Hoppy Easter!

Dear William,

You are growing a ton!  You are also forming quite the personality.  You are a ham for the camera, which is hilarious.  Mommy has gotten some pretty cute videos lately of you trying to crawl.  You are VERY close to crawling.  Mommy and Daddy are going to be in trouble once you are on the move!

Here are some of the things you've been up to lately:

1. You shake your head "no."  At first Mommy and Daddy weren't sure you actually meant "no" but you have continued to do it, particularly when you are done eating, so we are pretty sure you understand what you are doing.
2. You have started making a grunting sound.  It is a very deep sound that you just repeat over and over again.
3. You now reach for Mommy and Daddy when  you want to be picked up.  It just melts our hearts.  You usually do the reaching when you are on the floor, or when someone else is holding you, because... 
4. You don't let anyone hold you right now, except Mommy and Daddy.  Sometimes you will let Uncle Dave, Uncle Rett or Papa hold you, but that's about it.  You cry when YaYa or Grandma or anyone else holds you.  Sometimes you won't even let Daddy hold you and you just reach for Mommy. 
5. You have been VERY grumpy the last few days.  You don't seem to want to nap or sleep at all.  You are very tired, and when Mommy and Daddy finally get you to go to sleep, you take LONG naps, but at night, you keep waking up.  We think you are finally teething...for real.  (Mommy and Daddy joke, that you have been teething your life because we always conclude you are teething when you are crabby.  We have decided that even when you are much older, we will still say you are teething when you are crabby, even when you are teenager! Haha.)
6. Because you've been grumpy, you've taken a few naps in Mommy and Daddy's arms lately, just so we can get you to sleep.  Here is a picture of you sleeping in Mommy's arms, one of Mommy's favorite things!

There was a lot of excitement around here on Friday night.  A tornado passed by very close to our house.  Our church even lost its steeple.  Mommy and Daddy took you and Phoebe down to the basement, to keep you safe.  It was pretty scary, but you slept through the whole thing!  Our house lost power, so we went to hang out at Grandma and Grandpa's house all day on Saturday.  You took great naps that day!  There is a lot of storm damage all around us, so Mommy and Daddy feel very lucky that there was no damage to our house. 

For Easter Saturday, Mommy took you to church with Uncle Dave and Aunt Kristen, and we went on an Easter Egg Hunt after church.  YaYa took some great pictures, which are below:

We are headed to Uncle Dave and Aunt Kristen's this evening for another Easter Egg Hunt and to celebrate Easter. 

Love,
Mommy and Daddy