Hanging out with dad

Saturday afternoon we were sitting down watching Tiger play some amazing golf when I look over to see my boys sitting together. You might be thinking that isn't unusual and you would be right but check out this cute little scene. I thought it was one of the cutest things I have ever seen.

Wills was very comfy just snuggled in there. Oh I just love my little baby (and his dad :)!

snow

We took advantage of the lower snow levels we have had recently and headed up to play with Katie and Canyon Allen. Wills wasn't so much sold on the snow at first but he thoroughly enjoyed walking all over outside. He and Canyon are so cute as they go adventuring together. Last week Wills (who is two or so months older then Canyon) taught Canyon how to sit in puddles. I am sure that is a talent Canyon will use for the rest of his life. It is really fun to have the little guys playing together every week.


Katie let us borrow some gloves but there was no way Wills was keeping them on.

Doesn't he look so cute in his vest and beanie he got for Christmas.


These are low swings but don't they just look so grown up!

Wills doesn't have any good snow boots so when he walked in snow he got upset cause his feet were cold.

Cupcakes

We had a special meeting for church where we were assigned desserts. So we went for two birds with one stone and decided to make chocolate cupcakes therefore fulfilling one of mommies midnight dreams about food (no joke I woke up thinking about chocolate cupcakes) and also bringing dessert. Well turns out another friend brought cupcakes as well so we both took a lot home. To get to the point of this insignificant story Wills climbed onto the table and helped himself. Wills doesn't actually like the cake part of cupcakes, he simply likes the frosting, so we took out the extra frosting and gave him another serving. What's the point of being a mom if you can't give special treats :)

Not much just some pictures

We haven't been doing all that much the last couple weeks. I have been trying to finish all the projects I keep putting off and Wills has been "uncleaning" everything I clean. Although he likes to help with the choirs any mother knows what that really means. I only note this to say that when I load the dishwasher he is sure to engage me or dad in a game of spatula swords, when I vacuum no one is more willing to help then Wills and any other choir I find myself doing I have a willing helper. Although his help usually makes life harder I would rarely have it any other way then having my faithful companion right along side. All this changes of course the moment that Daddy walks in the door and we both know Wills could be having more fun somewhere else.Mommies little helperWills loves to help me vacuum! He gets pretty upset if he doesn't get a turn.

Exciting news for the Moulton Family

We are thrilled to announce, for anyone who hasn't heard, that we are expecting our second baby. I am due July 12 which will put Wills and his little sibling about 2 years apart. We can't wait for Wills to have another friend to hang out with all the time, especially for those times mom or dad are busy.
Now that I am almost 15 weeks I have started to feel better. The first couple months of pregnancy are never fun for any of us but hopefully the nausea and other first trimester symptoms continue to decrease so mommy feels all better soon. I would show you pictures of our new developing baby in mommy but there isn't much to see yet :) According to the baby's first picture everything looks good on the inside which is always a blessing to hear.
Other baby news is that I think we are going to keep the sex of the baby a surprise. I think it will be really fun to not know if we are having a boy or girl until it is born. I am also hoping it will help during labor (that is kind of a joke but there is a big part of me that really hopes so!) Hopefully I feel the same way when we get our second ultra sound at 20 weeks :)
Anyway that is our exciting news... I promise the next post will have some pictures :)

The rest of the holidays

After returning home we had the opportunity to have a mini Christmas/ Birthday party for family members with my family. We had a great time all hanging out and opening more gifts. Unfortunately I forgot he camera or I could show you pictures of the super cool ty-dye shirts my brother Nate and his son Gavyn made for the whole family (all 17 of us plus one extra for our family:) We received so many fun gifts but among our favorites were DDR (dance dance revolution)and sing star for PlayStation . We had a blast singing and dancing our hearts out. Although Nick lacks any singing talent he certainly tries and he is pretty entertaining. I beat him pretty easily at sing star and he kills me at ddr (and looks like a complete nerd doing it :) Good times. New Years Eve was spent at Dan and Chrisy's just hanging out. Then on New Years we played kick ball and had pizza followed by some group competition in sing star. All told we had a wonderful time over all our holidays, we especially enjoyed daddy being home extra time. Sorry there aren't any pictures I kept forgetting the camera.

Christmas in Georgia

We headed to Georgia on December 19th. Nick had to be back two days after Christmas to work so we went and spent time with the family before Christmas. Considering the fact that it is a 4 1/2 hour flight which Wills spent on our laps he did really well on the air plain.

We spent the days before Christmas hanging out, staying up late, and trying to get Wills to adjust to the time difference.

Chris, Missy, and Anna arrived on Saturday (for those who don't know Nick is number 1 of the 8 and Missy is number 2.) We were really excited for there arrival for several reasons. It had been a long time since we had seen them last (almost two years can you believe that!!!) So clearly Anna and Wills had never met. Nick especially enjoys the times he gets to see Missy as they were best buds growing up and when she is absent a big piece of "home" is missing for him. So the big introduction of the two little ones was kind of funny. Anna and Wills just kind of stared at each other for awhile. I think it took a couple hours and a nap before they really started playing together. They did have a great time and it is so nice to have a cousin Wills age.

So Christmas morning arrived and unfortunately for Hannah, the California bums slept in, but eventually the festivities were under way. Everyone had a great time opening gifts and sharing in the mutual delight of all that was received. Wills and Anna had so many gifts to open that they had to take a snack break and then return for more later.

Wills and Anna's trampoline time with Grandpa and Aunt Jenny

Anna's hair was sticking up cause of the static

Uncle Rob playing his new Nintendo DS

Hanging out in the Kitchen where work was constantly being done. I think in this picture a lemon merengue pie and several pie crust were being made. Nick and Wills were making hot, cold chocolate. Nicks special mix.

Anna wondering when her makeover began. Funny Katie was simultaneously wondering when hers ended. You did look great when it was finished Katie!

Christmas morning...

Wills first present
Wills received so many fun gifts but his favorites were two he didn't get. Katie bought Anna a weasel ball. This fake furry weasel is stuck to the ball, you flip the batteries on and the thing moves all over. Wills thought it was great!! Anna, Missy, and Sarah weren't as sold. Wills other favorite toy wasn't even opened. It was Uncle Rob's rocket launcher box. Wills thought it was so fun to push the box around and around the floor.

Uncle Jon gave Wills a Jack-in-the-box. Wills thought it was pretty fun. Here as his smile when it popped out. This picture also shows our little mans snaggle tooth.

Anna moving in for a hug. Wills wasn't digging any hugs this particular morning even though at other times he gave her some really nice hugs. Wills thoughts "wow girlfriend back it up" lol!
Anna will sit and look at books for a really long time. I can hardly get Wills to sit still while I read him one.

Little Anna just hanging out with Grandma having a snack.








Grandma got the swifter out and made it small so the kids could push it all around the house.

Anna studying Geography
Wills doing who knows what?

Although we are thankful to be home we had a wonderful time in Georgia. Thanks to all the Moulton's, but especially grandma, for all the hard work cooking and cleaning for all of us. We hope everyone else had a Christmas that was as wonderful as ours.