Mother Son Visit to Shaw Farm

I took Will to Shaw Farm today because he was obsessing with horses. Ever since meeting the race horses at Keeneland, every time he sees my computer (where the pictures are) he asks to go see horseys. I took him to the one place I knew there would be a horse that was open after 5:00PM. I showed him the horse, then raised it a chicken or two. He's such a farm boy!
Here is my little pilgrim celebrating Thanksgiving early, making peace with the chief.
Here he met his first burro.

They have all these cut out houses that the kids run through. He had fun. I think this one is Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz's house (hence the cracks...tornado damage).Here is Will telling Fred Flinstone to "step on it".

Wiiiiillllmaaaaa!
And finally the horse. There was a yellow rope that we weren't supposed to cross. I had to cross it many times to pull Will back from the poor horse.
For some reason, Shaw Farm put up some shady establishments in the Western area. Perhaps I've seen too much TV, but he's not allowed to visit Miss Kitty's Rooms for Rent.

Will had a great Sunday at Keeneland complete with church with Father Dan and a visit to the stables with the Tourney's (thanks Lisa and Tim!). They brought out their horse, Our Douglas, for Will to see.John got to hold the horse, so now Will forever associates his cousin with horses.

Our Douglas ran a great race at Keeneland yesterday finishing second!! That was the sweetest horse ever!
Will was a little timid to be close to the horses at first, but he warmed up to them eventually.

What has Will been up to?

It's October. I haven't posted in a long time!! Will is almost 2 years old, he's 20 months. He talks all the time and is still running, jumping and climbing on or off of everything. He's a sweet boy still. He cuddles with his mom and dad (mostly mom), and he is starting to love TV and books.

Sue Sue and Pop Pop (my parents) just came to visit us in Cincinnati this past weekend. We had a lot of fun together! Will gets to see his Nana and Dah (Billy's parents) quite often so it was nice to share the love with the Mississippi grandparents.

Here are some of my favorite pics of Will from the summer. He learned to jump in the pool with just swimmies on. He even went off the diving board. We happily celebrated Uncle Kevin's 30th birthday (until snapping the elastic band on his chin). He went gambling with Uncle Kevin at the St. Mary's Festival (so proud!).

Enjoy! I'll post some video's next.

Gibson's new laugh

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Will and Gibson eatin cookies

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Will's hair seemed ready for a new style, so mommy created a little faux hawk. The curls prevailed and it turned into more of a duck tail look. Makes me laugh. Here's crazy man running around close to bed time that night. I'd like to say the mohawk inspired this wild streak, but this is actually pretty normal behavior when he's sleepy. I remember Gibson saying these sweet "hey's", but instead we get a bit louder version from Will. 

Beautiful Spring Pictures

Our neighbor Erin took some great pictures of Will this weekend! It was a beautiful day at Ault Park and Will was ready to be rowdy. He ran all around then would totally pose for the camera. Such a ham!

First Haircut!

We got the curls cut off last weekend. I was very sad to see them go, but Billy was set on getting rid of the rat tail. It looks so much better! It was a fun day!

Laughing down the stairs

After a trip to the playground today, Will found another slide on the stairs. He was about to take a nap, and when he's tired he gets giddy. I love these giggles!