The Naming of Tyler and all the Williams

Tyler's full name is Tyler William Ferguson. We knew if Tyler was a boy his middle name would be William, Will told me that if he ever had a son that would be the middle name before we got married.

There are two parts to the William aspect.

Will's dad was Richard Garland, and Will is William Richard - basically fathers first name becomes your middle. Love the tradition - secretly hope Tyler keeps it up :)

William however is very much a family name. How do I explain this without making it overly complicated and using Will, William etc over and over. Forewarning this may require some concentration... Will's grandpa (Poppa) was a William Dixon Jr, his son (Uncle Billy) was a III, and both Will and his cousin share the name. Needless to say there are lots of Williams. It traces back on Will's grandfathers side of the family and his Grandma (Granny - same birthday as Tyler)for generations before that. Man, is that confusing to explain!

At Easter we were able to get a picture of all the Williams in Will's family. From left to right we have Billy or as referenced above III, holding William Anderson (newest William that belongs to the William on the far right), then Will and Tyler William and then William Lee (aka Lee).

Trip to Grandma and Grandpa's

Our friends Slade and Anne got married over Easter weekend in Austin. Nanny was nice enough to come stay Friday night and keep T at our house while we went out. On Saturday he went for his first overnight trip to Grandma and Grandpa's.

We were nervous this was his first night away from both of us. He did great (thank God). He had lots of visitors, Great Aunt Shirley, Carrie, Allie and Jordan came by on Saturday. Uncle Alan came over on Sunday morning, just in time to give him a bottle. I am sure Tyler will forever love him for this.

He slept through the night but I don't think Grandma did. He played with Grandma and Grandpa, opened his Easter basket and all went really well.

They dressed him up in his train outfit and put him in their wooden train. He seems to have enjoyed it. Choo choo!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for keeping big T.

Train

Bluebonnet Pictures

Since Tyler has been born (this is literrally) I have been excited about his first bluebonnet pictures. Nothing says 'I am from Texas' like a kiddo with bluebonnets. I even once made Will take the dogs out for pictures in the famous Texas flower (needless to say he thought I was nuts). None the less if it is ever in question as to whether or not the dogs lived in Texas, this is clearly proof.

Well as things go with kids it didn't turn out like I had hoped, several things went wrong. We had a drought and the bluebonnets were not the same ones I had invisioned over the last 7 months. They were small and low to the ground causing him to look down. Tyler had never been sat on the ground outside (very over protective parents). Well as you can imagine he was very interested in the dirt, the flowers and the grass and putting them all directly in his mouth..... couple this with Will's constant search and look out for snakes, bees and wasps and well you have quite the stressful event. Despite three attempts of good timing with naps and food he was always tired to top it off. Will had the great idea of taking Elmo to get him to look up and maybe smile, but now Elmo is covered in dirt (he likely needed a break anyhow, he now resides in the laundry room).

The photographer got some of him in the flowers but his curiosity kept him from looking at the camera and the tiredness kept away that super cute smile. I was bummed. Of course he still looks cute and I am not complaining, but I was expecting that smile that comes so easy and put it on a post card, this is Texas kind of event!

He has promised next year will be better. I still love the pictures and am so glad we got them. A special thanks to Dad for humoring me through all the attempts and doing everything he could think of to make it happen.

Second Word

A week after our momma we got a da da. He usually says it as Will walks out of the room (but Will has heard it plenty of times). It's so cute and fun to watch. Wow, what an amazing experience kiddos are. Smart, sweet boy. I honestly would have thought this boys first word would have been bottle :)