A few photos to make you smile

Eating Goldfish













He loves to play in his block tub













Pumpkin from Ah-pa (Grandpa)













Hotdog at the zoo



















At the park this summer













William loves the dog on our computer. He's been giving it kisses and lovey also gives it kisses.


Will really enjoys his rocking chair. You'll hear up, down, and hand.

Weekend Update

We had a really great weekend... as usual! Friday night, we went to our friends' Halloween party. Will stayed home with Aunt Mara and Katie and Billy stepped in after Will went to sleep. We went downtown on Saturday morning to have some family photos taken along the river. The weather cooperated for the most part and we only got rained on a little. After pictures, we walked over to the GRAM because Will loves the fountain there. Unfortunately, the water had already been drained for the season so we ran in to the museum to see the Art Prize winner. Then we grabbed a quick lunch before heading home to relax for a bit. Then we went out to dinner and ran to the bookstore. Will enjoyed the fish tank in the kids' section and found a beanie baby that looked just like lovey - fortunately, we were able to distract him and were able to leave it behind without any trouble. On Sunday, we walked into town to do some grocery shopping and then spent the afternoon at home. In the evening, we went to Robinette's for an alumni club event we organized. Will had fun playing with all the little kids and had some cider and donuts. Yum!

Uncle Jim's Visit

Uncle Jim is moving from California to Boston and decided to make a pit stop in Grand Rapids for a few days. It was nice that he was finally able to meet William. Although it took Will a little bit to warm up to him, by the end of the visit they were buds and Uncle Jim even taught Will some new tricks.

Bulk Videos

Will has learned to do a lot of cute things in the past few weeks and we finally had time to capture them on video this weekend. Enjoy!

Will has learned most of his body parts and can say most of them as well.



Will likes helping out around the house.



Going down the slide all by himself


Having fun at the playground


Will learned how to get into the pool at swim class



Swimming with Dad



Uncle Art sent Will a really cool new truck. We captured his first glimpse of it on video.

Babies' Welfare Guild Style Show

Last night was the Camp Blodgett's Babies' Welfare Guild Style Show. It was a really fun event and we raised a lot of money for the camp!

Runway Seating and Swag Bags














Beautiful Centerpieces by Stems













Susan, Heather, Betsey, and Kristen













Kristen and Katie













Sarah and Kristen













Sarah, Emily, and Kristen

Great Fall Weekend

It was the perfect fall weekend in Michigan (except for a 3 hour window Saturday afternoon which we will not discuss). Friday we walked into Gaslight for dinner outside. Then we stayed up a little past Will's bedtime to wait for Grann to get into town. Saturday morning, Will had swimming lessons and then we went straight downtown to walk around ArtPrize. We were able to see several of the top ten entries but didn't wait in the line to get into the Art Museum to see the winner. We stayed in for dinner on Saturday night and met Kristen's parents for breakfast on Sunday. Then we walked up to the new boardwalk by Reed's lake with Grann and the dogs.

We've noticed that Will has grown-up a lot in the past 2 weeks. His vocabulary has dramatically increased. He's up to probably 40+ words he uses correctly. New additions are: dog, crayon, keys, hug, tree, and nick-nick (which is short for kinnikinnick which is the first song on his favorite CD - "oh, kinnikinnick is growing by the ponderosa pine..."). He has also gotten more adventurous at the playground. He used to love swinging and riding the teeter-totter but didn't really like the slides. Yesterday, Phil took him to the park for a while and he was climbing, going through tunnels, and sliding down the slide all by himself.

This is made entirely out of rubix cubes. The only color not used is green.













The GR skyline is made out of tiny marbles dropped down clear straws













Swimming with Dad













































On the boardwalk













So brave!

Grand Rapids Artprize on the Today Show

The ‘art’ of reviving a city:

NBC’s Mike Leonard visits ArtPrize, a 19-day international art competition and social experiment that proves something truly grand is happening in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/39556071#39556071