It's a Girl!

Wesley is going to have a baby sister!  She is due April 4th and is growing strong and healthy so far.  I don't know why, but I thought it would be a good idea to have Wes come along when we had the ultrasound.  I didn't think he was paying much attention as he tore down the small ultrasound room, but as we were leaving he said "das a good baby...das a good baby".  He was right about it being a girl so hopefully he will be right about her being a good baby!

Wesley is 2!



Grandpa, Colt, and Grandma enjoying the party.



Wes blowing out the candles on his race car cake.

Kasey, Cutler, and Colt Quiller, Susan and Emie Woolf

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..."
Poor Colt, Wes was being a bit of a brat on his birthday and refused to share!

Wes has been walking around for over a month now singing happy birthday to himself.  He has really enjoyed opening all the gifts and getting all the attention.  He sure is growing up fast! I made him a race car birthday cake, it was my first attempt at decorating a cake.  Jason was a big help and did a really good job decorating the cake also, he just wouldn't let me take a picture of him.  We had a small birthday party for Wes at the park so he could play with his friends and eat cake, his two favorite things to do.  It was supposed to be a little cool and rainy on his birthday but lucky him the weather held out and it was a beautiful morning.


Wes celebrated a little with the family at GG's 80th party, he loved the clown cake GroGro made for him!



The many funny faces of Wes

Wes loves to make funny faces, and I'll have to admit he's pretty good at it! 

Happy Birthday Miriam

We all wanted to celebrate your birthday with you, so

we ate some cake and ice cream in your honor. We love

you and wish we could be with you. Happy Happy Birthday!

More Summer Fun

Here is Wes on the "mon-mower" with Dada.

Wes and Kate

Grandpa took us on some great train rides...Wes loved
every minute of it!

Wesley's first pinta

Another train ride with Grandpa

Our little watermelon monster

Wesley tried his first inflatable slide,
on that note it was my first time as well.

July 4th Celebration at Lake Benson Park

.....a dream come true!

I didn't learn my lesson the first time with the
cake on the table...it was even better after it was frosted!

"Oh what do you do in the summer time..."

Wes has become obsessed with choo-choo trains.

My sister and I have decided to sue the company that

makes these trains. They will not stay on

the track very well or hooked together, this causes extreme

frustration in Ammon and Wes. I can hear screaming

and trains flying across the room not only from Wes but through

the phone while talking to my sister :)

I just don't have anything to say about this one...

Wesley's first trip to Chuck-E-Cheese.

This is how Wes likes to watch TV.

What a crazy little boy!

This is the cake Wes destroyed on Father's day that

I talked about in my last post. I had not frosted it

yet so I was able to do a little damage control.

We have had a very exciting and fun summer. It has been very very hot but we have managed to stay cool so far. Wes is growing up fast, he is starting to talk non-stop and really gets into playtime. We have a fun play group that meets once a week. He has a blast going to the swimming pool, story time, free movies at "the big TV", or the park with Ryan, Josh, Eli, and Matthew.

We have also taken on a few projects around the house, it is slowly coming together. I will try to post pictures of the house soon.

I have enjoyed being at home with Wes so much over the past couple of months. We have decided it is best if I put off Nursing School a little longer so I can be at home with Wes. It was a hard decision but I am very happy at home and we feel that it is the best for our family.

Jason will be starting on a new squad in October, we are very excited. His new schedule will be much more conducive to family life.

Wes has discovered watermelon,

he is just like his GroGro.

Wes's first beach trip of the season.

At first he was afraid of the water and would

only play in the sand, then he started to like the water

and we had trouble keeping him out of it.

I have a great little helper in the kitchen now.

Whenever I start cooking something Wes pushes a

chair up to the counter saying "I helpin".

I was recently making a marble loaf and Wes was "helping",

before I could stop him he dumped half a box

of baking soda into it, with the mixer going...needless to say

the marble loaf didn't turn out!

Cool Baby

A little bit of Hawaii in GroGro and PaPa's

back yard.

"It's Just another manic monday"...well actually Sunday

Sunday was CRAZY!!! I promised my sister I would blog about it because it was just too much not to share. Sunday started out as a regular day, Jason was working and Wes and I were hurrying to get to church on time. So the normal day ends there! Wes was more energetic than usual, he wore GroGro, Papa, and myself slam out just during the first hour. Then I have been blessed with a calling as a nursery leader...in Wesley's nursery class. I assume they pick out the worst children in the ward and call their mother's to be in nursery with them. I left church worn out and tired...but oh boy if only that was the end of it!
Little side note: Jason is working on growing Fair winning 500lb pumpkins. We have three very large plants with lots of little pumpkins coming up.
Back to my Sunday:
I went out to water the pumpkins (because it's been 800 degrees here) and as I was walking back to the door I could hear Wes messing with the doorknob. I tried to turn it and it was locked. I had no phone, no keys, and I thought about going to the neighbors to call Jason but I was starting to panic so I couldn't even think of Jason's cell number. I tried to talk Wes into unlocking the door and he humored me by jiggling the knob but then he said "naanun" (his word for all done) and walked off. I was thinking this seriously can not be happening...but I have been in this predicament many times before so what is so surprising? Just a minute or two later Wes walked over to the door unlocked it and walked away like there you go dummy.
It took a few minutes to calm down, then I decided to go ahead and have Wes help me make Jason a Father's day card so maybe he could stay out of trouble. I went to the back room to get the supplies. When I came back Wes had chocolate all over his mouth. I asked him where he got chocolate from and he pointed to the kitchen, about that time I remembered that I had made Jason a German Chocolate cake for Father's day and it was sitting on the table. Sure enough I go in there and there are crumbs all over the table but the top is still on the cake. I take the top off and there are two hunks taken out of it. At least he was smart enough to put the top back on and cover up his tracks. If only he would have cleaned off his face, mom would have never known :)
I know these seems like it took the entire afternoon for all of this to take place...but in reality this was all over a 15 minute time period!
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