It's a...

Conversation with Will last week:

Mom: Will, do you want a baby brother or a baby sister?

Will: Ba-eee seester.

Conversation with Will tonight:

Dad: Will, do you want a baby brother or a baby brother?

Will: Ba-eee seester

This is just one of a million ways he will not get

exactly what he wants in the coming months.

We are thrilled that we will still be seeing blue

in the Torrone household at the end of the summer.

Welcome to the family baby boy Torrone.

We can't wait to meet you!

Hippity, Hoppity Easter's (and the new baby's sex is) on its way...

Easter was pretty spectacular according to Will's

gummy bear consumption which started promptly

at 6:05 am.
He then went with Lulu and Bomp to church to

"hear da bells."

When they got home we were in the kitchen getting

breakfast ready and we kept hearing a funny banging sound...

We naturally yelled at and blamed the dog but after

another round of bangs we walked out and found Will

helping himself to every single Easter egg that my mom

set up as placecards on the table.

42 M & M's later...

Breakfast was delicious and Will got a short nap in before

going to Grandpa Fred's family party.

We visited with Will's great-grandma and

watched the Masters for a bit before heading out

for our second enormous meal of the day.

The party at the Swanson's was, as usual, fun,

crazy busy and packed with family and friends.

We hung out, went on an easter egg hunt,

played with the new babies of the bunch and left

after eating way too much delicious food.

All three of us climbed into bed at 5:30 after Will's

bath. We were all asleep by 6:15 and although

Chris and I did wake up for a bit we were out

for the night by 8.
Aren't we exciting.

On another fun note...

our ultrasound is tomorrow at 12:30.

We are going to find out whether this new little

Torrone is a boy or a girl and reveal all

(we won't know until you do)

at the Cloverleaf at 6ish if anyone wants to join us.

We will be in the back family eating area.
And we ARE taking name suggestions...

we have absolutely no ideas, boy or girl.

one of those sweet little days

Will and I have been laying low this week.

He has what I think is croup and although I

don't know if he is contagious or not he sounds

like he's coughing up a lung and I don't want

anyone else to deal with the sleep deprived nights.

Yesterday we ran errands in the morning.

He took a nap at my mom's during my Dr.'s appt.

(All is looking and sounding good...ultrasound is next Wed.:)

Then we set out to entertain each other for the afternoon.

We headed to Pt. Defiance to feed the ducks

but were greeted by a "DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE"

sign...we would violate RCW blah, blah, blah...

Well, we cruised down to the pond and I snuck Will

bread, 2 chunks at a time, from inside the diaper bag.

We soon found out why they don't want people feeding

the wildlife...they attack. There were seagulls,

squirrels, ducks, and other weird birds

surrounding us within seconds and they practically

crawled up our legs to get at the food.

Sufficiently creeped out we ditched the wildlife frenzy

and snuck over to the playground.

As usual the slides and swings were the big hit.

As we were leaving the park he noticed the Muskox

you can see in the Zoo and pleaded to go in.

Why not?

We cruised the zoo for and hour and a half and

got a great show.

The tigers were out, the elephants were doing their

normal, sad swaying back and forth thing (we said

they were dancing?), the fish were a huge hit as usual,

the belugas were eating and doing tricks and

we shared a popcorn while taking it all in.

Will took his second nap of the day when we got home

and we ended the night at my mom's for a

great dinner and one of my favorite desserts.

Wish everyday was so carefree and fun!

what do we do now?

Tonight on my way home from work Chris called

and said "I have some sad news for you...

Will just walked into the bedroom AFTER

I put him down in his crib!!!"

I almost cried.

Will greeted him with at the bedroom door with a "watch golf?"

(his new ploy to get out of going to sleep when Chris is home)

Chris said "how did you get in here?"

Will said "I climb down..."

No kidding.

I dit my bang...

Will was at Mary and Fred's yesterday and they were

getting ready to head back to our house to meet Chris.

Fred was talking to Mary and said that he was going to

stop at Home Depot to pick up some stuff on the way.

Will turned to him and said

"We go Home Depot?"

"I dough dit my bang"

("I go get my hammer")

They then prooceded to hit up home depot with

Will carrying his entire tool kit.

heaven, continued...

Playing volleyball with dad, Sophie and Henry.

Sunset at Black Rock

Playing like crazy with Henry

Chris and Dave ready for golf.

Swimming in "da big poo" with Bomp, Sophie and Henry.

Will and his two new favorite people, Henry and Sophie.

We had an awesome time in Hawaii and were sad to

leave...esp. when we were greeted by snow on Sat. night.

We ate a ton of great food, heard lots of "I wan da swim in da big poo"

(Will didn't have time for the baby pool or pirate ship),

watched Will, Sophie and Henry play golf, soccer, etc. on

a cool new lawn at our hotel, snorkeled, ate a lot more good food,

shopped, took naps, walked, played in the sand, wore full

body swim suits (including spf 50 boots for Will),

played golf, watched the humpbacks in front of our hotel,

fed the Koi fish, watched the koi fish, listened to Will

say "ere's (where's) Bomp, Dave, Indsee (Lindsey), daddy, etc."

ten thousand times a day and enjoyed coffee and breakfast

every morning while people and whale watching.

Can't wait for our trip in 2011.

our little piece of heaven...

"da boat!!!"

Will kept calling the airplanes boats.

Not sure why except that he's never seen a plane

that wasn't flying so it must be a boat?!

Lounging with Lulu on our balcony in Wailea.

It's a rough life watching Will play golf with Bomp

while enjoying this view from our deck.

Our morning coffee walk.

Playing on the beach

Quiet time with auntie Rachel.

Rockin out with Lulu's iPod

Thank goodness we finally found Henny...

when these 2 finally saw eachother on Saturday

it reminded me on those long lost family reunions

that Maury Povich used to have on his shows, you

know the kind where the dad and daughter are

reunited after "losing" eachother for 20 years?

They were grinning literally from ear to ear gave

eachother a huge hug!

Henny feeding Will Fruit Loops

Swimming with dad!

Snoozing through lunch after playing hard with

Henny and swimming all morning.

Checking out the "cool koi fish"

which are the new loves of his life.

Heading to sushi.

Running off the last ounce of energy before hitting the bed.

We're having a great time in Hawaii...

huge surprise, I know.

Our days have been busy yet relaxing and so much fun.

Will is in heaven and although a different vacation

than before kids, it is so great discovering

every little thing with him.

Not sure how we'll keep him entertained when we

get home.