A Sucker & A Sticker Make It All OK Agian!

Poor little Wesley has to get some blood work done today. It ended up being quite the trip going to the wrong place then calling to find out where I am suppose to go, and dealing with the dowtown morning traffic (we left the house at 9:30 and got home at 11:30). Well we finally made it! Wesley sat in my lap while they got everything ready. They held his arm and I was in charge of the rest of him. At first he was happy with the strangers but then came the POKE! Not a fan! I don't blame him. Plus he has viens like me, they roll away when they are messed with. They got a little blood for one of the tests but they needed more. Next stop the other arm. As soon as they pulled up his sleeve up he was screaming, he knew what was next. I was not a fan of this whole experience either, it was tramatic for the both of us. (He seems to already be over the whole thing)I tried to sing to him but I am sure he could not hear me over his screaming. After it was all over he got a sugar free sucker and a sticker, the world was better once again. Larry Boy sticker too... good job lab on choosing stickers. He ate the whole sucker, and loved it. He definately deserved that treat.

1 Year Photo Shoot

Wesley is so good while taking pictures. I don't know what I would do if he wasn't. I took a few cute ones. The best ones in my opinion are the upstaged accidents. First being the one where he decided he was done and it was funny to crawl away (this was the during the 1st photo session). I turned around and did my typical " What are you doing?" He gave me the hugest smile and laugh ( I entered that photo into a beautiful baby contest... Hopefully we win!!). It isn't square in the frame because I had to shoot so quickly. Sometimes I take photos without even looking threw the peep hole and I think this was one of those cases. The other was one where he slid backwards. He just sat there with this adorable confused face. Levi and I just laughed because I took a picture before helping him back up... It ended up pretty cute. The photo shoot had to take a break to get a nap in there. I have a pretty good subject to work with. He is just beautiful!

After A Year...

I love him more than I could ever imagine I would. Wesley is 1 year old, and I am a little sad. I am sad to see this first year over. It has been so great. We have all learned so much. It is amazing to see how much he has grown, never again will he grow and learn as much as he did this last year. I loved watching the process too. I loved watching that little face try and figure this new world out. Sure he will still learn new things and once again I am sure things will only going to get better but I am still sad to see it be over. With every stage I am always saying "I want him to stay just like this FOREVER" then he gets bigger and I am like "Ok now stay like this forever..." So I am sure I will embrace year #2 the same way. We had a great day... well I had a great day. Levi had bought me a spa package fro Christmas to recover from the rough month I had in December (sweet huh?). Well I finally got to use it, on Wesley's birthday. What a way for me celebrate and reflect on the hard day we lived threw one year ago. Of course that day was filled with blessings but it was very very scary. All I could do yesterday was praise God for keeping my little boy safe and healthy. My massage, pedicure and manicure was so nice. 3 hours of pampering, ok I'll stop I am sure I am making all of you jealous. When I came home I had to deal with my procrastination. I had to finish Wesley's birthday hat, wrap his gifts, make his special dinner, and ice his cake. He had a confetti cake with a whip cream frosting. (Note: make their first birthday cake with whip cream so that they are not on a sugar high all night, it worked wonderfully and he loved it.) I made lasagna for dinner for us and him ravioli. I even made the pasta. His raviolis were made with a chicken and cheese puree. He didn't love them, but still ate them He opened his presents when he woke up from his nap. He actually opened his gifts. It is funny what a difference a month makes at Christmas he could have cared less. Granted it was more about getting that fun paper free to play with the paper but none the less he opened the gifts. He got a plane pull toy, a sweatshirt, shoes, and a baby bible. He loved them all except the sweatshirt, he really couldn't care less about that gift. He actually got cake before dinner, that was a one time event. We didn't want to stay up all night with a wired baby. Levi was funny. He made us turn off all the lights, and enter the room singing, like Wesley would know the difference. Well I guess our song took too long he was eating the cake before it was over. He LOVED it. He was a cake eating machine, it was all business for him. He was concentrating, no smiles, no talking, nothing just eating cake! We took it away after a little bit. He even got cake up his nose, he sneezed and cake came out of his nose. We were laughing, it was too funny. He had to get a bath. He was a bit confused on why he was having a bath before dinner, but oh well. While he was having dinner I told him about his story from 1 year ago. It was so precious how he is just looked at me so intently and listened and laughed.

Other news: We took him to his 12 mo appointment he is 18lbs 14oz and 28 inches long. If you remember he was 4 lbs 13 oz and 16 1/2 long when he was born. That is quite an improvement. His favorite things right now are a set of keys Levi made for him (they have been sterilized), anything that makes A LOT of noise, squealing, the washer (we have a front loader and he likes to watch the clothes go around) and climbing under his high chair. I think he thinks his high chair is his first fort, it is cute. He gives me zerberts on my bare legs, he thinks he is so funny, which he is! He has more toys than we know what do with, but he likes playing with all of them so I am happy about that. He has 2 teeth on the bottom and 2 more coming in on the top you can kinda see them. He got the first 2 no problem the top 2 seem to bother him a bit. He still wishes that he and Maggie could be best friends, and I think he thinks they are. Maggie is only interested when he has food and shares. They have actually played together on occasion. Wesley is still not walking but is a very fast crawler. I think he would win a crawling race. More updates to come so stay tuned!

