...and he's off!!!

We are officially marking today as the day Clinton first crawled. For the past couple of weeks, he has been making progress with forward movement. Today it was very intentional movement to a very decided location. His favorite things to crawl after are apples, my computer, and Gracie's slobber covered toys....lovely.

My dad called today and said, "I heard Clinton has put it into four wheel drive now." Laughing, I lovingly replied, "He actually put it into three wheel drive." He puts his right leg in what appears to be the proper motions but just drags his left leg extended behind him. It's pretty funny. The best is when he spots something he wants to touch. He gets really excited and slams his hands and feet into the ground before taking off.

Clinton has also learned a new trick. He can give you five! ...just in time for football season! We're so proud of our little boy and his latest accomplishments. We look forward to encouraging him as he continues to progress.

Aside from today's excitement, we also had a fun weekend. We went to North Carolina for our friends', Christel and Skip, wedding. It was at Leatherwood, a "resort" of sorts for people who have or want to come and ride horses. Everyone rents their own cabin. It was really nice. Below are some pics from our trip.


Clinton driving us to North Carolina!

Clinton at the reception with his Nana, who was gracious enough to go with us and help out with Clinton so Mommy and Daddy could do some grown up stuff!

The bride and groom saying, "I DO!"

A group of fun (and crazy) friends at the wedding....we're looking forward to the next group trip!

Our cute little cabin!

A family photo.

Clinton helping Mommy get her work done so we can leave for our trip!

Isn't She Lovely?

My little sister, Chelsea. She is definitely the more artsy of the two of us, which is good seeing as she is an Art Teacher. Chelsea has started teaching at a new school in Dallas this year and was allowed to paint her own classroom. She sent me a picture and since she doesn't have a blog, I thought I'd post it on mine. I'm pretty sure I'll have her painting my next nursery...which is not in the near future...or the far future, for now.

Lovely work, little girl.

All Smiles in the Williams' House...

Okay, so this isn't exactly a smile, but every time I see it it makes me laugh and smile. Not sure why but it makes me think of Popeye...maybe it's the cheeks.


Smiles for everyone.



Clinton's seven month pictures.




Clinton is continuing to make progress on his crawling. We're still not quite there, but he is pretty good at finding ways to get where he wants to go. He does a lot of rolling and scooting backwards or sideways. Below is a picture series with some actual forwards movement.




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A Baby of Many Tricks

Little Clinton has been a handful today....really testing my patience....the child has not been content all day, except once. I saw an ad for these Gymboree classes and they were trying to sell me on the fact that they have scarves for babies to play with....umm, I have scarves my baby can play with and they're....FREE. So I gathered up a basket full of them and sat Clinton down with them. I got back on my computer to work and when I looked up, this is what I saw....






Clinton has also done some other notably cute things lately. My favorite is when he pats me back when I'm burping him. He just throws his arm over my shoulder and burps me, too. And he has started giving kisses!!!! While I do love it, it's quite messy. He opens his mouth as wide as he can and just runs his mouth all over your face with slobber covering every inch of it. He gets really excited about giving kisses....and you never get just one. And I think he's been trying to sing..,,and we make some beautiful harmonies together. I wish we had a DVD Camcorder...I could be posting some way too cute video!

Hope everyone is doing well. Love to all--Courtney

Mohawks, Baby Teeth, and Game Day...

Below are a mix of some pictures over the past two weekends. Clinton's Tennessee outfit is from last week's Game Day...where we watched football from home most of the day and then went to our neighbor's house to watch the Tennessee Game. Clinton's Texas outfit is from yesterday. We went and tailgated for the Vandy/Alabama game....we didn't go to the game but had a friend whose law firm hosts a tailgating party....and we couldn't pass that up. We then went to our friends house....most people watched the Tennessee game in the front room on PPV, while Clinton and I and couple other friends sat in the back room and watched Texas beat TCU. We had a really fun day and are looking forward to next week's Game Day.

There is also a picture of Clinton's mohawk...just a new style we were trying. And if you look really close, you can see Clinton's first tooth in the picture with his mouth open.

Mommy and Clinton wondering why Texas was losing to TCU at the half!?

Clinton thanking Sean for inviting us to the tailgate party.

Clinton trying out his new mohawk...we're still debating on this new look.

Hanging out with Daddy on Game Day.

Check out the new chomper!

Mommy and Clinton at Clinton's first tailgate party.

Clinton playing with Jack. This is Sean and Laura's dog and he loved Clinton. He played with him forever and wouldn't do anything but lick him...never snapped at him or anything. And the entire night he would literally follow around and sit at the feet of whoever was holding Clinton. It was really cute....and reassured Laura that a baby brother or sister is just what Jack needs!