Will and Vera

Will has a couple of little girlfriends here and Vera is one of his favorite friends. They both are very active and love to climb and get into EVERYTHING! When they play together (or should I say next to each other) they are in constant motion. Here they are riding together in a double stroller- Vera's mom Jenny had a meeting so I was watching the two of them and took them on a walk together. Now I usually get lots of questions when its just me and Will out (i.e. He looks Chinese? Is his father Chinese? etc.) but the sight of me pushing these two cute kids just left many speechless. Though some did ask about our relationship. Basically these two together made quite a scene- I mean of course they would- look at those beautiful faces!

Having a snack...

Our little Will is growing

I don't know what it is (maybe its the big boy shoes-so cute) but lately Will is seeming more like a little boy. He is walking and loves to walk everywhere- explore every room, climb on things, pull things out- he has a very busy schedule- really just packed from morning till night. Den and I just LOVE to watch him- it is so addicting. Here are a couple of recent shots.

One of the words that Will understands is the word "snuggle". As soon as we say that he plunges his head onto our shoulder or into our chest- the best feeling. Or if Den is holding him on his shoulders he gives him a head snuggle- as pictured above. :)
Here is Will at Toys R Us. Its the first time we took him there and they had this little play area and he just loved it. Doesn't he look SO big sitting on this bike?
Here is Will after a bath- again showing off the snuggle :). After bath he loves being wrapped up like in a cocoon and being sung to.

De Ja Vous

The other day we were in a taxi and Den was holding Will and I all of the sudden realized it was the same exact image I remember seeing a little over 7 months ago the second day we met Will (and luckily I had my camera nearby). I got a little emotional just thinking about how much has changed in such a short amount of time. It has been amazing to see his little personality blossom and hear his laugh (it took us a few months to get those good belly laughs) and just see our hearts burst with love for this amazing precious little gift. Here are the two pictures..


Here is Will and Den in Taiwan on the way back from the hospital back in October.


And here they are last week coming home from lunch together in the taxi- isn't that the best smile?

Mother's Day Photos

Our Little Ham

More Pics of our Cutie

I am desperately trying to catch up to real time with this blog- meaning I want to post pictures of Will that are current or at least only a few weeks old- and I'm getting close. But for now here are a few from back in March.

This is something I see a lot- Will with my cell phone in his hand. He loves to press all the buttons like its his own little baby video game system. He has even called people by accident- whoops. But for some reason it is so entertaining to him and well there are certain times during the day that having a self entertained 1 year old is priceless.

This is taken from the window seat of Will's bedroom. Baby in a basket- its just cute. And doesn't he look great in a hood? (Something that I cannot say about myself)
This is actually from our time in Thailand also- I bought that monkey for Will and it makes this really strange monkey-ish sound when you squeeze it. We call Will our little monkey cause he is tall and skinny with long legs. And he loves to climb up on the couch and on us. Here they are- our little monkey and strange Thailand monkey hanging together in the stroller.

Photo Archives 2

Here is my second installment of old photos- these are a few of us in Thailand in February. A couple of family beach shots.



This is the beach hat that I bought for Will. Only problem is that they only had girl hats at the store- so I bought this blue one- cut off the bow and turned in inside out to hide the lace- Dennis didn't like Will wearing it but hey we Bakers are all for sun protection so he gave in.


And of course every family has the mandatory kid wearing sunglasses photo- and well here is ours. Cute huh?