Family: “A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” - Evan Esar |
Will has a long lifetime of all things girly ahead of him. Here is his first debut with a sticker “crown” Lauren made for him. You can see how happy she is to have such a helpless playmate at her beck and call! Will is such a happy baby he doesn’t really mind her antics!
William’s blessing day was wonderful, despite that fact we woke up to a blizzard outside. Our family was so nice to travel in the bad weather. We all went to church and then had lunch at Grandma Morris’ house. My dad even provided the liver patte (which he and I love!). I want to list everyone who was there so Will can remember how much he is loved. Here goes: Grandma Norma and Grandpa Fred, Dave, Laura, Josh, Sarah, Jacob, Tina, Grandpa and Grandma Whitney, Jake, Sarah, Catherine, Emily, Grandma Morris, Aunt Leslie, Dan, Angie, Andrea, Tim, Ellie, Tanna, Sydney, Evan, Keagan, and Austin. From the day Will was born and everyone came to visit him in the hospital, I have felt this strong sense of him being surrounded by love. So many people love him and want him to succeed. It was a great day and we are so happy to have our little Will here. He is such a strong yet gentle spirit.
The blessing outfit Will wore has been passed through Nate, Dave, Steve, and all of their male children. It was made by a german woman who worked for Fred when Nate was born.
The last two and a half months have flown by to say the least. We moved two weeks after William was born (more on that later), celebrated both Ava and Lauren’s birthdays in February, Rachel had a root canal, and we had William’s blessing yesterday. I have not had two minutes to post anything on this blog, but I promise I will try to do better! With a newborn and two other children, any moments to myself that last longer than 20 minutes are a rarity! I am loving having a new baby though and finding the nourishment that comes from motherhood. What a great journey!
The other day Ava wanted to get out the camera and have a photoshoot. Here are the results.
Lauren’s birthday. Of course she requested a princess party. She is our little princess.
One more from the photoshoot. Ava took this photo and I love it because I look like a horse.
