Week in Review

This week was a special one due to Aunt Kathy from Montana coming to visit. She came to visit our house last Saturday and we went to our neighborhood fall festival. On Monday we met her and Gigi at the Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful day. Will took charge and showed the scarecrows to them both. We then had lunch outdoors.

Aunt Kathy helped Gigi babysit Ben on Tuesday while I had an appointment and on Friday night while Chip and I did some early Christmas shopping. It was a nice visit and I am glad she got to see the boys.

Will had his fall festival at school on Thursday and according to his teacher he had a blast. He loved playing on the inflatables!

On Saturday we took both boys to the Botanical Gardens for their Halloween activites. Will had fun playing games and seeing all the other children in their costumes. On Sunday we went to Trunk or Treat at Gigi's church. Will loved going car to car getting treats. They had lots of games for the little ones to enjoy. Ben slept through most of it but did get to put on his costume for a little while.

In case you can't tell in the pics... Will is a ghost! Mommy found a no-sew costume in a parenting magazine. (never knew you could do so much with an adult sweatshirt) Will had told me months ago he wanted to be a ghost so I wanted someting not too scary..it turned out to pretty cute!

Will is 33 Months!

Will is 33 months today. He has turned into such a little man. I can't believe how he is turning into a little boy. We went shopping today after church for some new clothes and it was kind of sad seeing him wear "big boy" clothing. I guess I knew the time would come he would go from toddler to preschooler.

Will had a good week at school. He wore big boy underwear on thursday and did fine. He has been singing Christmas music that he is learning in music class. Will's music teacher stopped me in the hall on thursday and told me how much he loved music class and how well he participates.

We took Will to an event at Sci-Quest called "Hands on Trucks." They had every sort of truck you could imagine. He loved the firetruck with ladder and the backhoe. We then had a picnic at the Botanical Gardens.

When we were at Sci-Quest I saw Will's hematologist's husband and babies (I recognized them from pictures). I made a point to go to tell him what a blessing his wife was to us and to our son. He was very happy to hear my comments. He asked what my son's name was and put it in his PDA so he could remember when he saw her.

Ben continues to move. He is now cruising along the couch, toy shelf and baby gates. He always crawls super fast to any toy that he not suppose to have. I feel bad but I now put the superyard up and kind of divide the room for the boys because Ben is constantly getting in Will's toys and he likes to climb on Will.

Teeth!

Back to School

Will was so excited to go back to school today. He had a great day. His teacher has convinced me not to send him in pull-ups starting Thursday. I have been sending him in them since school began. He has not had an accident yet at school so I guess I need to suck it up and let him be a big boy!

I was looking back at my calendar from last year and was reminded that this time a year ago Will's platelets started bouncing around in normal range. I am so thankful we have come this far and that Will had been able to play and be "normal". I very thankful and pray that he continues to have normal platelets.

Ben continues to be an active baby boy. He is pulling to stand and taking little steps to move along a table or couch. Ben is FAST when he is crawling. You can turn your head and he will be out of the room. He is also trying his teeth out on anything..including my leg!

We look forward to Gigi returning Thursday and my Aunt Kathy (Gigi's sister) coming from Montana on Friday to visit for a week. She is looking forward to eating some sushi with Chip (and of course seeing Ben for the first time)!

Fall Break in Pictures

Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch (October 4th)

Week in review

I had been worried about Will's first week off from school but after my father's visit to the hospital and my grandfather's passing it was good to have him home all week. We went to the Botanical gardens two times to check out the scarecrows, played at the playground at Asbury with our friend Zachary, ate lunch with Daddy at work and had a playdate with our friend Noah. It was nice to get out and enjoy the wonderful weather!

Saturday was busy with a birthday party at the train depot and then we went to daddy's work picnic. It was fun to watch Will do the different activities because I clearly remembered last year his platelets had been so low that weekend we did not go.

We had went to the pumpkin patch last Saturday but I never got around to posting the pics due to everything that has been going on. We met Gigi, Pop and Uncle Robby there and had a great time! Will had fun playing and rode the corn cob train for the first time. Ben just chilled out in the stroller.

I will post more pics later!