New sounds

William has been trying out new sounds. He has mastered the "gee" and "gaa" sounds and is moving on to the "aaa" sounds. He especially likes to make these noises when he and I are driving home from day care. The first time he did it, I thought he was super tired and yawning the whole way home, but after looking in the baby mirror I found that he was just entertaining himself.

Some pictures from today.... hanging out with Mom after our nap.

A trip to Menards will really take it out of you.

We found out that Murphy has a stone again in his bladder. So they will again perform the hydro propulsion technique on him again to try to get it out without surgery (they put him under, fill him up and then squeeze his bladder while in an upright position). Last time it worked and they got all the stones out, and the only side effect was that he was really whiny from the anesthetic.

So we hope it goes well again this time. He just turned eight this month, its hard to believe he has been a part of our family for almost eight years now. He is doing well with William, the only trouble he has been causing with William is when William sneezes. Murphy wants to get in his face to see what is going on. William is taking more of an interest in Murphy and likes to watch him move about the room.

Today William had fun looking in the mirror and smiling at the cute baby smiling back at him. We also had fun out in the back yard in our stroller watching Mom as she picked up Murphy's area and put up a new bird feeder.