Over the crib and thru the hall...

No, that is not the way to grandmother's house, but it is the way to the playroom from Will's room.  This morning started like most other mornings.  I woke up to Will talking in his bed and playing with his aquarium.  I let him play for about 10 minutes, got out of bed, turned the monitor off, let the dogs out,  and then headed up stairs to get little man out of bed.  As I walked up the stairs I could see that Will's bedroom door was open.  "Hmmm....I guess Abby visited Will during the night", I thought.  As I turned to go up the next flight of stairs, I heard little footsteps.  Guess who met me at the top of the stairs!  Yes, Will did!  He came running out of the playroom right for me with a  toy in each hand.  He had the biggest smile on his face and was so proud.  So, sometime between me getting out of bed and getting upstairs Will figured out how to climb out of his crib, open his bedroom door, and start playing by himself in the playroom.  He never cried, fussed, or complained that it hurt, that he was alone, or anything!  Amazing.   I think he might be Spiderman!

On a serious note, I am so glad he didn't hurt himself and I'll be watching the monitor screen much closer from now on.  I hope it was a one time thing...but I am sure it isn't.  I'm not sure we are ready for a big boy bed, but we'll have to see how it goes.   Never a dull moment in the Halpin household!

18 Months Old

Will is 18 months old today!  All I can say is I am continuously surprised at how funny, smart, loving, fearless, entertaining and ALL BOY he really is!  We've had an amazing 18 months and like always I'm amazed its gone by so quickly.  We've really watched him turn into a little boy in the last 6 months.  Here is a little update on Will's development:

• Will is talking quite a lot - sometimes we understand...and sometimes we just don't!  
  
• He loves his puppy dogs and won't even consider going upstairs without calling them to go with him.  He can say Murray pretty well and Abby is "Boppy".    
  
• He loves Baboons (balloons) and bubbles and really would rather play with the telephone, TV, remotes, bowls, and spoons as much as his toys.  
  
• Will also loves my hairbrush and any time I pick it up he'll say "bruh".  Good thing I have a couple since they tend to be all over the house after I let him have one.  
  
• We're working on completing words.  Right now most words are only the first part - like bruh, spoo (spoon), bow (bowl), etc.  
  
• Will loves all music and is in a complete trance when music comes on the TV.  He is already learning to tune me out (just like his dad!)
  
• He wants to be outside all the time!  Whether it is just running around the backyard with the pups, swinging in his swing, or going to the park...he is just happy outside!
• Will now has all his 1 year molars in and when he smiles you see a lot of teeth!  He isn't the biggest fan of me brushing them, but he thinks he does an excellent job on his own!
• Stats from the doctor:  96% in height, 55% in weight, said everything looks excellent!  They predict our little man will some day be over 6ft tall!  That is hard to believe!

I could go on and on, but that tells you a little bit about our funny guy!

We've spent the day like most lazy Sundays.  One highlight for Will was finally getting to play in the sandbox the Easter Bunny brought him!  The weather finally cooperated enough for us to set it up.  Here are a few pictures:

Helping Dad fill it with sand!!

Will you just let me play, Mom?  

Cool!  Look at that fall on my leg!

Protesting coming in for lunch.   He would have stayed out there all day!

Will, 

We love you so much and have so much fun with you!  You have changed our lives in so many ways and made us better people!  Your smile and giggles take away all of our stresses and we just love being with you!  We can't wait for you to be a big brother - we know you will be the best!  

We love you, 

Mommy and Daddy

Will is going to be a BIG brother!!

Yes, that is right!  Will is anxiously awaiting his new baby brother or sister.  We anticipate our new addition to arrive mid-October, just in time for Will's 2nd birthday!  What a birthday present!   My due date is October 25th, but we'll have a c-section probably 10 days before, avoiding October 19th!  We'll have a big birthday month in Octobers in our house and can't wait!  We are going to hold out on finding out if this baby is a boy or girl.  We'll try to make it all the way to the end - but Chris thinks I'll cave eventually.  Mothers intuition tells me it is a boy, but who knows!  50/50 chance, right?

We had our 12 week appointment today and everything looks really good at this point.  We heard a very rapid little heart beat (which is good!) and saw it flutter on the screen.  We're already in love and so look forward to meeting Baby Halpin #2!

Here is a sneak peak at the little one:

At 7 Weeks

At 12 Weeks

More to come...as we know more!