How Old Is Weston?

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Lish & Shmerps!

Scooty Bug....!

Shlerpy Doo...!

They LOVE being together!

"Hold dis, Wesson."
"Look, Wesson...hear it?" (Harper referring to the mobile on Weston's crib.)

"Dis is blue one." Ahhhh......color lessons from Miss Harper!

"You can play my blocks too!" Learning to share!

The Battle of the Bellies!

Yep, pretty sure ol' Weston's got Harper beat!

Sweet loves!

Just too cute for words!

Best Buddies!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Drifting Off To Sleep...

Normally when Weston is tired, I just lay him down in his crib and he goes to sleep all by himself without a single peep. Today when he started winding down, however, I just wanted to hold onto him a little longer. Actually, I didn't just WANT to hold onto him longer, I actually NEEDED to hold onto him. You see, I read a story this morning that literally broke my heart. It was the story of an absolutely beautiful little girl who was diagnosed with cancer a couple of days ago. It told how an ordinary day turned into an instant nightmare for this child and her family - how one moment all was right with the world and then, in the next, everything was shattered. I don't know this family - just kinda stumbled across their story - but my heart aches for them so deeply. I simply cannot fathom what they must be going through. Watching your child suffer must be the cruelest of all pain. So, I once again thanked God for the miracle that is Weston and prayed that He will always keep my precious grandson healthy. I prayed too for the little girl and her parents. Then, I held on tightly to that "baby of mine" because I simply NEEDED to feel him close...

We started with a bottle.

Then he just looked right at me with those beautiful, crystal blue pools that are his eyes. When we lock eyes like that, it is the most incredible feeling - he clearly sees my love for him as I clearly see his love for me. Then, he slowly became drowsier and heavier as he began drifting off to sleep - completely confident that he is loved, cherished and safe.

Almost gone my little one.........................sweet dreams! Granny's gonna hold you just a little longer and tighter today, my love!

Tips From An Ol' Pro

My little Harper has REALLY been doing great with potty-training. Every hour or so, we march into the bathroom and she hops right up on her green froggy potty. Then, she'll tell me, "hear it???" as she proceeds to..........well.....you know....... Then, we have a MAJOR celebration in honor of her accomplishment! I'm SOOOOO proud of her!

Yesterday, I happened to be holding Weston when the timer went off alerting me to take Harper to use the potty. So, he just went right along with us. Since he can't sit up, I just laid him down on the carpet and helped Harper with her pullups, etc. Right after she was done, Harper flopped herself right down on the ground next to Scoots and began filling him in on proper potty usage. She told him, "Wesson, you be big girl and go on potty too?" Priceless.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Weston's New Game!

This, my friends, is the face of a faker. An ever so sweet face, I agree, but the face of a faker nonetheless. You see, Weston has invented himself a new little game....He will cough strictly to get your attention. If you don't respond, and I mean ASAP, he'll quickly up the drama on the coughing thing. If he gets no response from that, he'll proceed into a full blown choke of sorts - no lie. Then, once he's got ya, he expects you to cough back. Once you oblige, it starts again. He will produce a cough, no matter how much effort and exertion it takes on his behalf, just to get you to cough back. Then, comes your reward.......one of
his full-on, gorgeous, sparkly smiles.....your cough will be worth it every single time, I guarantee!








Road Trip To Austin!

This past weekend, Scooty's 2nd cousin, Shawn, got married to his love, Ashlie. Brian, Bailey, Weston and I travelled to Austin to watch the nuptials and to spend time with family. We all piled into Brian's big truck and headed out for our road trip. I got the supreme privilege of having Licious as my back seat partner for the whole trip! It was sooooo fun to get to talk to him and watch him grin, laugh, eat, sleep, play etc. Normally, I hate riding in the car for long distances but, with Weston at my side, it was no problem at all!

Here's Scoots with Mommy and Daddy after we arrived at our hotel.

He was VERY happy to ditch his clothes, get out of the heat and just relax on the ever so comfy
bed for a while before we had to get ready for the ceremony.

