A Post For Everyday

I feel like I could have done a post everyday since my last post, but I haven't had the time! So, here is a little catch up starting with Saturday. Weston seems to have found a new fascination with Tory. He absolutely loves when she comes in the room and especially likes it when she barks and gets hyper (which isn't too often at her age). Here is a video of the noises he started making on Saturday.

Saturday night we went over to our neighbors, the Duycks, for dinner. We have enjoyed getting to know them over the past seven months and wish that we would have met them sooner. Who knew we had such wonderful neighbors!?

On Sunday, Weston got to experience his first carnival with his friend Julia. We had a fun time with the Beavers (as usual) and Weston seemed to enjoy the experience, but he did get a little overwhelmed towards the end with all the new sights and sounds.

Here we are enjoying our $3 snow cone and $4 carmel apple- don't we look lovely in this shot?

We had to get one picture of Weston in a cowboy hat before he leaves Texas- Michael said it is his first and last time trying one on.

Then, Sunday night we went over to our friends, the Anthonys, for dinner and had a great time playing Oodles and hanging out one last time before Weston and I leave. Saturday and Sunday reminded us how blessed we have been to have made some great friends here in San Angelo and we are really going to miss them!

As far as big news goes, Monday we accepted an offer on our house!!!! YEAH! That is a big relief for us and a huge thing out of the way as far as our move goes. Weston is excited he doesn't have to clean up his toys all the time now and always keep the house up for showings (so is Mommy- that gets old fast)!

(This video really has nothing to do with selling the house, but I thought it was funny/cute and this looked like a good place to put it- I guess we could say it is Michael and Weston celebrating.)

Tuesday, I decided to try something new with Weston when it came time to trying to eat solids again- let him do it himself and explore his food! The results were messy, but believe it or not he actually got more in his mouth than he usually does. He still made sour faces, but at least he was bringing the spoon to his mouth and opening it! I think he is just one of those babies that may not be ready to eat solids until he is older than most.

Finally, today Weston got his first ashes for Ash Wednesday:) We also have been enjoying some 90 degree weather for the past two days (I think it is nature teasing me about having to go back to Wisconsin and the cold), so I have been getting more use out of Weston's shorts- he still fits in his 0-3 month shorts!

Baby Interaction and Life Update

It is amazing at such a young age how children still want the toy that the other is playing with! Here is a promised video clip of Weston and Gianna playing together. Although most of the time they played separately next to each other, we pieced together some of their interactions:)

Little ones also have a fascination with each other's pacifiers. Last Friday, Mary and I had Julia and Weston outside and didn't even notice when Weston took Julia's pacifier and put it in his mouth. We both laughed when we saw this sight.

Unfortunately, sometimes people already mistake Weston for a girl and this doesn't help the matter! Seriously, do people not realize that babies can be boys too? Apparently, even dressing your child in all blue isn't enough of a clue!

In other news- we got an offer on the house yesterday! However, after counter-offering all day yesterday, we have yet to hear if they have accepted our last offer. Hopefully, we will hear something tomorrow, but the wait is killing us. It would be sooo nice to have the house selling out of the way!!

Michael is still in the hiring process for State Farm (it is a lengthy process) and currently he is working on a buiness plan that he will present in front of a panel in Austin on March 4th. If all goes well with that, he will get added to a pool of approved canidates and he can compete for different openings. He plans on trying for the positions opening in Eau Claire or Menomenie (no clue how to spell that one). Finally, once he gets hired for a position he will train for an average of seven months! Whew, it will be nice when all that is over! Heck, it will just be nice when we know where we are going to live for sure!! Life is sure uncertain for us right now and we were just commenting today about how it is also going in a direction we wouldn't have imagined- Michael becoming an insurance agent!? Go figure! However, when we first met, the military wasn't in his future plans either and it turned out to be a great blessing for us. It is interesting and exciting to see what God has in store for our future.

Lastly, I decided this post needed at least one more picture. Here is how I found Weston after literally leaving the room for no more than 30 seconds to get his diaper cream.

