The Verdict Is In...

Not a huge fan of sweet potatoes..

"Where is milk?!!? This is NOT my momma's milk!"

This picture was Will's first taste of sweet potatoes. We decided to try sweet potatoes first since several people have told me that all babies like sweet potatoes and to try out all the veggies first because the fruit will taste much better to them and if you do the fruit first, they will never want the veggies. So we are on Day 2 of sweet potatoes. I will say that today a much better time was had by all during our 2nd attempt. He looked like the picture above both times I fed him yesterday. It was so gross. Today he did so much better. He is actually swallowing now and at 11 he finished 3/4 of the jar and at 6 he ate the whole jar, with minimal spillage on the bib/highchair/face/wall/mommy. We could not stop laughing at him yesterday. Our doctor said that if he is not tolerating it very well to give him a swig of milk in between trying to feed him the sweet potatoes. So we tried that, but it was like he was confused on whether he should try to suck on a nipple or swallow. Changing it up made it worse and so when I would put a spoon in his mouth he would try to suck on it and when I would put the nipple from the bottle in his mouth he would do the opposite, like he was trying to swallow the sweet potatoes. Today we did not have to give him milk in between and that helped us out a ton. We start squash on Tuesday...oh joy!

4 Month Check Up

We got manly band-aids this time!Will was actually 4 months old on May 13, but his pediatrician was out of town and then it was the end of school and we went out of town so this was the first chance we had to take him to get his check up. He is perfect! He now weighs 16 pounds and is 26.5 inches long. He is the 90% percentile for both height and weight. He got 2 shots today and did so great. His eyes just got really big when she gave him the first shot and he kind of growled. The second shot he started to cry and spit his paci out, but he was immediately calm when I picked him up. He was such a big boy! Up to this point, Will has only had his momma's milk...we got the go ahead from the pediatrician to start rice cereal in a bowl and stage 1 fruits and veggies tomorrow twice a day. John and I are so excited to see how he is going to react! We will make sure to have the video camera close by.

Little Crabs

This is the last round of pictures I wanted to post from the beach. Holly and I ordered the boys matching crab smocked outfits a while back, long before we knew we would take them to the beach together. They all wore them on our last night to dinner and they looked adorable!

The Warrior

We took a little video footage of Will's first trip to the beach and Will's first swim. Although the weather was not pretty the first day and was on the verge of a storm, we still had to capture his first beach experience. John does a GREAT job commentating. I could not stop laughing.

I have a few more pictures from our trip that I am going to try and post tonight. Will did AWESOME in the car on the way home. We left after lunch Monday so we were really worried that he would cry the entire time but he napped and watched movies and napped some more. He only cried when he had a dirty diaper (which happened 3 times on the way home!! geez). We were so thankful that he was such a trooper!

The Beach: Day 2

We were so happy to be greeted by the sun this morning. We have so enjoyed the day. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Summer Kick Off

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!!!!! I could not be more thrilled. I am so excited to have the whole summer to spend with Will. We decided to kick off the summer festivities by heading to the beach with Holly and Dax and their boys, Cole and Owen. We are in Gulf Shores until Monday. Will was an absolute angel on the way down. We borrowed a DVD player which worked like a charm. 20 minutes into Finding Nemo and out of Birmingham and Will was asleep. He slept until we stopped to feed him and then fell back asleep until we got here. Praise the Lord!! We have been dreading this car ride for weeks and it turned out to be just fine.
The weather is not looking promising for the weekend. There was a little sun today which gave us a short trip to the beach. We had Will's tent and all of our stuff set up for about 15 minutes before it started to rain. We got some cute pictures though! We also put him in the heated pool for his first swim. He was pretty much indifferent-he didn't love it but didn't hate it either. He seemed very unamused but at least there were no tears...I will leave you with a few pictures and will add some more after we get home. Happy Memorial Day weekend!

Holly ordered the boys matching outfits with their names on them...so cute!

I don't even think Will noticed the sand-he was too concerned with his Bumbo.
First Swim!
I think he liked this part of the swim experience better...
First family pic at the beach!
Me and Holly with Will and Cole (2)

Lovin' The Bumbo

This thing is a lifesaver! If you have never heard of one or don't have one and have a baby that is not sitting up, you must go get one!! Will has just in the past couple of weeks enjoyed sitting in it. Usually we would sit him in it to entertain him. Now we can sit him in it and get things done (sterilize, laundry, etc). John left yesterday morning for Kansas City for a conference (work). I do not know how single parents do it! You don't realize how helpful an extra set of hands are until they aren't here anymore. We miss you daddy!

Today I popped in Will's Baby Einstein Video. This was his first time to watch it and he was mesmorized. For 3o minutes. I have got to get some more of these :)