Snuggling with Mommy!

Silly boy!

All decked out and ready to go!

Scooty's handsome Daddy and beautiful Mommy!

Weston with his Great Aunt Kelly. It was so good to see everyone. I always LOVE to hear Kelly's laugh. She has the best laugh ever!

Weston and his Great Uncle Joe. Such a handsome duo!

OK, so now you're probably wondering where the heck the rest of the pictures from the wedding are. I mean, seriously, we did spend HOURS there and got to see TONS of family so.........what's up with no more pictures??????? Well, the reason for no more pictures is two-fold. First of all, it was hot, and I mean REALLY hot. The wedding was outside. In July. In Texas. Get my drift??? This Granny just does NOT do heat. In fact, I hate heat. I'm a give me cold anytime over heat kind of Granny. I was sooooooooooo looking forward to getting into the AC, that I just couldn't bring myself to take any pictures.


Then, there might have been a slight issue with the fact that there was an open bar of the most delicious frozen margaritas........ever. I'm talking unlimited, icy, limey, tequila loaded margaritas. Quite possibly my favorite drink on the planet. Every time I finished one, another one just magically appeared. Before I knew it, I couldn't have taken pictures even if I had wanted to. I know, I know.........what a lush. So, sue me!!! Everybody, Grannies included, has the right to get a little juiced now and then - especially at an event as happy as a wedding!!!

After a fun evening, this Granny was pooped! And, so was my sweet Scooty Bug...


Time to head back to the hotel for some much needed zzzzzzzz's. Congratulations, Shawn & Ashlie. Your wedding was BEAUTIFUL and we are so glad that you included us in your special day!!!

"Security Guard, Spritey"!

Take a close look. Can you see it???? That's Sprite's cute little dachshund nose peeking out from under Weston's crib.


Here..... take a closer look. Wanna know why she is hiding under there?

This is why. Our sweet, security guard Sprite knows good and well that Weston's crib is filled with ever so precious cargo...........our adorable, sleeping little Scooty Bug! She is on watch making sure that nothing whatsoever happens to our little boy. And, believe me, no one other than someone Sprite fully trusts will be allowed to get anywhere even CLOSE to this crib while this baby is snoozing - at least not without a SERIOUS fight! Sweet dreams my Licious! Granny loves knowing that you are safe and sound with Spritey!

Finally......!

This is a picture of Weston with Uncle Braydon . It was taken 2 months ago, on the day before Braydon left for Arkansas to serve as a counselor at a Christian camp in the Ozark Mountains.

And, THIS, is their reunion yesterday!!!


Talk about bringing tears to this Granny's eyes!!! The look on the faces of these two ever so special and sweet boys was absolutely priceless! Braydon had been missing Weston so much while he was gone - knowing how much he was growing and changing every single day. Weston IMMEDIATELY took to Braydon and just stared and smiled at him unlike he has with ANYBODY before - It was LOVE - pure and simple!

The two of them spent lots of quality time together - just catching up on things and getting to know each other once again.


As you can plainly see, they were both in heaven!

We are all SO glad that Braydon is back home safe and sound. We are thrilled that he got to experience such exciting adventures, but love having him here with us again. Scooty Bug now has BOTH Uncle Braydon and Uncle Brenner to play with - three VERY lucky boys!

My Newest Favorite Thing!

Lately, whenever I'm feeding Weston his bottle, he holds tightly to my hand with both of his sweet, little hands. Similarly, when I'm feeding him his cereal, I use my right hand to hold his spoon, while my left thumb is squeezed by Weston's grip throughout his entire meal. Sigh..........................this hand-holding thing of his is DEFINITELY my newest favorite thing!

Oceanography 101...!

Teacher - Miss Harper
Student - Scooty Bug
Course Title - Oceanography 101

Here is Miss Harper carefully making her class preparations...lining up all of the plastic bath bowls and filling each one with a squishy sea creature.

Then, once everything is set up just so, Miss Harper patiently goes down the row of items, identifying each sea creature to her ever so attentive student, Mr. Weston, a.k.a. Scooty Bug.

