A very exciting day in our household. Today, was William's first swing at the park!!! I think he enjoyed watching his siblings more than the actual swinging part.

But he was definetly content in the swing for a long time!

Now they can all enjoy the swings together!

And once he's sitting up on his own, he can try out the slide (with assistance) too!! Probably not until the spring, though.

Snoozin. Adorable.

We started spoonfeeding William a few weeks ago. He had started to show interest in what we were eating and often grabbed my spoon/fork when I was holding him to try and negotiate the contents into his mouth.

He wasn't too impressed with the baby food though, and every night it was a struggle to get a few spoonfulls into him. Right now its just practice anyway, so we weren't too concerned, just hopeful he would eventually take to eating solids. Because of his milk-protein allergy, we started with sweet potatoes which we not a hit, and then moved onto applesauce last week.

Tonight he couldn't get enough of it! He got excited when he saw me get out his bowl and spoon. He eagerly opened his mouth for each bite and cried when the bowl was empty until he watched me put more into it. He polished off that serving too and then I nursed him again to wash it all down.

All in all, I think he took in about 1/4 cup of applesauce and liked it!!

The kids just love baking with me. Usually we bake muffins, sometimes cookies but they are definetly a messier adventure.

Today we baked pumpkin muffins. They are Patrick's favourite to take to school. This is 1/4 of the batter, I froze the rest in baggies for future use. Its so easy to bake a fresh batch on a Tuesday morning - just toss the baggie of frozen batter into luke-warm water to thaw while the oven heats, then snip the cornor and 'pipe' it into the mini muffin tins and bake!

We're all decorated for Christmas now. The kids just love our tree. Shaun set it to 'spin mode' this year which has also helped us get out more of our ornaments.

I just love pulling out the ornaments. Its a walk down memory lane!

Picture of a picture... but this is the 'official' Santa photo!

William was too busy looking at all the lights/people to look at the camera. I'm just happy he's not crying :)

Cousins!
We took over 10 pictures. This was the best one.

Patrick LOVES his brother and I'm fairly certain William feels the same way!!

Is this not the absolute most adorable picture of William EVER!? I love that happy smile!!!

Getting very strong on his tummy!

In a bold move last night, William rolled front to back for the very first time!!!

He's also working very hard on learning to roll back to front. Soon he'll be rolling right across the room.

Happy 5 Months, William!!!!!

William fell asleep in my arms sucking his thumb.

Adorable.

Here's hoping he prefers it to his soother - so much easier to find in the night and even by himself!!!

Kathryn put this puzzle together all by herself with no help at all! Way to go KJ!!We had a bit of fun out in the first snow of the season. The kids made tiny snow balls and ran around trying to catch snow on their tongues.

William, however, was less than impressed.

Storytime!

Twas the morning after Hallowe'en and the kids wanted to paw through their loot. So I snapped a picture.