WILL AND HIS SHADOW

The "PICTURE LADY" as D. J. calls herself had a spend the night on October 21, 2006 with Will! She babysat so I could go and enjoy the Clemson vs. Georgia Tech game and I appreciate that so much because I had a wonderful time and the game was AWESOME! :) They had lots of fun together and took many pictures....the following are two that D. J. sent me and I wanted to share them with everyone to enjoy!

Will's first Departmental Picnic

The Physics and Astronomy department that I work for had our fall picnic on Saturday, September 30, 2006. The weather that day was beautiful and we had a very good turn out of our faculty, staff, grad students, and family members! The food was delicious! Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time that day and hopefully we'll have an even better turn out for next year's picnic!!! I've posted some pictures of Will on here and a few of him and his little "buddy" David playing together for all to see!

A NEW SWING

My parents went and bought a new swing for Will (and soon for Emma) for our old swing set when we were kids so he'd have something to use when he's there visiting...so we just had to try it out...and of course he loved it!!!

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW

On our way back home from Lancaster from Pa's house we stopped for a visit at Grandmother and Granddaddy's house and hung out for a while with them at their house and showed them how Will had learned how to walk...he was so proud of himself and they were excited to see this! After we left their house it had started to "drizzle" a little outside but it didn't last for long and the sun decided to "peek" through the clouds and gave us a beautiful rainbow (double - hopefully you can see it in the pictures) to enjoy!!!! It was amazing! We pulled over on a side road and took some pictures...what a wonderful ending to such a special day for us all!!! :)

A TRIP TO PA'S HOUSE

We took another trip out to Pa's house again and walked around outside just to "reminise" of old times. This is a picture of my mom standing by the scupanine (sp?) vine that her father grew and always picked for us every year...they were always so yummy!!! There's also a picture of Will walking with his Aunt Elizabeth by the vines...it's such a precious picture if I do say so myself! :)





Here's a picture of my mom pushing Will in a swing that I used to swing in as a little child:



Here's a few pictures of Will taking a "nature walk" with my dad around Pa's house:





The tricycle that Will is riding on is one that Pa had left at his house for his great grandchildren to take rides:



And last but not least...here's pictures of Will taking a "ride" on Tanner!!! :)

CLEMSON TIGERS BEAT NORTH CAROLINA

Well..we got another "W" against North Carolina....felt kinda sorry for the players...it was pretty ugly! :) I have some pictures from the "pre-game" where they let loose balloons as the football players ran down the hill:

D.J. came with us to the game and helped "entertain" Will...here's one picture of them together playing with water bottles:



My brother's friend, Rob, was also there "cheering" on the TIGERS with my brother, dad and Will! They also helped in entertaining Will during the game (Will was being given ice chips in this "shot"...that's why he's got such a funny face...it's quite the joint effort!!!



Here's a picture of Will sitting with my mom during the game:



These are a few pictures after the game on the field with my dad and I:





They honored the 1981 National Championship football team during half time of this game and after the game was over we were able to get Will's picture taken with Perry Tuttle (one of the players from the 1981 team):



Here's a picture of Will after the game with his Aunt Elizabeth pushing his new stroller:

WILL'S FIRST "REAL" HAIRCUT

Will had his first "real" haircut this past weekend....well....my mom cut it for him and I do have to say that she did a wonderful job!!! He looks very handsome!

"BLUE MOOD"

A few of Will's birthday gifts were a duck toothbrush holder, soapdish, hand towel, shower curtain and shower curtain rings from his "Gran," "Granddaddy," Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Ben. (I bought the bathroom mat this past weekend) Rick, Will and I went shopping this past weekend for a color to go well with his new "bathroom stuff." The color that was decided upon was "BLUE MOOD." Rick worked very hard this weekend on painting the room and did an amazing job...it looks wonderful and Will definitely loves his "NEW BATHROOM!" His mom and dad love it too! :) Here are some pictures for you to check it all out!

CLEMSON TIGERS beat FAU

Well...this was Will's 1st game of the TIGERS football season (this year) and he loved it...who wouldn't though when you beat a team, 54 to 6 (even if it wasn't a great team)!!! He behaved so well for us and had lots of fun waving and telling everyone in the stands "Hi" as they passed by him. He loved clapping and cheering on the CLEMSON TIGERS too! Can't wait to take him to some more games this season! GO TIGERS!!!

MY NEW SWINGSET

Will received lots of wonderful birthday gifts and one that we have been enjoying lately is his new swingset that Rick's parents gave him for his 1st birthday...he seems to really be enjoying it! My parents bought him the 2-in-1 toddler swing to go with it for him to start off with until he is ready for the "BIG BOY" swings!!! :) Here are some pictures of him when he first got to try everything out!

WILL's BIG 1 YEAR BIRTHDAY BASH!!!

Here are a few pictures from Will's 1 year birthday party! He had a BLAST and so did everyone else!

This first one is of Will preparing for the BIG EVENT!


















These are a few from during the party:































































And...here's the best of all....the BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!