're not popular). You sing unashamed. You love to hear about "baby Jesus." You hug tight and don't pull away. I hope beyond belief that time doesn't change these sweet little things about you.

Good-night, my sweet, sweet baby. Mommy loves you very, very much.

December Daily - Days...I'm Not Really Sure

I was able to catch up on editing a little bit tonight, so I figured I'd come share some of my December dailies :) A couple days got skipped in there with the busy-ness of a weekend (because somehow, whether I work or not, I'm just as busy!) but I'm thrilled with how many pictures I've taken of MY family doing what WE do in December!

December 11th
Santa sent Will a video from the North Poll and he flipped OUT over it! We had to watch it several times in a row and he would giggle and laugh and point at Santa...he was absolutely tickled to death that Santa sent him a video! It was absolutely adorable :) His Santa video can be seen here: http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/m7u1CKEdcLYCyK8EiZQyyRg

 

 

 

December 13th

After breakfast, we headed in to change Will's diaper. He said, "Mommy, I want to be naked!" Well, who am I to deny him a little naked time?! He ran all over the house shrieking in delight that he was naked - he's so stinkin' cute! Of course I had to take a few pictures of his naked booty ;)

 

December 14th 

Will decided today would be a great day to pull all his clothing out of his drawers. Mommy SO did not agree with that idea. While we were putting all his clothes back, he found his Buzz Lightyear underwear and asked if he could wear them. He loved having them on and wore them for about an hour with no accidents...I'm hoping that this may be the start to potty training, though I'm certainly not holding my breath!

Phewh...I think that about catches me up! I've got some photo ideas for the rest of the week...just gotta get them done!

Frosty

It was incredibly foggy and misty outside this morning. We were on our way out the door to visit my mom at school when Will exclaimed, "Mommy, it's frosty outside!" I paused for a second, thinking that no, it certainly wasn't frosty at nearly 60*. He repeated it about eleventy billion times before I realized that he meant foggy. And the rest of our conversation went something like this...

Me: "Yes, it's very foggy outside!"
Will: "No. It's frosty, Mommy. It's frosty outside!"
Me: "I think you mean foggy. It's hard to see because the clouds are so low to the ground."
Will: "Right. Frosty."

Well, then. I stand corrected ;)

*(December Daily is still happening. I'll have a catch up post later this week...craziness around here means less time dedicated to blogging!)

December Daily - Day 9

Tonight we went to the Round Rock Christmas Family Night and had so much fun! It was chilly and a little bit windy and totally felt like Christmas :) We took pictures in front of the big tree, watched some bands play Christmas songs, saw Frosty the snowman, watched the horse drawn carriages, saw baby Jesus (and "Mawy, Jesus' mommy and Joseph, Jesus' daddy and angel!"), and even sat on Santa's lap! It was so much fun to spend good, quality time together as a family...I've really missed that the past few months - I've been so busy working that we really haven't gotten to.

Will was so excited to sit on Santa's lap! It was a night and day difference from last year. I wasn't sure if he'd actually do it once we got up there, but he walked right up to Santa, and proudly sat on his lap, posed for several pictures, and even got a candy cane at the end! On our way home, he kept reciting a list of all the fun things we did tonight...I have a sneaking suspicion that he had a wonderful evening :)

Again, picture overload...too many favorites not to share!

Drums and singing are pretty hard to compete with!

 

He loved the Amy's Ice Cream cow!

 

Hitting Daddy on the head with the balloon is all kinds of fun!

 

December Daily - Day 8

Wrestling...it's a nightly ritual in our house! Greg gets home from work, says hi to us and the dogs and then Will starts pestering him..."Daddy, I wanna wrestle!" Except 'wrestle' gets pronounced more like 'whistle'...and so Greg will start whistling and Will totally doesn't get the joke ;) But eventually they end up on the bed wrestling and laughing and it makes me smile. Tonight Will was very into the wrestling and even ended up hurting Greg for real a few times! I have a feeling that will happen a lot more often as that kid grows up!

Sorry for the photo overload...you can't pick just one or two of these :)

You can see Will calculating the attack here...

Priceless!

Will calls these little flips "baby slams" (except slams is pronounced 'swam)

 

December Daily - Day 7

Today Will and I went out to start our Christmas shopping...yes, I said start...I'm so not about the "let's shop for Christmas presents in July!" thing that a lot are. I prefer to do my Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving! While we were out, Will found these adorable Lightning McQueen slippers at Target and I just couldn't resist :)

So very over this whole picture thing ;)