Weekend Update

We had a pretty good weekend. Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon we watched our friends the Hughes' three boys while their parents went out to celebrate Teresa's birthday. It was quite the dynamic change to suddenly have William be the youngest of 4 kids! They boys were a lot of fun- with only a small handful of to-be-expected fights or breakdowns.
On Saturday morning we hit a milestone! William crawled after Ginger, the Hughes' cat! It wasn't graceful, but it was effective. I'm not sure that Ginger appreciated this new threat. She started to bat at him and then ran away when he moved even closer and grabbed her tail. What a big boy we have!
On Saturday night Nathaniel and I attended a Marine Birthday Ball. It was fun to get all dolled up. My friend Lisa and her daughter, Sarah did my hair and makeup. Sarah babysat William and I think that went okay. It was nice to get out and meet some people that Nathaniel works with, but in true Nathaniel and Felicity fashion we bailed out on the dancing segment that started around 930 to go home to bed. We like to dance, we just like sleep more... especially when we know our jumping bundle of joy will be awake and singing at 6am.
Sunday.....Sunday's are always a bit of a challenge. Church starts at 9 and William is well ready for a nap by then. This is usually somewhat of a battle with me missing all or most of Sacrament meeting or Sunday School (Julia, your talents would be a welcome relief-today too, W fought his nap for 45 minutes!!). This Sunday I brought along a babyhawk carrier that a friend had lent me. William made it through all of Sacrament meeting with only a brief breather out in the hall with Daddy. Before Sunday school I took William to the "mother's lounge" (aka materials center with ikea chairs) and strapped him in the babyhawk, put a blanket over his head and... he was asleep within a minute!!! I cannot even tell you how happy I was. Babyhawk will become a new Sunday staple for us. It helped in more ways than one because at his 20lbs+ size, he really gets too heavy for me to hold for his whole nap (and he's also nearing the weight limit on the Bjorn)! So... all in all, Sunday was a success. I got to actually participate in and enjoy all 3 meetings. Fabulous. Yesterday W was grumpy all day, but regardless it was nice to enjoy the day to just all be together on N's day off.

Among other things William loves these days, he especially loves to jump.

All dressed up!

William's new found mobility seems to be disturbing naptime!!!! Driving me nuts!

Can you just feel Nathaniel's enthusiasm here? I suspect this is why William wasn't feeling well yesterday! And- he waited until he could hit his favorite barf target to let loose. (I can laugh, because it isn't me!)