Turkey Day

This year we had such a wonderful time for Thanksgiving with our family. My mom and sister came out to visit us and Weston is having SO MUCH fun being spoiled. He has been basking in all the attention and lets just say I no longer have a child who can put himself to sleep on his own. My mom wants to rock him every night and since she lives across the country I cannot refuse that special moment for her. All I can say is in a week I will be in misery as I retraining him to put himself back down on his own. It's worth it though to see him enjoy my mom so much!

Weston loves my sister's cell phone since I no longer let him use mine. As you can tell her is amazed at all the buttons and sounds it makes. To bad he won't play with his toy cell phone...it has to be the real thing,lol.
A family picture that we took quickly.

Weston loved the food. He ate everything on the table and loved making a mess. There is a reason why I call him my "chunky monkey":).

Weston loved watching Grampa cut the turkey. If it is something he has never seen before he will be up front and center within 2 seconds.

Loving his rocking horse at Gramma and Grampa's house.

Keeping an 11 month old busy

Ever since it has started to get cold and Weston and I are stuck in the house I have been trying so hard to keep him entertained for more than 5 minutes. He is so busy which means his attention span is about 30 seconds with each activity that he does. We have a great routine but sometimes playing with the same toys and reading the same books can get boring for both me and Weston ( I wonder why his new activity is unrolling the toilet paper roll in all of our bathrooms). So today I decided that I would plop some whipped cream in front of him and see what he would do with it.

As you can see, at first he wasn't sure what was in front of him and wanted nothing but the camera I was using to take pictures of him...go figure on that one,lol.

After I put the camera away and gave him a second to explore the whipped cream he went crazy and discovered how good it tasted.

And then I gave him a spatula and the squeals and giggles started to appear.


It was totally worth it! Between the whipped cream craziness and bath I entertained him for 45 minutes! Seriously, that is an accomplishment for me right now:)!

Electronics

Weston is obsessed with electronics. Here is a list of his new "toys".

1. The Phone- Every time I call someone he sees the phone and zooms over to me so he can get a hold of the phone and communicate to whoever I am talking to by pressing as many buttons as he can.

2. The Remote-Whenever he sees a remote he gravitates to it and manages to change every channel on the tv while we scurry to grab the remote from him. Once this happens he will zoom to the tv and press the buttons on the tv to either turn it on and off, or raise to volume to as loud as it will go. As this is happening he is grinning from ear to ear and Ryan and I are trying are hardest not to lose our minds,lol.

3. The Computer- He loves to computer and whenever I am on it he tries to climb on my lap so he can go crazy with the keyboard. However, that is no longer happening since we got a new computer and he doesn't seem to like that rule.

4. The Camera- This is his new "toy" and Ryan and I are standing firm in not letting him have anything to do with this new discovery. As you may notice a lot of my pictures of Weston are up close. This is due to the fact that he is crawling towards me trying to get a hold of the camera and I am trying as fast as I can to take a picture before he has a breakdown when I pull it away from him.

Here is a picture I wanted to take of his new haircut. As you can see it is up close and you can see the smile on his face that is anticipating the joy of grabbing his favorite new toy.

Now here is the after picture when Mommy took away the camera and he did not get his "toy". He acts like the world is coming to and end. My angel as discovered what a temper tantrum is and he knows how to throw a big one,lol.

Oh on the haircut. He was so amazing. Ryan got the buzzer out and we were positive that he would freak out so I had a sucker ready and everything. However, he sat there perfectly still and played with his matchbox car. Everyone once in a while he would look up at the razor with a puzzled look on his face but would go right back to playing with his car. At least we didn't have a breakdown in that situation.

Mickey Mouse

The reason why I am so in love with this little boy:)

He just is getting more and more fun as the days go by!

The Cowardly Lion

To begin Halloween Ryan and I decided to go buy a computer at Best Buy which was random but we needed it so bad. Hopefuly this computer will last us a while and Ryan will be able to get through school without issues that we have had with our current lap top. I then decided to make dinner in a pumpkin which was so much fun. I have done this in the past and decided to make it a tradition for every Halloween. Weston and Ryan both loved it and I was so glad to see them so happy. Next, we forced Weston into his lion costume which he hated and wanted nothing to do with. However, Ryan and I wanted to give him the experience of trick or treating and forced our poor boy out into the cold Halloween night. I know, such horrible parents we are,lol.
So we only took him to 5 houses which were family and at each house he screamed at the top of his lungs when they would give him candy. We got tons of candy for just 5 houses but Weston didn't want anything to do with it. Ryan stated he was just in character and roaring at everyone and I just called him the cowardly lion. He was SO CUTE though and everyone who saw him just smiled and gushed over just how cute a lion he was (even though he bawled as they freely gave him handfuls of chocolate). To say the least, Ryan is thrilled because he has a bucket full of candy waiting for him when he gets home every night.

At the end of the "trick or treating" episode we went to a party with family and had a fun time with them. Once Weston was out of his costume he was all smiles and flirting with everyone in sight. To say the least, he stayed up till 10:30 that night laughing and giggling untill I switched into mommy mode and forced him to sleep against his will. Overall, we had fun and I am so glad we did it :)!

10 months

Weston turned 10 months this past month and is growing more and more as the days for by. Here are a few of the things he loves to do.

Eating

Weston is obsessed with food. He loves real people food and will have nothing to do with baby food. There are times he shocks me because he eats more than me during some meals. Where does it all go? I wish he could tell me because he can pack it down and not a gain a pound,lol.

Crawling

Weston has finally mastered crawling and is everywhere. He loves getting into everything he is not suppose to and his favorite activity right now is turning the tv on and off. It is cute at times but last night Ryan was trying to watch the World Series and Weston was constantly turning it on and off. As you may guess, Ryan didn't think it was that cute during that moment;).

Jumping in the Crib

Weston can finally put himself to sleep on his own. We have tried to cry it out method a kazzilion times but we can say that this time it worked and we are so happy. For a while during nap time he would either be screaming at the top of his lungs for me to come save him or would just give up and jump on his mattress for 40 minutes at a time giggling and laughing. What is worse? I would take the jumping of course but then it is horrible when I have a crabby boy who played during his nap instead of slept. However, these days have past and he is now a champion at sleeping at night and learning to take longer naps during the day.

Pat-a-cake

Weston loves to play pat-a-cake and it is the cutest thing in the entire world. He claps his hands when he is excited and I love every minute of it!

Talking

Ever since Weston had tubes put in his ears he has begun talking so much better. He talks all the time and Ryan says he is going to take after his Grammy Marshall which is so true. He can say "dada" which is slowly turning into "dadde", "rara", "baba", "yaya" and any other gibish that comes out of his mouth. he still can't say "mama" yet which is driving me crazy,lol. I will be patient though because I know it will be worth it when it happens!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to Green Bluff and picked out some pumpkins for Halloween this year and tried some yummy kettle corn. We had issues with taking pictures of Weston because he was so distracted with all the people around him that he would never look at us while we were taking pictures of him. But we did manage a few.

Fall Happenings

Yes I am guilty of neglecting this blog and honestly forgetting it even existed. I then got to thinking that this is a great way of recording what has been happening in my life because I cannot seem to master other ways of recording such a scrapbooking or journal writing. So this is how I will do it and I will be able to show my family just how much fun we are having in our lives. So here is a recap of what we have been doing this fall.

Train Ride

Ryan and I decided to enjoy the beautiful fall leaves by taking Weston on a train ride in the country a few hours from Spokane. It was so freezing that day but Weston was such a great sport and had so much fun looking out the window at all the pretty leaves!