Great Grandpa's 81st Birthday

The Carlson family was in town for Great Grandpa's Birthday.  That means Grandma and Grandpa were in town!  They got to see William with a big First this month....he found his feet!  He started grabbing them on purpose and playing with them for the first time.  Check him out:

Grandma worked with William on sitting up and standing.  He is building those muscles!

He hung out with Grandpa on the couch, got his hand/footprints recorded, read a book with Grandma, and played some cards with the grownups.

Look how he helps his Daddy out. 

William has decided the best thing in the world is his two fingers: the pointer and middle fingers.  He sucks on them all the time.  He has also started to show some interest in toys and tries to put everything in his mouth now.  He is wearing a lot of bibs now since he is slobbering a lot too.

Here he is showing real interest in toys for the first time..reaching, grabbing, sucking, etc :)

He is also showing a lot of interest in the bright lights of the television which we try to keep him from looking at.  Basically it just has to be off if he is in the room.  In this picture you can see how he will twist his body any direction to be able to see the TV if it is on.

On Sunday, we celebrated Great Grandpa's 81st Birthday at his house with his family and friends.  William got to meet his Great Aunt Gayle and Uncle Time, who flew in from Arizona. 
We got several great family pictures!

At the party, William got a fun new chair from his Cousin Jessica.  He loves it!  This video shows the first time we sat him in it.  The music goes off with the slightest touch of the animals.  Its nice that it is so super easy for him at this age.

At the end of the weekend, we had to say goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa.  Next time they visit, William will be sitting up and maybe crawling!

Razorback Tribute

William has shown his Razorback spirit since Day 1.  Here is a special tribute to the Razorbacks from our little Will. 

William dressed in his first Razorback onesie at 4 Weeks.  It was pretty huge on him at the time.  He wore the same onesie at 4 months for the Cotton bowl :)  It was pretty hard to get a good picture of it since he was very floppy at that stage.  He was only just able to support his head by himself.

At 5 Weeks, he is wearing red with his Razorback socks on Hog day. 

William calling the Hog at 5 Weeks:

At 7 Weeks, he is growing into his onesie.  Supporting his team with Gran and Daddy:

Go Hogs!!  Wooo Pig Sooie!

At 10 Weeks, he is able to fit a new Razorback bodysuit.  He is dancing around with Daddy.

At 3 months, he was hanging out on his Great Grandparents' rug:

At 3 1/2 months he started to have to wear bibs so finally got to start sporting his Razorback bib:

And at Christmas, almost 4 months old, he got a new Razorback outfit:

And by now he has everything he needs for a complete outfit, t-shirt, onesie, bibs, pacifier, socks, bodysuits and a hog hat.  He is the #1 fan!

So in celebration of a great year 2011 for the Razorbacks, here is Will having fun dressed up as one. 

Go Hogs! 

 WOOO PIG SOOIE!!!

Cotton Bowl Weekend

Aunt Amanda and Gran came to visit this weekend for the Cotton Bowl.  William got to meet Aunt Amanda for the first time and he was so excited!  He even wore a shirt to prove it :)

William and Amanda got to spend the whole day together while Mommy and Daddy went to work.  He loves it when Aunt Amanda tickles his little belly!  He giggles and giggles!

We all enjoyed hanging out all weekend.  We went for a walk around the neighborhood, played card games, and shopped in downtown McKinney.  We had so much fun.

William is getting pretty heavy at 17 pounds!

We found a great new burger / beer place in downtown McKinney.  We'll definitely be going back!

And of course, the family was off to the Cotton Bowl to support their Razorbacks!  It was at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium - Univ of Arkansas vs Kansas State. 

John's cousin Sean got to join the fam for the game too.

Will was pretty upset he didn't get to go with them. He had to stay at home with Mommy.

The whole weekend was pretty dedicated to the Razorbacks. 

Here is everyone having fun at the game.  The Hollmans and the Catheys were at the game too.

John's cousin Kathryn is a Razorback cheerleader:

And the Razorbacks won the Cotton Bowl!