When I left the room, he had been laying face up on his towel with his diaper half on by the doorway. Apparently, he decided he didn't want his diaper on (his new trick is learning to take it off himself) and was trying to roll to get the wipes when his towel got in the way. And, just like my friend Mary and any good mother, I decided to grab the camera and take a picture before I helped him out:)

Officially Two Weeks

Well, Andrea and Gianna flew back to Wisconsin on Friday and although Weston and I (and Mike) miss them, Andrea and I both agreed it wasn't that sad because we know we will see each other in a couple weeks! Weston and I leave officially two weeks from today!! I can't believe it is coming up that fast. As much as I want to go home, I am also getting very sad because we have made some really great friends here and it will be hard to leave. As far as our house goes, we haven't had any offers but lots of showings. We are starting to get a little anxious, but a friend told me some good advice- God is never late and rarely early (thanks Rishelle). We have to believe in His timing.

Before Andrea and Gianna left we got to celebrate Michael's birthday. We went out to eat that evening and then the next day Andrea offered to watch Weston so I could go eat lunch with Michael. I think Michael would say it was a good birthday even if his cake is starting to become a fire hazard;)

When we went out to eat, Weston and Gianna had fun deciding what they were going to eat. However, I don't know why Weston was so interested in the menu- he still wants nothing to do with solid foods.

At one point in the evening Weston woke up from a nap and seemed to be scared about something. The only thing that would calm him down was this necklace I was wearing, so Michael put the necklace on so he could hold Weston. We still don't know what goes through Weston's head sometimes.

Finally, Friday night we decided to give Weston his first trim (I don't want to call it his first haircut because there wasn't enough hair to save). He was getting a little shaggy around the ears, so we literally cut about ten little hairs- he still doesn't even have that much hair to begin with.

However, it is getting quite long on the top- at least long enough to stick up when he sleeps on it wrong:)

Cousins!

Gianna and Andrea have been visiting since Thursday and Mike, Weston, and I couldn't be happier. We have been having a good time and have been staying pretty busy. Andrea and I have discovered that it is very challenging to get going with two babies! We didn't make it out of the house until 3:00 today. It has also been interesting to see Weston and Gianna interact. We will post a video later of some of their interactions. However, for the most part they just stare at each other.





It has also been fun getting together with Jen, Jocelyn, Mary, and Julia and having four babies together! Even though Weston is out numbered by all girls and is the smallest one in the room, he still has fun:)



Andrea and I were hoping Gianna and Weston could teach each other a few things, but so far that hasn't happened. Gianna is no closer to rolling back and forth and Weston is no closer to liking to eat. Here is the latest video of Weston eating- judge for yourself, but I think we are taking steps backwards!

He seems to prefer eating everything solid but food!

Finally, here are just some random pictures that I thought were worth sharing.

I thought Weston and Mike looked extra alike when they were sleeping like this.

This is how I found Weston in his car seat Saturday morning after a walk:)

New Experiences

We went out and purchased a booster seat/high chair for Weston since he is starting to eat solids. He seems to love his new chair but still doesn't like eating in it. He continues to spit out his cereal or just hold it on his tongue and try to push it out without closing his mouth. Today, I tried feeding him a tiny bite of applesauce just to see if he would have the same reaction and he did- only worse. So, we will just keep trying a little everyday and hope he eventually starts liking it.

Weston's other new experience was going to the park for the first time this week. We had some time to kill while our house was being shown, so we took advantage of our 70 degree weather (man, we are really going to miss this weather when we move back up north)!

This week also brought a bittersweet new experience. It seems that Weston may be entering his separation anxiety stage. I say it is bittersweet because there is a certain sweetness to knowing that your child only wants you and a certain bitterness because you realize he only wants you and it may be awhile until you can leave him again! For my birthday, Benj and Mary gave Mike and me a gift card to the movies and said they would babysit Weston so we could go out on a date. Seeing as Weston is very familiar with their house and Mary, we thought that all would go pretty smoothly. Well, we ended up making it through our movie, but then had to cut the night short because Weston wasn't taking his bottle and kept crying. It became obvious what the problem was when we arrived and he stopped crying within a matter of minutes, let out a few giggles, and then took his bottle with no problem. Needless to say, we are going to try again sometime in the near future and maybe have them come to our house to watch him.