William ...
- Will is talking up a storm and amazing all of us with his daily growing vocabulary. His new favorite word right now is "gone". And he likes to add "yeah" after everything he says. I think my favorite right now is "faffle yeah". Faffle in case you don't know is waffle - one of his favorite things to eat!
- He loves to dance and comes up with new moves all the time.
- He has a papaw bear - a bear with a sweatshirt that has a picture of my dad on it with Mickey Mouse. He would cry to take dad's picture to bed with him at night so now he can and he sleeps with his bear every night.
- Will has a best friend. He loves all the boys at the sitter and talks about Joshua, Beans (Bradley) and Don (Daniel) all the time. Daniel is only there sometimes and Will gets super excited to see his buddy and they have a blast together. They are a month apart in age and play so well together. We are so blessed to have Danielle and the boys in our lives!
- He still adores his dogs - Gaga (Grace) and BoBo. He is finally moving out of the hitting phase and likes to hug and love on them. Grace is still a little leery but big BoBo just soaks up the attention and lets Will waller all over him! He likes to hug the cats too but like Grace they are still leery!
- Will also has another pet - Waldo! Waldo is a fish. He was always saying Uh oh because he couldn't find him in his little tank so Mama named him Waldo (Where's Waldo). :)
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| Waldo |
- He is also into Dinosaurs! He loves to watch Dinosaur Train and has his own Buddy the T-Rex slippers. He stomps like a dinosaur and it's adorable. He also has a pull toy that's a dinosaur and he likes to take him on walks.
Buddy slippers
- Will and Steve both got new coats for Christmas. Check out my handsome boys ...
- Will still loves Mickey Mouse - and all his friends! He eats with Mickey, rides the four wheeler with him and watches TV with him. He's converted his tent to a Mickey tent and his Mickey collection is housed there with the occasional removal to rearrange. And sometimes to the potty with him too! At the end of January we added Donald to the collection. Later on we added Pluto and Goofy. Right now he's into Pete but the all-time favorite seems to be Goofy and he goes with Will every day to the sitter's. The whole crew (Donald, Mickey, Goofy and Pluto) all go in the car seat - you can barely find Will. Only goofy, though, goes with him for the day.
- Will is also into Scooby Doo right now. And if you don't know, his Mama loves Scooby and already had a huge collection. His favorite Scooby are my slippers. He likes to put them on and walks pretty well in them. I also have reindeer slippers and he likes to interchange them.
- Will loves to cook and in February got two new kitchens. I already had the blue and gray one and then saw the Mickey Mouse one and of course had to have it! Not long after that we were given a diner for the kitchen for him. Grandma took one kitchen and the Mickey kitchen went to his bedroom. He likes to ring the bell for service and sits at the booth for anything and everything!
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| Service please! |
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| Reading one of Grandpa Larry's Mickey books |
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| Snack time |
- At the end of February Will took a nasty fall. I think the hardwood floor won. He had his first bloody lips and nose. Nothing was broken and he was a trooper!
- Will's hair is finally growing and it won't be long before he needs a trim. His hair is blond but looks a little red in the sun. He got his mama's hair - curls and all!
- Will had his 18 month check-up at the beginning of March. He's in the 75th percentile for height and still looking like he's going to be tall! He came home from his check-up and went right to his stethoscope and put it on just like Dr. H does. He also saw his ENT that same week and his tubes look great. He had a double ear infection about two weeks before his appointment but other than that he's been free of ear infections!
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| Dr. Will |
- Will loves the park and his favorite is definitely the slide. I think he could go down all day and never grow tired!
- We took spring pictures last weekend. Will is not often still but thankfully the flowers were interesting enough that we were able to snap some great pictures!
All the furry babies are well right now. We thought Bo had torn his ACL again (I believe that would have been the 3rd time) but it appears he just tore through some scar tissue. He's still fairly restricted but with each day getting more freedom and ability to do things. He and Grace have missed being able to rip and tear through the backyard but I think it'll be quite some time yet before we let them do that! For now they are enjoying watching Will rip and tear through the backyard. He loves to get a ball and yell for his Gaga so he can throw it for her to fetch.
Mom is well and enjoying her grandson tremendously. She keeps busy with shopping, lunch with friends and helping me out with William. We are blessed to have her, have her well, and have her so close by.
Tomorrow my dad has been gone two years. It hardly seems possible. William loves his Papaw and often points out in the yard and says he's there and waves. For awhile he even cried to go to where he saw him. I believe dad is with us much of our days and always watching over my son. I talk of him to William often. I hope someday to be able to do that without breaking down but if not I pray my son sees in those tears what an amazing man his Papaw was and how much he is missed.
And speaking of family, it's just about time to take the cheesy potatoes out of the oven for Easter dinner with them. Happy Easter to you all.
Thank you for taking the time to check in on the Handy's. Until we meet again ...
We wish blessings to all.
Alisa
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