daniel & kiley wedding

we recently took a trip to mesa to attend the lovely wedding of daniel and kiley. it was beautiful in every way. william got passed around quite a bit. with the groom.

with the bride.

and with mom and dad.

with grandma and cousins. sometimes smiling.

and sometimes crying.

happy wedding day dan & kiley and happy 3rd anniversary to b.

first foods

william has had a few tastes of solid foods and so far he's loved them. this week we tried butternut squash. he started out clean, content and upright.

the first few bites were successful and he even began attempting to feed himself. he refused to sit up, leaning to right was he preferred position for eating.

as we proceeded we leaned even more to the right, got a lot messier, and had a breakdown if mom didn't keep the food coming.

thank goodness for our fingers. they solve all problems.

primary

ben and i team teach the 9 years olds in primary. we love it.

ruby, brayden and sammy are all super smart and fun. they also love william.

5 months

william joshua turned 5 months old today. this is the first month where we don't have a doctor's appointment. must mean he's growing up.

williams current favorites are eating lots, sleeping (but only in his cradle), the bjorn, walks around battery park, sucking on any part of his hands or anyone else's hands, curling his toes, baths, toys he can put in his mouth, reading books in bed, laughing when being called a silly goose, and fake coughing.

the other exciting news of the day is that williams cousin calvin davis was born! congrats to cory and eric, we can't wait to meet the little guy.

central park

we've lived in new york close to 5 months now and had yet to make the trip up to central park. so we headed up this past weekend.

i mainly wanted to see the central park conservatory. it did not disappoint. the lilacs were in bloom and so were an amazing variety of tulips.

we learned william does not like cold water, just warm water in his bath. this was taken right before we dipped his feet in the water and he quickly expressed his dislike.

one reason this was our first outing to central park is that william has limited happy time between naps. and he loves napping in his cradle. and central park isn't necessarily a short outing from lower manhattan. so as he began to make it clear it was nap time we found a spot under a tree and successfully had a little nap, enough to hold him over for the subway ride home. it was kind of a production, but helped everyone be happy.

central park i love you and hope to return often for more exploration.

cherry blossoms

we officially love the spring in new york. we headed out to the brooklyn botanical gardens one day during the peak of the cherry blossoms.

it was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

the lovely kimber even did an impromptu photo shoot of william.

he couldn't decide if he was happy or sad.

spring!

spring has thankfully arrived! yippee! it turns out new york does spring splendidly, especially our neighborhood of battery park city.

we've enjoyed lots of walks in the warm weather and also visited the park.

really likes watching the tree limbs blow in the wind.

4 months

william had his 4 month check up today. he continues to grow well, now at 13 lb 5 oz and 25 inches.

he also loves his zebra.

tummy time

we practice tummy time everyday. william is slowly beginning to enjoy positions other than his back. he's even consistently rolling over now.

he also recently has discovered that his lower lip is tasty.

here's footage of the first time he rolled over at 2 1/2 months. grandma shafer taught him this trick.

water

we recently had to return to boston to wrap up work. (i'm officially a full time mom now.) as a result we stayed in a fancy hotel with pool and hot tub. william loves his bath so we were excited to introduce him to lots more water.

his swimsuit is too big, but hopefully should fit by summertime.

he also got to shower with dad to get the pool chlorine off. he sure loves water.

our backyard

living in new york we of course are in an apartment building. however, we are fortunate the statue of liberty is in our backyard. here's a family picture from a chilly sunday stroll around our neighborhood.

california, part 2

on our final few days in california lots and lots of family came to town to visit and celebrate william and cousin jacob's blessing. here's their first meeting. i don't think they really care.

great grandma hayden got them both at the same time.

and william's not sure about those booties grandma forrest has on him.

we also went to the park with dad.

i love that face.

3 months

william has past the 3 month mark. at his doctor visit today he weighed in at a healthy 12 lb 10 oz and is 24 3/4 inches long. and he also got two shots which was sad. here he is with his zebra.

to mark his 3 month birthday we took a water taxi from manhattan to the brooklyn ikea and got him a gym as he is now more interactive with his toys.

he was happy.

california, part 1

we stayed in california for 10 delightful days. there were many new experiences every day. on our first day grandma showered us with fun toys.

we had lots of tummy time,

finally captured a smile on camera,

first laughs, sleeping on grandpa's shoulder,

kissing back, first trip to the park,

and just being cute.

and that all happened before meeting lots of family!