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William loves these Banana Mum-mum’s  he got in his Easter basket. This is him on the ride home…can you see that look in his eyes, “Really mom!? ANOTHER car trip!”

4.24.12

I started my new job today. It is going to be interesting. William went over to Aunt Jess’ while Nancy, Lucy and I went into town. This is one of my favorite pictures of my little guy!

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We have a group of friends from online that we get together with every once and a while. You may remember some of them from our wedding. Anyway, two more of them were tying the knot so we headed down to KS. Here are some of the pictures from the trip:

Click on the images to see a bigger picture. It was a great trip and was very good to see everyone. Until next time… OG REP!

4.17.12

Grandma Nancy gave William these awesome swimming toys for Easter. He loves them…and finds them especially tasty!

4.18.12

He has started to fall asleep on his tummy. We lay him down on his back and before we know it he is on his front.

4.19.12 We headed out for our next adventure…a road trip to Kansas for RepCon 2.5/the other wedding. The day was pretty crazy as there were workers in Nancy’s basement tearing up the floor to level the house. We got on the road latter than expected and drove to Winner, SD. Little did we know this would be the start of a very entertaining trip!

4.20.12

We got on the road and soon we realized that the car seemed to be acting funny. Turns out the alternator was out and so we stopped in Concordia KS at a dealership to hopefully get it fixed. While we waited we let William stretch his legs and enjoyed a complimentary beverage bar. Well it was a Friday afternoon and they didn’t have the part so we were stuck! Luckily the dealership leased us a car and we got back on the road. The kink in the trip made us late getting into Fort Scott as we had to drop Nancy and Dennis  off at Jolene’s but at least we got to roll in style (Chryster 300)!

Originally my parents were going to come out for Easter…well the whole moving and having no place to live thing threw a wrench in that plan so William and I packed up and headed west the Monday after Easter. Around 3:30am William decided he couldn’t contain his excitement anymore and wanted to go see Nana and Papa. Luckily I had loaded the car except for the two of us so I strapped him in and we hit the road…3 minutes later he was out! But it made the car ride go great because he slept most of the way. When he would wake up we would stop on an on ramp, eat, new diaper and play for a bit before we continued down the road. We made record time and were able to meet Nana for lunch!

4.9.12

All clean and ready to snuggle with Nana…complete with Mohawk.

4.9.12

Meeting Papa Bruce for the first time. 

Our week back home was busy and eventful. We helped my mom a lot with the second annual dodgeball tournament and in our spare time assembled a quilt machine!! Oh yeah, and somewhere in there William and I both got the flu . Overall it was a great week back and it was hard to go, hopefully it wont be long until we see each other again!

4.11.12

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Look ma, no knees!!

4.13.12

Napping at the school.

4.14.12

William loved the kitty and the kitty thought he was pretty entertaining. The kitty would walk up to William and if William started getting to grabby Socks would step just out of arms reach and only reach his head in enough to get a quick pet before retreating. William was quit sure what to think of Molly the dog and she was a little unsure of him too. By the end of the week they were ok with each other I just think Molly was a little to high strung for William.

4.15.12

Headed home. On our way home we waiting until William’s morning nap to get on the road. It didn’t work as well as 4am but I am not really wanting to do that again! William was ready to go and konked out almost right away. He made sure he had a good grip on his new giraffe from Jan and that Boyd the Bear (from Papa) wasn’t far away.

We hit the ground running once we moved to Almont. We are staying with Dennis and Nancy until we find a house to buy. It is still hard to believe that we are moving back and I think it is even harder to believe since we are staying at the farm. Zach’s family has been a huge help and are making the move a lot easier…if nothing else they are keeping me busy!

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One of the toy’s Zach got from his Discovery Toy’s Spending Spree was this “Tri-angle” toy. William recently discovered the mirror on it and would lean forward to look at the baby, giggle, pull back and repeat. It was too funny!

4.6.12

Chilling with aunt Jessica. 

4.7.12

This is how everyone felt around Easter…

4.7.12

I Love this picture of my boys. William is so content watching Zach play!

We had a great Easter with the family. Zach got me a brand new camera for my Easter/Mother’s Day present!!! I was super stoked! We were running from one house to another and back again that I hardly got any pictures of Easter (bad mom!!) But the memories are what is important and I know that when it comes time for his scrapbook that Jess and Nancy have all sorts of fun pictures for me to use!

