Flip Ya For Real

I think Wesley is ready for Mat Rats, a toddler class at a local gymnastics studio, starting in September.

Dancing Queen and Puppy Pillow

Today I finished sewing Wesley's puppy neck pillow to use in his car seat while he sleeps. It's a little big now, but he will be able to use it for a very long time.
I also took some video of his dancing skills. Enjoy!

Hail, No!

It hailed yesterday (30 March 2009) bombing the cars and garden. There are a few dents on the cars, but the garden looks just fine.


The sound of hail.

The size of hail.

Water? spout.

Hail beads.

Grandpa's Bad Influence

Wesley loves to ride in his Tonka Truck push toy. Grandpa was the first one to put him in it and push him across the living room. He loves it so much that he tries to get in when no one is watching. Today we converted the toy to a sit on position. We have to keep the truck locked up otherwise he tries to climb and stand on it.

Walking

Wesley started walking two weeks ago. I apologise for not posting a video sooner. As you can see, he is pretty good at walking now and has figured out how to stand up without holding on to anything.

Brush 'em Brush 'em Brush 'em

Wesley had his two bottom front teeth push through in December. His two top ones are almost showing. Here is a cute video of Wesley having his teeth and gums brushed.

Push It

Wesley is pulling himself up and walking with furniture assistance. We got him a Tonka Truck push toy. He loves to walk it across the living room.

Day-O

Birthday card from Jimmy and Rachel. Wesley loves to dance!

Video shot 12/13/2008.

Wesley is Crawling

Wesley has been rocking back and forth on his hands and knees for a while, and for the past week he has been crawling. Today, he really started to move…Enjoy!

Bath Time?

Who needs a bath when you have Ladybug?



My apologies for not posting recently. For a quick update, Wesley is sitting up and almost crawling, more like rocking back and forth on his hands and knees with a forward movement every once in a while. I still need to go through the house and baby proof plugs and wires and such. I have finished a few more scrapbook pages and have started making burp cloths out of cloth diapers.

Video shot on Oct 15, 2008

Chicken and Rice

Wesley's first jar of food with meat...Chicken and Rice.

Breaststroke

Wesley loves to play in his bathtub. He will move his legs like he is trying to swim breaststroke…is this normal?

Video 9/21/2008

Pictures 10/5/2008

Yummy Yummy Yummy I’ve Got Rice in My Tummy

Wesley had his four month check up this week. He is charting between the 5th and 10th percentile (on the small side) weighing in at 11.14 pounds and almost 25 inches. He also received his next set of shots and didn’t cry for too long afterward. The doctor said that I could start rice cereal and then baby food. I was very excited at this news. Recently, Wesley has been showing great interest in real food and was looking at me like, “where’s mine!?!” whenever I was eating. Hopefully now he will sleep through the night again since for the past few weeks he has been waking up every four to five hours hungry.

After the move, we decided that today was the perfect day to see if Wesley likes eating rice cereal with a spoon! The doctor said that it may take a few tries before he gets the hang of eating with a spoon, but that was not case. He ate all of the cereal and didn’t spit too much of it back out.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll reprise

Yesterday Wesley rolled from his back to his tummy while trying to go down for a nap. I was not in the room, but luckily I saw the whole roll via the video monitor, a wonderful invention. I think it is fun to watch, so here is another video of him rolling over from his tummy to his back. Even though he has done this a number of times, you can still see the shock in his eyes after he finishes the roll.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Here’s another milestone for you. Three times today Wesley has rolled over from his tummy to his back. I was lucky enough to capture one of these rolls on video (but I implore you to turn down the volume so you don’t have to hear my bad English). Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, but three times is the real deal. We are very excited for Wesley and before we know it he will be rolling over both ways. The only problem with practicing the rolls is that he hates to be on his tummy, and seems to roll only when he is happy.

This One’s for Leah

I have read a few magazine articles about babies and television. Most advise against it, yet something like 50-75% of babies watch TV regularly before they are two years old (don’t quote me on that).

Oh well…



By the way, he only lasted for about 10 minutes, then we moved on to another activity.

Bragging rights to the person who can name the movie before watching the video.

Smiles and Cries

Last Wednesday Wesley had his 2 month check up which consisted of shots, lots and lots of shots. Nowadays, shots come in combos so the babies do not have to be pricked multiple times, but we were not so lucky. (I say “we” not because I received the shots too, but because I got to deal with a fussy baby which is just as bad if not worse then receiving shots.) So, they were supposed to have a combo pack, but the shipment of the new and improved shots were not in and they ran out of the old pack, so guess who got to receive his shots individually. But, we were given the option of having three now and coming back for two next week or getting all five. Not knowing any better, I opted for the three which took the nurse all of 20 seconds to give them – she was very fast and on the second shot before he started to wail. I should have gone with all five, but instead we have to go back tomorrow for two more shots.

A day and a half goes by with no problems, and then it starts. He cries a lot, he is hot, but doesn’t have a temperature, he can’t seem to get comfortable, he drools like crazy now, and tries to put anything in his mouth but hasn’t quite figured out how to fully grasp something and control it. So I think, maybe he is teething…already? I do some research on the internet and most sites say teething can start as early as 3 months but most start around 6 months, hummm, he is not three months yet, but all of the above are symptoms of teething. Anyway, I will ask the nurse tomorrow what she thinks. We bought the Orajel just incase.

Wesley Chewing. Featuring Freddie the Firefly.

But it is not constant, we have our happy moments too.

Wesley's Diaper Change Translation

After visiting with friends during Reunion Weekend I found out that it is difficult to understand the dialogue in this video. Therefore, for my first blog attempt I will translate and give a little background for this video.

Background: First, Wesley makes a deposit in his diaper and Larry volunteers to change him. During the first couple of weeks changing a diaper can be fun to watch, however, I was tired and enjoying whatever was on TV therefore I did not help. And it is a good thing too, otherwise the following situation would never have taken place.

Larry successfully changes the diaper and places Wesley in his crib then makes his way to the bathroom. Then I notice him bent over the toilette, laughing. Now, Larry hates to throw up so I knew he was okay, besides, he would have shut the door. So I ask him what he is doing and I could not get a clear answer from all the laughing. Realizing that this is one of those moments that you must capture on video - I jumped up as fast as I could and grabbed the video camera.

Translation:
Larry: I can't breath. Can you take my glasses off? You got this recorded?
Me: Yeah.
Larry: He kinda moved his feet.
Me: What happened?
Larry: He did have socks on, and he kept kicking them in the poo. And I didn't move his diaper fast enough. First it happened once, and I'm like ooh I can fix it and then his leg went plop. Ahhh, well.
Me: So, why did his socks end up in the toilette?
Larry: Trying to get the poo off. What?
Me: So you cleaned off the socks in the toilette?
Larry: Yes, Well I cleaned them off... Are you focusing in on the pooy socks?
Me: You are so bad.