Talking with Will

Video of me talking with Will.

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Will Exersaucer from William Wright on Vimeo.

M-I-C-K-E-Y

M-O-U-S-E.

Bacon

I was cooking up some bacon. Mmmmmmmm bacon..... We put Will down for a nap and Mom went out to run some errands.

Disaster struck when the fire alarms started to go off. I quickly ran to one and started fanning it with a towel. Took about 30 seconds for the alarms to stop. I paused and waited for the scream. But it didn't come, I went in and Will is still sleeping in his swing. Sleeping baby. Mmmmmmmm Sleeping baby.

Will's First Snowfall

This was taken the morning we left for Florida - it was the first real snowfall to speak of in this little guy's life. I am sure there will be many more snowy days to come.

Will's Best Imitation of Stan on South Park

You may have seen the episode of South Park where Stan Marsh gets so nervous talking to a pretty girl named Wendy that he projectile vomits whenever she talks to him. Who knew our son was going to start doing impressions so early in his life:

And a few new things

Will pulled himself up to standing 4 times in an effort to impress Jordynn, who was helping me give him a bath on Wednesday night. He then did it again Thursday morning when we were playing, using a breakfast-in-bed tray table to assist him. He's also growing a pretty impressive head of fuzz. It looks like it will eventually be brown to me. But his eyes are still blue, there is no denying that!

Will & Mom's Solo Adventure: Part II

After a stunning performance flying down to Tampa, I figured there was no way for Will to impress me further. Well, impress me he did. 4 out of 4 times we have flown, he has let loose either right before or during takeoff. Yesterday, it was on a sold-out flight, 10 minutes before takeoff in bad weather all up and down the East Coast. And it was a doozy. A big ol' blowout. An outfit ruiner. Luckily, a guy in the row ahead of us was vomiting in to garbage bags non-stop before we even got on the plane (yeah, I know, awesome) so no one seemed to mind me and little Will very much. After we ascended, there was some serious turbulence, and the captain just never turned off the seatbelt light. So after I saw one woman get up to go use the bathroom, I decided I had subjected my seat-mate to enough stinkiness and got up to change Will in to a new diaper and new outfit. Picture me - holding Will on a changing table in a very small bathroom with one hand - surfing some rather intense turbulence, and changing him out of one poopy outfit and diaper in to a clean new one, then getting said poopy outfit in to a doubled garbage bag and disposing of said poopy diaper in a scented plastic disposal bag. No easy feat, I tell you. I think the experience took a few months off of my life. Will, however, weathered the storm in his usual resilient way, by eating again then sleeping for the rest of the flight. He didn't cry once until after we landed.

Mom & Will's First Solo Adventure - Part I

Will and I arrived safely in FL yesterday after quite the uneventful flight. Will was a superstar. He hung out in the Baby Bjorn looking around the airport. I bought headphones thinking to myself - this is aspirational, there's no way I'll be able to watch TV on this flight. When we boarded the plane, he ate and went to sleep. Then he ate and went back to sleep. Then he ate, and we played quietly until we landed. We waited to exit the plane and Will smiled as everyone passed by - he got quite a few "he's so cute" and "what a good baby!" comments. He was very kind to this grateful mom. Now we're off to play with Jordynn, Nicky, TiTi Tine and Marty for a few days before we see if we can do it again!

Paint and Stuff

Sometimes you need to learn things the hard way. Its a good method of learning because usually you don't forget what you just learned. But the process can be painful and isn't for everyone. For Billy Wright it happens to be an ideal method to hammer things into my thick skull.

Maybe it would have been a better idea to pay a painter, rather than spend a month in the kitchen with the house looking like a bomb hit it (LIKE CLAUDIA WANTED TO DO). Or maybe it would have been better to PRIME before trying to paint yellow over green. Maybe I don't know. Or maybe it would have been a better idea to make sure we used the right finish on all the coats before we started painting. At this point it doesn't matter because the kitchen is 98% done. That 2% I have no idea when that's gonna happen.

I warn all of you though stay away from cream yellow unless you are painting over white or you prime! With each coat the green just got stronger. Soon I was walking around my house seeing green paint in my other rooms. So I kept coating the walls with lovely cream yellow! But enough about the paint - it's 98% done and our house is slowly getting back to normal.

Now onto Will and some other current events. Will has been going through some major changes in his young life. Rolling over, rice cereal yum, more babbling, going to sleep on his own, and hair the hair is starting to grow. Now, the hair can be a double edged sword for men in this family. Once it starts growing it doesn't stop. Right now I am slowly growing into a bear, but I am saving money on coats which is great. We saw family over Thanksgiving. Will met the Blair's and I brought my "A" Wii game and p0wnded some peeps in Wii Bowling and Golf. Jay - I am coming back for Christmas so work on your game.

This week the family is splitting up. We will be separated by a whopping 1500 miles. Our only communication methods will be cell calls, text messages, and email. Will and Claudia will be in the Sunshine State, and I will be in the Green Mountain State. Look for a report of our adventures next week.

Here are some pics that I like....

Will reading. He is holding that book and reading at 5 months. Squishy turtle is a complicated read, I had trouble figuring out the plot but Will seemed to grasp it quickly.



Now this guy. I have seen him quite a bit lately. Not sure who he is but if I give the boy to mom the demon usually goes away.



Go Giants.

So much to catch up on.

A synopsis of the crazy week before this past week: Will is eating cereal every day, and starting to like it. Will was SO close to rolling just before we went home to NY for Thanksgiving, but not quite there. As we sat down to eat our soup on Thanksgiving Day, Will rolled over on his blanket for the first time. So that night we gave up the swaddle and the pacifier, and it was a rough trip because sleep was not easy to come by for any of us under these new circumstances. Will met the entire Blair Family. He also christened Aunt Daniella & Uncle Brian's new home with a fantastic blowout before our delicious dinner. He celebrated Aunt Jen's Birthday, and got his first Chanukah presents early, because Aunt Jen & Uncle Seth thought sooner was better than later. Now that we have FINALLY finished painting the kitchen (see next entry) they'll be waiting for him in his new play area. Some illustrations of all this craziness -

Will Eating:















Will's Second Political Statement:















Will Almost Rolling:















Will's First Thanksgiving:

Will Rolling Over for the First Time During Thanksgiving Dinner:

Will's Copious Drooling:

















Will's First Visit to Uncle Brian & Aunt Daniella's:

















Will's First (Early) Chanukah Gifts: