Jump!

Will discovered how to jump last night, following Daddy's example while they were playing.  It was pretty exciting here (as you may imagine) and I took a few videos to share of our big boy conquering his latest physical feat.  :)  

He's still perfecting the landing, as you can see here.  :)

He never actually makes it off the ground in this one, but works his way toward me trying because he saw the camera.

He falls back and hits his head in this one, but it's very gentle...don't worry, no children were harmed in the filming of this video.  ;)

4th of July---Boston Style!

This year we decided to do the 4th in Boston.  This is something we had to do once (and only once!) while we are here--celebrate Independence Day where it all began!  It was great.  We had lots of fun making wonderful memories and Will made it through the long day like a champ.  We headed out of our house at 8am and returned at 11:30pm.  Long day!  Here are a few pics and videos from the days events.  Watch the piccolo and drum colonial band video for sure...they were fabulous!

First thing we did was go to the parade.  Here we are at the parade start before it began.  We were able to walk in the back of the parade as it went.  The parade stopped along the way at the graveyard where John Hancock and other historic figures are buried and ended at the Old State House where the Declaration was first read and they read it again aloud.

This was the colonial band.  They were totally awesome!  

For lunch we went to the Coast Guard base where the USO put on a bbq for active military.  Among the things offered there was free cotton candy.  So Will got his first taste.  At first he wasn't so sure, but quickly caught on! :)

The USS Constitution actually went out for a cruise and here it is coming back.  Pretty fascinating site.  

Later we took a rest at an MIT quad.

During our break Will was counting "2, 3!" and jumping off his stroller.

This cracked me up...set up an ATM in the middle of the firework spectators.

We met some friends for the fireworks...here's the kiddos.

End of the day...Will was exhausted, but it was fun!

Oh my!

So yesterday Will got into his baby powder.  Sorry the pictures are a little unclear...they are from my phone.  It was pretty hilarious to see him running around, which is his standard pace, with puffs of powder coming off him.  But, the funniest thing about the whole scene was that when I took Will into his room to change his powder-laden clothing he looked at his floor and said "Oh my!".  Ha!  Oh my is right!

Here's his floor.  

You can see he is white from about the middle of his torso down.  You can really see it on his shoes which are normally blue.  :)  

Where's your....?

Just thought I'd put on a video for the grandparents and other relatives.  This one might make you a bit dizzy, as I had to keep moving to keep the camera on Will.  He was constantly trying to get behind it to see himself.  :)  He's showing us where all his parts are. :)

Water Baby

The other day Daddy decided to let Will have control of the hose.  So after drinking from it, he proceeded to water the yard, concrete, and himself.  He had a grand time, as you can see.  :)  I had the hardest time getting him to look at me, as he was so fascinated with the water.  I love the mischievous look in the last photo.

What are you lookin' at?

Will LOVES his yogurt and tonight he made quite the mess of himself eating it.  So, I had to snap and share a couple of pics.  He looks like such a little boy rather than a toddler.  :(

The Slide

Will recently discovered his love for slides so a couple weeks ago I took this short video of his fun.  :)