Will's Bday!

On January 5, William turned one! It is so wild to think my baby is already year! We all love William! He is a very easy going baby and usually very happy despite Tristen always bullying him. I've tried so hard to get Tristen to be nice to William and he sits in timeout multiple times a day because of how he's treated William. I'm not sure what else to do to teach how to change his thinking process. Literally, if he sees that William is holding ANYTHING in his hand, he will snatch it from him. Asking Tristen to share his toys with William is a joke. There is no desire. Any advice would be appreciated.
Anyway, despite a sometimes mean brother, William seems to be doing great! He will stand up and beam with pride, but he has no interest in attempting a step. For Christmas, William got a Leap Frog table that he has to stand at to play. I was hoping that would encourage him, but for now, it's just a waiting game.

Willy loves his blankie! He loves snuggling with it and instantly plops his thumb in his mouth when given his blanket, but really does not suck his thumb otherwise. His blankie is a must at nap time.

We had a good day on his birthday. It was a Saturday so Duane was here. During the day we went sledding since the weather was not as bad as it had been the whole week prior. I think the high was mid 30's. We drove a 1/2 mile up the road to the Academy school and the boys had a blast! If the main road weren't so close to the bottom of the hill I probably wouldn't have been so nervous and would have gone more myself, but Kalvin quickly learned how to stop himself (roll off) after he jumped the sidewalk and ended up a few feet from the road.

The first time Tristen went down he jumped up and yelled, "That was so fun, I can't believe it!"

Duane was on baby duty most the time while I was taking pictures. It was pretty cold with the wind, but William tolerated the chilly weather well and didn't ever whine.

 The boys took a few spills, but didn't ever cry for long. They were having too much fun to let pain stop them from getting up for another ride down the hill.

Tristen has the winning picture of the day. He stopped himself with his face. OUCH!

 That evening we got on skype with both the grandparents 

and gave our starved William his cake decorated with all his favorite things, marshmallows, fruit snacks, and pretzels.

 After getting over the weirdness of everyone staring and singing to him, he was in heaven with the yumminess all to himself

 while we enjoyed watching him, talking to our families and eating the cake that Kalvin and Tristen decorated for us. If we couldn't be with family, at least we could see them!

 I was surprised at how much he ate! He just kept going and going. I thought for sure he would stop sooner, but with a tad bit of help from Duane, he almost at the entire 1/2 a box of cake!

 

 Then the sugar settled in and the giggles followed...

 After getting all cleaned up, he showed us how he can stand!

What a fun little guy he is! We love you, William! Thank you for your smiles and snuggles when you're sleepy.