5 Months

Wow can't believe its been 5 months since Weston came into the world. We have enjoyed every moment we have with him. He brings us so much joy, and some worry (that he is growing and eating enough!).
About a week ago we decided to start solid food. I said I wouldn't start until he was 5 months old, but every time we eat he would watch us and sometimes smack his lips. I started to feel bad. So we started with Rice cereal. He wasn't a huge fan of it. Probably because it doesn't taste good, so a couple of nights ago we started with Avocado. He seemed to like it a little better.
Also a week ago he has started to really notice our girls (dogs) Millie and Nala. He gets so excited when they walk by him, he starts kicking his legs and he gets a big grin on his face. We need to try and capture that on video its so cute. He even try's to pet them, by sticking his hand out.
He is doing better when it comes to sleeping at night. Sometimes he sleeps all night, sometimes he wakes up at 4:30, or 6:00 to eat and sleep a couple more hours. His wake up time in the morning seems to be around 7:30 or 8.
This past week we made it to the gym, he goes with me and goes to the childcare center. The ladies there are so great, this thursday when I went to pick him up. The works told me he is such a happy, and easy baby! I just love hearing that. He is so happy all the time, except when he starts to get sleepy.

Christmas with the Potters!

We left the Hoop's house christmas afternoon, to arrive at the Potter's house. Weston did very well on his travel, he slept most of the way. Once we got there, it was time to celebrate Christmas again. Again Weston got a ton of toys and clothes, and we had a nice time celebrating that evening.
The next day we headed to my mom's side for our annual get together, where we play the game and enjoy each other company for a couple of hours. After that we went to see my Grandma Potter for a couple of hours, and my Aunt Debbie and cousin Jackie came to see Weston as well. He did very well, I think he slept most of the time. He was over tired, by this point so he needed the rest.
The next couple of days we just rested, and did some last minute exchanges. Once again we loaded up our vehicle and headed on our long journey home. And I mean long. What usually takes 8.5 hours ended up taking 11 hours. And it had nothing to do with Weston, we ran into accidents and backups. It was very frustrating. Poor Brandon he had to drive the whole way. The reason being because I have to feed Weston. We only ended up stopping once on our 11 hour trip home. The girls did great, they just slept the whole time.

Christmas with the Hoops

So this year for Christmas we were gone a whole week, and Weston did alright for being gone from his environment. We started our Christmas vacation in Ohio. We were there a couple days before Christmas, and left Christmas afternoon. We decided to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, which turned out wonderful for all of us. Ali got to play with her presents, and we got to take our time. We also went to a Christmas Eve service at the Wesleyan church. It was a very good service, and towards the end of the service the Pastor called us up on stage. He ended up saying a prayer of dedication for us and Weston. It was a wonderful experience. Since this is a small church, I told Brandon when we left we will never get that anywhere else because we got to such a large church. It was nice of him to do that and it was nice because all of our family was there as well.
We purchased Ali some princess dresses, and they were a huge hit! You can see she is such a model:-)
Weston of course had a great first Christmas. He was spoiled on both sides, he got lots a new toys and it will be fun to watch him grow into them. He also got a ton of clothes. We were all very blessed. We left with a pretty full SUV, and came back with an overload SUV.

Snow Day!

Last night we got 4 to 5 inches of snow. They said it was suppose to start at 6pm but when I went to bed, there was no snow. However when I woke up with Weston at 12:30 I looked out and the ground was already covered. I wanted it to snow, because Weston got this cute snow outfit and we wanted to get a picture of him in it.
So this morning we got bundled up and went out for a few seconds to get some pictures of Weston in his first snow.



Weston all excited about heading out into the snow.


Once out in the snow, he wasn't to excited about the whole idea.







Nala in her usual spot in front of the heater!


Millie watching the kids playing in the snow, and wishing she could go out and join them.

Mash potatoes and peer pressure.....:-)

This past week we had our first small group since before Christmas. The ladies in the group new that Weston wasn't gaining weight and usually after 4 months you can give rice cereal. I mention that our pediatrician didn't think Weston was ready for it. That night for small group we had chicken, mash potatoes and rolls. Kristin walked by Weston and he was observing her plate of food. Which he has been doing lately. I told them he watches us eat and I am sure he is thinking "what is that mom...I want some of that" Well he watched her eat those mash potatoes and he started smacking his lips. We all started laughing. They said he is ready for some rice cereal. I don't know about that, but we tried mash potatoes. He seemed to like them, I am not convinced though he is ready for rice cereal, we will have to wait a couple more weeks.

4 Month Check Up

Weston was 4 months old on December 26th. His bear picture was a week old, because we were not home when he turned 4 months. We went to the doctor for our 4 month check up and we didn't get the greatest news. He weighed in at 13.5oz and was 24 3/4 inches long. According to the charts, which are guide lines he dropped in every category. So this has made us very concerned, every day and every feeding we are questioning if he is getting enough. The past week his eating habits have changed it seems like his desire has gone away. So the concerned parents we were went back today for a weight check. Five days later he has improved to 13lbs 11oz. So not to bad. We just need to keep praying that he grows. Our Doctor Dr. Huss is amazing we do have to forgive him he is a packers fan, but that is ok. He is concerned about his eating as well and we checked some things out today, we are hoping that he is have some discomfort with reflux and have put him on meds. So hopefully we will see some improvements this week. If not we will go back and see if its something else.
So here is his recent Bear picture.

Santa Baby

One night in December, a girlfriend was having people over so I went. I gave Brandon a job to do while I was gone. I had dressed Weston in a Santa Baby outfit and I wanted a picture of him in front of our tree. He did well, but you can see Weston's patience had worn off.

Catch up and Santa

Wow it has been a while since I have posted anything, I know some of my readers have wondered what happened. Life has just been crazy. A few weeks before Christmas Brandon wanted to do the whole Santa thing. We have been told by our friend that the mall closest to Nashville had the best Santa. The Ultimate Santa in our area I have been told was the one and Opry Mills Mall, but since the flood it hasn't reopened yet. So we settled for second best. On our way over I told Brandon I wasn't going to wait longer than 30 min. So we went, when we arrived there was no line and no Santa to be found. He was on a break, we were lucky I guess we only had 15 min left before he returned. So we waited. Weston did well. We couldn't get him to smile, but its kind of hard these days to do that. When he sees that camera in his face the serious look comes out.