We've had an extraordinarily busy week...Saturday afternoon Oma and Gumpa came down for a visit. Will was quite happy to see them, pull on Gumpa's beard, and laugh at Oma (and kick her repeatedly for being "in the way"). We did make it to the beach, a wonderful first outing for Will! He loved the water, and the sand, and even the waves. Of course the waves were about 2 inches high (if that) and the tide was going out...but his reaction was much better than his first encounter with waves that he didn't make...Sunday we went up to see our friends Ken & Joy and a bunch of other friends as well for a little afternoon BBQ. It POURED, so we ended up inside after everyone ate, but a good time was had by all...
Monday was a family work at home day. Dave's car was in for some repairs, so we all "commuted" to the basement...thank goodness for wireless and laptops! Tuesday we trooped into the office, but found out early that morning that Dave's grandmother had passed away. She had been ill for quite awhile, but it was still hard for everyone in the family. So on Wednesday we all headed for Massachusetts for the wake and funeral. I have always known that Will is a pretty flexible kid, but we really put him to the test over the last couple of days!! He managed to make it through 3 hours at the wake without melting down...he ate in all sorts of places that were NOT a highchair (the backseat of the Jeep, a chair in the hotel room, and on a towel on the floor of the hotel room). He did a great job not screaming at any strangers (a bonus, as he has a tendency to get a little upset when strangers get too close - screaming is usually accompanied by clinging to my shirt). He slept remarkably well in the car in small doses both days, and after not getting to bed until 10 on Wednesday night, slept straight through until 5, and was cheery and wonderful all day on Thursday. He did pretty well in church as well. It was a wonderful celebration of Memere's life, and she will be missed. It was a bit of a whirlwind though, and we're quite glad to be home.
So today we're laying low and making sure that Will gets good naps (we're on good nap #2 at the moment!!). In between...we're making solid progress on the crawling. He's getting quite efficient at the military crawl, but is still trying to figure out how to crawl with that belly off the floor. The motor boat noise hasn't lost it's appeal (imagine that in church!?). Hopefully we'll get another trip to the beach this weekend, before we're back to "regularly scheduled programming" next week. To be honest...I'm kind of looking forward to it! The last couple of weeks have been very disjointed with being sick last week and being out this week.
New pictures are posted...and for your viewing/listening pleasure...a bit of baby belly laugh and motor boat...
3 notes - yes diaper changes are quite funny at our house, and yes, he does have a nasal aspirator (clean!! this one is useless at it's intended purpose but Will thinks it is a great thing to chew on while he's getting a diaper change). And finally yes, I have changed his diaper while he's on his belly, actually we've done that quite a bit lately...
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