sir william henry

A little catch-up post

2011-02-24T08:53:00.001-08:00

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. It was a crazy fall/winter with tons of things going on. In September we took William to Disneyland for the first time. We had Give A Day/Get A Day passes and we had so much fun! I've always loved Disneyland, but it's so much better when you have a little one with you because you get to see it through their eyes. He thought everything was so exciting! We ended up getting Annual Passports, so we went a few more times. I definitely wanted to see it at Christmas time and it didn't disappoint. Even though William fell asleep during the parade, I'm still glad we went.

Between holidays and whatnot we've been pretty busy. We've been doing some projects around the house which has kept us pretty busy, too. It seems like every weekend we're working on one project or another, but it feels good to put a little love into our house, seeing as how we've lived in it for almost 4 years now.

William turned 3 on February 21st. I can't believe it. He goes to preschool and absolutely loves it. He knows his ABC's and can count to 20 (including the lesser known number eleventeen). He knows his colors and his shapes and can tell the difference between a guitar, violin, and cello. Maybe he'll be a concert musician someday, who knows?

For his birthday we took him to see the Imagination Movers in Santa Barbara. It's a show on Disney Junior and he's completely obsessed. He had so much fun seeing his "Movers" and we had fun seeing him do the robot in the aisles!

Anyway, I think that pretty much catches us up. I really want to try and be more diligent about blogging, but it tends to go on the back burner when you're chasing a now 3 year old boy around the house! :)

Wow, I suck at this. Seriously.

2010-09-15T16:44:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I haven't posted in a while. Like over a year. Sorry about that. Turns out having an active 2 year old in the house doesn't leave much time for blogging. We're alive and kicking, just bad about blogging about it. I'll be posting pics of our first trip to Disneyland hopefully next week so stay tuned!

Beach Adventure

2009-07-28T15:32:00.001-07:00

Due to ridiculous 100* heat around here, we packed up and went to the beach last weekend for a day trip. We ended up at Port Hueneme State Park in Ventura.

I was a little skittish about going to the beach, as we've tried before and William was NOT impressed, but this time we came prepared with a bucket and shovel! It made all the difference! The beach toys were a huge hit and he played in the sand for about 2 hours before he started yawning. His favorite game was watching Ryan build sand buildings and then knocking them down.

All in all, it was a really good day. The weather was wonderful (70*) and it was just a great family day. I think we'll definitely be doing this more in the future!

16 months...wow. Really?

2009-06-29T11:34:00.001-07:00

Daddy took William to the park for a photo shoot and got some really great shots. He's getting so big it's almost sad! He's walking everywhere and talking up a storm. He says about 30ish words now (I've lost track) and he's so funny! He loves to make faces at you to get you to laugh and he kisses everything (including our cat, who just LOVES it as you can imagine). I can't believe he's almost 1-1/2 years old. Where does the time go?

Just because he's cute...

2009-06-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted any videos before, but I just love this one. He has started to say some pretty funny words, and when he started saying "yellow" we just had to get it on video because it's super cute. Just a note, I realize he is playing with wires and a VCR, but nobody panic. Nothing's plugged in, he just likes the colors of the wires. No need for CPS intervention or anything.

"Lellow"

William's 1st Easter

2009-04-08T15:15:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of William's first Easter. I can't believe how fast time flies! I love this age that he is now, but I still miss cuddling that tiny little baby! He had absolutely no idea what was going on, or why I had him dressed in clothes that were WAY too big for him (family tradition on my side that kids get dressed up for Easter, particularly in things that are horribly uncomfortable). Time goes by way too fast when you have kids.

13 months old...sort of!

2009-03-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

This is our little monkey at 13 months old. Ok, he doesn't turn 13 months until Saturday, but hey. It's not like his appearance is going to dramatically change in the next 3 days, ok? Some of his big achievements right now are:
crawls...super fast!
pulls himself up on the furniture constantly
cruises along the furniture, as well as walks with a push walker
says mama, dada, oh, uh-oh, and wow
is completely off formula and bottles
has been off binkies for a really long time now
sleeps through the night and naps great
feeds himself the majority of his meals and snacks

So basically, he's a genius!

Bubblicious

2009-03-12T10:32:00.000-07:00

William's grandpa got him a bubble machine for his birthday. Needless to say, he wasn't impressed. 10,000 bubbles turned out to be a little much. So much for fancy new bubble technology!

1st Birthday Extravaganza

2009-02-23T13:37:00.001-08:00

So William turned 1 on Saturday. It's really weird to think that he's a toddler now because that first year went by so fast! His party was pretty chaotic, but at least our family got to share in the celebration with us. Between his teething and his ill-timed nap, he was pretty much over the whole thing by party time. Here's a picture of him with his cake. Doesn't he look so excited?

In other 1-year old news, he's pulling up on the furniture all the time, and he even took quite a few steps with his Tonka truck helping him along. I don't think walking is that far behind. Yikes!

