1st Birthday Celebration in Midland

This is your first Birthday,

A very special one,

A nice kind of day,

For treats and lots of fun.

From the time you get up

Till you go Nighty night

Hope your first Birthday

Is a special delight.

While we were in Midland for the holiday Mark and I decided to celebrate Wesley's 1st birthday with friends and family. Since his birthday is so close to Christmas we thought it would be nice to have his party a little early. Wesley got lots of fun presents like; puzzles, books, clothes and toys. Mark and I made him his own cake to “eat” the night before. Wesley didn’t eat much of the cake he just crumbled it up and squished it in his hands. Wesley would take the crushed cake and put it in his highchair; he didn’t get cake in his hair or much on his face. Needless to say we went directly to the bathtub afterwards. For lunch we had sandwiches, chips, fruit and cake. We enjoyed spending this special time with friends and family; thanks for helping us celebrate this day with Wesley.




Mark and I decorating the cakes the night before.



Wesley with his cakes.
playing with a new toy

Casen, Wesley's cousin wanted to play with a book that Wesley got as a gift. Wesley began to chase him around the living room and they both thought it was funny.

He wanted to make sure there was nothing else in the bag.

opening presents
not to sure about his cake

storing his cake in his highchair

Thanksgiving 2009

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy


We celebrated Thanksgiving at Katie's parents house this year. Mostly all of Katie's family ate Thanksgiving lunch with us. We had all the usual fixings and some yummy desserts.


Thanksgiving photo 2009
Wesley enjoying a morning snack before lunch. This was Wesley's first Thanksgiving and enjoyed eating turkey, dressing, giblet gravy and rolls.

Trip to Midland

Wesley and I left on the Sunday before Thanksgiving to Midland to spend time with my family. Wesley had a fun time playing in the dirt while his Grandpa cleaned out his garden. We were able to spend a few afternoons with Madison, Wesley's cousin. He enjoyed playing with her, but she didnt like that he was kind of rough. We spent a few afternoons playing with great grandparents and family. Wes and I enjoyed our 9 day stay in Midland.
Madison and Wesley riding in the wagon.

Mommy and Wesley riding in the wagon.

Wesley and Madison playing on the floor. Wesley loved to touch Madison, but she wasn't too sure about him.

Mark, Katie, Wesley, Cody, Madison and Chad

11 months

The last month has flown by so fast, we can't believe in one month Wesley will be one year old. Over the past month Wesley has changed/learned so much (yes I know this every month). He is now 31 inches long and 23 lbs.


Here are a few things he learned new this month...


* He points at what he wants and sometimes grunts while pointing.


*He will push off the couch or chairs and stands with hands in the air.


* He takes the stars off of his star stacker and places them back on.


* He stacks wooden blocks on top of each other.


* He loves to read books. He will push a book over to you , crawl in your lap and have you read over and over again. We are so glad that he enjoys reading.

*He enjoys playing peek a boo with a blanket or whatever is around. If he doesnt have a blanket he will turn his head to the side and then turn back to look at you.

Giving his mouse a kiss.

11 month picture

House Update

Today we drove out to the house to see the progress that was made over the last few weeks. All the interior painting was done, they started installing light fixtures, all tile is in, and they have appliances in the garage ready to be installed. They have moved our move in date up two weeks to January 5th.

front view

master bath, Mark's half

part of the kitchen

Sunday afternoon at the park

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon so we loaded up and went to the park. After we feed the squirrels and ducks we walked to the park. Wesley enjoys sliding down the slide and swinging. Here are a few pictures of our day.

sliding with daddy

He loves it when he push him high.

watching others play

so tired

Happy Halloween 2009

We had a fun Halloween this year, it was Wesley's first Halloween. We looked for costumes for a few weeks and decided on a Monkey. He was an adorable monkey, well for the few minutes he let us dress him up. We put his costume on and for the first minute or so he didn't get upset, but after that he wanted to costume off. Wesley enjoyed passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters.
Wes loves banana's so he was excited when he got to hold one.

yummy

Pumpkin Carving 2009

One night we decided to carve a pumpkin for Halloween. Mark chose, Welcome, as our design to carve. When Mark cut the top of the pumpkin we let Wesley feel the insides and he didn't know what to think when he stuck his hand in the pumpkin. It took him a few minutes before he actually grabbed the insides. When Mark finished carving the pumpkin the "c" feel off, so he decided to carve a jack o lantern out of the other side. We had a fun time letting Wesley play in the pumpkin even though the carving didn't turn out the way we wanted.