2010

Our house

Mama and Wes in the snow

Wes ate two whole hot dogs and

then licked the ketchup off his plate

He really loves his moose!

I don't know where he

got his sense of humor from!

It's a new year and I decided I should try to post on my blog more than last year. That will only take about 3 posts and I will have completed my goal! Anyway, Wes is really growing up and we have taken some really crazy pictures so I thought I would share. I also have a picture of our house, now don't be too judgemental of the house...we haven't been there long and we have a lot of work to do. We don't have the time right now to do much, so right now we are just trying keep up with things as they break. Sometimes it gets a little stressful, like when the heat breaks on a cold winter night. But, it's our house and a little part of me thinks it's fun.

Our life in a nut shell

Sitting with Dada

At the beach with G-ma and G-pa

Wes likes to smell the flowers



Since my last post in August of last year, I started nursing school clinicals, Jason works, Wesley has taken up climbing, and we bought a house. We have had a lot of negative and positive things that have happened over the last few months, I'll just stick to the positive.
Wesley turned one Oct. 25 and entered the terrible twos at the same time. He smiles a lot and likes to laugh but he is VERY active. He can get into anything. After two calls to poison control, one visit to the doctor for falling on his head, and many many cuts and bruises, we've made a bet for when his first emergency room visit will be. We've also come to the realization that no matter how close we watch him, he's a little boy and you can't prevent every accident!
Wesley has also recovered from being a baba addict. He would not give up a bottle for anything. At 13 months he finally relented and took up a sippy cup, boy was that an accomplishment!
He does still depend on a pacifier, he likes to play with his hair and tap his head while enjoying a passy. This tends to be a problem at the dinner table, I am constantly washing food out of his hair.
Jason has been working a lot. We just moved into a house Dec. 1, I use the word house loosely. So far Jason has had to replace a breaker, fix the hot water heater, stop leaky toilets, get the heat to work, and make a new dishwasher work with old plumbing. Jason is becoming quite the handy man! He has been very patient and he works very hard.
I have been studying and taking classes. I am not the best student so this has been difficult but everyone has been so supportive so thankfully I am still plugging away!

Vaccum Ride

I had to post this, Wes loves the vaccum and the other day he figured out how to stand on the front of it. I started to push it and he laughed and laughed. Of course when we got the camera out he didn't laugh anymore but he still loved the ride!

Wes is 9 months old today!

My little baby is growing up so fast. He was so stinking cute tonight. I hate to brag, but he is really a sweet boy! Some of the things Wes likes to do are:

-Lick electrical cords...caused a major problem this week, thank goodness he didn't hurt himself!

-EAT...he will eat anything and everything, except my potatoes...what am I doing wrong? :)

-Play...this boy plays so hard, he goes from one thing to the next, all day he's dragging my pots and pans around and pulling my dish towels out of the drawer.

-Talk...Jason and I don't have a clue where he got that from :)

-Swim...he loves to swim at the pool or even in the bath tub, he just loves the water.

Wes also loves his daddy! Today Jason had to leave for a minute and Wes went to the door and cried. His first word was dada, Wes crawls around saying it all day. He is such a happy baby. He tries to get everyone's attention in the grocery store and if they don't respond he just gets louder and louder until they look at him. He is really at a fun age. He can be a pain one minute and then the next give me a big hug and slobbery kiss.

Self explanitory!

July 4th

Testing out the new ride

Wes hiked almost 9 miles :)

It's Been A While!

Wesley's first boat ride

The guys...and a very pretty Kate

GG holding down the fort

Ammon, Mommy/Aunt Ena, and Wes

My little guy

Well just to get everyone updated....

-Wes started eating cereal and from there he is eating baby food and anything else he can get into his mouth!

-My sister and her two kids came out to visit from Utah. Wes really loved getting to know is cousins Ellie and Ammon. They were so cute together.

-We visited Jason's parents out in Colorado. We had so much fun, it was hard to come home. It was Wesley's first time on an airplane. He did really well especially flying home with a double ear infection. He really loved his cousins and I think they enjoyed playing with him as well.

-Jason's friend from his mission came to visit and we went to the beach for the day. It was Wesley's first trip to the Beach, He loved it. He loves the taste of sand...what a crazy kid!

-Wesley is crawling now. He all of the sudden started crawling and within a day he was pulling up on everything. He is a total monster now. All day I just go behind him and pull stuff out of his mouth or put things back he's pulled down. He is so fast I can't keep up with him.

-We are in the process of looking for a house. Hopefully we will make up our minds soon and post pictures of the new place!

-My first Mother's Day! Jason bought me a beautiful corsage, and a very nice jewlery box.

-My dad turned 50, for his birthday we helped him in the yard. While we were working like dogs, Wes crawled around in a little blue pool. He loved splashing around while we were sweating and working hard.

I think I've remembered everything, but hopefully I won't be waiting so long to post again!!

Wesley's First Cereal

We decided it was time Wes had the taste of real food, well sort of! He is getting so big it was time to try some rice cereal. We have been excited to try solid foods with Wes. Jason has been dying to give him all kinds of food. I think Wes is the only 3 month old that's tried chocolate muffin, cookie dough, and lots of other things Jason has given him behind my back! He is so much fun and we love seeing him grow. We had the best time stuffing his fat little face. He liked it at first but then we weren't feeding him fast enough so he was got frustrated!

What is this stuff?

Thanks dad, you know what I like!

This is Wesley's first taste of cereal.

January Update

This Kid loves bath time!

My little happy boy!

Wes has had a very productive week. I returned to Nursing school last week so Jason and my mom have stepped up to take care of Wes when I'm in class. They have been very helpful and Wes has been well taken care of! While he was with Jason this week he decided to roll over. I will admit I was sad I missed it, but I'm grateful Jason got to see him do it! I would have been really sad if he did it in a daycare. We are very lucky that one of us usually gets to stay with him! Later this week he laughed out loud...I am pretty funny what can I say! He is really starting to show his little personality. I think he's going to be a silly little boy, he loves to scream and talk. I think we'll have to initiate quiet time for Wes and Jason! :)