One MONTH Older & Wiser Too!

Look at my nice hair-do. Thanks to my cowlick, my hair is constantly standing up, like Alf-Alfa's.
I am sooo close to smiling (since my b-day I have smiled--HOORAY!)
Wrapped in swaddling clothes.
After my walk with Dada. I fell fast asleep. It looks cold, but really it was finally above 50 degrees that day.
More swaddling. I sure am stinkin' cute!

Happy One-Month B-day, Baby Willy (last Thursday, that is. I'm a little slow in getting this post out, but the pictures were all taken on his b-day). You are one month older and you just may be one month wiser but one thing's for sure: your parents are definitely wiser, wiser as to what your likes and dislikes are. So, in honor of your big day, your loving mama will now list a few of your favorite things as well as a few of your unfavorite things (yes, that is a word).

Here are a few of your favorite things:

1. Rocking in your great-grandpa's rocking chair with Dada.
2. Being swaddled snug as a bug (thanks to the help of the miracle blanket, without which you would NEVER stay swaddled since you are like Houdini and can get out of any swaddling).
3. Being sung to--your favorite song is "You are My Sunshine" and the theme song from the movie "The Man from Snowy River" which your dada has been singing to you since you were in utero (that movie is, sad to say, one of your dada's favorite).
4. The Baby Bjorn: you especially like walks with Dada all wrapped up in his jacket and you really like vacuuming with Mama whilst in the Baby Bjorn.
5. Sleeping. Like your mama, you heart sleeping. Too bad it is quite the task to get you to sleep!
6. Of course, you like eating! Who doesn't?

Here are a few of your unfavorite things:

1. When the dog bites; when the bee stings; when I'm feeling sad (ha, ha).
2. Getting your diaper/clothes changed. (According to the Baby Whisperer, all you need to do is talk your baby through this process and then VOILA! your child will no longer wail whilst being changed and/or clothed. Well, she is so not right. I tried, saying things like, "Now we will change your diaper. Now I am going to wipe your bummy", etc., etc., etc. This is what I got in response from Willy: "WAAAAAAAAAAAA!! WAAAAAAAAAAA!!").
3. Getting bathed. Hopefully, you will enjoy this soon because some days it just isn't worth the hassle and boy, are you starting to smell. Maybe for your second month b-day you'll get a bath:)
4. Passing gas. Argh! It hurts you so, so much and it wakes you up at night and at nap times. You writhe in pain and cry, cry, cry and it makes your mama so, so sad because she does NOT know how to help you. Plus, some days it makes your mama CRAZY because she needs sleep, too, you know.
5. Trips to Babies 'R Us. As some of you may be aware, I am a little paranoid about talking my child out in public for several reasons. First, it's dang cold here still. Second, it is still flu season and I have no desire for my baby to get sick. Third, I'm a bit baffled by all baby contraptions and quite frankly, they scare me; I still maintain that the most difficult part of having a baby is figuring out all the gadgets--I am just no good with my hands. Finally, I have this fear of little Will screaming the entire time we are out and that I will be unable to console him. Well, finally I ventured out, taking the little guy to Babies 'R Us for some much-needed supplies. And just as I feared, he screamed the ENTIRE time!!! (And just as I feared, I had troubles with said baby contraptions. His stinkin' car seat wouldn't fit in the slot on the shopping cart. Argh). Maybe next time will go better, that is if there is a next time.


Oh, Will, how we love you, with all your likes and dislikes. We can't imagine our lives without you, though we vaguely do recall days where we slept, showered, did our hair, had a clean house, and actually left the house (hopefully, I'll get over this fear soon). Happy B-day, Buster Brown!