William's Blog

Today I saw the doctor for my one-year appointment. Officially I am 32 1/2 inches tall and 25 pounds 2 ounces. That would be above 95% for height and 80% for weight. I must've had a growth spurt! Those nasty nurses poked me in the legs again, which made me cry! But they had some cool bubbles, so I stopped crying, but I wouldn't smile for them anymore. That just was not nice! And another nurse squeezed all sorts of blood from my finger. That made me yell and cry for a long time. But she gave me a cool bandaid that my mom fished out of my mouth later.

Today is my birthday and what a beautiful day for a party! It was in the 70s and sunny! Both sets of grandparents and even three great-grandparents were here! Auntie Dawn, Uncle Nathan, Tiernan and Uncle Joe and Uncle Michael came, too. We had the webcam on for the Arkansas clan for a while, but they had a power outage and missed all the good stuff. Like when everyone sang happy birthday to me and Michael helped blow out the candle. Then I got to eat my own chocolate birthday cake and get all messy! And there were lots of cards and presents to open. Then, of course, I had to play with everything. We all had lots of fun and Mom says to make sure I say "Thank You" to everyone for coming! And John and Leah don't have to worry, we have a video! I hear it's a lot like Daddy's first birthday video.

I should also say a little bit about our trip to Arkansas last week. I had a lot of fun playing with Abi and Faith and their new kitty, Jordan! I wish Arkansas wasn't so far away because I really missed them when I got home. The car ride wasn't bad at all, though. I got to eat snacks and watch lots more movies than I ever get to watch at home. We stopped and walked around at different places and ate in restaurants. In fact, I kind of miss the car, too! Good thing I got all those fun new toys to keep me busy now. Grandma McKeever even got me a piano just like the one at Abi and Faith's house! Thank you, Grandma! And thank you to Auntie Leah and Uncle John for letting us stay at your house. We had so much fun!

One other little bit of news... I got tooth number 8 just in time for my birthday! Finally, an even number!

Sorry I haven't written in so long. I haven't been thinking about getting on the computer with learning to walk and everything. I've really got it down now! I'm walking all over the place. Sometimes I fall, but I just get right back up and keep on going. Nothing can stop me!

It's not long until my first birthday! On August 20th we'll have a big party and have all the family over to celebrate. I hope everyone can come. They wouldn't want to miss me eating my birthday cake! I can't wait!

Hello everybody! It's been a while since I've written a new weblog entry, so I figured I'd better update you on how I'm doing.

Let's see... I have 7 teeth now, 4 top ones and 3 bottom ones.

I'm standing alone!

I've taken a couple wobbly steps, but I'm still not walking.

I love to push around my toys!

My new job is driving my car down to get the mail. I take it very seriously.

This week I've been pretending to talk on the phone a lot. I even say "hello" but it sounds more like "hey-O".

I hate having my diaper changed and roll like a crocodile when Mommy tries to get me to stay still.

It's fun to go to Beaver Lake. I like swimming and watching the boats. "Vrrroooom!" And there are lots of people to play with me.

I'm sure I'll have more to say after the 4th of July. My mom keeps promising me a lollipop at the Ferry Point parade. I hope she catches me one! We won't get to see Grandma and Grandpa there, though. They're in Alaska. It's a good thing, too, because last time I saw their house, it was a mess!

Mom and Dad celebrated their 8th anniversary yesterday. To celebrate they sent me to Grandma Lanz's to spend the night. I always like to go there. There are lots of kids to watch playing. Then in the morning Grandma McKeever came and spoiled me for the day. I'm lucky to have two Grandmas who love me so much!

My puppy Belle slept at Grandma Lanz's TWO nights. She said "woof" a lot when she was there. Mommy and Daddy always tell her "no" when she says that, so I think she's in trouble. Maybe when she wakes up. She's too tired to even come eat the beans that I throw on the floor for her.

I have a bad cold. I didn't sleep very well at Grandma's house. It's hard to breathe when my nose is so stuffy. Hopefully I'll feel better soon. I think Mommy and Daddy were happy to be on vacation that night.

I got my 6th tooth while Mommy and Daddy were gone! It's the second one on the left. The matching one should be here soon, too. Mommy was glad that it was just tooth #6 and nothing more exciting that she missed.

I've been walking around pushing my toys and starting to stand a little bit with no hands, but that's a little too scary. I always sit right down. When we were at the hotel pool with the Sobiechs, Mommy would let go of me and I had to stand up otherwise I'd go underwater. But it's okay because I have a certificate of completion for my first swimming lessons so I'm not afraid!

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I'm 9 months old today! Mommy and I went to visit the doctor this morning. Dr. Hicks is a really nice doctor. He checked me all out and said I'm growing and developing nicely. He even asked me to sign "more" and I did. Everyone was very proud of me! He also got to see those three top teeth that are ready to come through any second now. Boy do they bug me! When the nurse weighed and measured me I was exactly 23 pounds and 30 inches. That's the 80th and 90th percentiles, so the doctor says I'm very well proportioned. This is the second time I came down a little bit in the percentiles, which the doctor said I can afford.

Right now I'm supposed to be taking a nap, but Uncle Michael just came over to play so I don't want to sleep now! But no matter how many times I stand up and holler in my bed, Mommy just keeps laying me back down! Sigh! I guess I may as well go to sleep. Goodnight!

Today was my mom's and my first Mothers' Day! Daddy and I got her a new scale so she can really tell how big I am getting. It said I weighed exactly 23 pounds today! I'm also getting really tall. According to Mommy's tape measure she thinks I'm about 30 1/2 inches, but we'll see for sure in a couple weeks when I go in for my 9 month well check. They tell me this time I won't get any shots!

