Two and a half

I was feeling very warm and fuzzy today about my baby turning 2 1/2.

He has been a really good little guy lately (JUST yesterday I clearly remember telling Esch happily, when he got home, what a good boy he was for me).

Today, this is the scene that greeted me when I opened William's door after "nap" time:

If you can't make out the familiar blue logo through all of that sticky white paste, it's Desitin (diaper rash cream). It's extremely water resistant, and, I found, almost impossible to clean up. It. Was. Everywhere.

I was going to dress him nicely and take him out this evening for some 2.5 year old photos - think I'll skip it. These pretty much sum up the age!

Happy Mother's Day to Me (a week early)

Last night for the first time since Esch's finals started, we got to have an evening "off" - he had a test yesterday, which was Friday, and his next one isn't until Wednesday. So we went out to dinner (William got to have a hot dog as a treat, which to him is THE most fabulous meal a person can hope to eat), and then took a nice family walk, complete with the dog, down the road to Thornwald Park.

If I had known that William would be so cooperative, I would have dressed us in something nicer, but oh well. These are nothing fancy, but mean the world to me.

I don't really have any photos of William and myself together since we had family photos taken as my birthday present in September. I asked Esch to try to get a few of W and I, and he did a great job!

William asks almost every day to "feel the baby" and even though he has not felt any kicks yet, he likes the idea.

I never get to actually see what William looks like standing next to me - he is getting so big! It kind of took my breath away to see these pictures. My baby isn't going to be the baby anymore!

{You should be able to click on the photos to enlarge them}

We are now in the official countdown to the beach!  I have a photo shoot in State College on Friday morning, so we're heading there, and William will get to spend the day with his Gran, who is coming all the way from Florida! Nain and Taid will also be home from their Florida winter home, and we can't wait to see them. On Saturday, we get to celebrate with and congratulate Uncle David on his college graduation! Then Sunday (Mother's Day) we're off to Hilton Head to join the McCombies for a whole week at the beach. We are so lucky to get to see our families.

I know that Esch and I both miss Austin and our friends there, but this is why we left such a great city - for William to be able to see his Grandparents and aunt and uncles all the time. We are so happy!

Halfway (kind of)

If this baby is born a bit early like William was, today would mark the halfway point. If not, next Friday is the "official" halfway mark at 20 weeks. I'm going to go with today, though. I have a feeling we'll be a bit early again.

We've had a nice week - lots of playdates and activities. This morning Esch had his 3rd of 4 final exams... only 1 to go!












 A few little snapshots to wish you a happy weekend... William playing in the back yard. We've been outside a lot, it's warm out (high in the 80s today):

Sarah was over yesterday, and I was so proud of how sweetly they played together. Here, they had emptied out the toy cabinet and were playing zoo. They told the stuffed animals that it was "time to sleep."