Will Swinging in the Backyard (9/26/08)

Well...I officially have a "BIG BOY!" We were out in the back yard Thursday afternoon and Will ran over to his swingset and just started swinging himself and it wasn't in the "Baby Swing" as he calls it now! That was the first time that we had seen him do that - it was an exciting moment for Rick and myself! He's doing so many new things and likes to do them all by himself - he's growing up right before our very own eyes - it's so amazing watching them learn new things!

Will also played some football with his daddy and had so much fun doing this! I was able to get a few videos of the swinging and playing football:

CLEMSON VS. NC STATE

We played NC State this past Saturday, September 13, 2008 and had another win (27 to 9 - final score)! We still aren't playing up to our potential but seem to be getting better at each game! Hopefully they keep up the good work the rest of the season! We had a wonderful time at the game even though it was way too hot! Will had so much fun cheering the TiGERS on and I bought him a new hat that he absolutely loves!!! He doesn't really wear hats (just like to play around with Rick's at home) but he wore this one all game long and all weekend so I think we have a winner! He actually picked it out himself and I think he did a pretty good job! I really don't like these noon kick-offs - I'd love it if they changed that but don't see that happening! Hope everyone enjoys the pictures from the game:

CLEMSON VS. CITADEL

Clemson played the Citadel this past weekend (9/6/08) and we came out with a BIG "W!" Much needed after the awful game played against Alabama the weekend before. We'll have to see how the rest of the season goes for us though - hopefully it will only continue to improve! My mom, dad, Kent, Elizabeth, Will, Emma and myself all piled into the Suburban and rode to the game together and had lots of fun! Emma and Kent did some "head banging" to Metallica - that was hilarious to watch Emma do this! It was a very hot day so that made it a little miserable to be at the game but winning the game at least helped out some! :) We won 45 to 17! Go Tigers!!! Here's a slide show from the day:

Labor Day

My mom, Elizabeth and Emma headed down to Blythewood today to hang out with Will and I since I had Labor Day off. We ate lunch together when they got to our house and we decided to go to Ed Venture and were hoping that all would go well with both Will and Emma since Emma had only had like a 30 minute nap and Will didn't have one at all! :) For the most part, until the very end of the day, they did very well! They had so much fun with the bubble-loosa exhibit, playing with the blocks, tractors, cars and fire trucks. They also got to plant food and milk the cow. They played in the 40 foot boy and listened to his heart beat - they were a little unsure about this one - maybe in another year or two they'll be big enough to go through this on their own and really enjoy it - it was really cool though! They went shopping in the grocery store, played with sand, on a boat and in the dentist office. The funniest part about the grocery store was that Will went straight for the meat and filled up his cart with this - this is the one thing that he eats the least of! :) It was so cute though! I'm sure there was much more that they did there but I can't remember it all and am not going to list it all because you'll see it in most of the pictures in the slide show! We had such a good time together and can't wait to do it again! Thanks Me-mo, Aunt-E and Emma for a wonderful day!