We had Grandma and Grandpa McKeever over for brunch with Dawn, Nathan and Tiernan. Daddy made pancakes. I heard they were really good, but I was napping while everyone ate. I helped Daddy get everything ready, though, while Mommy slept in. She likes to sleep. When I woke up from my nap I showed off all my tricks. I can tell you what a fish says, what a kitty says, and I can puff & blow like the cow in my "Baby Einstein, Mirror Me" book. I am also getting good at walking when I'm holding onto Mommy's hands. I crawl everywhere, even up the steps. Well, okay, only one step because then it gets a little scary and I need help getting down. But I stand up next to furniture now. I can get all sorts of stuff that I couldn't before like coasters, dirt from Daddy's plants, remote controls, and magazines. It's fun!

After my second nap we went to my Great-grandma Webers and hung out with that crowd. It was nice and warm out so I got to play in the grass in just a t-shirt! There were lots of people (32 people by my count) to play with and show my tricks. But I don't like showing my tricks to just anybody because sometimes I'm shy. I like to get to know people first. One thing I know is that all those people are noisy! They sat down to eat dinner in the garage and it kept getting louder and louder. I had to talk really loud, too, so Mommy could hear that I wanted to get out of my chair. But there was lots to look at, so when Mommy snuggled me in Grandma Lanz's stroller in my jammas with a blanket and my pacifier, I liked watching everybody.

But it was a busy day and I'm tired! Yawn! Maybe I'll sleep all night tonight... or not.

It's sure been fun lately! Here's a list of all the new things that have happened since the last time I wrote:

April 4th - I started rocking back and forth on my hands and knees.

April 5th - I pulled myself up to kneeling by my toy box.

April 6th - I got tooth #1 on the bottom right.

April 7th - I said DADA! (Finally - Daddy was happy!)

April 8th - Mommy taught me to throw Belle's toy instead of sticking it in my mouth every time.

April 9th - I went to my 2nd swimming lesson and I learned to sit myself up from laying on my tummy.

April 10th - I figured out how to clap my hands.

April 11th - Daddy saw me crawl a few "steps."

April 12th - I played pat-a-cake for the first time.

April 13th - I practiced all my new skills.

April 14th - I took off crawling across the room and haven't stopped since!

April 15th - I got tooth #2 on the bottom left.

April 16th - I waved bye-bye to Grandma and Grandpa McKeever.

What will I learn tomorrow? Maybe Mommy will come in to see me standing in my crib! You'll have to find out next time!

The weather is getting warm and we're sitting out on our deck right now playing. Mommy and Daddy are going to have to put a baby gate up here for me pretty soon because I'm almost ready to crawl away. I can already get over to the laptop cords, so they're always moving me away from those.

Last week I was at Grandma Lanz's house all week while Mommy was subbing in 2nd grade. It would have been a lot more fun if I didn't have such a bad cold. Grandma takes good care of me, though, so I liked going there. We got to play outside one day before I got sick and that was fun.

Hopefully my second cousin Kayden didn't catch my cold when we were sharing toys on Easter at my Great-aunt Lynn's. We had a great time! My mommy helped me find an egg during the Easter egg hunt even though everybody said I'd have to wait until next year because I'm too little to walk yet. But Isaac can find eggs and he's in college, so I think it's fair.

We also went to my Great-grandma Weber's house on Easter. It was very busy there. Great-aunt Maggie read me my favorite stories. Emma shared her Fruit Puffs with me - yummy! And I liked hearing Seth say "William." I think he liked saying it, too.

Seth and I also went to the zoo together! Well, with our mommies, too. And Andy came with his mommy and Reina with hers. It was fun to see all those kids! I guess there were some animals there, too. But I mostly saw lots and lots of kids. It was fun!

I had fun visiting with Xander again, too. Mommy and I went to her friend Linda's house to see Xander and his mommy. Linda has two really nice dogs, Boca and Caliph, and two kitties - just like me. Her dogs are even bigger than Belle!

Well, I'd better go take a nap now. All this fresh air is wearing me out. Thanks for reading my weblog. Yawn!

This weekend was a lot of fun for me! I got lots of attention from all the relatives who came to Ferry Point to see the Sobiechs one last time before they leave for "Arkan-sauce," as Uncle Kim says. I'm not the youngest of the cousins anymore because cousin Tiernan was there and he was only 10 days old, but everyone still wanted to hold me so that's okay. All those unfamiliar people were a little scary at first, but they just wanted to give me kisses and have me put my fingers in their mouth, so pretty soon I was having a lot of fun. There were lots of kids running around. Cousin Faith is learning to walk, Abi is getting very tall, Megan and Taya came all the way from Warroad with their mom, Tera and Grandma Carol. It was a busy house. I even got to meet Great-uncle Kim for the first time!

Then on Sunday we met Great-aunt Carol, Tera and the girls at their hotel for a swim! I'd never been in a swimming pool before. The water was chilly at first and I kept shivering. But it was fun to swim around and pretty soon I wasn't cold anymore. I got to swim with Daddy and Mommy and Daddy again. And cousin Abi was swimming with her daddy too. Faith didn't really like the pool, but Megan swam a lot and Taya got in for a little bit too. The water tasted a little funny. One time it even went up over my face, but I didn't mind. I would have liked to swim longer if I wasn't so tired. But it was way past my nap time. I hope I can swim again sometime soon!