9 Months Old

Here is Mr. Will at 9 months old.

Here are some facts about our little man.

He is almost 25 pounds.

He is sleeping from 7:45-7:00am (Sometimes he wakes up earlier and has a LONG LOUD conversation with himself and falls back to sleep.) He also takes two naps a day!

He wants to crawl very bad and somehow gets from place to place but mostly just hops on his bottom everywhere.

He hasn’t found a food he doesn’t like.

He is still nursing every 4 hours.

He can say DaDa and MaMa.

Clapping is a favorite past-time.

He is loves the pool and bath time.

He is the happiest guy and so easy to make laugh.

He is all boy and loves to make anything a drum.

Here is a little video I took this morning while folding laundry.

Will at 9 months

 

I bet you wondered why the video was missing Madeline…she was gone to Build and Grow with Nick! (My favorite Saturday of the month)

I think she might have been the only child at build and grow with a tutu on. Isn’t her project so cute. It has 4 little holders to hold pictures!

Every time

Every time I start to video the kids stop doing what they were doing! This is still pretty cute but Will usually laughs and laughs when Madeline bounces him in his bed. (This is the 5-7 minutes I hurry and fold a load of laundry.) It is amazing how much faster laundry folding goes without 4 extra hands.

Jumping

Sippy Cups Are Funny

With each new thing we introduce to Will he laughs and laughs. Now he thinks his Sippy cup is very funny

Funny Sippy Cup

Still funny…

Picture Time

We (mostly Me) decided it was time to get the kids pictures taken again. You can’t beat Portrait Innovations $9.95 deal!

Here is our big sister Madeline Grace. She has a huge vocabulary and loves to use it all day long. She is a big fan of the telephone and is dying to be able to text somebody. Most of her pretend play include Woody and Jesse from Toy Story, her baby dolls, and teaching school. She is still not a huge fan of change and sometime still cries when we drop her off at Sunday School. She loves her big brother and can make him laugh the fastest. She loves to ask lots of questions and now knows her phone number, address, and how to spell her last name.  She carries the ipod all over the house singing all the VBS songs. She has loved the pool this summer and is getting very brave in the deep end with her puddle jumper. She is becoming a great helper and is starting to be able to put most of her clothes away, put away the silverware, set the table, and water the plants outside.

Favorite Maddie stories

(Nick sometimes refers to other drivers as idiots) We were stopped at stop sign and Madeline piped up from the backseat and asked Daddy, is it a stop sign or an idiot. Oh please let her not say that in Sunday School!

She also got in trouble one day and next day she was so good. I asked her what the deal was with the day before and she just put her hands on hips and told me she was sorry but it was her short term memory loss.

 

Here is our little Man, William Steven. What a joy. He is so easily entertained and loves to smile and cuddle. He is starting to stand a wee bit on his own but still has conquered crawling. (I think it is the big head.) He talks all the time and is quite loud. His Sunday School teachers have commented that he is the happiest baby they have every had and also the loudest. He just moved out of the bed babies. He is also the messiest eater but loves everything. He keeps our laundry machine running, between his diapers, bibs, and all those outfits!

I think these two are pretty cute, if I do say so myself.

Wichita

The Schindler clan loaded up and went to Wichita for a couple of days. Here are some highlights!

Madeline finally drove her car! Will loved the ride. He rode all around with his arm hanging out the side. He didn’t even cry when they ran into the tree.

Madeline was a very serious driver and she always made sure Will had on his seat belt.

I am having flash-forward to them headed off to school together. Can you tell how hot it was by the redness in Will’s cheeks?

Maddie & Will

Grandpa decided he needed a few pictures of the kids in his car!  Thanks Mom & Dad for the fabulous visit. Sure wish the time didn’t go so fast and I must get more pictures next time! I guess I was just too busy having fun myself.

35 Years Old

It has been a fabulous birthday month! First I celebrated early with Grandma Linda, Andy, and GG. That celebration included IHOP, presents, new outfits, shopping, and spending money. Then on my actual birthday it was yummy dinner out, highlights to cover the gray, fun Facebook messages from all over, and quality family time. The final phase of this birthday month was a trip to Wichita! We filled that time with yummy chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, card playing, adventures with the kids, a portrait session for Will and Maddie, date night at the movies and a Mother Daughter (me and my mom) shopping trip where I got some fabulous new clothes!  No wonder I am tired. We sure fit a bunch in 3 and 1/2 days! I am going to be sad to see July end!

Happy Birthday to me!

Haircut Time

While we were in Wichita Will had a haircut with Tim. Tim is Grandpa Ross’ barber of over 40 years! Will loved it. He just laughed, smiled, and talked throughout the process. We asked for the Grandpa Ross special.

This is the before picture.

 

Here is our handsome boy after.

Who are those good looking kids? Thanks Grandpa for sharing your barber!