Growing Up :(

2008-11-19T13:04:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe William is old enough for me to be posting this, but we went and got his hair cut last weekend. How sad. He looks like a little man now. I was able to hold back my tears until I was in the car, thank you very much. I was quite proud of myself. He actually did really well, he didn't cry or anything. I wouldn't say he LOVED it, but he didn't freak out. He kept trying to turn his head to see what was going on behind him (especially when she was using the electric shaver) but he didn't get scared or anything. My brave little man. :)

Play Dates

2008-11-17T14:22:00.000-08:00

So we had a little play date with our friends and their daughter, Ivana. She's about 6-7 weeks older than William but much more mobile! She walks everywhere! This is a picture of the kids when Ivana gave William a hug. As you can tell, he's thrilled/terrified. I told him that this is just the beginning of a lifetime of being afraid of women. He should just get used to it. :)

The early days of William

2008-11-11T09:39:00.001-08:00

I was looking through some of the pictures Ryan took of William in the early days. Ah, the days of no sleep, no time to eat, lucky-if-we-got-a-shower, just-glad-we-haven't-broken-him-yet, exhaustion. William is 3 weeks old in this picture. We had just started supplementing with formula because my supply was way down, and he loved it! Poor thing had been hungry for 2 weeks, so he was thrilled to finally be full! He had this little formula goatee and just gave us this perfect smile. As difficult as that time was, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love you monkey.

William's first Halloween

2008-11-11T09:30:00.001-08:00

This was William's first Halloween. I will post pictures of him in his costume shortly. Halloween was pretty hectic this year, as I'm sure all of our holidays will be now that William is here. I had to work that day, so between 5pm and 8pm I had to cram in dinner, William's dinner, helping Ryan set up his Halloween display (which was never seen because we had ZERO trick-or-treaters), visiting my grandma so she could see William's costume, bath time, and then bed time. It was quite a day, that's for sure.

Poor William didn't feel all that great on Halloween, either. He was still battling the ever-present ear infection so he was a little fussy and tired (hence the tired eyes). Anyway, here's a picture of him playing that afternoon with Ryan. Costume pics to come!

Sir William the Teether is actually Sir William with the Infected Ears

2008-11-10T14:42:00.000-08:00

Ha, so I'm the worst parent ever. Well, probably not EVER, I mean what about that woman that drowned her children in Texas? That was pretty bad parenting. Still, I'm not the best. Apparently what I was passing off as teething was actually an ear infection. This poor kid, born to lazy parents. It's a shame, really.

So the elusive Dr. B (our pediatrician) gave us some antibiotics that have made him feel 100% better, but the lovely side effects are killing me. Here's a warning: antibiotics = most disgusting diaper changes of your life. Dear. God. Thank GOD there's only 5 more days to go on these drugs because wow.

Anyway, not a whole lot else to report these days. My great-grandma isn't doing well right now. We're planning a 95th birthday shindig for her on the 22nd, but hospice is being called in so I'm not sure she's going to make it to that birthday. She's led quite a life and she's been pretty out of it for a while now, so hopefully she'll go peacefully. That's all I can hope for now. Please keep her in your prayers.

Sir William the Teether

2008-10-30T14:29:00.000-07:00

William is 8 months old. Practically a grown-up, really. At least he seems to think so. He's a pretty independent little guy for someone who can't dress himself, feed himself, or go poopy in the big boy toilet. So it's been interesting these last few days since he's been, what I assume to be, teething. He's very needy and wants to be cuddled constantly. Now, I am not complaining. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a cuddler. I prefer spooning, really, but that's a topic for another day. So while I love that my son wants my constant attention and I am getting the opportunity to dote on him and baby him, I hate that his pain and discomfort is what's bringing on this change. It's frustrating to see him hurting and not be able to just wave a wand (yes, I would love a wand) and fix it for him. I feel very helpless and I hate that feeling.

Teething must be one of God's little jokes. Why would he make teething hurt? Who would want to hurt a baby? I mean, seriously. What's next, strangle some puppies for fun? Honestly!

Hi!

2008-10-30T14:02:00.000-07:00

This is a blog about the everyday, mundane existence that is my life. I don't mean to imply that it's bad, or even boring, just kind of routine. Here is a little info to catch you up on things thus far:
My wonderful husband, Ryan, and I met in January, 2001. We clicked practically immediately and have been inseparable ever since. He's lovely.

In December 2002, he proposed. On bended knee. Cute, huh?

April 3, 2004, we were married in Bakersfield, CA. Again, lovely.

In September 2004 we decided to throw caution to the wind and stop using BC (birth control). We weren't trying to have a baby, we just weren't trying to stop it. So naive were we. :)

In January 2007 I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). Disappointing but good to know that there was a reason and a treatment. I began taking medication.

On Father's Day 2007 we found out we were pregnant. Yay! Our due date was February 22, 2008.

On February 21, 2008, our beautiful son, William Henry, was born.

So there you are. That should catch you up on how we got to this point.