Feeding Himself

I think I'm ready for this- Will loves feeding himself. You give him a spoon and a bowl and he is happy- problem is he is definitely a novice at this (we are still working on getting the spoon upright- he flips it over so only sticky food works for now). So as you can see its kind of a mess and somedays I think oh so cute and other days I think, ugh can I just feed you? He literally will disgustedly wave off some food that I offer to feed him, but then if I put it in his bowl and let him eat it himself he will happily spill ...I mean eat it himself.

Our Little Patient

Sadly this is an image we have seen a lot over the last month. This is Will in the hospital - he is sitting with Dennis watching a Baby Einstein (totally a lifesaver in the hospital) while he gets his antibiotic. Let me just say - tethering a one year old to an IV pole is a little challenging (big understatement). During our first hospitalization he had to keep his IV in 24/7- I had to keep unwrapping him at night while he "slept" (there was not much sleeping done by any of us). But I should also say I am thankful for the care he received. Living internationally we can worry about medical care- but it was great.

I didn't take many pictures- I wasn't sure if this was something I should document but I did snap this picture- he looked so cute in his hospital pjs.

We're Still Here!

I know many of you may have given up hope on this blog- goodness knows I almost did too.  Its been 2 months since I posted- wow! Well a lot has happened. Let's see- we went to Thailand, Will got pneumonia and was in the hospital for 3 days then we came home, my parents came (yea woo hoo- so much fun- see pic), we started our move to a new apartment, Will got sick again (cabbing to the hospital with a cold cloth over his head trying to bring his 103-104 fever down- ah!) then a 4 day hospital stay (I will write more about these later), then back to our new apartment to continue moving, (meanwhile our landlord continues to try and squeeze as much money out of us- he's like a cartoon villian- you know not that scary but annoying), then I got a cold, and now we are all finally healthy and almost settled. Phew! Oh and somehow during the move we lost our camera memory card AND the cord that connects it to the computer to load pictures. AIYO! (as they say here- aka: Oh MY!) So for now the only pics I can post are the ones taken with the computer camera (hence the above picture) but we will prevail and get more pics up here somehow, someway.  Don't give up on us.... 

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