Terrible Twos, Trash and Time Flies

So time flies when you are having fun, right? Well it's been a whirlwind year, full of firsts for our family. 2 years ago, we were so happy to finally welcome our little boy to our family after a year of heart wrenching tests, treatments and more.

William is now a happy and healthy 2 year old- 31lbs and 37.5 inches tall (97th percentile!) and his head is still off the charts in size! big brain, right?

He is still an independent player, he entertains himself for hours reading, doing puzzles and staying busy with his toys. He doesn't really watch much tv, although he will watch Mickey Mouse or Handy Manny for 5- 10 minutes, but not much longer. Like mom, he likes to clean (or at least pretend). Yes, he even puts his dishes in the sink! Talk about well-trained! :) He is afraid of the vacuum cleaner and lawn mowers. Will loves being outside and playing with lights- off and on. And we all know his obsession with trash. He can spot a trash can even while going down the road. he has a 'toy' trash can that he loves to put stuff in and play with. He loves 'bumps' like going over railroad tracks or roller coasters. He still sleeps through the night and has great motor skills. He loves to jump. He is a bit behind on his speech, but we know he will catch up soon and have an assessment scheduled for him soon.

My how he has grown!

New Family- Nov 2007

Peters Family Nov 2008

William Oct 2009

Tricks or Treats?

We had a very busy weekend full of ghosts and goblins and none other than Captain Hook! Friday was Will's 2 year birthday, so we celebrated by bringing cookies up to his day care in the afternoon, then he came back to the office with me for a little while. It was then time to trick or treat at the office. Of course Will was more interested in the trash can and trash than candy. Here he is checking out the office trash can! What a strange kid huh? lol

We had to rush out of my office to head back to his day care for their fall festival. Aunt Nene met us there. Will played games, won candy and rode the choo choo train. He had a blast and got lots of compliments on his costume.

Then on Saturday night, it was time to go trick or treating! Alan got a fog machine to set the mood! My parents came over as did my niece Ally, since the rest of her family fell ill. Nene and Jeff came for a bit too. We had pizza and then headed out. At first William wasn't sure what to do, but followed Ally's lead. He really wanted to go into people's houses! And soon he got the hang of it and was running up the doors and pounding on the door instead of knocking nicely! He also wanted to be handed the candy in his hand, not in his bucket. He had a great time. He doesn't really care for sweets all that much, except m&ms and dum dum suckers. So I guess mommy and daddy will be eating the rest (or the office will!). All and all, Will had a great time on his first real halloween trick or treating!

Birthday Boy!

We had Will's 2yo birthday party this sunday afternoon. With halloween approaching and schedules crazy, this was the best time for us, even though his birthday isn't until October 30th. Alan's family was already in town from Oklahoma for his brother's halloween party, so they were all able to come too! We had it at Pump it Up and I must say, it was so great----no setup, no cleanup and the host even wrote down the gifts and names for me for thank you notes. I should have that guy at all my parties, baby showers etc. lol We spent 40 minutes in the first room, 40 in the second and then 40 in the party room for pizza and cake. Will really liked the slides more so than the bounce houses. We were all pretty sweaty after carrying him up and down the slides etc.

Will isn't big on sweets (who child is he????) so he didn't even want any of the birthday cake!

And when it came time for presents, he was more concerned with throwing away the 'trash' than opening the gifts. My little cleaner- he loves 'trash' and points out trash cans everywhere we go. I sometimes fear as he is yelling 'trash' in the store that someone will think he is talking about them!? LOL Maybe I should have made him a trash man for halloween?

We got Will a power wheels for his bday! He loves it. It is a tractor and while we are not big tractor people, all the others ones were way too big to use in the house and this one seemed like a good fit and he won't outgrow it too quickly. He can ride in the house and outside some. He has figured out to push the gas, but not the steering quite yet!
All in all, it was a great party and thank you to all who came out- he had a blast and was pretty pooped when we got home!

Annual Halloween Hull-a-baloo!

We went to the annual Peters halloween party this saturday night. Alan's brother always goes all out for a fun halloween event for the adults and kiddos. Will was dressed as Captain Hook. He spent a lot of the night going up and the down the stairs and chasing balloons. He was not afraid at all of all the spooky decorations or costumes.

Capt Hook is deep in thought.......should i get the black balloon or the orange one?

There were some fun and unique costumes for sure!!!
DH's family- his two brothers and mom!

Some of the great food to munch on!

It's not a party without the chocolate fountain! I think there was chocolate on the floors and walls by the end of the night!

Howdy- Welcome to the State Fair of TX

So we did our annual trip to the TX state fair this Saturday. It was a long day, I was up early and went to step aerobics with my sister Mandy, so i could counteract some of the calories I would ingest later at the fair, in the form of fried "insert whatver you want". in my case, it was fried pecan pie! We started off with a boat ride- Will rode with his cousins, Michael and Ally! Next up was a plane ride- he loved this and even put his hands up in the air when I told him too!

This was a fire truck thing that went up in the air and we shot water at a target.

We stopped for a beer and some more fried goodness! Fletcher's corny dogs and beers that were way too expensive!

nothing like a monster truck in TX! lol- part of the car show

We also did a ride on a 'hot air balloon' kiddie ride that went up in the air and also spun like a teacup. that was his absolute favorite- he laughed the entire time. At least I know we won't have any issues (hopefully) at disney in 2 months on rides! We also rode a kiddie roller coaster and he had a blast on it too- arms in the air and all!

I also had a great time today seeing Mary Poppins the musical (again at fair park- oh the parking nightmare again!). It was fantastic and my sisters, mom and niece Ally all loved it too. Only two months until we get to see Mary herself at WDW!

Dancing fool

We had a very busy Saturday- we got up early to hit first monday trade days in Canton for some shopping. it was very busy though and hard to walk through some areas with a stroller and/or cart. William liked to help push the car too.

Sat night, we hit a birthday party for a family friend who was turning 80. The party was in Deep Ellum and William had a lot of fun dancing!! He mostly just 'jumped', but really was out there wearing himself out!

Just goofing off

William is such a busy bee, that we can't get him to sit for longer than 5 minutes and watch tv. He is now watching Mickey Mouse or Pooh more often, but only a few minutes here and there. When he does see Mickey Mouse on tv, he has to go grab his mickey doll and hold it up to the tv!

He loves his pooh-pooh (Pooh Bear) and Mickey!
goofing around at breakfast!

Back to 'cleaning', sort of-----watering the plants!