Welcome Zoe Bay

We are so proud to announce the arrival of our niece, Zoe Bay Hochman, who arrived February 25, 2009 at 12:57 pm, weighing in at 6 lbs., 2 oz., and at 19" long.

Yes folks, she is a beauty. Now Will is usually pretty gracious, but as of late, he's developed what you might call a "personality." While he is super excited to have a playmate, he may be feeling ambivalent about having to share the spotlight he's been enjoying as the first grandchild. He's managed to be sick two weekends in a row - thus preventing a trip to NY to meet the newest addition to our family. Coincidence?

We're sure he'll be over it soon enough, and then he'll show Zoe the ropes of owning her Grandparents and her Auntie and Uncle. She's already well on her way!

1st Tooth!!!!

In response to the economic stimulus plan Will popped a tooth. He knows the money is coming. The quicker the teeth come in, the quicker he can collect from the tooth fairy. Not sure what the going rate on a tooth is these days but like everything else its probably not cheap.

We tried very hard to take a picture, but he has a rather large tongue. Here are some pics of us trying....









Here is a picture of me eating cupcakes. Which evidently cause tooth decay.



Now have no fear Will. I will teach you how to negotiate rewards with Mom before going to the dentist.

Some tips for other kids looking to extort their parents.

1. Make your demands late in the game. On the drive over to the dentist, while walking into the office, or if you really want to risk it just hold the mouth shut and wait until your in the chair.

2. Go big if I was a kid now I would ask for the Wii. Negotiate down from what you really want.

3. If negotiations go wrong try crying, or blame it on an imaginary friend, brother, sister, family member, etc...

Good Luck!

Hooked on the Blackberry.

Claudia did her best, DAMMIT SHE DID HER BEST!

She tried to do everything right for Will. She ate right, exercised, stayed off the wine, sushi and cold cuts. But there was one thing she couldn't stop, those damn emails. She typed away; her thumbs practically bleeding some days. Not knowing what she was doing to the child growing inside of her. Who knew? Kids can be born hooked on the Blackberry. I had no idea. This video makes it all too clear pregnant women should not use a Blackberry. My poor son hooked on the Blackberry, before he can even speak. I don't know how to deal with this epidemic I really don't. But this is real people. Look at this kid go into attack mode when he sees that damn evil email typing machine.


Blackberry Attack!! from Vimeo.

History repeats itself

Anyone in the Trevor family is familiar with a famous picture of my sister Jen as a baby, biting my Grandpa Jack's nose. It was a big 8x10 on the wall at my Grandparents' house. Will is still teething and there are no teeth in sight. But the gnawing has ramped up as of late, as history repeats itself:

The Party's Over

It is my last day of maternity leave. It has been one crazy ride these last (almost) 7 months. I am sure it is going to get much crazier as of tomorrow. But Will and I have been very lucky and have enjoyed it thoroughly. That said, the now "weekly" slideshow will probably become "monthly" slideshow, and posting may be less frequent, but we will do our best to keep everyone up to speed as best we can on our little man's fast and furious development.

The current speed of Will is .00002 MPH

Will is getting around. Not quickly, but he is moving. We took this video yesterday and today he seems to be moving at about .00004 MPH. That is double the speed of yesterday - not too shabby.

Password for the vid is: will

Direct link - http://www.vimeo.com/2959504



Will Starting To Crawl from William Wright on Vimeo.

A battle of Wills

This is definitely our kid. He's got a bit of a stubborn streak. He really likes to feed himself. He does not so much like to be fed. This requires 2-3 spoons at each meal. One in my hand, one in his hand, and one on the table or floor. Then we rotate.

Oh, and he discovered how to scream to express his displeasure. Or just for the sake of screaming. So he does it a lot. When we were in Detroit we were at a restaurant with a creature we called "Raptor Baby" in honor of the shrieks which reverberated through the establishment and my brain. See our Raptor Baby at left.