16 New things with Wes

16--WHAT...seriously. When someone asks me how old he is I want to say 10 months. I can't believe it. Way too fast the 2nd time around.

This month we have sprouted.

1. WE HAVE A WALKER!!!! And let me tell you I totally forgot how cute first time walkers are. I have dusted off my running shoes! I was sitting at my office May 20th and I see this little head walk by me and I did a double take and he was walking out the playroom door.
2. I will ask him if he wants to go Nite Nite and he walks to the gate of the stairs.
3. He will go to the door to go for a ride.
4. He will go to the fridge or pantry when he is hungry and pick his food that he wants. He loves the bottom drawer of the fridge because it has buddy fruits.
5. If the milk is all gone from his cup he will hand it to me and grunt for me to get him more.
6. He loves to say MAMA all.the.time.
7. He will put the phone to his ear and say "HI". Or he will come up to you and say "hi". So cute!
8. The animal noises he makes are cow, dog, monkey, pig, lion. When he sees any of these animals he goes wild with the animal sounds (esp the dog).
9. He wants to learn how to use the spoon on his own and I will help him scoop and assist to put it in his mouth and he laughs.
10. He loves music. He loves to dance and clap when it comes on.
11. He is learning how to do the cookie jar and put shapes in and he gets all excited when he does it.
12. He is showing interest in puzzles and trying to put pieces in.
13. He has learned how to climb onto the kitchen chairs and his brothers bed without assistance. Couches are still a little too high but he will use a pillow to help him.
14. He hates it when his mama leaves the room or goes bye bye. When I get my keys or shoes he starts crying instantly.
15. He loves Gabbie. He wants to pet her and play with her. Gabbie seems to like the attention.
16. He has learned to blow. He will try to blow bubbles or the leap frog birthday cake.

June Summer 2011 Cousin visit

We were so excited about our cousin visit with Kendall & Jace this year. Couldn't wait to see how the kids interacted. They all got along so well. We even went and painted pottery and they did so well.

The cutest thing is Nate picked up on things that Kendall and Jace were doing. The cutest one is he will fold his arms rapper style and say UMPH NO. Every time he does it, it makes me laugh and think of those precious kids every day.

First day of swimming 2011

So today it finally got hot enough to bring the pools out. Thank goodness I borrowed the blow up machine from my neighbor because I would of lost a lot of brain cells if I did it on my own. I was thinking that Wesley would love it so much and splash. That is what he does in the tub with Nate. But for some reason he didn't want to get splashed at all and was more interested in staying out of the pools. He got so muddy and dirty from crawling around in the grass. This is something that Nate would never do because he doesn't like to be dirty.
Nate of course spent the whole time in the pool and didn't want to get out. I am hoping I can still get him into swim lessons sometime this summer.

Peacemaker and Hugger

May 19th was Nate's last day of school for his 2 year old class. They had an award ceremony at the school. The kids did a couple of songs and then the teachers gave each child an award. Nate was known as the Peacemaker and hugger in the class. I did get a pick of him and Isabella together one last time. Her mom told me that last week she saw Nate holding another girls hand in the class. I think I better watch out for him in the future. I see Mr Romance on our hands.

What a great school year we had. Loved his teachers Mrs. Jean Marie and Mrs. Rene. We can't wait to see what next year brings!

Wesley 15 month stats and 15 things

I can't not believe that things are going faster this year than last year. Every time I turn I feel he is has grown another inch! Wesley brings so much joy to this family. He is so loving and makes you crack up all the time. He is changing weekly on his skills and speech. He is up to 3 steps and each week he will do something new.

