baptized & blessed

We celebrated Will on Sunday with his baptism! Will got to "share" his baptism with 8 other babies at our church in Ames - it was quite the event! Will's godparents are Aunt Bri and our good friend from high school, Aaron Carlson. Will cried (of course, since he hates being naked and he hates getting wet), but my sister pointed out - the was one baby who cried louder than he did. :) Sitting at church, I truly felt so blessed...for myself and Josh, but also for Will. We had a pew and a half FULL of family members and friends (14 adults, 4 kids/babies), all there just to see our angel get baptized...it made my heart full, and it still does today thinking about it again. Our little guy is so loved!

Enjoy the pics below...some our from our camera and some Grandpa Barber e-mailed me. The church also took pictures, and will share those when I get them!

(This is NOT the outfit I was going to wear...Will projectile vomited on me right before we left for the church...grrr...)

will fix

Did you need your Will fix for the day? :) Ha! (Well, for those of you that did, here it is.) :)



(Not sure why this picture turned sideways...grrr...)




(I am doing some serious playing right here...can't you tell??) :)



Last night, my principal and her 3 daughters came to our house for supper/to hang out. I got to thinking after they left, how cool is that??? I bet a lot of people can't say that they "hang out" with their boss. :) It was great to catch up on school stuff, and Keatin had A BLAST!!! Seriously, those girls are welcome here EVERY night! We ate a fancy dinner of Papa John's pizza...and then Keatin, Emma, Grace, and Josie were off to play. It was such a luxury - Keatin played in the basement WITHOUT Josh or I - ha ha! Anyways, at one point, these beauties paraded upstairs to show us what they were up to. :) :) (Josie is on the left, Grace in the middle, and then Keatin). I am NOT LYING when I say before 8 am this morning, Keatin had asked for "those gwirls" to come to "my house" to "pay wif me" 3 times! And we have continued talking about them all day!

Will gets baptized this Sunday, so I am sure we will have lots of pictures to share after that. I am a bit concerned that his baptism outfit is going to be snug - chubby boy! Will's godparents are Aunt Bri and our good friend Aaron. We are excited to have everyone here! The nun in charge of baptisms at our church e-mailed me yesterday that there will be 9 babies baptized on Sunday - holy babies! :)

more will

Just a few more pics of Will from the last couple days...

Tummy time = not happy time... :) :(

I am smiling all the time these days! This morning, I smiled at the orange wall in my living room for several minutes straight! :) If you could see me right now, I am "talking" and smiling at the toys on my bouncy seat! I have also really discovered how to swing my fists around...which has ended in lots of punches to my own face, which I don't necessarily enjoy...oops!





I have projectile vomited 4 times over the last couple days...so when we were in SL over the weekend, we swung by Grandpa Barber's clinic and he had a look at me... Mommy and Daddy were SHOCKED to learn I weigh...

11 pounds, 8 ounces!!!!!

Holy cow! Guess I am going to be more round than my sister!!!!

luv u mom

Good morning Mom! Sorry I barfed all over you, me, the chair, the blankets, my clothes, your clothes at 4 am...just like I did yesterday afternoon. Oops! But look at my chubby cheeks and my little grin...don't you just love me anyways? :)

sigh

So...Grandma Barber offered to come to Ames today and watch Will while I went to my appointment...and then she took Keatin back to SL with her, one day before Josh/Will/I head there. Keatin was excited - she will have a lot of fun...but I miss her. :( I know I will see her tomorrow and maybe I should be excited I don't have 2 little ones to watch after for a day...but my heart misses her anyways...am I crazy?????

So, here I am, playing with Will and missing Keatin...and then he coughs and projectile spits-up ALL OVER his swing, his blanket, himself, and me...sigh and yuck!

smiles

Will is really starting to smile, and I have even heard him try to coo a few times. :)

He tends to smile the most on his changing table...not sure why...I think he likes looking at the red curtains in his room. :) I tired to catch a few smirks on camera, but the only camera that was near was our old one...and of course, I couldn't snag any great pictures. (Isn't that the way it seems to work??) :)

I go back to the doctor this afternoon for my 6 week check-up...that can't be possible, 6 weeks already...wow. We are also heading to Storm Lake for the weekend...our first overnight trip as a family of 4...I am expecting to be exhausted by the time we get back. :)

random

(That post title can be in honor of my sister, Jen...random...that is definitely her word.) :) :)