( My parents got him this cute rocket ship for his birthday... He loves it)

Blog Title Change

Well with Welsey turning a year old I don't know if I can still say I am a "new mom" anymore. Yes, I am a first time mom but new... I think the newness wears off after a year. Granted I still don't know what I am doing half the time but I thought maybe it was time to change my blog title. I have always had this idea for a book for my life (not that anyone would buy it... ) but it would be made up of e-mails, letter and notes that I have written to other to tell them what is going on my life. I think that the way people write letters or tell their news can be so interesting. Usually it is only the good times that you talk about and when it is all over those are the times you want to remember and reflect on. I have a working binder of different letters and e-mails I have sent about big things that happened in my life. My blog posts should be entered also. I felt it was only fitting to change the title of my blog page to "My life as I told it to others" since that it what I am doing, tell you about my life, sharing my memories and opening up my home and heart. So enjoy this next chapter of posts. I enjoy posting... keep up the comments. I don't know if you like reading my posts unless you comment.
Till Next Time,
Jessica
P.S. Maybe my kids would read my book...

A Much Needed Break

Things are going well. I had a much needed break last week. I took a week off to re cooperate and CLEAN! I didn't get to rest until the end since I had so much house work to catch up on. Friday evening my girlfriends came down and stayed the night with me and we all woke up Saturday morning and left for San Fransisco. San Fransisco is only about 1 1/2 hrs from us, so it is perfect for day trips. We started our day at the Ferry Marketplace(think that is what it was called)... that is a cool place. If you have never been it worth the trip. It had neat market type stores inside the building and the day we were there there was a farmers market taking place outside. We bought the little ones matching gloves since their fingers were cold. I couldn't believe they made baby gloves! I have mitten but never seen gloves. They are cute but take forever to put on. We could not have planned a better picture of Molly and Wesley trying to remove the foreign objects with mouths. Those 2 provided a lot of entertainment that day, Grace too. We then went to Bennihana's for lunch, and what a show. I wish I could have gotten a picture of Wesley's face when the chief was throwing the knives. They'd hit the light just right and light up as they moved so gracefully, he was AMAZED by them. The food was awesome and definitely worth the moo la. Towards the end of lunch the effects of not taking a full afternoon nap were setting in. We faced Molly and Wesley towards each other to play this enabled us to keep our hands free while we finished lunch and it worked! Wesley was trying to play Peek A Boo with Molly, it was so cute. Usually he doesn't care much for her or other babies for that matter ( I think he gets easily jealous ), but by the end of the day they seemed to actually like each other. Then to the last thing on out list SHOPPING. Overall we had a great trip and the kids were wonderful. I mean wonderful. I was the most impressed with ability to file into the elevator in record time. We had it down to a science by the 2 or 3rd elevator. We commanded attention with 4 adults and 3 children. Hopefully people were then impressed with the behavior, because they were not fussy, no whining... just angels. Most of all it was nice to spend time with my friends. There is just something so peaceful and wonderful about spend time with people who truely know you. I think we all had a great time, I know I did! It was a great way to end a week of house work. I'm back to work now, and of course my vacation wasn't long enough. Oh well there are more vacations days to come. Looks like another trip with the girls too.

Update

Hello Again!

We survived the holidays. We visited with our family a few days before we both had to return to work. Christmas was nice. I like my job 11 months out of the year but sometimes December just doesn't feel worth it. We didn't finish our shopping until Christmas Eve afternoon. I don't feel like I enjoyed Wesley's first Christmas much, I just wanted to sleep some more... not see anyone... be at home. Now that I am recovered I feel ready to visit. Wesley got way too many toys for Christmas, but it was needed. He was still playing with little baby rattles and infant toys, which he would quickly get bored with. Age appropriate toys once again are a life saver (We went threw this around 9 months. Age appropriate toys changed his mood... kept his intrest and made him happier. I only bought one or two though.). He got some really great stuff. Now where to put it all? We actually all had a wonderful Christmas despite be being tired. Our families spent way too much money on us. We rang in the New Year watching TV and lying around. Levi did rush to me at midnight to give me a wonderfully funny kiss. Wesley didn't sleep too well that night with all the gun fire and noise out side. I can't believe it is 2008... Where has the time gone!

We lived threw the storms down here. We have a mess in the yard to clean up but at least no trees fell on our house and our roof is still on, that is always a plus.

Wesley is quickly approaching 12 months. He finally got a tooth the other day. It took forever for one to finally show itself. I've thought he was teething since June. He had all the signs just no tooth ever came. Now it feels like there are more coming where that one came from. I'll post photos when you can actually see a toothy smile. He is a really good crawler and I expect him to just stand up and walk any day now. His legs are definitely strong enough (he's always had strong legs). He is always busy exploring (making a mess). He copies us and gives the best baby kisses ever! He is starting to get shy around strangers or people he doesn't see often. Wesley is a much happier baby in the comfort of his own home. Yet if we are home too much he gets a little cabin fever... make up your mind huh? He usually listens to us when we say "no" he turns away, most times... I know that won't always be the case. He definitely tests us already. I didn't realise that you have to "parent" so early. He is only 11 months old.

I am just glad life slowing down a bit... for now I should say.