Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch

Grammy and Papaw came up for a visit over the Halloween weekend. They arrived late Thursday night and stayed until Sunday morning. On Friday we got up had breakfast then headed out to the Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch. We visited this pumpkin patch last year and Wesley had a great time.

They had a petting area where you could feed and pet rabbits, sheep, goats and chickens. Wesley loved to feed the animals although some of them are were a little aggressive.
Wesley wouldn't put the food in his hands but he liked watching his Daddy feed them.
Grammy and PaPaw walking to the tractor.
He loved to climb up the hay then slide down the slide.
They had a rope swing for everyone to swing on, yes everyone Grammy and Papaw took a swing on it.
weeeee!!!
Wesley on the hay ride. He enjoyed riding on the trailer playing with the hay.
Peek a boo

Halloween Week 2010

The week of Halloween our Moms club meet at Touchmark Retirement Community where the kids played games and talked to the residents living there. This was the first time Wesley wore his Indian outfit and loved it. The residents loved watching the kids run around and have a lot of fun.
Wes with his Mickey Mouse trick or treating bag.
Wesley and his friend Logan.
Wesley was so proud of his new bag he had to show Minnie Mouse.
They had several games set up for the kids to play. After the kids finished each game they got a treat. Wesley loved playing this game.
While we were there a clown showed up to make animal balloons for the kids. At first Wesley didn't know what to think about him, but after he saw him make a puppy dog for someone he quickly changed his mind. He loved the dog so much he ended up making the legs and tail come unrolled.

22 months

Two month count down until Wesley turns TWO!! We have enjoyed the weather turning cooler so we spend a lot of time outside and at the park. This month Wes has started to talk in a few small phrases; be right back, Momma or Dadda sit sit. He has started to say “thank you” when you give him something he wants. Wesley asks for Chap Stick all day long.

He has a red stool to help him turn lights on and off, he now carries the stool EVERYWHERE. It goes with him to open the door to let Max inside, get Chap Stick when he thinks he needs it, brush his teeth and many more things. Wesley use a cup with a straw during meals to drink his milk. He can say all his colors, blue (favorite), green, red, yellow, purple and white.

This month Wesley learned the letter “o” and the shape “circle”. He learns new things all the time, we are so proud of him!

Mark bought a four wheeler to take to his deer lease and Wesley loves to ride on it every night.
Relaxing watching Mickey Mouse.

Halloween is just a few days away so we decided to bake cupcakes and decorate them. Wesley loved to put the icing on and really enjoyed eating the whole cupcake.

Yummy

One day while we were out running errands we drove past Quiznos and stopped to get some soup. Wesley loved to dip his sandwich and chips in it. By the end he took control of my spoon.

Building update #2

Last weekend we were able to work on the building and get all the walls up. Katie's brother came over and helped Mark assemble the walls. It took the guys the majority of the day to cut, assemble and put up the walls. We worked on cutting and assembling the truss a few nights after dinner the week before. Wesley was a great help during this process. Wesley has his own drill so he can help out whenever needed.
Helping uncle Chad secure the wall.

Max resting on one of the walls.
Time to put up the truss before the rain hits.

Boo Boo

A few Friday's ago Wesley and I meet up with friends at the Orr Family Farm. We arrived a little early and visited the horse. Wesley loved to pet the horse and "neigh" at him. Once our friends arrived we headed into the farm. After a short photo shoot while all the kids we headed to the train ride. The train was full so we decided to wait for the next train. They had a horse carousel that Wesley loved to get on. He played on the carousel for about 5 minutes, switching back and forth from one horse to the other, when he tripped on the pole sticking out of the center and hit his chin on it. When I picked him up to check out the cut it didn't look that bad, but once I cleaned up the blood I discovered it was worse than I thought. Thanks to all our wonderful friends they gathered up band-aids and more wipes to clean him up. As soon as we got a band-aid on his chin we called Mark to tell him to meet us at the OU Children's ER.

Once we arrived to the children's hospital we signed in and they got us right in. By this time Wesley was so tired from crying for an hour and hurting. We ended up getting his boo boo glued together after two hours of signing in. Wesley didn't enjoy this at all. Wesley slept 20 minutes on the way home then cried the remaining 20 minutes.

When we got home we laid around on the couch and watched a few of his favorite shows. The first few days Wesley didn't mess with the glue at all, he might touch it and say boo boo then whine but thankfully he doesn't pick at it. Wesley hasn't slept well since this happened so we are sure it is uncomfortable.

I was unable to get a picture of Wesley's boo boo when he had the glue on it, because I didn't want to draw attention to it. So when it feel off on Tuesday, 4 days after, I had him to say cheese while in the bath and you can see a little of the boo boo under his chin. Not a very good picture but you can still see some of it. A week and a half later he is still talking about it and is starting to rub it so it must be healing.

Hopefully this will be our last visit to the ER.