The Proof

I finally captured it! Here is our big boy rolling over. This is a really good one and he even pulls himself back up after he almost rolls over. Here's our strong little boy showing off!

Mr. Social

This week has been a busy week.  It is definitely December!  Monday night Tricia and I went to First Monday at a church in Forney.  On Tuesday I took Will to Ft. Worth and he got to meet Martha, my mom’s cousin.  Then we went to dinner with some friends we hadn’t seen in ages.  We grew up going to church with them.  It was great to catch up.  Last night I had dinner with the girls in my Community Group and Ally came over to see Will.  We have plans tonight, tomorrow night and I am shopping with some girlfriends on Sat.  Yay for fun times with good friends!

Here is Will in one of my favorite outfits.  I love to dress him like a little man!  His shoes are way cute, too.  The left one is falling off in this pic.

  

Mimi has this fun fishy lamp at her place.  Will loved it!  He stared very intensely at it.  So funny!

Today, some of the girls from my Square One class got together for a little Christmas get together.  The babies even had a gift exchange!  The girls in the class are such sweet ladies and I am so glad they are continuing to get together for a “play group.”  I’ll definitely miss getting together with them.  I won’t be able to go during busy season. I should be able to pick back up after April 15th! 

Ally got Will some Christmas outfits.  He was cute in this one – he looked like one of Santa’s helpers!

Here are all the babies.  It was hilarious trying to take their pic.  We didn’t exactly expect them to cooperate, we just wanted a pic of all of them!

Lily, Asher, Henry, Elise, Sam, Will, & Rosslyn

Will was snuggling in with Sam and Sam didn’t appreciate it.  At one point Will was trying to eat Sam’s tummy!  :)

  

Much to Kevin’s disappointment, we are not putting up our Christmas tree this year.  Our place is so small and Will’s “stuff” has overtaken our place.  Tara had a very pretty tree up at her place and we got a pic in front of it.

Now I need to get to work on getting my Christmas cards out!  Have a great day!

Inspiration!

On Sunday at our church (Watermark Church) we had the neat experience of hearing Nick Vujicic speak.  Nick is from Australia and was born without arms or legs.  The doctors gave him no medical reason for why he was born this way.  At some point in his life he decided to take what seemed horrible and use it to spread the word of Jesus Christ.  It was inspiring to see someone who seems so disabled do so much more than I could ever imagine doing with my completely “normal” body.  If you ever get a chance to hear him speak – do so!  I think you can also find him on youtube and read more about him on his website.  http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/index.php

Rockin’ & Rollin’

Look who can roll over!  The other day I put him down for the tummy time he hates so much.  He decided to get out of tummy time his own way!  Here’s what I imagine he was thinking.

Tummy time again?  I’ll show her.

See me mom?  Look…I’m going… 

over!!  Ha!  I did it.  I got out of tummy time! 

Unfortunately for him I put him right back on his tummy.  :)  The funny thing is he rolled over again!  I caught the above pics on the 2nd rollover.  He did it again over and over again with Kevin the other day.  Uncle Dustin and cousin Dylan got to see it.  Dylan showed his rolling skills, too.  We tried to show Aunt Tricia last night and he wasn’t feeling it.  So…he can do it, but only when he really wants to.  Can’t believe you can already do this Will!  You’re growing too fast.  Please slow down a little…please!

Fun times at Dylan’s Party!

Dylan’s birthday party was yesterday.  We had a great time!  Dylan seemed to really enjoy himself and got lots of fun toys!  The party was at the Children’s Museum, which was perfect for 3 year olds!  After the party we went over to their house and watched the sad Cowboy’s game.  Dylan didn’t care – he had tons of fun toys to play with!

Dylan and his fireman themed cake…

   This year he really got into opening presents!

A little family pic

He got a little tired from all the activity!  This is his hat I also got from etsy.  So sweet!

With uncle J and his cousins Addison & Ian.

Will made a friend!  Brenly is over 5 mos old and Will is just about as tall as her!

Uncle J got to spend some time with Will.

Hanging with mommy.

Happy Birthday Dylan!

Happy 3rd Birthday to my sweet nephew, Dylan!! We love you so much and can't believe you are 3! We love watching you grow up and are so glad you moved closer so we can see you on your special day. Can't wait to celebrate at your party on Sunday!

Thankful

I am sure it is pretty evident what we are thankful for in this household this year. Not only do we have the cutest little boy in the world, he is perfectly healthy. I can't tell you how appreciative I am to look at him and see that he is thriving. He is growing and he is changing everyday. And, he seems to be a happy baby. He is so easy going most of the time. He smiles more and more each day and he "talks" to us quite a bit! He loves to play and coo and it makes us melt. He is just the sweetest! I am so thankful to have a happy, healthy, easy baby! This face is so sweet and I just can't even imagine life without him!

I think these overalls are super cute. Disclaimer - Kevin does not like overalls and hates that I put him in them. Oh, well. Mommy thinks you're precious in them Will!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! On Wednesday evening, we went out to Ally's house in Forney and spent the night for the first time. Will did great. He actually didn't make a peep until 7am! I was so worried he would keep the house up, but he slept like a champ. (Actually, he has been sleeping through the night quite a bit lately...another praise!) On Thursday, my mom and uncle also came out to Ally's house and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner together. Thanks for all the yummy food Ally! Here is Will in his adorable Thanksgiving outfit.
Aunt Kayse was home for Thanksgiving and she surprised Will with some matching pj's! Aren't they cute in their pjs?

Look at these cute cheeks! I can't believe he is 10 1/2 weeks old!

Will still seems to really hate tummy time. We make him do it everyday and you would think he would get used to it, but he doesn't. But the more frustrated he gets, the higher he lifts his neck. Sorry Will - I promise it is good for you!

On Friday morning, mom and I went shopping for some bargains. We got some great deals - it was a huge success! We didn't go when stores opened, which was key. We missed the mad dash and still found most of what we were looking for. I am not a patient shopper usually so it is nice to go with my mom who is a pro at finding amazing deals.

We feel so blessed in the Tooker house. We have wonderful friends and family that are so supportive of us. We got to spend some time with some of them at the Stars game Sat. night. It was great to catch up and spend some time relaxing together. Life is so good and it is is nice to stop and think about all the blessings we've been given.