Backlog of pictures is cleared!

Ok, so for a few months, we had an excuse that our desktop was being repaired and we could not download pictures from the camera. But we've attempted to catch up on all the slideshows going back to Week 29 (which is a long time ago now since Will is 10.5 months old now!)

Enjoy the new old pictures!

Will is 10 months old....

We can't believe it either our little guy is 10 months old! One year is right around the corner and we really can't believe how fast year 1 is sneaking up on us. Will is really coming along with his eating and walking (with some help from his cart). Some new babbling would be nice though. We mainly get Da Da Da but he does alter the volume to let us know how he is feeling.



It was a rough weekend at 11 Sherwood. Home improvement projects are difficult with a 10 month old running around. Put some new teeth in the mix and its really a party. We installed a new shelf system in the kitchen from Ikea. Its called "Stolemen" which means headache in Dutch or Sweden or wherever the Ikean's are from. I know that statement is wrong on so many levels.
Claudia carried Will most of the weekend so her back is loving life right now. All that aside everything has been great and we are having sooo much fun with little Will.

Video of walking is on the way uploading now...

Welcome to our niece Elizabeth

So much to celebrate this year - and now we add to that the birth of our niece, Elizabeth Mary Wright on April 25, 2009 at 2:05pm. 7 lbs, 20.5 inches. We are so excited for Brian and Daniella, and we can't wait to meet her. Will plans to ask her how she managed to come out with more hair than he has grown in ten months:

Yum.

In the last week and a half, Will has learned how to chew. We're so excited for him because now he can eat dinner with us, and he can look forward to lots of awesome things like Mema's chocolate chip cookies, Grandma Barbara's chocolate pudding pie, Grandma Mary's flourless chocolate cake, and maybe even Mom's chocolate truffles. For now, he's satisfied with shredded cheese, rice krispies, bits of muffin and bread, and bananas. He even came around on avocado.

Today was summer in April, and we took a walk in the Arboretum before it got too hot. We made sure to put on our hats and sunscreen. Will likes walking on grass, but so far isn't crazy about crawling on it.

Passover VS. Easter FIGHT!!!!!!!

Crazy holiday weekend, double family, double food, and double trouble.

The Jewish side got the first strike. They hit us with the Maztoh of 1000 forms, the root that burns nostrils, a mean brisket, delicious chocolate covered macaroons, and a caramel/chocolate covered matzoh that was insane.



The Catholic side would not be denied though. They didn't hold back on the counter attack. A giant chocolate Easter bunny led the charge. How can you fight something with candy eyes? Then the leavened bread and bacon came out. HERESY!!! Easter cupcakes, homemade toasted almond ice cream balls, and a delicious Easter breakfast.



In the end the only loser was Dad's stomach.

Back from Vacation...

Dad is back from a week long snowboarding vacation. You may be asking yourself how is this guy going away for a week? Well I am really lucky. For all the complaining I do I got it pretty damn good.

That being said I wanted to send a huge thank you to my Mom, for coming to Boston to help out. I also want to thank my lovely wife Claudia, for all the work she had to do watching Will for the week. It was a great trip and we got tons of snow. This year things were a little different though. In the back of my head I kept thinking about my little guy and getting him out on the mountain. Can't wait for that day its gonna be pretty awesome.

Will has been a ball lately, and a handful. The kid can move now, no more turn around after 20 seconds and he moved 3 feet. Do that now and he is probably in another room. He is keeping us busy but it has been so much fun. The most amazing thing though, is how he can find the 1 thing in the room that he shouldn't touch and make a B line for it. The cats aren't too thrilled right now, tails are sooo much fun to grab. Here is a pic I really like, we will upload more this weekend.



Will also got some new toys over the weekend. A ball from a company called "taggies" (he loves to gnaw on tags). Wasn't very interested in it evidently it has to be a real tag not some knockoff tag. We also broke out his cart to help him start walking. He does like that but the top toy for the weekend was a water bottle.

Direct Link - http://www.vimeo.com/3950375


Will Having Fun With Water Bottle from William Wright on Vimeo.

We meet Zoe!

Here are some initial pictures from the big event in our lives last week - meeting our niece / cousin Zoe Bay Hochman! As you can see, she is teeny tiny beautiful, and Will is ginormous.

It took Billy a few hours to work up the courage to hold the little peanut:

And then everyone got in to matching bear suits and we went out for a walk!

This gorgeous girl is clearly a ham, just like her cousin Will. :-)