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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Will at 5 months!

I thought that the newborn stage was my favorite, but I have to say that I am having so much fun right now!  The smiles, grins, giggles and squeals are so rewarding!  I'm having fun watching Will learn to do new things.  He has just recently figured out how to "jump" in his jumper!  It is the cutest thing ever!  He has so much fun jumping and I am excited to have another "tool" in my tool belt....if you know what I mean!  I still find it so hard to believe that five short months ago, he was this tiny baby that could barely hold his head up and, now, he's almost sitting up on his own!  Unbelievable!
The doctor was happy with his weight gain this month!  Will gained 1 lb 4 oz!  He's still only in the 5th percentile, but the doctor was very pleased!

5 month stats:
Weight: 13 lb 7 oz (5th percentile)
Height: 24 3/4 inches (15th percentile)

At 5 months:

~still eating every 3 hours (we're trying to put some weight on this boy!)
~sleeping from 6:30-7pm to 6:30-7am!  Still eating at 10:30pm, but he never wakes up!
~napping about 3 times per day.  Two longer naps and one shorter nap.
~LOVES eating rice cereal or oatmeal!  The minute I sit him in his highchair he begins to whine until that first bite goes into his mouth.  
~much to his Mommy's dismay, he has started taking the occasional bottle!  I'm having to learn to let go!
~fits perfectly into his 3 month clothing :)
~is starting to become a Momma's boy.  He doesn't like to me to be out of the room.
~is almost sitting up on his own.  He'll sit for a few seconds and then starts to fall over.  I'm hoping in the next couple of weeks he will be sitting all by himself.
~is SO MUCH BETTER about riding in the car!  Whew!  I have give major props to Ms. Pattycake!  Although I hate having those songs in my head ALL DAY LONG, the CD definitely works and I will do anything to not have to listen to a crying baby in the car!
~rolling from his tummy to his back and will still only roll from his back to his side.
~has learned to squeal at the top of his lungs! Church nursery....here we come!
~LOVES to blow bubbles and make Mommy and Daddy laugh.
~has two books that he loves to read over and over.
~favorite toys are George the giraffe, his new car toy, a baby einstein ball that Kyle picked out for Christmas, exersaucer and jumper.




Laughing at Mommy!


 First time in his high chair!

 He looks so little!


Mommy's little preppy baby!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Day!

I can't believe the we, actually, woke up to a white Christmas this year!  I was super excited that it had snowed AND that it had snowed on Will's 1st Christmas!  That HAS to be good luck, right?  It was so much fun to share in the excitement on Christmas morning this year!  Having a child really has brought a new meaning to the holidays!  Although Will had no idea what was going on, we were very excited for him.  Santa was very good to Will this year even though we told him to take it easy!  Needless to say, Will is going to have no problem finding a toy to play with in the upcoming months.  The day after Christmas, we scraped 8 inches of snow off of our car!  

 Daddy and the presents that Santa brought Will!

 Will's 1st Christmas morning pic!
 He's very excited to eat rice cereal before seeing what Santa brought him!
 Will's 1st White Christmas!
 Look how cute I am in the Christmas jammies that Poppy bought me!

 Will and his gifts from Santa!
 All of the cousins (+Max) on Christmas morning.
 Ellie and Will 
 a White Christmas in Maryville!
Getting ready to open presents.....where is Will???
Oh, there he is!  Snoozing! We had to wait until he woke up to open his presents!
Apparently, Poppy must have needed a snooze, too!
Will and G-daddy
 Tess, Ellie and Will

 I think Will's gifts were the hit of the party!
 Ellie and Maddox reading to Will.  Do you think he gets enough attention?

Christmas Eve

My family has a tradition of doing a HUGE dinner on Christmas Eve.  The whole family gets together at my parents house and my mom makes the biggest meal that you've ever seen.  If, at any point in time, you have mentioned a favorite dish, it's on the menu!  There had to be at least 15 different dishes!  A few of my favorites are creamed spinach, red hot cinnamon apples and crockpot dressing!  Mmmm!  I can remember, as a little girl, sitting around the dining room table and our family fitting around that one table.  Now, we have been so greatly blessed with new family members, that we have to put people in multiple rooms.  This year, we added two new members to the family---Tess and Will!



Will's 1st Christmas!
Kevin & Debbie
 Emily & Paul
 The great meal!

Tess lovin' on Will!
Will and his great-grandmother!
 Will enjoying his Christmas Eve dinner....rice cereal!
 Tesute and Will
 Cole and his massive turkey leg!
G-mommie and G-daddy!


Monday, December 27, 2010

Will's 1st Visit with Santa!

Nothing like waiting until the last minute!  We FINALLY got Will's picture with Santa on the afternoon of Christmas Eve!  Thank goodness, Will was just in time to get his requests into Santa!  Even better (for Mommy and Daddy), we didn't have to pay to get his picture (thank you Foothills Mall--Maryville, TN!).  Will did tell Santa all of his requests for toys this year, but I'm predicting next year might be a little bit more "scary!"





 Telling Santa what he wants for Christmas

3rd Annual Tomlinson/Hand Christmas Dinner!

A few weeks ago, our good friends, Jason and Amy Hand came over for our 3rd installment of the Annual Tomlinson / Hand Christmas Dinner.  We had a great meal that included stuffed mushrooms, beef tenderloin, yummy twice baked potatoes, creamed spinach and delicious pumpkin cream cheese squares (wow, I'm getting hungry thinking about it!).  It's always great to spend time with such sweet friends!  With the arrival of little Will, it's harder for us to make plans with friends, so we truly appreciate the time that we do spend with them.  
We weren't very good at taking pictures this year...so, we only got one pic.
Love you guys!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Will + Laney

One of my best friends, Laura, came into town for a girls get-together this week and she and little Laney stayed with us!  Of course, we stayed up until midnight chatting and reminiscing about "the good 'ole days.".  Laura was my "little sister" in college and then we were roommates for a couple of years after college.  Some of my funniest and best memories are of the two of us together.  It's funny to think about all of our good times living the single life and then now to be sitting on the couch with our babies talking about poopy diapers.  Ha.  My how times change but great friendships never do!

We decided to take some pictures of little Will and Laneybug!  Oh my goodness, they are so cute.  I look at these pictures and immediately think of the movie When Harry Met Sally.  They remind me of a little old couple sitting together.  Enjoy!


 "Will, let me tell the story...."
 "So, we met when our Mommy's were best good friends..."


 "I really like Laney. I hope she likes me, too!"
 Holding hands...

 Laney telling jokes to Will
 This one reminds me of a church directory picture if they were 50 years older!


 Will trying to love on Laney.  Donald has done a good job of telling her to stay away from the boys :)