My Little Hobbit

Wesley woke up at 1:40am screaming a couple of nights ago. It took awhile with lots of soothing to calm him down, but as soon as I put him down he would scream again. I had Bret come help me but still no luck. Then I realized he may be teething (first he pulls his ears, then his nose runs, and then he is fussy). I had left my baby Tylenol in at my mom's last time I was there so I took the drive into town at 2:30am in a snow storm (too bad the grocery store right by us closes at midnight). I got back and gave him the Tylenol at 3:00, and let him play of 20 minutes while it kicked in. Then I put him to bed. He woke up at 4:00am (I had just barley been able to fall back a sleep). He was freaking out, and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. He started pointing to what he wanted, we ended at the food cupboard. He ate a full meal, and snacked for an hour.

Wesley playing in the middle of the night.

Since he went to sleep at 5:00am I was surprised that he woke up at 7:45am desperate to eat. I couldn't even change his diaper first. As he was eating his second breakfast I wondered, if he would double all his meals.

Well, two hours latter he ate another full meal.

And it went on until he ate 6 full meals. Wes ate 11 3/4 containers of baby food on top of oat meal, puffs, bread, crackers, and strawberries

He also couldn't sleep the whole night for the next few nights because he has to wake up and eat. At least he slowed down to 4 full meals the next few days.

I became more grateful for the ability to feed my child all the food he needs. I have never seen him so desperate for food before, and it really hit me how blessed I am to be able to give him whatever he needs.

This Crazy Kid

Wes is reaching new heights with his abilities. He was SO happy about getting himself a snack off the table.

And random picture of Wes with a book.

4 years!

Wow, the last four years have gone by so fast. I so lucky to have such a wonderful husband!

On our actual anniversary Bret worked from 7:00am to 9:00pm so we saved the celebrating until the next day. It was Bret's regular day off so we enjoyed spending the day as a family, and then we got Chinese take out for dinner. Of course, Bret also gave me some beautiful flowers.

Christmas 2010

Wesley getting his stocking Christmas morning. We didn't wake up too early and ate breakfast before unwrapped presents. I don't think we have many leisurely Christmas mornings left.

Santa brought Wesley a basketball hoop. Santa was worried that he may still be too little for it, but he thought Wes would like it in a couple of months.Well, Santa was happily wrong. Wesley is not too little for it. He loves it.

Of course the 1 year old couldn't resist the box.

We went and visited Punka and Grandma Les in the afternoon.

Then we went over to my mom's that evening.

I think my mom looks pretty good for just getting home from the hospital three days earlier. When I first saw it I thought it looked like a storm trooper, and the words came out of my mouth before I could stop them (I hate when the filter between my brain and mouth doesn't work). Luckily it made her laugh instead of hurting her feelings (sigh of relief).

I still think it look a little star wars, but I also think it looks pretty good for a neck brace.

Bret got me shelves (the big free standing kind) for Christmas. Before I got it Bret told me not to get too excited because it was practical, but I was really excited. We need some to organize our basement.

I really enjoyed Christmas this year. It was nice to spend time with family, and it was so fun to see our little man having such a fun Christmas.

Cat Christmas Toy

The toy was for the cats.

Wes thought it was for him.

But really it turns out to be a gift to me because they spend so much time entertaining each other.

Christmas Eve 2010

Christmas eve was nice and warm (well, warm for the winter), and I was able to see the progress of my grass. It was a nice relaxing day, and we didn't leave until the afternoon. I ran the neighborhood gifts around right before we left. Ugh...I only bought about half of what I needed. So I pretty much just stuck to me street instead of the whole loop. It was wrapping paper with a tag the said, "Hope you get wrapped up in the joy of Christmas." So it would be weird to buy more and deliver it after Christmas. At least I had an awesome cheesy saying, right?

The drive was really pretty. If you look closely at this picture, you'll see that the sun ray shining through half the cloud lighting up the right side of the sky.

We ate dinner at Bret's parents house, and then headed over to his sister's house. We had to stop at my mom's after that to pick up the presents I wrapped earlier in the week. We got back to my in-laws' later then I planned. This Christmas Eve was much better then last. It seems more like this was Wesley's 1st Christmas because he was so little and sick last year.

Look at that beautiful olive skin my baby has.

Santa's cookies.

Mom's Surgery

I went down Sunday night to stay with my mom before her surgery. The surgery went well which was a big relief. Still the recovery is painful, and my mom is allergic to the tape that held on her bandages. Her neck, chest, and shoulders are covered by a solid, weepy blister. She stayed in the hospital Wednesday afternoon.

Wes did such a good job waiting in the hospital. It's almost like he understands. He helped me buy a balloon for my mom (which he thought he should keep) and a willow statue to help cheer Nonnie up. He was a trooper with all the running around we did, sleeping away from home. Plus, to top it off he cut two molars. What a kid.

Wesley loved hanging out with Uncle Alex.

This is the new way Wes sleeps.

While I was down I most of my mom's gifts wrapped (my sister wrapped the ones for us), and I got my wrapping done. Christmas shopping for my mom turned out to be pretty easy because she already had tons of it done before she found out she was having surgery. She starts shopping in July or August.

Here he is going through my purse. At least he looks super cute.

We came home Wednesday evening. Wesley and I were so excited to see Bret. What a great man.

I just repacked as I unpacked because we are heading down on Christmas eve. Wesley was a big helper while I wasn't looking, and helped unpack the repacked suit case.

I sure hope my mom starts feeling better soon. She is so strong and wonderful.