Chicken Little

Some things I want to note here so I won't forget- this period can be such a blur-James now calls us Mike and Katharine in addition to Mom and Daddy- very endearing, he knows exactly what buttons to push already-it is usually at nap or bedtime or when he is of playing by himself and suddenly wants to get our attention. He also insists on many things and is constantly testing limits- most of the time it is manageable and occasionally its pretty funny, but by the end of some days it can be exhausting. Will is really glowing with growth- every day he is rounder and filling out his clothes and keeps threatening to smile at us more and more. Every day also shows us more and more how different than James he is and will be.

We can't compete with the giant Alaskan vegetables of our friends Mike and Megan but here is Will next to dinner for a size comparison.


All the chickens in a row:


We have reached a sort of equilibrium with sleeping and feeding and remaining sane during the days; Will now has at least one period of three hours of sleep in the evenings. The first night it happened we were so refreshed- as crazy as that seems! You never would think that three hours of sleep could re-energise you quite so much after weeks of exhaustion...
Today we braved the rainstorms for a trip to the grocery store- James with Mom-

and Will huddled in the hug-a-bub with Dad (who had the camera and was also trying to get a decent shot of the really cool old Volvo behind them...)