so big....

Walt is getting so big so fast (it seems to us). You know everyone that has kids always tells us, oh they grow up so fast.... We believed them to a point, but you really don't know until you are there. He is smiling all the time and laughing some of the time. He gets the giggles though and it is just the cutest thing that a little baby can do.

He still loves the bouncy chair, but now he also loves to lay down and just kick and stretch out.

Happy New Year! enjoy some other pictures from our Christmas

First Christmas

Well, our first Christmas as a family of three was wonderful. We took off last Friday for Des Moines, we stayed until Wednesday. It was great to be at my parents' house for the holiday. They had not seen walt since he was just 2 months, so they were delighted to have some extended time with him. Jessica has been studying abroad in Argentina since August, so we got to introduce her to her new nephew. She was so happy to meet him. She lives with us in St Louis while she is finishing her masters at Washington University. So it was sad to leave her, but she will be here soon. We met our new cousin, Ava who was born on Nov 15, as well as spent some more time with my brother's daughter, Victoria.

Enjoy the pictures I know that there is a lot!

love

sara

Photo day

So our good friend Chris who is also our next door neighbor came over today to take some pictures of the family. None of the pictures of the 3 of us turned out perfect. But I thought that I would share a couple with you. We had a nice relaxing weekend.

What's the deal with this white stuff?

This weekend is Walt's first exposure to snow, and by the picture it looks as though he likes it. This has been a pretty low-key weekend sandwiched between two that are very busy. With last weekend having Jarrett and Jill in from Chicago and spending next weekend in Des Moines, we're pretty excited to have no obligations. Walt has something of a cold (he's stuffy, but that's about it), so he's been a bit on the fussy side the past couple of days. In addition to that, he may be teething - we can't tell for sure. He's been making some strange mouth movements as well as drooling a lot (well, at least more than normal) and has responded well to chewing on things. All in all, it's been a pretty busy past couple of days.

We'll talk to you all soon,

Birthdays, Visitors, Football, oh my!

Sorry Blog readers, we have been busy as I am sure that most of you have been with the upcoming holiday season approaching.

Life has been grand around the Wichard house. Walt is talking a lot more and enjoying going to Peggy's house during the day while we work. He has still been sleeping well at night, which make mom and dad so happy!


Last weekend we celebrated Sara's birthday and welcomed in our friends Jill and Jarrett from Chicago. We had friends over on Friday night and then hung out at Nik and Kelly's on Sunday for football.

Here are a couple of pictures of Walt and his friend Evan. Also, a picture of Sara and Jill.

Mommy and me

I have not had many pictures taken of Walt and I since he was born. I tend to be the person behind the camera. So tonight I had Bob take our picture. It turned out very cute.

Sorry that we have not blogged more this week, but this was the first week of all of us at work and Walt at his babysitter. Walt goes to an in-home daycare in Webster Groves- it is about 5 minutes from my school. His sitter is named Peggy and so far so good. Everytime that I pick him up he is happy, fed, and clean. The routine is that Bob takes him in the morning and then I pick him up. I think that the excitement of Peggy's house tires him out. He has been sleeping through the night for the past 4 nights. So that means that Bob and I have been sleeping through the night as well. We are so happy! And well rested.

Saturday with the Wichards

Today we had the Wichards up to our house. Bob's grandma lives in Fenton (suburb) and Bob's aunt and uncle were in town from Portland. So we had everyone over for a BBQ. It was great to see everyone. Walt was an amazing guy. He has been drooling and smiling a lot!

Tonight we are going to try to root Mizzou to Victory over Kansas! Bob is officially on the bandwagon.

1st Thanksgiving

Well, Walt made it through his first Thanksgiving. Although like the rest of us he did get a little bit of a tummy ache (thanks mommy!) We traveled down to Cape Girardeau to celebrate the holiday with the Wichards. He got to meet his Great Grandpa Allen and Great Grandma Dortha. We had wonderful food and great conversation. Nanny as always was snapping pictures and got some great ones. Friday we headed back home, Bob had a Blues game last night. They won 3-1, although Walt and I were not able to watch it because it was not on TV.

New Trick

Well, it's been pretty good for young Walt this week at home with his dad. He's been pretty good at staying on his schedule, and for the most part he's been pretty easy to handle. Yesterday we pretty much just stayed around the house, but we did take a long walk through the neighborhood. Today, however we went to see mommy at school. While we were there, we laid Walt on his tummy, and he wasn't happy with that, so he rolled over. Take a look at the video (sorry for the Blair Witch camerawork):



That's about it for now. We're looking forward to seeing a lot of family this weekend for Thanksgiving, and I'm sure that we'll have some pictures from that.

Bathtime....again!

Hello! Happy Saturday. We had a busy day today. We went to Costco and Babies r us. At Costco it seemed that a lot of people were already Christmas Shopping! We were just getting some basics. After our busy day Walt was pretty tired. Before we put him to bed tonight we gave him a bath. He is just so cute, I couldn't resist some more pictures. Walt is smiling so much. He is happy all the time (well unless he is dirty, gassy, hungry, or tired :)

He is also talking a lot, so we have long conversations. Daddy thinks that Walt is talking Hockey, Mommy thinks that he is singing songs. Either way, it has been fun. If we can figure out how to upload a video we will try to do that soon.