He's our Big Boy!

William had his 9 month well baby check up this morning, he's at the top of the charts!
Some baby stats:
Weight: 24 pounds (97th percentile)
Height: 30.5" (99th percentile)
He is wearing 18 month clothing now, I'm trying to "buy ahead" for the fall (if it EVER gets cooler!) and purchasing 24 month outfits, so crazy.
It's also time for a new car seat!

William's Nursery - Before & After

Here are some "before" pictures of Will's room. It was a neon purple color with mini crystal chandalier (previous owners had a "princess room" for their little girl.) If we'd had a girl I would have considered keeping it but as soon as we found out we were having a boy all I could think about was having a blue room!

After sifting through countless paint chips I narrowed down my choices to these four options. We finally decided on the color in the upper left quadrant.

Ryan did an amazing job painting the whole room! He painted the ceiling, walls, doors, and trim. He also replaced the chandalier with a new ceiling fan.

I love how it turned it out - probably my favorite room in the house. We have a few more things we'd like to add including some additional pictures, a shelf, and getting the print above his crib custom framed, but it's basically there.

Three Teeth!

8/4/11
Will is cutting three teeth at once right now! He's been such a trooper, I'm sure his top gum is really sore! When they're all in he'll have five teeth, two on bottom and three on top. Chomp away Will!

We've started making our own baby food. So far we've made banana puree, applesauce, and cherry-blueberry puree. His favorite is still banana. This weekend I'm going to make some veggies for him and if I get real ambitious, some chicken!

He's tried the following grains so far: rice, oatmeal, wheat, and barley. Barley is the only one that upset him. He's tried the following fruits: bananas, apples, pears, various berry combos, and prunes.

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8/10/11
UPDATE:
Last weekend I made a ton of baby food! It was very easy using my Beaba Baby Cook. I made carrots, zuchini, peaches, apple-bluberry, and chicken. We gave him the chicken and zuchini Saturday night for dinner, which turned out to be a totally different texture than what he was used to. He did not like it very much at first, we mixed in some Gerber first foods peas to smooth out the texture enough for him to tolerate it. He's enjoyed the chicken dinner each night since then. Sunday evening I made "baby guacamole" and added cumin, his first spice :)

Will has been to the doctor at least once a month since he's been born! (did not have to go in July.) By Monday we realized why he'd been a little fussy all weekend - it wasn't from trying new foods, it was because he had another double ear infection! Ryan took him to the doctor and Will is on antibiotics again and goes back at the end of the month for his well baby check-up.
By the way, he's 23 pounds!

Happy Birthday Sadie!

Sadie is four and a half years old!

Two years ago today we adopted our dog Sadie from the Houston SPCA. They said she was 2 1/2 at the time, so we celebrate her "half" birthday each August.



Our lives and carpet have never been the same! :)


Here she is meeting Will for the first time back in November.
We love you puppers!