Sorry for the long delay. With the packing and the moving and the commuting there is little time left for me to sit down and edit pictures and update the blog. I did fairly well with taking the pictures and only missed a few days (sorry in advance). Hope you enjoy all the updates…you might want to grab a hot beverage before you start checking all the updates, there are A LOT!!!

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William loves to help with the laundry. His newest fascination is with the basket…we have upgraded from the socks!

3.18.12

Before we moved we wanted to go out with the guys so we hit up Rhombus Guys in downtown Fargo. It was great and William loved that the table was covered in paper.

3.19.12

He recently discovered that if he laid on his back and kicked really hard he could move and splash water all over the place. This was all fun until he splashed water onto his face…he wasn’t quit sure what to think of that!

3.20-3.21 We were busy packing and trying to sort our life out…man it was a crazy few weeks!

3.22.12

William 0….Squash 1

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All dressed up in his official dress for good luck for the TFHS FCCLA group at state.

3.30.12

On my last day at work William came with me and our friends in the finance department took us out for lunch. He loved all the attention and sitting in his highchair being able to read the menu. I will always have a special place in my heart for the finance department at Friendship. They were my adopted department and more of family than co-workers. I will miss Friendship very much and hope those who are there still keep in touch!

3.3.12

All ready for his first outdoors show in Camo from Papa Bruce!

3.4.12

Working really hard on pulling himself up.

3.5.12.

Zach got two job offers today, one from Bobcat in Bismarck and one from Nokia in Fargo. We spent our night doing pros and cons lists and discussing which one would be best for our family. We decided to sleep on it.

3.6.12

William wore his “Future computer nerd (crossed out) genius just like dad” shirt today. Zach decided to find the nerdiest shirt he had. Look at my two nerds. On the moving front we decided that the job with Bobcat was the best choice for our family so we decided that Zach would accept that offer and we would relocate to Bismarck. It was a tough decision but we think that it will be a great opportunity for our little family.

3.6.12

To ensure that our son is in-fact a nerd at heart he decided to read the “Lego Club” magazine…right before he started to eat it…

3.7.12

HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! William’s shirt says “Awesome ends with Me”

3.8.12

Kristi’s (our day care lady)’s daughter was sick today so William came to the office with mom! He was such a great baby. He played on the floor till 10:00, took a nap until 12:30, played some more until 3:15 and napped until 5ish when we went home. Several people in the office were very impressed by how great he was. It was about 2:30 in the afternoon before the lady in the office next to me realized I had a baby with me!

3.10.12

William really is working on being able to roll over completely. He has done it a few times but would much rather sit up. Tonight he was playing on the floor with Zach and would roll to his side and grab his toe, try to stick it in his mouth and scream when he couldn’t get it. It was pretty entertaining.

3.12.12

William helping Zach get the server set up for the match. If the Lego magazine wasn’t enough proof, here is even, my baby is a nerd in training!

3.13.12

decisions

2.23.12

William wore his overalls for the first time today. He looks so dang cute! They were still a little big on him but I couldn’t wait any longer to put him in them! Note he is also wearing shoes! My little baby is getting so big!

2.24.12

One of my good friends at work gave William this hat when he was just born. It hasn’t really fit until now and it is ADORABLE! It is one hat that we can keep on for a  little bit. I think it is because the strings distract him.

2.25.12

We went to the home and garden show today. William enjoyed being pushed around in his chariot (his stroller) and being doted on by almost ever passerby. We stopped at the heritage home booth to take a picture of him in his first hard hat. Isn’t he cute!?

2.26.12

William has started taking his bath in the big tub…no infant tub for this big boy. He loves to be able to reach around and play with all of the bath toys. Tonight he picked up a duck and I said, “That’s a duck, he says quack” and he started to giggle…so I continued to say quack, it lasted for almost a solid 2 minutes. It was the cutest thing!

2.27.12

William thinks glasses are great toys. He had taken mine off and was playing with them so I grab my spare set for him to look at. I tried to get a picture of him wearing them but with no luck. This is the reaction I got when I tried to put them on.

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William and I had a snow day today (which was a total joke). Zach had to work and I worked from home in the am then in the afternoon William and I cleaned the apartment. It was hard work but we got it done!

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William is getting really good at sitting up. He finds the camera an amazing thing and often reaches for it whenever I try to take pictures of him. He is also drooling like crazy. It will only be a matter of time before those teeth show themselves!

2.22.12

Nana made William this awesome sensory book. He loves the feeling of different fabrics and really likes to run them on his face. This book has a bunch of different fabrics for him to play with. He didn’t really know what to think of it in the beginning (see the video below) but now it is pretty much the coolest thing ever!