Permanent Title: Catching Up (Feb/March edition)

It seems like all we ever do is catch up. There are a lot of reasons for that, mainly my having to work (which I am "retiring" from July 1), and just the busy-ness of the family, our callings, and the kids' activities. So, without further ado (whining): Joy loves playing with Simon, and is very helpful entertaining him when Mom and Dad are trying to do something: Cousin Ella had a birthday party at the park. Here's Clayton on a monkey bar of some sort... if you look close you can see the mohawk . No, not Faux-hawk, MOhawk. Buddies Joy and Ella Ira and Cousin Jonathan looking at a video game Tilt your head. Here's Grandma Williams swinging with Simon. I have a video of him swinging in a baby swing, but all you can really hear is Mommy saying WEEEEEEEE so it's kind of annoying. Tommy teeter-tottering... again, check the 'hawk. (We decided to let the boys get mohawks, since we usually buzz their heads for summer anyway.) We're trying to get our "shade house" done for our garden. Well, Aaron is.... he gets help from Ira, Joy, or I as we can. Here's Dad and Ira, and Dad and Joy working out there.... Meanwhile, our plants that we started inside, are doing really well.... oh and here's a picture of it coming along..... (it's further along but I didn't see the picture I thought we took in our file...) School had a dress up day for Literacy Week. The kids had to dress up as their favorite book character. Tommy was "Fly Guy" and Joy was Hermione. Not too bad for Mom finding out about having to do these costumes, the night before.....

On Spring Break, we went camping with the whole (almost) Williams clan. Here are some pictures:

Here's Simon wearing the hat that technically still fits Clayton....

The kids found a hill that, well, you can see what they're doing....

Ella and Simon playing peekaboo

Way too many overalls (Grandpa, Uncle Nathan, Daddy, and Simon)

On our hike we found giant rock and put our precious children on top for a photo opp....

Here's the hikers (minus the Mom's who were behind the cameras)

Simon and Cousin Bree played for a while too. Simon loves his cousins!!

Simon has started smiling with his whole face. This shot below LOOKS like a huge smile, but it's really only about 3/4 of his "whole face" smile. I cannot keep from laughing every time he flashes it.

Simon is making a lot of progress. He has been taking steps, he's up to about 6 in a row. He's also feeding himself with a spoon, with just a little help in the scooping up part. Here he is after having taken the spoon (with food) from Mom and put all of it in his little genius baby mouth.

Simon LOVES Scooby Doo. He hasn't actually watched any of them, but he loves throwing them all on the floor.

Here's a little video of Simon playing with the basketball. We are all doing well. Everyone is growing and learning.... soon I'll have more to blog about, Ira is in drama and has a play coming up, and a band concert... Joy is in the school talent show (her New Year's Resolution, good job Joy!) Hopefully we'll be able to actually have a camera going when Simon walks next. Enjoy my little video, I had to shorten it alot to get it to load, but at least you'll see the smile and hear the giggles.