Family Fun

The home teachers are always asking us if they can do anything and we always say no. Sound familiar to anyone? Anyway, this time we asked them to take our picture while we were still in our Sunday clothes. Turns out, having someone else take your family picture is easier than trying to set up the tripod and use the remote and all that. Go figure.



The cutest little cowgirl you ever did see. Move over Woody. Now we just need a little hat for her.



Whitney and Will had a serious discussion about whether she was allowed to try the delicious looking peanut butter sitting on the table. Who will win?



Hugs afterward, even though there was no peanut butter for babies. Maybe next time, Whitney.



Okay, maybe it is just me. But babies just look so cute in jeans. I wanted to get a picture of Whitney asleep on our bed in her jeans, but the little rascal woke up before I could take a picture. What a stinker. She seemed to really like this toy though.



It's a bird...it's a plane...no it's flying superbaby. I just had to get a picture of her flying with Will. Maybe I am just picture crazy, but hey, she changes so quickly. Anyway, hope all is going well for everyone.

sitting and shaving and surprises

Here is a video of Whitney sitting up, she has been practicing lateley and has been doing much better at it



Courtney dressed Whitney up in a cool outfit, and will just had to add this hat, tell us what you think?





During the week we had a surprise package arrive for us, it was a game of go, and Will did not do so well (he was playing white), perhaps it was because he let Whitney whisper him strategy hints, but we all look forward to another game.



Today we dressed Whitney up a little different a took a few more pictures as well, so we had to show them off.







We also gave Whitney her little bear to play with, first there is a picture of the two of them playing happily, then Whitney gets violent, and then the bear gets back!! (no children or bear were harmed in the making of this blog)









Finally with one last surprise, see if you can notice what is different about Will in this picture.

Eating Solids

Since Whitney is now 4 1/2 months old, we decided that she was ready to try some solid food. Well, if you consider rice cereal to be solid food. I made it quite runny so it would help her swallow it because that seemed to really help the babies at the daycare. We both thought that Whitney would mostly spit out the rice cereal on her first attempt, but she did so good. And she loved it; she wanted more when it was all gone. Will and I both had fun feeding her for the first time.
Here are a couple of random pictures of Whitney looking all cute.



And she was reaching out for the spoon because we weren't feeding her fast enough.



She really liked the flag, already a little patriot.







We are still working on sitting up better. As long as she has a back, Whitney does okay. So she can sit with her back against the couch and be part of our family. I hope everyone is doing okay. We love you all.

Rhode Island Part 2

There was too much to put in one blog post, so now we will tell you more about our vacation. Will's brother, Matt, lives in New York and we hadn't seen him since our wedding, so we wanted to take a trip down there while we had the opportunity. It was a great time to meet his sweet fiancee Karen as well.
Sorry this picture isn't the best, but it was the only one we got. Here we are at the bottom of the Gugennheim (sp?) Museum. We weren't allowed to take any pictures of the exhibits, but it was an interesting museum.



We also went to the American Museum of Natural History, which is the one that Night at the Museum is based off of, so that was neat. Whitney and I are standing next to a meteorite that landed in Oregon. The museum had lots of animals and information about different cultures. It is a fascinating museum that you could really spend all day and not see everything.



And you cannot go to New York City without seeing the Statue of Liberty. We got a lot of pictures of the statue since we want proof for Whitney when she is older that she really did see the statue. Here is one picture that we like of us.



Will even got this fun picture with the sun behind the torch, so it looks like the torch is on fire.



We went to Ellis Island afterwards. It was good to remember our heritage. There is a really cool exhibit there that is half flag and half people. I tried to get a picture that showed both sides, maybe you can see it. Look real close.



Mean old Courtney got Will to put his head in a cut-out image without telling him what it was first. So we have a picture of Will with his head in the barbie, but I promised to not put it on the blog, but we do have Whitney's face. There is an exhibit of barbies from around the world that was actually kind of cool.



So New York was a lot of fun. On our last day in Rhode Island, we went to the 4th of July Day parade in Bristol (which was actually held on the fifth, but who's counting?) This parade has been going on for 225 years, which is amazing. It is the longest-running 4th of July parade in the country. Here are a couple of pictures. It was Whitney's first parade.



We also have the Raytheon float that was created by the Will's dad's company. It won best in parade.



And one contestant from the show Amazing Race was there. So we had to take a picture of him as proof for all of Courtney's family who loves that show.



It was such an enjoyable vacation. Thank you Mom and Dad Keeler for the wonderful trip.





P.S. If you want a picture of Will's head in the barbie to be used as bribery or something, just contact Courtney, she can send you one.

Rhode Island Part 1

We went on a trip to Rhode Island as a graduation vacation. It was so much fun to see Will's parents and for them to meet Whitney. Thank you mom and dad Keeler for the exciting trip; it was great being able to go to all kinds of fun places with you. And the weather was very good while we were there; the humidity remained pretty low, so we were grateful. We are probably going to post all the Rhode Island pictures in two blogs, so here is the first half of our trip.
Here we are at the Breakers mansion where the Vanderbilts use to live. I guess a lot of really wealthy people would get summer homes in Rhode Island. The tour of this mansion was simply lovely.


One day we went to Lexington and Concord to see some of the historical sights because Courtney loves looking at where history happened. We got to stand in the spot where the shot heard around the world was fired. There was a nice museum commemorating Revolutionary figures. If you cannot tell, this is Paul Revere in the background. The pictures are coming...the pictures are coming.



Afterward, we went to the Harvard art museum. It was cool just walking around Harvard with all the smart people. We only got in a little trouble while trying to feed Whitney while we were there. Oops, water and art museums don't mix. Can you guess what this is? Neither can we, but it was in the modern art section. We are also standing by the John Harvard statue. We had to squeeze past a couple other people milling around to get this picture, so I hope you appreciate it. We only look a little tired.





Plymouth has a big imitation of the Mayflower ship called Mayflower II that you are allowed to take a tour on. The second ship also made the trip from England to America and everything inside looks like it might have back in the 1600's. There were even guides on board dressed like long ago to answer questions and whatnot. That was fun to see and fun to tour. I don't think I could have been happy being stuck on a small boat for 66 days, but I am grateful for the immigrants who came over. The second picture has both Whitney and Will looking into the camera at the same time while standing next to Plymouth Rock. The rock is a lot smaller than I had imagined.





Whitney was very good for our trip. She liked to smile at everyone, even complete strangers. She sure knows how to turn on her charm when she wants something. We better watch out when she gets a little older to make sure we don't spoil her senseless.



And Whitney loved grandma and grandpa Keeler. Everyone had a good time together.



We will post some more pictures in a couple of days. I hope everyone is having as fun of a summer as we are. Now it is time to get busy finding a job. Take care.