Book

Will's first sign is "book". It's very cute.
He figured it out about 36 hours ago and has already put it to good use.
He uses it when he wants his first bedtime story, his second, third...and cries signing "book" when I put him in bed.
It was a good procrastination tool that first night. I'm sure he'll come up with more.

Chug-a-lug-a

Dear William,

I will give you your milk back. There's no need to chug and leave yourself short of breath.
Promise.

Mamamamama

Oops!

And for those of you who sent messages to my gmail account, oops! Haven't checked that in ages.

Dear Henry,

You, handsome man, are quite the heartbreaker! It was nice to get your Valentine pic in April:)

K

And we're back

Busy, busy, busy...

Just back from Jordan, already planning for the summer spent in the states. Can't wait.

Jordan is fantastic and of all the places we've visited, it's the one I would most recommend. They pack many interesting sites into a very small country.

Will get back to this more often. Much shorter, but more often.

K

They'll take your "10 miles, uphill both ways in the snow with no shoes" and raise you 110 degrees in the desert in a dress.

I can't make this stuff up.

The item with the photo was from the "Question of Culture" section of the local paper. I think he pretty much nails the mindset. The receipt is from the ag souk where you go to buy cheap plants, pots, etc. Do you think he ment Clematis?

Mmmm, bacon

The jet lag has been horrible for both Will and me. Made worse, I believe, because we pulled it together pretty well when we reached the states. I thought we'd be alright when we got back to Doha. Ha!

He's been up every night and it's only getting worse. It's 6:43am on Saturday right now and I've slept a total of 2 hours. I can't sleep anymore, but Will's finally out. He slept from about 10pm to 1am and didn't go back down until 5 in the A.M.

I do kinda like my new early morning hours though. Yesterday I made pancakes and some bacon smuggled in from Norway for breakfast and finished grocery shopping by 9am. Of course by 10am I thought I might die from fatigue, but the bacon almost made it worth it.

I just look at a piece of cake and it goes straight to my thighs!

From the salesclerk when I was making a return, "Those are some thighs!"

From the one hour photo lady at Walgreens, "Look at those legs. He's almost walking right?"

Me, "Um, no. He's not quite 6 months."

Walgreens lady, "GASP!" pause, "oh, sorry!" She was sorry about her alarming gasp, not her comment about baby boy's legs.

And finally Jamie, "At least Jade's not the only one with chunky thighs anymore." (Spoken friendly-like of course.)

“You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas” (Davy Crockett)

Big fun in the Lone Star State for our little man. He's been to an ultra exclusive girls weekend at the river, trips to Fort Worth, Austin and finally to Houston. He's turned out to be a fantastic flier and slept most of the 17 hours of plane ride home. Same for the 4 hour and 3 hour drives to Fort Worth and Austin to see his cousins.
Cousin Maggie loves to make him laugh, cousin Avery loves to baby the baby and cousin Katherine goes straight for his eyes.
Perry finally made it home this week and we couldn't be happier.

Already threatening to call CPS

I won't do more tummy time. I won't!


Whew! Thought you had me there for a second.

Hiccups and Head Control

Mmmm, Sangria and cinnamon sticks on steroids

One of the girls from the compound made this Sangria recipe and I'm hooked. It called for two 3" cinnamon sticks, which I couldn't find. Luckily, Perry found these on his way home.
That's a dinner plate and one stick. It might be cinnamon flavored bark, but it does the trick.

Carrie's Sangria

1 cup apple juice

1/3 cup Triple Sec

1/4 cup sugar

4 whole cloves

3 blood (or navel) oranges, cut into 1/4 inch slices

2 lemons cut into 1/4 inch slices

2 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks

1 Bartlett pear, cut into small cubes

2 plums, cut into small cubes

1 bottle fruity red wine

Combine all ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Remove cloves and cinnamon sticks before serving.

One of the many reasons he'll hate us later

Giving us a piece of his mind about that tummy time garbage

Pear-Banana Scented Bottoms

Perry found these today. There's nothing right about this, but Maggie and Avery will love it. Take note of the lapin (rabbit).

William goes to the beach

We took William on a long weekend to the Maldives this weekend. He was a very good boy.

He took a 4 hour plane ride. Slept.

He took a boat ride to get to the island. Slept.

He went on a sunset dolphin cruise. Slept.

Glass bottom boat cruise. Slept.

Dinners. Slept

Our villa was perfect-right by the water. Wills could take a nap in the room and we could hang out on the beach and hear him when he woke up.

He made a new friend. Some might say a ceiling fan can't really be your friend, but you'd be wrong. Each time we put him on the bed for a diaper change, he'd laugh and talk to the fan for as long as we'd let him. Not many people are imaginative enough to make a friend out of inanimate object. He's gifted.

Hair Club for Men

Wills has been losing his hair by the fistfuls. It looks like a black cat's been sleeping in his bed and car seat. It looks like it's growing back in a little lighter. Might have to change his name to T.J. now.

Wills goes to the hospital

Our little man had a yucky cough for 4 or 5 days. He was eating fine, smiling, sleeping and being our little man, just with a cough. I went to the EM doctor to get a referral for a dermatologist for myself and asked him to listen to little buddy's chest and make sure the cough wasn't in his chest. He had an appt on Tues for his 2 month check up and this was Sunday. He said he heard a "wheeze" and told me I probably needed to get it checked out. We go downstairs to the ped's office and he says "his chest is not clear at all". Then he orders chest x-rays and a culture to see what was going on. His chest x-rays showed some infiltrations, so the doctor tells us we're not leaving, he's checking Wills into the hospital for three or four days. Hmmmm.
We get a room. They put a line in (bad, bad, evil nurses. and he smiled at them when they were finished!) and start IV antibiotics until they know for sure what's going on. They give him the nebulizer every 6 hours. The doctor came in the next morning and said Wills has RSV/brochilitis with pneumonia infiltrations. They stop the antibiotics and tell us if he continues they way he is, we can go home the next day.
Now we're home. No meds, just saline drops for his nose. He's a tough little bug.

He is so yummy