Here is a direct example of her lecture:

Harper - "Wesson, look at all duh (the) toys. Here's a walrus, a wheel (whale), a shock (shark), a stahpish (starfish), a gween (green) duck, a pingin (penguin), and a cwab (crab). "

Weston - giggle, giggle, splash, giggle
After each creature is properly identified, Miss Harper launches said creature off of the side of the tub so that it makes a direct hit into Mr. Weston's bath water, resulting in an ever so fun splash! This scenario would literally play out over, and over, and OVER non-stop if I didn't, at some point, ring the bell signaling the end of class.

From the sweet, happy look on his face, I'd say Mr. Weston has a serious teacher crush on Miss Harper! I love it!

Nike Shox!

This past weekend, Brian, Bailey, Scoots and I went to Austin for Shawn & Ashlie's wedding. On the way, we stopped at the outlet mall in Round Rock. Ahhhh..........the mere mention of an "outlet mall" makes my heart skip a beat.........I love to shop - and so does Bailey!!! Unfortunately, Brian would literally rather jump a cliff than have to shop. Darn it! We did, however, convince him to at least hit the Nike store. Look what we found......GLEE, ACK, YIPPEE and WOO HOO!!!!!!!! ADORABLE Nike Shox for our Little Licious!

I could just pass out from the TOTAL cuteness of these things! And, the best part is that they only cost 8 bucks! Yep, you heard it here folks. $8.00 for Nike Shox that were originally marked at $45. Soooooooooooo fun!

The whole process at the Nike store took all of 5 minutes - seriously. After that, we pleaded for a teensy tinesy sprint into Children's Place where we found even more great deals for Scooty Bug! After that, Brian was done - and I mean DONE as in NO MORE SHOPPING. PERIOD. Shucks. I think they need to slap a Home Depot outlet store right into the middle of all outlet malls so that grumpy, non-shopping fan males can hang out there and let the women run wild at all of the other glorious stores.........hey, a gal can dream!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Granny's Been Shopping Again!!!

I've been Scooty shopping!!! Really, I can't help it. If you could just, for one little minute, experience the SUPREME cuteness that is Weston, you'd be shopping for him too. I guarantee it. The child is totally irresistible! And, now that he is sooooo good at using his hands to grab at toys, I just HAD to celebrate his newfound skills with an ever so cool gadget.... check it out!

Technically, this thing is called an ocean adventure gym . Scoots and I just call it FUN!

It is an ocean-themed play mat with all sorts of different "hangy" things for Weston to get his little hands on! It has a whale, an octopus, and a sea turtle, just to name a few. It also includes a fun musical toy and a big fish-shaped mirror so that Scooty Bug can look at his sweet self anytime he wants! The moment I laid him down on the mat, he went NuTs - kicking, cooing, laughing etc.

It was the BEST! In fact, the only thing that could make Scooty's new toy even BETTER was...

sharing it with his very bestest friend in the world.......Miss Harper!

These two stayed like this for over half an hour before Weston gave even the slightest hint of being done.

I think it's soooo funny to see the difference in their sizes. I bet it won't be long before Weston catches up to Shmerps despite their 2 year age difference!

Just look at their beautiful, sparkly eyes!!! They were having such a blast and I was loving every second of it!

Twenty Tiny Toes!

Yesterday, Weston and his buddy, Wade, were sitting opposite from one another in their Bumbo chairs just "chatting" away. The next thing I knew, both of them were just cracking up and I could see exactly why.....every single time their sweet little toes would touch, the giggles would begin...Soooo precious!


My Loves!

My beautiful baby and her beautiful baby.......

Two of the greatest blessings in my life!

Big Boy Bouncer!

What's up with that face???? My sweet Scooty definitely doesn't look too happy here!

Could it be that the bouncer is just getting a wee bit too crowded and uncomfortable???

Ahhhhhhh, soooooo much better! All of the "infant" headrests, body molds etc. have been taken out and now Licious has much more room to stretch out. He's getting SO big! I love you Weston!