Wesley had a great checkup. He got all green checks and also he has checked off some for the 18 month bracket (great for not having autism). Here are his stats

Weight: 24 pounds 1 ounce (50%)(gained almost 3 lbs since Feb & went up in %)
Height: 31.5 inches (50 - 75%) (grew over an inch and went up in %)
Head: 48 cm (75%)(grew little over an inch)

Here is where Nate was at 15 months:

Weight 24.8 lbs
Height 32.5 inches
Head 50.8 cm

15 new things with Wesley

1. He is up to 3 steps. He pushes everything he can (even the garbage can).
2. He stand on his own more for a few seconds.
3. When I change his diaper and ask for his toes to put his pants on, he lifts his toes/legs and puts his toes in the hole.
4. He would still rather do anything in the world than to get his diaper changed. He is just to busy to do it.
5. New words is Mama, Dada and Thank you.
6. He now knows how to push his brother out of the way. Watch out Nate!
7. He screams on the top of his lungs if something gets stuck and he can't move it.
8. He loves oatmeal raisin cookies
9. When he gets pumped up he has different laughs when he gets excited
10. When he can't do something on his own he will hand it to me and grunt. Basically to tell me to help him.
11. He loves to be outside. If I open the door to let Gabbie out he cries if he doesn't go either.
12. If he doesn't get his way and totally melts he lays on the floor with his head down and pitches a fit
13. He can get on and off his bike and moves fast with his feet
14. His favorite toy is the red little tike car
15. He saw his first hot air balloon and went crazy. He thought he was able to touch it. lots of pointing and grunting.

Nate's 3 year old stats

Nate has been such a great little man this past year. He has had it tough with his ears and things have been challenging there but it is going to make him a better boy. I love that when he needs me he will say "great big hug". Or that his best buddy is Toodles. Toodles has become our other child where he has to be with us at all times and Mommy and Daddy have to make sure we don't leave him behind anywhere. He loves school and talks about his girlfriend Isabella. He still loves his milk and drinks his meals. He is still a picky eater but his Mommy makes sure there is a vegetable on his plate at dinner. His favorite food is Velveeta Mac and Cheese or a Buddy Fruit. His favorite TV shows are Mickey, Yo Gabba Gabba and Dora. At night time after Daddy reads him a book and puts him to bed, Mommy comes in to spend some one on one time with him. We sing songs. He always asks for EIEIO (old McDonald) and ABC's. When I sing ABC's at get to the end he will say "one more time". I love this little man and I can't wait to see what the next year brings us.

Nate had a great check up with Dr Penny. We discussed his allergy issues with his coughing and running nose. We were doing everything correctly. Then we talked about his tubes and speech. Dr Penny did say that he should have more than 3 word sentences and we should be able to tell everything he says. Well unfortunately we don't have more than 3 word sentences and if we do we are not able to understand. Dr Penny said this is very common with the amount of ear infections and the failure of the hearing test due to fluid on the ears. He wants him to be evaluated for speech therapy testing. We have our evaluation set up for May 20th. On a good note he is growing great and is excellent. At 3 years old he is a size 4T top and 2T bottom.

Last Year Stats:
Height: 34 3/4 inches
Weight: 26 pounds


His stats:
Height: 37 3/4 inches (50-75%)
Weight: 31 pounds (50%)
Blood pressure : 78/40

Nate's 3 year old Snoopy Party

OK so when I asked Nate what kind of party he wanted I gave him options...Toy Story and Snoopy. He picks Snoopy. I am excited. This is a character that me and my Memaw use to love. She would have a Snoopy plate and bowl for me to eat out of when I came over to spend the night. Then Nate came and she would call me to let me know Snoopy would be coming on TV. So when he was little he would watch about a good 10 minutes of it. Which was odd because he would never give that much attention to anything. Then this Christmas I taped Snoopy shows and Auntie Kristin gave him Snoopy DVD's. Well he loves it.
Then I started shopping for Snoopy stuff. Can't find the character anywhere. All the plates and cups are not sold anymore but only buy a package that doesn't give you a lot of stuff. Not worth the money. So I searched and had help with my bump mom's to find things for the treat bag and the party. I found balloons that I had to order and get blown up at a store. Then I did dog bowls for table food decorations. The treat bags I did on my own and had help finding the goodies for that from a few friends. I found someone who would make a cookie cake. So this party wasn't easy but I did have so much fun with it.
Here are all his party guests: Benjamin, Noah, Adam, Trevor, Emily, Bella and Spencer. We all had a great time at Fowler Park and I will definitely have a party there again (knowing I have to make reservations for the picnic tables next time:)).
The best part of the party is after we sang Happy Birthday and he took the Snoopy off the cake and ate the head off. Then he put it back on the cake. Awesome!