Will's first classic car show

I have no idea why we waited two years to take Will to see a parking lot full of old cars, but we finally did. I didn't expect him to like it as much as he did, but he was entertained by kind couples handing out Hot Wheels, old men trying to trade him out of his red shoes and the mirror-like hubcaps of a 1932 rat-rod. 

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The Meaning of Life

If you haven't yet discovered Hulu, here's a good reason to. Monty Python's "Meaning of Life" for free. Well, yeah, there are several commercials to watch during the showing, but it's otherwise uncut and unedited and there's no money exchanged. Watch...

Will turns two

Will celebrated his second birthday, Saturday. He talked all week
about his party. "Blow candles!" he kept saying, quickly followed
with, "Eat cake!"

Despite the wet weather, his grandparents from Mississippi, Q.T. and
Mary, drove over, his grandmother, Annette, and godmother, Mary, from
Memphis, his godfather, Joey, from Mississippi and our good friend,
Vivi, from Atlanta. His friends Alex, Oscar and Henry came to Triangle
Park, too. Sophie joined us at home, later, for more cake and play
time. We had many in-town friends come, too, including Kyle, Jennifer,
Joey, Brooks, Hannah and Randy.

And now, we start on year three. The fun (honestly) never ends.

Will's showers...

Bring more flowers.

Steve rocks!

That's what we taught Will to say tonight. Kids are fun.

William's message to Nan-nay and Car Car

Car Car taught Will a new phrase the last time we were in Pontotoc. He sure finds it useful.

Sour snack

The boy likes lemons. Go figure.

Geek vegas

On the ground and ready to nerd. Might do some slots while I wait for
my bags.

Christmas was a blast

Trains, rocketships and dump trucks. All a little boy needs.

Moes knows

what little boys like. At least Alex and Will...

Santa Claus

Will wasn't sure about the big, bearded guy in the red suit, until
candy came into play.

Pink palace

Re-living childhood memories.

Enjoying the sunsets

Is essential to happiness.

Choo choo

Will finds trains almost everywhere.

First driving lesson

Goes pretty well when Daddy has the keys in his pocket.

Will's favorite chair

Mine too.

Mobile

Mobile

Will's first haircut

Yeah, it's been too long since the last entry, but this seemed a good occasion. Will's lock's had gotten too long, so it was time for Liz to do her thing.

She not only cuts our hair, she's just had her first child a few months ago. So Liz was the perfect one to give Will his first trim.

Oh, and Liz drives, well, at least drove, a Lotus Elise before becoming a mom. So, yeah, she was highly qualified. =)

Click the photo of Will looking longingly out the window for more hair-cutting action.

Birmingham welcomes Apple

Will, Christina and I got up way earlier than usual and headed to The Summit, where the Apple store lives. After standing in line for about an hour, we got in and got our t-shirts. Here's an unboxing of one of those t-shirts. Enjoy!

Summit t-shirt unboxing

Will walks

Will will be 1 year old in April. Despite all the sleepless nights, it doesn't seem like it's been nearly that long. He's a little learning sponge, soaking up every sight, sound and smell around him.

Just in the past couple of weeks he's started to take a few steps on his own, and it's amazing to watch. While he still holds on to objects around him occasionally, his tiny steps are getting more confident and faster. Soon we won't be able to keep up. But you can see all that on the video.

Sorry for the lack of posts all these months. Besides trying to keep up with Will, I've taken on another project that's eating up a lot of time and work's been busy too. But that's news for the next post.

Here are some of my favorite pictures of Will taken since last I posted...





Will is our 42...