The problem with posting now is that I'll start writing, then say to myself I'll come back to it later and edit. Well, then I get distracted and have all these pieces of writings all over the place. So, here are two pieces that I'm putting together.


A recent conversation Jay and I had on Instant Messaging:

[9:50:20 AM] Jay says: I took 2 pictures of him sleeping too :D
[9:50:33 AM] Jay says: he was sleeping so heavy
[9:50:44 AM] Jay says: his feet on the pillow
[9:50:55 AM] Jay says: then he didnt want to getup
[9:51:04 AM] Jay says: he got mad when I scooped him up
[9:51:24 AM] Jay says: but he drank his milk and we watched Thomas
[9:52:07 AM] Jay says: I got up and he looked at me :|and said Daddy! Sit and patted his little hand on the couch next to him
[9:52:08 AM] Mickie says: wow
[9:52:14 AM] Mickie says: (chuckle)
[9:52:33 AM] Jay says: so I sat down and he smiled and was very pleased with him self
[9:53:33 AM] Jay says: what a smart little guy


Camping

This past weekend was our first camping trip with Wesley. We might wait a couple of more years before we bring him again. Well, actually it was good and bad. Good - he had a lot of fun. Bad - he cried for ½ hour before he finally fell asleep exhausted from crying and Jay and I were pretty much awake all night.

It probably would have been OK if it was just us and we had his pack-n-play to sleep in. Instead, there were 4 families. One of the kids was 4, so he and Wes could not get enough of each other the whole time. They both got over-stimulated. Both didn’t take naps. So, during the night both cried. Wes did this before he went to bed, and the other child during the night – 4 times. Wes slept thru that. Jay and I did not. Not just crying, but screaming crying. And, we had no pillows (we forgot), and, the air mattress was on its last legs. We were both tired and ready to go home the next morning. Not only did we not sleep, we had our coffee press, but no coffee…UGH. We prepared so much for Wes, we didn’t prepare for ourselves. Things are definitely different when you have a child.

Sorry, I haven't updated in a while. I've been writing stuff down, but I haven't had time to post. I'll be posting soon. But, here is a recent video of Wesley's fishing day.

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I Want

I have never heard a kid use “I want” so much as Wesley. Yesterday it was all in the same sentence, “ I want hotdog, I want mac cheese, I want ban-na, I want mac cheese, I want Seet-Sa (pizza).” Then it was, “I want outside (out our backyard), I want bye-bye (go shopping), I want bye-bye”. Later, it was “See Thomas, see Caillou, see Bob, see Thomas.” Maybe it’s not the “wants” that was frustrating, but all these choices he decides to say all at once. What is it that you really want? I’m confused! He sounded like a broken record. I’ve realized he says it because he can, not because he really wants it. So, then I let him talk it all out, and then said to him, “Oh Look! It’s Lasagna!” He ate it…as he was watching Thomas.

Happy 2 Years Old!

I Love Chocolate!
Well, looks like Wesley has found a new love...Chocolate! It just happened about a couple of weeks ago. He now knows what is inside those little foiled pieces of goodness. He can usually spot them when we think we’ve kept them out of his view. Usually he finds out that he likes something when he takes it out of Jay or my hand. He can be overly cautious when we introduce something new to him, he won’t try it. But he will try it when one of us eats it, usually he likes to dig his grubby little hand into my food on my plate.

Just the other day I turned away for a second and was watching Bob the Builder (his favorite show) and I hear this “tink, tink, tink”. I realize Wes is washing his hand in my glass of rootbeer with ice!

He went to the Dr’s last Thursday. We only gained barely a pound since 6 months ago. He’s only 20.7 lbs! He just fits the car seat forward requirements. At the same time, he is an active boy. All those calories that he takes in is either going to his height or he’s burning it off. Jay was trying to put him into some 18 month shorts the other day. Wes looked like one of those Hip-Hopping kids. The shorts looked like pants and the waistband drooped past his diaper. The diaper was the only thing that made them barely hang on.

I love some of the words he is saying now:
· “Doong-Doong”– should be Goong-Goong (Grandfather in Chinese)
· “Lellow” – Yellow
· “Hop-Pepper” – Helicopter
· “Tee-Too” – Thank You
· “Jay” – when he calls for “Daddy”, and daddy doesn’t answer, he then calls for
“Jay”
· “Eee-YA” – Aye-Ya. Like “Oh No!” in Chinese
· “Aw Man!”
· “Bama”, used to be “Jeanie” – Grammy. Don’t know where he got those. Jay
might have said Wanda Jean and he got “Jeanie”

22 Months

When did Wesley learn his ABC’s?!? A couple of weeks ago, he was listening to his “Fridge DJ” a Leapfrog Radio that his Auntie Erin, Uncle Mike, and Jamie gave him for Christmas. All of a sudden, he starts to sing along with the ABC’s song. He wasn’t copying what the voice was saying, but actually singing right along. He didn’t get all the letters right, but he did pretty good. Jay and I are wondering if it’s daycare. They added a part-time pre-school teacher to our home daycare. He must be learning more that we think…like putting his hand over his mouth when he coughs…I’m embarrassed to say that I know we didn’t teach him that!

He’s been talking like crazy too. When I have given him something, he sometimes says, “Thank you, Ma-ma”. He can’t say “Thank You” very clearly, but I know that’s what he’s trying to say. He’s able to string 3 words together. He had his favorite lovey (his polyester fill – don’t ask. At least he doesn’t have to have the same old stuff. We are able to replace it with new stuff) in the bathtub with Jay. Somehow it got into his eye. So, as he’s in the tub blinking his eye, he tells Jay, “Fuzz, Eye, DA-da Fuzz EYE”.

He also hasn’t used “Wesley’s ____”, but instead has used “My ____”. Already using prepositions!