MaternityShare

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Rock on Will! August 26, 2009

Filed under: music — Tags: , , , , , — Christine @ 8:21 am —
  • Will loves music. I suppose all babies do. We don’t play him music specifically for babies. He listens to our music.
    I am putting together a collection of tunes that gets Will rocking. “The Will Mix”. Stay tuned. I will share it with you here.
    Spoiler: his favorite artist is The Juan MacLean
    Will loves to dance! Sometimes [...]

     
     

    Billy & Will learn Spanish August 24, 2009

    Filed under: education — Tags: , , , — Christine @ 11:12 am —
  • Billy has been reading a board book filled with animal pictures and both the English and Spanish names for them. The photography is beautiful. Will loves this book. He opens it and “reads” it on his own. This is the first book he has interacted with his eyes and fingers the most with. Usually he [...]

     
     

    Will & Billy Duet on the Keyboard August 23, 2009

    Filed under: music — Tags: , — Christine @ 11:10 pm —
  • Billy set up his keyboard today so that Will could play with it. Will loves all the levers, dials, knobs and, buttons.
    When we went to Portland earlier this month Will was in love with my mom’s piano. Oh my did he play and play and play. Billy would sit him on the bench and [...]

     
     

    Rising Up

    Filed under: growth — Tags: , , , — Christine @ 10:39 pm —
  • I was just glancing through my enormous iPhoto collection and saw this pic. This is how I currently feel even though this picture was taken almost one year ago on September 5th, 2008 when Will was less than 2 months old. I think I look tired but happy and in love with my baby. [...]

     
     

    Happy 1st Birthday Will! August 3, 2009

    Filed under: event — Tags: , , — Christine @ 1:45 pm —
  • Will turned one on July 14th. In my prior post you can see a pic of him getting his bday present from mom and dad when he woke up.
    We had a picnic BBQ with a lovely group of friends. (Side note: I used punchbowl.com for the invite and later found a function that shows you [...]

     
     

    Will Truckin’

    Filed under: maternityshare — Tags: , , , — Christine @ 1:01 pm —
  • We gave Will a walker truck for his first birthday. It took about 3 1/2 weeks for him to use it as a walker. Prior to that he was merely using it as a place to store toys (I put it in the truck, I take it out of the truck).
    He is a trucking fool [...]