Week 70 and Week 183

William is 70 Weeks Old.  He is now 16 months old.  His newest trick is if Mike and I say something like "Who wants ice cream?" he will point to himself and say "Nee, Nee!".  It seems climbing on the coffee table was just a stepping stone as he can now climb on the couch also.  I'm not sure if I've posted this already, but William tries so hard to jump.  He bends down and stretches up to his tip toes, he wants it so bad!!!  He will try anything his sister does, even dancing.  It is so cute to watch the 2 of them dance together as he tries to copy her movements! He even said Emily this week...it sounded more like "Emma" or "Elmo" and he only said it once but he was looking right at his sister when he said it.  I keep waiting to hear it again, but of course he won't do it on command!

Emily is 183 weeks old and is now officially 3 1/2!  She surprised me this week when she was just wandering around and came into the kitchen whistling.  She's starting to figure it out and it looks like we may have another whistler in the family!!  She is so into her pretend play lately.  She loves her dolls and every day is Maddie's birthday party.  We also go to the hospital and take the train a lot. Oh the fun of being a little girl!!!

We didn't do a whole lot this week as both William and Mommy were sick, but we are on the mend and will hopefully have a little more out of the house fun this week!  Mommy and Daddy got to go on an anniversary date this weekend while the kiddos stayed with Grammie and Pop Pop.  It was so nice to go out and celebrate especially since last years celebration got a little spoiled by a hurricane!

Here are some pics of our fun this week...

Emily, Maddie, and the new puppy "Nature Explorer"

Look at me, I'm 3 and a half and I've got style while going on a bug hunt!

BOY

Fun in the dirt

Action Shot

70 Weeks Old

Uh oh....things that happen while Mommy's back is turned.

(I had my camera in my hand because Emily wanted her picture taken after I did William's weekly pic, otherwise I would not have taken it and gotten him down!)

Face Painting at Fuddruckers!

(Mike thought I was crazy for letting Emily leave the house in her butterfly rain boots, but it just wasn't worth the fight and inspired this lovely work of art!!)

All ready for our Anniversary dinner...7 years!!!

My big boy

Sweet face

Family pic on "the rock" after our weekend away

My boys :)

My baby girl

Week 69 and Week 182

William is 69 weeks old and guess what he did this week?  He did 2 forward rolls or flip overs as Emily calls them!  He very much enjoys standing on his head as you've seen in previous posts, but he actually flipped himself over a couple of times!  Of course I got the video camera out a little too late, but he did 2 perfect rolls on carpet at least!!  Oh, he has also learned to climb up on the coffee table.  We have it pushed against the entertainment center so he can't get into it and pull out the card on the cable box.  It worked for awhile, but now he climbs up, pulls out the card, and just sits there happy as a clam!  Uh oh...

Emily is 182 weeks old.  We are trying to cram as much summer as we can into these last few weeks.  On Monday we went to the Land of Make Believe.  Emily had a blast going on all of the rides of course.  She also loved the water park and the lazy river.  She even had her first theater experience in their little show as a princess!  She did a great job until she didn't see me anymore (yes, I was the bad Mommy who moved to get some better pictures...) and freaked out a little.  Then I got to be in the show too!  Yay!!  She talks about it fondly, so she wasn't too scarred by Mommy leaving her post (Grammie and William were still there...not good enough I guess...also the Dragon came out at that time too.)   We also went swimming at a friends house this week and when I told Emily where we were going she said I remember swimming there last year, there was a frog in the pool!  She was right, I can't believe she remembered that!!!  She surprises me every day with the things she says and remembers!!

Here are some pics of our fun.....

Waiting for the show to start at Land of Make Believe

All dressed up and ready to perform!

Our little rock star!  

Fun in the candy cane forest.

We got to spend a lot of time here since the power went out while we were there!!

She actually posed with a mascot.

Maybe she is ready for Disney!!

Just taking a break by the pool.

Girl in a pot!

Who needs toys?

Emily's outfit choice for the day!

Love that laugh

Daddy went camping this weekend, so we had our own little living room camp out.

69 weeks old

Week 68 and Week 181

William is 68 Weeks old.  He went for his 15 month doctor's visit this week and is 25 pounds and 32.5 inches tall.  He seems huge to me but is in the 50th percentile for both.  His new favorite food is a "ball" aka plum.  He points to the fruit bowl and either says nana or ball.  He is really loves devouring his plums and making a big mess!!  He makes me smile everyday and I just love watching him grow.  I just wish it wasn't happening so fast!!! 

Emily is 181 weeks old. She just loves experiencing new things and is starting to get excited about school.  So far she doesn't seem nervous or scared, especially since Mommy gets to go and stay the first day with her! :)  We'll see how day 2 goes, but I think she's ready!!  And we won't talk about that again for a few weeks, back to enjoying summer!  Emily absolutely loves the rides at the fair and just giggles the whole time...the bigger and faster the better!!! 

We had a nice week getting back into the routine of being home.  We went to the fair one day which was very hot but a lot of fun!  We had a nice pretty quiet weekend.  We went to a bbq with some friends on Saturday and had a nice family day on Sunday playing outside and just having fun!

Tractor Ride

Emily's (and perhaps Mommy's) first elephant ride!

Emily has nothing to worry about.  Her buddy Evan grabbed her hand to lead her off of the ride.  So sweet!!

Flying elephant fun!

Carousel!

This boy loves his ice cream!  He devoured the entire cone!!

68 Weeks old

Silly Girl

Me and my boy

Watching fireworks

Evan watching fireworks

Such big boys eating on their own!

Buddies!!!

Emily in her box

I love this face!!!

Checking out his shadow

Playground fun

Hopscotch

 Swing time!

Vacation!!! - Week 67 and Week 180

We had an awesome week in the Outer Banks.  The weather was beautiful, the beach was awesome, the kids loved playing in the sand and swimming everyday.  I think I need a vacation from my vacation as running after 2 kids is not all that relaxing, but it was fun!  It was great for the kids to spend so much time with family and even got a special visit from Aunt Erin.  Of course the day Erin came was the only day it rained, but it was nice to spend some time with her and Emily loved being able to paint!  I had brought some paints and told her we could use them on a rainy day, so Emily was waiting all week for a rainy day!!!  Millie came on vacation this year also, which gave William a chance to get more comfortable with dogs.  He loves the puppy, just not when she's licking his feet when he's in his high chair or sneaks up on him!  Our trip ended with Lauren and Ryan's wedding in Delaware while the kids got to spend the night with Ryan and Kathy who live nearby.  The kids had a blast and Ryan and Kathy were still standing when we got back, so it seems all went well!!!  

Here are some pics of our fun...

Emily loved the bridge tunnel!

Swimming with Grammie

Beach Ice Cream

Kids on the beach

I'll have one

My boys

William loved going to the water with Daddy to fill up the bucket...just didn't want to touch it!

My beach babe

Mermaid Emily thanks to Uncle Eddie and Aunt Kathy

Swimming!  She loves the pool!

The girls

Lunch break

Emily and Pop Pop

Will not so thrilled about getting his feet wet

Emily and Grammie

Aunt Erin, Emily, Grammie

Uh oh...

Happy Boy

The fam

Daddy with Emily's fairy kite.  Unfortunately we didn't have much wind, but running up the street a couple of times was enough to thrill a 3 year old!!

Let's play horseshoes!

67 Weeks Old

I've got some more pics and a couple from the wedding I'll share in another post.