Tuesday, February 21, 2012



We based Will's birthday on The Very Hungry Caterpiller book by Eric Carle

So for those of you who don't know the story here's how it goes:

On monday he ate through one apple.
On Tuesday he ate through two pears.
On Wednesday he ate through three plums.
Pn Thursday he ate through four strawberries.
On Friday he ate through five oranges.

On Saturday he ate through one piece of  chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one pickle, one slice of swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.



So for breakfast we had one slice of apple, 2 slices of pears, three slices of plum, 4 strawberries, and five sections of orange, a muffin, and some yogurt and milk.


For lunch we had a picnic lunch with Daddy. We had cheese and crackers with swiss cheese, pepperoni, and pickles, more fruit, and a hostess cherry pie.


For dinner we had hotdogs and watermelon.

Then, chocolate cupcakes and ice cream for dessert.

That night we had a stomachache :)

We had to go into Austin early for my doctor's appointment, and were meeting Danny for lunch so we had some time to kill. We did a little shopping, went and bought a "big brother" shirt, visited Toys r' Us, and used up some free tokens at Chuck E. Cheese. Will likes the driving games best!
Yeah we're in trouble in 14 years!
Okay so Will cheats a little at skeeball. However, if you notice he's score is still zero because he walks up and puts them in the gutter so I figure it's fair.
Until he decided that putting the balls in the next game over would be even more fun! We moved on quickly after that :)


Then, we came home and decorated for his "party". We decided to keep it just us again this year, because lets face it Will won't remember anyways, and we would have hated to cancel a friend party if the baby came early.
Will's caterpiller cupcake cake.
We had to light the candle a few times because Will needed Dad to show him what to do. He finally got the hang of it. Hope he remembered to make a wish!

Happy Birthday Will!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

 I can hardly believe it but our little munchkin is already here and we are officially a family of 4! If you can't read it here's his stats:
Benjamin Ray Rich
Weight: 9lbs 5oz
Length: 20.5 in
Born at 12:18am 2/16/2012

So far everything has been a completely different experience from Will, but even better than we could have hoped for. 


 Ben's nursery is Paddington bear. Come to think of it I should put up some pictures later.

 I thought it would be fun to let him use the same sleeper Will did coming home from the hospital. So in case you were thinking to yourself man he looks a lot like Will. Lets compare...
Will Coming Home
Ben Coming Home
Will
Ben
Will

Ben
 Yup I think they are related!
 So how is Will adjusting to being a big brother?
I think he loves it. His favorite thing right now includes mimicking Ben. He'll stick out his tongue, pull his hands into his sleeves (so he doesn't scratch his face of course), and...
 Will even puff out his lip and make crying noises when Ben is upset.
Pretending to sleep like brother

Everyone is doing amazingly! We are just relaxing and having fun loving on our newest family member.