Last week we saw my baby brother Marcus off at the MTC...

He's going to Auckland, New Zealand

We will all miss Uncle Marky, William yelled, "Marky, Marky," as he walked away through the doors, it was sad, but we are glad that he is such a good example to William.
People at the MTC kept saying that in 18 years I'll be sending William off, but I'm not ready to even think about it...

We had fun all week visiting with Nana, Papa (Poopa, as William says), Marcus, and Aunt Bussy (Beth). There were rides down the sidewalk on his new bike.

And walks back, with twinner sweatshirts:)

And of course, a little dress up in Daddy's boots!

On Monday, we also had an ultrasound, sorry no pics, they gave us a DVD, and since a 35 minute movie would take a while to post, I'll just fill you in. Each baby has all of the appropriate parts, including BOY parts, their hearts and spinal cords look great, and they each weigh about 1 1/2 pounds, which puts them about a week behind a singleton birth in growth. So far, everything is great, and we are excited!

A book worth buying

If you are not in primary and haven't heard that there is a new nursery manual-it is wonderful. This is my testimonial. Our nursery leader love it, I have been using it for FHE since about october (he was 17 mos), I didn't think William ever noticed that we even had FHE, but he now calls our manual the "Jeshus book." So apparently he's does listen sometimes:) It is really easy to pick up read and give a lesson in two minutes-although, I am sure some people take more time to prepare, I don't! The pictures are beautiful and that is what William loves. The lessons are complete with songs, activities, coloring pages, and scriptures. It is also easily adaptable for a one year old and I have used some of the activities in my Junior primary sharing time. It is modeled after the preach my gospel book-it's only $5.50, worth every penny!

I hope in the next year we get new manuals for all our primary classes, that would be the icing on the cake!

I Love William

I just stare at William sometimes, and think, "is it possible to love one little human being so much?" Here's what he's been up to this week...

Helping himself to a few "gapes" (grapes) from the crisper

Sporting shades and hauling around his baby-his new favorite, he will frequently ask for his baby first thing in the morning and has me help the baby go potty on the toilet-I hope that means that William will soon be going on the toilet...probably wishful thinking!

Dave's best helper, at 19 months, he already knows how to handle an impact drill-although I don't know if I want to let him loose on my cabinets just yet:)

And, for good measure, a picture of our finished backsplash-I've been caulking tonight, and then I can put everything back-finally. Although, I am contemplating not putting anything back, it is so nice to have clear counters-that probably isn't sensible since I will probably want to use my toaster and kitchenaid again soon. William has been so patient while Dave and I have been tiling and Aunt "Bessy" has come to play which helps a ton!

Like mother, like son?

Due to the largeness of my rapidly growing belly, when I sit at the computer, I sit on a birthing ball for comfort's sake.

William caught onto the idea today and found his own ball, and yes that is an old newborn mam pacifier in his mouth-he found it while we were cleaning his room.

but, he's not growing one of these-23 weeks.