June & July flew by...

Where did the time go! June and July just FLEW by. We had an action packed summer, and our little guy didn't slow down for a minute. We went to Mini-Cousin Audrey's birthday party, which was amazing and adorable. So excited to have all these mini-cousins growing up together and all these celebrations! Loved every detail of her Sunshine party (well, of course, her mom plans events for a living so what do you expect?).

Will with Grandma Nancy at Audrey's Birthday Party!

Mmmm! Audrey LOVED her birthday cake!

The next weekend we had Mini-Cousin Cooper's birthday. Again, another adorable affair, this time with a delicious Cookie theme! Seriously, his mama Jenny is amazing. Such a great party!

Cousin Cooper loved his cake too!

Will had so much fun at Cooper's party! 

We also visited with Great Grandpa John & Great Grandma Betty. Our smiley little fellow had a blast with Great Grandpa's walker! We really should stop buying him toys.

Will playing with Great Grandpa John & his walker

Will playing with Great Grandma Betty

Will and I took some special pictures for Dad for Father's Day. Will even signed Dad's first Father's Day card (an Osborne family tradition). We got Dad a special book, Darth Vader & Son. It's pretty funny, especially for a Star Wars lovin' fam like this one.

Trying to fill Daddy's shoes. It's gonna take a while...

Signing Daddy's first Father's Day card!

We spent the whole weekend in Los Angeles and joined the rest of the Osborne clan at Uncle Bob's house for Father's Day, including some mini-cousin pool time with Audrey. Audrey is more of a water baby than our cautious William. It was so fun seeing her splash and play while our little guy clung to dad. HA! Looks like we need to spend some more time in the water. He did finally warm up to the whole swimming thing after a bit.

I love water (if you give me a minute)

Chillin' by the pool

3 Generations!

I love that they are making the exact same face in this picture! HA!

Then all the sudden, he was 11 months old! WHAT?! How did that happen? We have a curious, active little dude. He likes to stand up and cruise everywhere, especially at Grandma Nancy's house where he likes to push tupperware (or chairs or really anything) around the kitchen. Silly little guy!

And, of course, our favorite celebration in July, the wedding of Auntie Rachel and Uncle Chris! Oh, it was so beautiful and fun and special, and we are so happy for them! We love you two so much! Welcome to the crazy clan, Uncle Chris!

Family pic at the wedding

Nathan had the great honor of giving a toast at the wedding, and I must say, as a very proud wife of my handsome, hilarious husband, he did a fantastic job. As part of our familial duties, we also took pictures in the photo booth. Of course, we were trying to take both cute and hilarious pictures. For our final shot, Nathan suddenly turned to me (in my elegant, knee-length, strapless bridesmaid dress), and said, "Let's put our legs in the air!" Before I had a chance to object, or explain how unladylike this would appear (Who am I kidding? Ladylike?! What do I care?), He plopped down on the chair in the booth, sat me on his lap, and lifted one of my legs in the air as he kicked one of his up, as well. BAM! We were both on the ground, surrounded by shards of rented wedding chair. Yep. We broke it. And yes. It is even less ladylike to break a chair as you come crashing to the floor with both your legs in the air than it is to simply take a picture kick one leg in the air. (Our final shot turned out as just an empty picture of the background. Now you know why.)

And we finished the month with preparations for Will's first birthday party! But I'll save that for another post...

Double Digits, Baby!

That's right. Double Digits. Will is officially 10-months-old. What a big boy! He's crawling like a champ and started pulling up, too. He's such a sweet, easy boy. He just loves to crawl around and explore on his own. And now that he's pulling up, he loves to stand and play with his toys, or just stand at his baby gate and "talk" to us. And, of course, I find him standing in his crib after almost every nap.

He's also started to feed himself some finger foods. He's really good with toast, but hasn't mastered anything else yet. He does get sneaky during his feedings and will bite the spoon and try to grab it out of my hand. He thinks this is very amusing. Silly boy!

We've noticed more and more similarities between our little guy and his daddy. Mostly their facial expressions...

And their table manners...

We just love this little guy!

0.75-years-old and our family weekend away...

Sweet 9-month-old boy!

A couple weekends ago, we all went out to Rancho Mirage with the fam to celebrate Grandpa Larry's birthday. It was our first real "vacation" with Will, and he did great. He had just finally learned to crawl, so all the Aunties and Uncles (as well as Grandma and Grandpa) had fun playing with him and watching him frog hop around the living room. 

Playing with Grandma Nancy

Crawling on Auntie Kara

Deep conversations with Uncle Josh

We also took in him the spool (spa/pool) for the first time. He seemed a little unsure/stressed at first, but after spending some time with dad, he started to enjoy himself. He pretty much digs anything he can do with dad.

I don't know about this...

Some encouraging words from dad... 

but Will still has his fists of fury ready, you know, in case of a spool brawl

Happy boy!

Sneaky face...

We also found some hilarious mustache stickers at Michael's that weekend, so, of course, like any good parent, I purchased them and stuck a few on my child for my own amusement. Here are a few of my favorites:

Plotting to take over the world

Old-timey boxer ready for fisticuffs

That peach mango puree was exquisite

Bellissimo! Muah!

He also just hit 9 months! We have a 0.75-year-old child! And boy, do I know it. He is crawling all over the place. These milestone pictures were a little more difficult. As you can see from this brief chronological representation of our photography session, there were several attempts to dive off the side of the chair, dive off the front of the chair, and one small fit was thrown. But there was also plenty of smiles and laughs from baby and mommy both. What a crazy baby.

(last good picture before he attempted to dive off the side of the chair... again.)

Lastly, as Will has hit his 9th month, we have seen even more personality. While he is generally still so easy, sweet, smiley and fun, we have had some opinions expressed. For example, he has lodged several complaints regarding his dislike of diaper changes and getting strapped into his car seat. Mostly because he would rather be crawling around. But he usually gets over it rather quickly and a smile or a laugh is not too far behind.