Anyways...just a few random pictures from Josh's phone...and a video of Keatin and Jack from Saturday night. :)

Here is what daddy and Keatin do when playing with play-doh...stick it on your forehead...what else?? :)



Josh and Lyle went to the ISU BB game on Saturday night...he took this picture from his phone. And since the boys were gone, please see video below - the girls (ok...and Jack) had some fun! :)

cheeks

So, this boy has some cheeks...they are getting chubbier by the day. :)

And in the last few days, I SWEAR he is trying to smile at his mama. :)

1 month pics

If you want a glimpse at Will's 1 month pictures, go to the website below...

www.myonlineportraits.com

session # - 105423
password - YMZYD

You can take a little peek...once we did all the sizing and enhancements, they are WAY better. :) Can't wait to pick them up!

playing

Although Keatin loves her brother very much, she certainly still enjoys playing with others who move a bit more than him...like her buddy Jack! The DeWilds were over last night for supper, and Keatin decided Jack needed to be "pretty" with her...and even hop in the lego wagon for a ride! Lyle was not impressed by Jack's dress - we thought he looked pretty sharp. :)

Will {one month}

Will - you are already 1 month old...seriously, where has the time gone?? A friend told me time goes SO much faster with the 2nd one - I think she is right! We got Will's 4 week pictures taken yesterday, and will post a link to look at them when it is available...

You have outgrown your newborn diapers - yesterday I broke down and started putting size 1 on you...they fit so much better.

Newborn clothes are too small - 0-3 stuff fits, but I think you have your daddy's arms...some of sleeves seem short! I would love to know what you weigh - I am POSITIVE you are going to be bigger than your sister!

You have very alert times every day and enjoy looking at lights, your baby gym, the blue water on your bouncy seat, or your big sister. You swat at toys that are dangled within reach!

You are tough - Keatin loves you to pieces, and you are very kind to let her "love" you up & down...even if it is a little much at times. :)

You prefer laying with your head elevated, not flat on your back. I can't put my finger on it, but mommy is pretty sure you have painful gas at times...maybe reflux or some type of digestive issue??? After you eat, you are typically pretty squirmy...you may cry, grunt, pull your knees up, or go stiff as a board. Sometimes you burp, sometimes you don't. During the night, you tend not to fall right back to sleep. I am debating about calling the pediatrician to see if he has any insight. We will see...

Most nights, I put you to bed anywhere between 9:30-11:00 pm. You are pretty consistently waking up anywhere between 1:30 and 3:00 to eat...and then again anywhere between 5:00-6:30. SO...not HORRIBLE, but mommy is still pretty tired. :)

You are strong and hold your head up really well. Sometimes when you are playing on the floor, I swear you are trying to roll over...although that can't be true yet!

You HATE baths and being without clothes - you SCREAM!

You are SO, SO loved. :) I love you little man...

christmas #2

We had our Barber Christmas over the weekend! G & G Barber and Bri/Tyler came to Ames on Friday night, and we spent the weekend celebrating Christmas all together. We opened gifts on Saturday morning (aka - Keatin opened everyone's gifts)...and Josh promptly used his gift money to go buy a Playstation 3...which then meant he/Tyler/Paul fiddled around with that all afternoon. :) Keatin and I got our hair trimmed, thanks to Bri...and Josh/Paul went to a 3D movie on Saturday night. Since Keatin and Will had everyone up before 6 am this morning, we were able to go eat brunch by 8! (Which when I told my mom that, she reminded me that isn't brunch at all...that is breakfast...ha ha!) :) It was a great weekend and so nice to spend time with family!

Josh has been home the last 2 weeks on FMLA and he has to go back to work tomorrow...he is dreading it...I kind of am too...it has been nice to have him around during the day. :)

Will is doing great and really starting to grow. Both Josh and I commented the other day that he has lost that newborn look already. :) His newborn diapers are definitely getting snug - I can't believe it! I swear Keatin wore those itty-bitty diapers for a long time. I really think Will is going to be bigger than her. We have his 4 week pictures scheduled for Tuesday afternoon - I hope we get some good ones!

Present time!


Tyler & Will :)

Josh was amazed at how much hair Bri cut off my head...so he took a pic of the pile, with Lily next to it. :)


G & G Barber and Keatin/Will...

The Big Sister wanted her picture with Baby Whale. :)