Friday, August 28, 2009

Busy Busy Boys!

These boys are amazing and they make my heart bigger every single day. They definitely keep us busy and smiling.
My sweet Wesleigh is so dang smart. He never ceases to amaze by how smart he is and the things that he does. On the top of his amazing list of accomplishments would be potty training. At this point, he is doing AMAZING!! We still have the occasional pee accident, but those are few and far between. He actually has most of his pee accidents when he is in time out!! Ya think that’s acting out???????? In the past 2 weeks he has make HUGE progress with pooping in the potty. The boys and I were at my parent’s house last week, and that is where he really started consistently pooping in the potty. He actually started telling me he needed to poop in the potty while we were there!! Prior to that, I was SO sick of cleaning poo out of undies and off the floor, and down the legs!! I can actually see why people end up putting their kids in pull-ups, because cleaning up poo accidents is nasty and frustrating, but I REFUSED to just put him in a pull up because it was easier for me!! We still have an occasional poo accident, but for the most part, we are pooping in the potty everyday. And, most of those days, he comes and tells us he needs to go. I am so incredibly proud of him!! I LOVE not changing 2 kid’s diapers all day! He wears a diaper at nap time and a diaper at bed time. He wakes up from nap time with a dry diaper on most days, so we can use the same dry diaper over and over. LOVE that!! He is actually talking more all the time. It is so nice to have him communicating rather than whining or crying to get what he wants! I is truly evolving into more of a human everyday!! He loves to play outside and loves to swing. He pulls stickers in the yard with daddy and just follows him around like a puppy dog!
My fabulous little over achiever, Ethan has added a few new tricks to his little bag of adventures as well. He learned how to pull himself to a standing position, and he does it constantly. Unfortunately that means that he is constantly falling!! He hits his head a million times a day. He still loves to smile and anything in the world makes him smile. He totally loves to eat! He likes baby food more than his formula, but is still getting plenty of formula. He is starting to get tastes of table food. Little pieces of bread, cheese, potatoes and other yummy stuff have been introduced and he loves it! He started eating yogurt and loves it. Just this week he has been introduced to puffs. He is a huge fan of the puffs! His crawling skills are improving and he is getting faster and more adventurous. We had just recently gotten to the point where we could leave our bedroom door and other “no no” rooms open and Wesleigh wouldn’t wander away. Well, guess what…Ethan is wandering away now!! He goes exploring all the time and he is so quick!! I love to see him exploring his world and learning new things. He has also figured out how to find his brother and he likes to attack him. He will pounce him and get 2 handfuls of his shirt and hang on for dear life. This of course, royally ticks Wesleigh off. It is truly hilarious!! Eventually Wesleigh wiggles his way out and gets away, but he is hollering and complaining the whole time! After all the tormenting he has done to Ethan over the past 6 months, I think it is great that Ethan is finally getting him back!!
I could write about those boys forever, because they are totally amazing, and both learning new and wonderful things everyday. But, I have both paid and unpaid work to get accomplished and Ethan is napping, so I better run along!! Enjoy the pictures, hopefully I will get around to it again a little sooner!!

He is just so adorable!
I caught this picture when he was making a run for it down the hall!!
He loves to swing
Just chillin' in the bucket swing
Both boys standing at the couch and smiling for mommy!
being a "ghost" in the laundry basket
total cheese ball when the camera comes out!
Of course he had to get a picture on the horse too!
Hi mommy!
Ethan loving riding the horse!
We like to go outside and swing in the morning before it gets hot!
My sweet Ethan with tired eyes, ready for bed!
He had been carrying this dart around for 3 days, chewing on it. One night we were being silly and I licked it and stuck it to his forehead and he thought it was awesome!! such a silly goose!
silly dart head boy!

Friday, August 7, 2009

Our Last Month or So...in Pictures

Playing Putt Putt at the Flying L...watch out world when he swings that thing!

Ethan passed out after a long day swimming at the Flying L
Wesleigh's first pony ride!
Hi mom!
He would pick the world's smallest blade of grass and offer it to the pony!
Her name was Jellybean. They were fast friends
Ethan thoroughly enjoyed watching his brother ride the pony! Can't you tell?
Playing on the swings with Gpa!
more fun with GPa
Jim, Guy, and Jaedyn just back from a ride
just back from the water park
he is just so darn cute!
love him
in their matching hats
can't get enough of him
Daddy and Wesleigh
Jaedyn climbing on the lilly pad
Ethan is chillin' watching everyone slide
Guy
Jaedyn
Jaedyn
Daddy and Wesleigh. Wesleigh would come up out of the water, reach for his hat and say "I go" because he wanted to go again!
There's Wesleigh...where's daddy?
Guy
more Guy
Cute one of Jaedyn
on a mat
Wesleigh asking to go again
Here comes the water from the big bucket
soaked!
Grandpa swinging Dakota and Wesleigh
They would get him as they swung by
Laynie and Wesleigh...she was leaning in for a kiss!
so dang cute...look at the little sass pot with the purse!
My brother, Brad, Caye, Kaylee, Baieligh, and Dakota
Dakota, Wesleigh, Baileigh, Ethan, Kaylee and Laynie
everyone wiggles
cute little Laynie
can you say CHEESER?
Kaylee and Baileigh
Dakota
more Laynie
Ethan
those boys
that's my heart sitting in that chair
aren't they adorable?
I fall more in love with them everyday!
Momma and her boys
a big brother kiss
2 good lookin' boys
hey momma
we got to go on base for a airplane birthday party Ethan...sleeping on a boat ride
Ethan in his exersaucer on the boat
Ethan blowing food raspberries!!
more blowing
chilllin
learning to crawl
nap on the boat
So adorable
chewing on the spoon
my baby boy
the happiest baby
watching his mobile friends
chillin after a morning walk
cheeser head
he loves Play Dough
hard at work
he loves to swim
Potty training
haha...it's so much fun to harrass my brother!
I don't want him in my lap!
at least Ethan is paying attention
my kids are adorable

We have had a great summer! We are so blessed!