Here's Will

Will arived Feb. 6th at 1:59pm. He weighed 3lbs 13oz, and was 17.5 inches long. You can find more pictures of him at out Flickr website.
www.flickr.com/photos/thehaleclan

Will on the Tube

We recently set-up a "YouTube" account. You will be able to view videos of Will there in the near future. Right now we have a great video of our niece and her thoughts about who made us all...especially Will. it is quite funny. Take a second to check it out. You can subscribe to the channel, and you will receive an e-mail anytime there is an addition. Hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheHaleTube

Momma's Hello

Well I have to say hello to all, because this is my first blog on this site. I have to admit it is a little frightening when you sign on and it is counting down the days, hours, and seconds until I experience extreme pain! I do have to say we are getting pretty excited around here to welcome Will into our family. However, Brent and I have still not aggreed on a middle name for our child, so of course with Brent's fun thinking approach to life, the plan is that we will just draw a name out of a hat at the hospital once the child is born. We have narrowed the name options down to three and I guess once Will is born we will draw his middle name. Kinda crazy I know, but unless I can somehow figure out a way to convince Brent that he wants the name I want, this is the plan.

We went to the Dr. last thursday and he is growing on schedule and everything looks great. I was not real thrilled of the amount of weight I had gained but we will just have to deal with that. He has been moving quite a bit and sometimes I call him my little jumping bean because I don't know what he is doing in there, but he must be having fun. We are now going to the Dr. every two weeks and few weeks from now we will go to every week. I think that is when it is going to seem like, oh my goodness here he comes! This is really happening.

We appreciate everyones love and support and can't wait to have pictures of our little one to share.

Merry Christmas to an Un-Born Kid

So Christmas has come and gone, and it is now time to settle down and get ready for the next major step...The birth. But before we get there lets talk about the "haul" Will took in this Christmas. Here we have a kid who will not be born for another 2 and 1/2 months and he is already getting more things than I am. Now I have heard the resounding feedback of "Well, get used to it" and trust me I am perfectly fine with him getting tons of Christmas presents...BUT HE IS NOT EVEN BORN YET! Seriously folks, what use does an unborn child have for a dog that teaches him his colors and numbers. Now, don't get me wrong I've had a blast playing with that dog, and I have never been so good with my colors and numbers. I appreciate the review in kindergarten education, but Will could not care less at this point. We have decided that to fix this situation, we will simply re-wrap all that he got this year to give to him next year, and for those of you who gave him the wonderful presents, we thank you, but next year when Christmas comes all your wonderful gifts will be under the tree for Will and the from tag will read "Mommy and Daddy". That's right we are hijacking your gifts to use for our own. Of course I say all of this mostly in jest. We truly do appreciate your gifts to Will. Heck, I bought him 4 or 5 things myself. Thanks, and I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and a fantastic New Year.

Late Night Practice

For the past few months sleep has not come easy for Becky and myself. If it's not her getting up to go to the bathroom, it's me. The past couple of nights I have had a headache and have been unable to get any good sleep. It seems that just when I get comfortable and am about to go off to sleep, Becky has to roll over or move, and suddenly I am right back awake. This does work both ways, because I do the exact same thing to her. It sure would be nice if we could get our moving and rolling to sync up, but most likely we won't.

I am thinking that this is God's little way of getting us ready for the sleep deprivation that is sure to come with the birth of Will. I suppose that we could be grateful for God preparing us in this way, but it's hard to be grateful at three in the morning when you're wide awake, and your wife is getting up to go pee for the tenth time because your unborn son is tap dancin' all over her bladder, and now that you think about it you kinda need to pee too, but you don't want to get up because getting up would be admitting that you are awake, but you decide to get up because it's better than the alternative of wetting the bed, so you're up and you pass your wife in the hall with a grunt as she returns to bed, and of course as soon as she gets comfortable you return from the bathroom just in time to get back in bed and wake her up with your movement.

I can't wait until tonight.

Tales From The Womb

Howdy Yall, this is Will. I was so excited to see that I have my very own blog. Heck, I'm not even born yet, and already I am so very computer savvy. I have decided that I am going to post here from time to time just to let everyone know how I am doing.

I am growing bigger each day. It's kinda neat in here, but I am sure that when the time is right I will be more than ready to come out and play. Mommy and Daddy have been talking to me through Mommies belly. I always laugh when Daddy calls me "Little Willy" and Mommy gets mad at him. Mommy is cool, and she takes good care of me. I can't wait to meet her. I think me and her are gonna have a good time together. She is always telling me what size fruit or vegetable I am. I think that is strange. I am not a fruit or vegetable, I am a boy. She can be crazy sometimes. But no matter how crazy she is, Daddy is far more crazy. I think I am going to like these people.

Will's New Crib

So here is the new crib. It only took us (Me and Becky's Dad) 2 hours to put together. Let me encourage you to never buy a crib at a garage sale without checking out all the screws. Some of them may be stripped, thus making it extremely difficult to put together. Needless to say we got it together, and it only took a minimum amount of urban enginering. Which I think is appropriate for something called a "Crib". I would also like to brag that neither one of us got mad and threw anything, or anyone. Anyway, Becky's mom and dad bought the crib for us, so that was an awesome blessing. It looked so cozy, but Becky would not let me sleep in it no matter how big of a fit I threw. We think Will will like it.