Finally Smiling

On the 17th of December Will smiled for the first time, but it took awhile to finally catch it on camera. Jack took this picture on December 30th, 2008. I love when your kids start to smile because then you feel like they are a person instead of just a eating, pooping, sleeping animal. You are finally able to interact with them.

Will's Blessing Day

This is Will on December 28, 2008 the day he was blessed. We drove down to Utah and blessed him in Grandma and Grandpa Eberhard's ward. We were so happy that we could do it where more family could be there. Don't you think Will looks really handsome in his sunday best?

Of course Samuel wanted to be part of the photos.

Will Reese Huckaby was named after his Grandpa Theron Reese Eberhard.

Crazy photos

We hope that everyone had a great Christmas. This was the first year we spent Christmas in Cascade. We had a lot of snow and just stayed in the house and relaxed all day. How blessed I am to have these four beautiful children to share the joy of Christmas with.

A thumb sucker

None of my other children ever tried to suck their thumbs, but from the time Will was born I was worried that he would. He had two marks one on each of his hand that look kind of like a blister had broke. I wondered if it was from him sucking on his hand in the womb. A few days before Christmas he finally got a hold of his thumb and was a very happy camper.

How we spent the week before Christmas

Aunt Nicolle came to visit and Will fell in love with her. He liked cuddling with her and gave her many of his precious smiles that are few and far between right now.

Gracie and Aunt Nikki had fun experimenting with the curlers. I don't have a cute after picture because Gracie would not stay still enough and they all fell out.

We attempted making a gingerbread house which was really cute while it lasted. It had a hard time staying together but the kids had fun making it and that is what mattered.

We spent some time getting ready for an inspection from the health inspector. Rodney and Troy got very creative about how to put batteries in the smoke detector. I know you are all wondering why two general contractors couldn't just use a ladder. I had the same question.

Samuel our actor

Samuel loves to pretend that he is someone or something else besides himself and he loves to dress up. The girls were taking turns trying on Gracie's dress and Samuel wanted a turn so Roxie helped him put it on. What a cutie he is.

Samuel also had a fun time dressing up like Winnie the Pooh at Yolanda's house.

Will is taking after his brother. He likes to pretend also.

Happy 1 month birthday Will!

Thanks Grandma Huckaby for the cute booties, hat, and scarf.

We decided to celebrate Will's 1 month birthday with a photo shot. Thank you Aunt Yolanda for helping us with your great camera.

For anyone that knows Samuel you know that he is a little difficult to deal with and is very fiesty. But what you might not know is that he has a very goofy personality and loves to make people laugh. He loves to pull funny faces when I am trying to get a good picture these two pictures were my favorite out of the pictures I took on this particular morning.

Gracie loves Will so much. She is constantly wanting to hold him and is a very good helper when is comes to caring for him. She is a good big sister.

Jack was so excited to have Will join our family. He is old enough now that he is a great helper when he is home and is always inventing these very funny nick names that aren't even real words. Jack is a great kid to have be the oldest in the family.

Rodney was trying to calm Will down and this is where he ended up. Can you say Father of the year. Just kidding Will didn't mind being in the basket at all.