Harris Happenings: William's Birthday

Our sweet baby keeps growing, and has reached his first birthday. I can't believe it's been a whole year. It seems like just yesterday I was at the hospital, in labor and so excited to meet my new baby. We didn't find out what we were having, so it was extra exciting to be there that day and anticipate if we would have a girl or another boy. Both Thomas and I had a feeling, as we waiting during contractions, that we were having another boy. It was probably the fact that the baby's heart rate was so low. Both KC and Xander had low heart rates also. So, while I labored, we debated over a name for our new son. Thomas was watching Sports Center, or some show like that, and they were talking about some athlete and his name was William. We both liked it and agreed that would be his name if he were a boy. I have to admit, my heart dropped a tiny bit as the Dr. announced it was another boy. But as I held my 3rd son for the first time in my arms, and as he gazed up into my face, I felt so proud to be the mother of 3 sons. I love it.

William is such a joy to have in our home. He is always so happy, especially in the morning when first waking up. He greets us with smiles and cuddles. Tom usually has a hard time getting out the door in the morning for work, because William is usually grabbing all of his daddy's attention. I think that he is leaning on towards being a daddy's boy, which I'm okay with. Here are some things about William:

He no longer nurses. He is drinking 100% from the bottle, whole milk.

He is small!! Only the 5 to 10% for his height and weight. His head size is in the 90%. I always have to laugh when people say that he is a big boy, because he surely is not! It must be the large head and all the hair that throws people off.

Some of his favorite foods are: peas, carrots, mac n cheese, noodles, mandarin oranges, strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, cheese, jello, pancakes, and crackers. Just to name a few.

He does not give kisses. Ever. Which makes me a little sad, but he makes me feel good when I pick him up out of his crib and pats me on the shoulder a few times. He mimicks what I have done to him. It always makes me feel extra special when he'll lay his sleepy head on my shoulder and give me a few pats on my shoulder.

He LOVES his big brothers. LOVES them to pieces. Thomas and I are always saying to each other that he will want to grow up way too fast, so that he can catch up and compete with his brothers. There is a 5 and 7 year age difference between them, so that's a lot of growing up that I'm not quite ready for.

He is very active and wants to get into almost anything that he shouldn't be getting into. He keeps me busy and I am constantly baby proofing things around the house. He loves stairs and most of the time is not allowed to climb ours because they are hard wood with no carpet. When he is able to climb them though, he literally squeals with excitement. It's pretty darn cute.

He babbles a lot. The only recognizable word he says is Dadda. He has said Mama before, but only when he is crying and needs something.

He started walking about 2 weeks after his birthday, and he loves this new freedom of his, and I do too. He especially likes it when we are outside and he can roam where ever his heart desires.

William has taken a real liking to balls, of any kind. He loves to throw them and then chase them and pick them back up again. He recently decided to try and join his big brother's basketball team and try to play with the big boys. Sorry buddy, you have a good 5 or 6 years to go before that happens.

He loves our cell phones, and manages to push buttons and change browsers and settings on them. It leaves Thomas and I baffled, because he can change things on the phone that we have no clue how to do. If he can't get his hands on one of our phones, then he will pick any object, toy, or piece of garbage nearby and put it up to his ear and babble at it. He sure is a funny boy.

We celebrated his birthday a couple weeks after his actual birthday, due to painting our home and then Thomas' grandma passing away. I don't think he knew the difference though. We had our family over and the Alleman's over too. I made some monkey cupcakes, I found the idea on the internet and had to try it. Some of the pictures are a little blurry, not sure what was going on with my camera.