Our Little Papi

It seems like since Will has turned a year old, he is learning something new every day!!  He can now hold his sippy cup on his own and drinks whole milk...no more formula! yeah!!!  :)  Also, he can clap now!!! He just decided to start clapping one night all on his own!  It is soo cute!  He still loves dancing and now will sing along with the radio, people at church, etc.  He will even perform on command sometimes!  What a kid! Anyway, here are some pictures from the last few weeks:

This shirt is a late birthday present from Dad(Dan).  I don't know...I think he might be a Yankees fan from the look on his face!  hehe j/k!  He even played with his baseball game to make the shirt "official." It really snowed in Birmingham.  I know last month I posted some pictures of Will playing in the "frost," but this time he had some real snow to play in!  It was really fun, but cold and wet so we only stayed out for a few minutes to get some pictures.And here is Will in his robe from Gigi.  He looks like such a little man in it!!

Will's Big One!!

Our baby is ONE year old now!!!! Wow, where did the time go? It is amazing how quickly time flies when you have a child. I have always heard people say this, but now I am experiencing it myself and it is soooo true!! The past year has definetly been the best year of my life, and I think that I can say the same for Dan too. Watching our little baby grow into a toddler has been the most awesome experience. This little person is so wonderful and smart and sweet that you can't help but love watching him grow and I know that each year will only get better!! Okay, now that I am all choaked up...let me move on! :) We had a nice birthday party at our house last Saturday. All the grandparents made it, great-grandmother and great-pappa, great aunt Tam, and Molly and Kirk all came too!! It was the perfect day and I think that Will thoroughly enjoyed himself, from the ice cream cake to all the fun new toys, to the chair that we can't get him out of now! :) It was exactly what I pictured for his first birthday!! THANK YOU to all of you who came to the party and also to all of you who couldn't make it but sent him a gift. He is one lucky little boy to have so many people that love him! Here are some pictures:(there were sooo many good ones, but I tried to narrow it down...if you would like to see more, just ask and I will be glad to share!!) :)

Christmas in Birmingham

Happy New Year!! I have posted some pictures of Christmas weekend at our house! It was really nice to be at home on Christmas and spend some family time together. We definetly missed our families on the actual day, but thankfully, we were able to see all of them around the holiday too! That way we were able to enjoy the best of both worlds! We made a trip to Jackson on the 14th for "Christmas" weekend with the Armstrong clan. It was great to see everyone and especially Erin who we had not seen since MAY!! Then we went to Hartselle on the weekend after Christmas...New Years weekend. And that was also a fun weekend spending time with the Whatley side!! I will post some pictures later from those two weekends, once I get all the pictures from the grandparents. Ok...so to narrate the Christmas pictures:

These pictures are from Christmas Eve. Since we live in Alabama, we figured this might be the closest Will ever comes to seeing snow, so we took full advantage of the "frost." haha He had a ball crawling around all bundled up and he looked so darn cute in his snowsuit from Dan's family friends in Maine!







We went to mass on Christmas Eve. Afterward, we tried to take some pictures in front of the manger scene, but it was a very popular spot for EVERYONE in the church to take pictures. Also, Will could not stop looking at the statues or the children gathered around them. So, here are the pictures we got. We were able to get a nice family shot using the timer on our camera back at home that night.
Dan then read The Night Before Christmas to us before it was time for Will to go the bed and wait for Santa.





Santa came the next morning and left Will a brand new toy basket filled with toy food and a puppy stuffed animal. As you can see, his favorite thing was the basket itself which he liked to be put inside of!! Santa didn't even forget about ole Roxie...He brought her a new collar and a chew bone. Everyone had a very merry Christmas!!