My Little Man

How can you not love that face?  Those dark, smoldering eyes?  His adorable dimples?  This kid is going to go places.  He is the most determined little person I have ever met (except for my niece Leah.) I can't imagine what our life would be like if we hadn't added him to the mix.

It took a while, but he's finally started to talk. Prior to this however, you could always tell what he wanted because he is so expressive; a look or a gesture and he knew he had you right where he wanted you.  My favorite things that he says are "my mommy" "ama's house," "agin, agin""tank you" "my b" and "Allrie."  To translate, those are my mommy, grandma's house, again, again, thank you, my binkie and any of these: Allie, Erin or Annie.

He has discovered cars and loves to play with his "vroom vroom".  He likes to play with our miniature Disney characters because he thinks it makes him like his big brother Jack with his Infinity characters.  He calls them "my guys."  I am a little concerned however, because he seems to gravitate towards the villains.

He hauls around his pile of blankets; kind of like Linus on steroids.  We call him "the ragman" at our house.  He has signs for many things, thanks to his late start in talking, so life at our house is sometimes a big game of charades.

Will loves to watch movies.  His favorites are MegaMind and Wreck-It Ralph.  He also likes Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Hotel Transylvania.  He and I like to spend our afternoons watching shows, since naps are becoming fewer and farther between.

Will has figured out how to climb out of his crib and open his door.  Most mornings he makes his way into our room about 5 am, which I don't love.  Just like Jack, he loves to climb, swim and run and has gestures that demonstrate all of these actions.

Will loves to play with his cousins Aspen and Grayson and especially loves his little cousin River.  He loves babies.  And dogs.  Fortunately for him, the dogs love him as much as he loves them.

Will has really missed the big kids as they have gone back to school this year, but I suspect that once I start feeling better, we are really going to have a great time; the two of us.  

Every day I am so glad that I get to be this boys mom.  He gives me hope for the future.