27 weeks! Already!?

I was checking e-mail today and got a pregnancy update e-mail from babycenter.com. It was titled "Your pregnancy: 27 weeks". What!!?? Where has the time gone. This pregnancy has flown by in comparison to Will's. Granted, I don't have near as much time to sit around and think about sweet little Luke as I did Will. But still... I didn't think it would go this fast. Things are going really well. I feel great, but am starting to get to the point where I feel pregnant. You girls who have been preggo know what I mean. My stomach is starting to get heavy and even hurts at times and just getting up off the couch is becoming a hassle. For now, I can still have plenty of energy to chase Will. But I'm not gonna lie, I take a nap most days when he is napping. Hard to believe in 13 weeks, I will be a mother to 2 little boys!

So, for the sake of my sweet 2nd child and those of you who don't see me everyday, here is a picture of my belly at 26 weeks.


And for kicks, here are few new pics of Will.
Will and Jocelyn. She is the little girl next door. We watched her for a little while the other night. She is 3, an older woman. Will worked hard to impress her!
Will & Daddy trying to figure out how to get their soccer ball back that they kicked into the next door neighbor's yard. Too bad the dog got it and chewed it to shreds!
Will wearing one of his daddy's shirts.

Blue Angels come to Charleston

Will and I checking out the planes.

Recently Will has doubled his vocabulary and has become increasingly interested in things that fly in the sky, namely birds and/or planes. Every time he sees either he gasps and points up at it and says bird. Even if we are in the house and he hears a bird tweet or a plane fly overhead he does the same thing.
Mommy and Will...sorry just had to throw in another of the 2 of us! :)

Because of this we decided to take Will down to the Battery to watch the Blue Angels practice for their upcoming air show this weekend. (Sidenote...Growing up I saw them several times when they came to Chattanooga. We lived so close to the airport that we could sit in our backyard and watch the whole thing. The guys would fly so low that there were times that you could see the pilots in the cockpits.) Mike had never seen them so I was excited for both my guys to see these awesome planes.
One of my attempts at catching a pic of the planes. It was much harder than it looks!

When the first fighter jet flew overhead it was so loud and it scared Will to death. He started crying and I instantly felt like a horrible mother. I brought no ear plugs. I didn't think it would bother him that much. We realized though that it just scared him. After he got over the initial shock of that first plane, he seemed to enjoy what he was seeing. He even pointed at them as they raced by us. Mike loved every minute of it as well. They are pretty cool to watch, especially on a 85 degree April day overlooking Charleston Harbor!
Will pointing to one of the planes.
Will playing with the "balls" at the Battery. Its one of his favorite words right now!

Now, as for that vocab of Will's I was telling you about. Here are the words he is saying consistently:
dog
bird
thank you
juice
more
no
yes
mommy
daddy
baby
stinky (thanks to daddy!)
1,2,3
aci(paci)
Acie(Gracie)
ball
He is also good at copying what we say. He tries real hard to watch our mouths and mimic exactly what we do. It's crazy the amount of stuff he learns each day!

Introducing.....Tate McGill

Tate

So...my little sister made me an aunt today. Christopher Tate McGill was born early this morning, like 5:30ish, after about 26 hours in labor. He was 8lbs 3 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. I have only seen pictures, seeing as how I live 9 hours away. But you better believe Aunt Whitney is dying to love on her new nephew...and I will soon. I'm planning a trip in mid-May with my Gran and Will(if Linny and Seth will have us!)
I am so proud of Linny and Seth and know that they are going to be great parents to precious little Tate.
Tate and my dad (a.k.a Poppy)

Easter...better late than never

Easter 2010 was an Easter that we will never forget. Not only was it our first in Charleston, but it was River Church's first Easter celebration. It was also the Sunday with our biggest attendance, 201 people, since we launched in January. After worship we had the opportunity to eat lunch together as a body. The kids even had an easter egg hunt.

Will cared absolutely nothing about the egg hunt. The few eggs he did get in his bucket, were all but put in his path. He pretty much couldn't miss them. He liked the eggs a lot more when he realized that there was candy in them. When he opened them he would smile and say "oh!".

Will was much more interested in running and playing on the playground.

All in all, Easter was a lot of fun, and a very special day.

Mike's family came to spend Easter with us and a few days after. They were on Spring Break and we had a lot of fun. We went to the beach, went to eat at Hyman's and went and spent time at Patriot's Point at the U.S.S Yorktown. We all loved them being here, but Will did the most. He loved having Grandma, Paw-Paw, Uncle Drew and Kristin come and spend time with him.



Will and I in front of the U.S.S Yorktown. An aircraft carrier, complete with fighter planes. It was so cool.
Will sitting in a fighter plane. He loved it and didn't want to get out!