Do You Look Nice Mom?

As we were leaving to go to a birthday party last night, Will said to me, "Do you look nice mom?" I think he was trying to give me a compliment. I was dressed up more than usual. I have, in the past, asked him if he thought that I looked nice (at times when I thought I did). So, he might have been doing that. But at least he noticed. I think I'm raising a sensitive, observant, and kind little boy. Now, I just have to remember that when he's yelling at me or telling me, "Be quiet, Mommy...Stop talking, Mommy!"

Jack Attacks...Cabinets

Jack is now opening cabinets, drawers, and anything he can get his hands on. Randy installed locks on the kitchen cabinet yesterday that had the cleaning supplies in it. He is just into everything! He's so darn cute that it almost makes the messes ok. Logic of parents. :)

Sensitive Soul

I was driving to the airport on Monday to pick up Randy from his trip to Hong Kong. I was telling Tami a story and it made me cry. Will started to say, "It'll be ok Mommy...it's ok mommy." He kept repeating that. He hears everything I say and he understands. I thought it was so cool that he was sensitive to my emotions.

Jack's Eyes

I took Jack to the doctor on Monday. His doctor is an Asian lady. She commented that his eyes were very unique. I told her that he's the only one with blue eyes. Then, I asked if she was referring to the shape of them. She said yes and that she wondered if we had any Asian people in our family. She thought that he had little Asian eyes. I thought that was funny. Randy's family thought that in Jack's 4 month pictures he looked Asian. I guess the Merrell side of Jack has some squinty-eyed people.

Will's Favorite Store

When we were in Dallas two weeks ago, I was driving to Target to get a birthday cake for Will. We passed by the old Richardson Square Mall. They were having a carnival in the Sears parking lot. I pointed out to Will the ferris wheel. Then, we kept driving and Will saw Lowe's and said, "Wow, Mom, look at that BEAUTIFUL hardware store." It was hilarious.

Will loves to go with Randy to the hardware store (especially on Wednesday nights when I'm at Young Womens). His favorite store, he has informed us, is the hardware store.

All By Myself....Why?

The past week or two the word WHY? has been a main word in Will's vocabulary. I find myself saying, please stop talking or stop asking me that. I feel kind of bad about that, but sometimes I just can't always answer Why questions. He sure is great, though. :)

He's so great that now he can do everything "ALL BY MYSELF." It drives me crazy. But I guess I eventually do want him to do everything all by himself.

Jack is now crawling everywhere. He is so fast. He is into everything!!! Totally different than Will. I feel so unprepared to have a crawler in my house. I think I'll have to lock up cabinets soon. He seems like the kind to take everything out of cabinets.

He's also pulling up some. I noticed this on Sunday when I put him down for a nap. I was doing something else and heard him crying in his crib. I went in there and saw him trying to pull up on his crib. Randy lowered his mattress to the lowest setting that evening.

Potty Training

Will just went pee pee on the potty!!! It was so wonderful to hear that sound! He was so excited, too. He flushed the potty all by himself, and then we both waved and said, "Bye bye pee pee!"

What led up to this occurrence was me changing Jack's diaper and talking about how babies wear diapers. I was saying how when Jack grows up that he'll wear big boy pants and use the potty, but right now he's just a little baby and wears diapers. The next thing I knew, Will was next to me with some big boy pants and ready to take off his diaper. Hooray for Will (and Mommy)!