Will's Portraits

We had Will's two year-old portraits taken on Saturday. These are the Internet proofs, so they are small and the margins won't be quite right from the way that we ordered them, but here are the best ones :) Isn't he getting big?

Houston Pictures

Hunting eggs indoors

Reading books with Great-grandma Glenda
Posing with Great-grandma Glenda and Great-grandpa Roy

Riding the Bob the Builder bulldozer at Chuck E. Cheese's

Riding the Barney train
One of the only useable pictures I got of Will on the carousel :)
His favorite part of the night...climbing to the top of the tunnels to look out of the race car! (Notice Uncle Kendall behind him!) :)

Week in Review

Wow, what a week. Last Saturday we woke up to quite wintery weather in Big Spring. We thought our 10:40 flight was delayed until about 1:00, but when we got to the airport at 10:30, they were actually starting to board. The flight from earlier that day was combined with ours and we had to board the plane from the tarmac, which was interesting considering I am pregnant with a two-year-old and a stroller; plus, the steps up to the plane were very icy. Eek! We proceeded to sit on the unbearably hot plane for almost an hour while they de-iced it. We finally took off around 11:45 and made it to Houston at about 1:15. We also had to get off the plane on the tarmac...this time the steps weren't icy, but it was raining. Ah, the fun of it. I was very fortuante to be sitting next to a lovely lady that helped me out tremendously. We became fast friends.

Saturday was a very long day to say the least. Sunday, we enjoyed a nice Easter service at church despite the chilly weather outside. Will did his egg-hunting indoors since the ground was still rather wet. My mom's family joined us for Easter lunch (which was absolutely delicious!) and we enjoyed getting to see one another.

The week-days were somewhat monotonous for Will and I, since both my parents had to work during the day. We did a little TV-watching and made our way to a little playground not far from the house most mornings. I got to meet up with several friends from the past (and present!), so that was really great. Tuesday night I got to eat out with my friend Emily, who will be a bride in May, so it was fun talking wedding with her. Wednesday, I went to Babies-R-Us with Kelly and her son Keynan and we checked out strollers and baby girl bedding. On Thursday, Kathy and her son Patrick joined us for some swimming in my parents' pool. And on Friday, Heather and her children, Melanie and Marshall went to the playground with us and later that afternoon another friend Emily and her kids Sheree and Owen came to play. It was so good to see all of them! I hadn't seen the second Emily in about 5 years, so that was especially a treat.

Last night, Mom, Kendall, his fiancee Staci, and their friend Christa took Will and I to Chuck E. Cheese. Will had a wonderful time. He loved riding the mechanical cars and the little carousel. Kendall was nice enough to take him up into the big tunnels where they have a car that the kids can look out (he was too small to go through by himself). Kendall, Staci, and Christa earned enough tickets to get Will a cool prize, too.

Today, our plan is to take Will to the zoo this afternoon and maybe do a little shopping before we have to leave tomorrow. I have some pictures I'd like to share, but I'll have to wait till I get home to load them onto the computer (I don't have a card-reader here). So, be looking for pictures to go along with this story on Sunday or Monday!

It's been a great week, but both Mama and Will miss Daddy and will be very glad to see him when we get home. We have tried to talk to him every night and he is doing well, doing all his handy-man jobs around the house! I can't wait to see when I get back!

A Few Belly Shots

It came to my attention that I rarely include my face in my belly pics, so I tried to get one today. I still think I look pretty bad, but oh well. I took these pictures myself, so that is why the angles might look a little funny.

In other news, Will and I will be traveling again, this time to Houston. We wanted to be able to fly Will one more time while he is free :) Hopefully this crazy cold front won't interfere with our flight plans tomorrow. We will be at my parents house for a week and Scott will stay home and hopefully do some handy-man things around the house! I will still have Internet access there, so I won't be completely out of pocket. We are looking forward to our visit!

Two Bellies

Last week I was blessed to be able to see my good friend Kara and her family! Will and I had good trips to and from Carlsbad, even though we got stuck behind a lot of slow traffic :)

The kids enjoyed playing together and it was amusing watching them learn to share. They did pretty well. We didn't do anything spectacular; we just enjoyed catching up and being goofy again. Here are a couple of shots of the two of us and our pregnant bellies. Kara is 34 weeks (she's almost done!) and I am almost 24 weeks in the pictures.