July 4th

Well here we go... I know I have a lot of catching up to do. The pictures say it all so I will just post pictures until I do his 8-month post. Enjoy!

Six Month Pictures

I just had to share this precious baby with the world... Wesson had his 6-month pictures done yesterday and Martene was so kind to give us a preview! I can't wait to see the rest....

What a weekend! "Aunt Katie" was in Murfreesboro this weekend for a wedding so we had to see her while she was so close! She brought Wesson FOUR more of his most favorite thing... his lovey! Now we have two monkeys, a lion, a giraffe and an owl so there is no excuse not to have one in every room of the house and in the car. We can't wait until she comes back to stay longer in a few weeks!Lee had a GREAT first Father's Day! He and Wesson snoozed until 8:30! I got up at 8 to fix Lee bacon, egg and cheese biscuits for breakfast. Wesson was ready for breakfast about the time I finished so we all had breakfast together at the table. How normal?!?! Wesson was so rested that he did not take a nap until 11:30 then he slept until 1. He played and played and played. Poor thing wants to crawl so bad but has such a temper that he just ends up banging his head on the floor and screaming. It is cute though! He entertained Lee all afternoon. Oh yeah, we also had Lee's favorite snack as a surprise... pecan pie! Of course, I took a picture of Lee and Wesson yesterday but the card wasn't in the camera so I have to find the cord to download it. I will update the post to add that soon. For now I thought these would work...

Nature Lesson

Wesson wanted to show everyone some of the things growing in our back yard. He seems so amazed that Mama is able to do such a thing. I explained to him that trees don't usually need my help. Thankfully, the lilies don't either! An extra... I figured a picture of his teeth counted as something growing at our house!

First Memorial Day

Wesson loved Memorial Day at the River! He was such a patriotic little cutie and loved any water he could get in... not to mention all the attention the girls gave him.

P.S. He has on socks because it was a little chilly. He doesn't seemed bother by much though!

Our Friends

Well Wesson finally made an attempt to make new friends. He immediately starting flirting and it went down hill from there. This is Pearce and Ann Elise, Judy's grandbabies.

Went for holding hands first...

Pearce upset Ann Elise when he told her to stay away from the Parker boy...


Pearce said, "yo, hands off my sis..."

Wesson said, "Lets take this outside..."
After Pearce wouldn't head out to talk about it, Wesson had to take care of business right there in front of his girl...
In the end, all fell asleep and don't remember a thing. I'm sure chapters down the road will be similar but, I'm afraid, not quite as innocent.

Five Month Faces

This is going back a little while but I'm trying to catch up. Wesson was five months at this point and boy was he developing his facial expressions to go with his huge personality... Yes, he is chapped around his mouth. His terrible mother learned a hard lesson about pacifiers and moisture. I didn't wipe his mouth off after giving him his Nexium.

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WELLWELL and ZACH HOLT! I'm sure it feels like just another day for WellWell, but its Zach's 16th birthday. A word of caution... he does have wheels so stay off the roads!!!

Well here is our little monkey at 6 months old! You can tell from these pictures just how much he loves baby food. We had a little trouble keeping him from wrestling the monkey, but we got back together. So excited that he is growing so well these days!
P.S. I know I am way behind on posts but, believe it or not, WellWell's camera is always closer than mine. I will try to steal her camera this weekend while we are at the river.

6 Months Old Already

Can you believe Wesson is half a year old now?!?! I guess its time to start keeping up with some milestones on his blog so here it goes. At 6 months old you...
-weigh 13 pounds 13 ounces (finally!) and are 25 inches tall.
-have TWO teeth (see photo).
-have starting trying to make words rather than just babbling - mostly Da and Bah, no Ma.
-sleep from about 9pm to 7:30am.
-wear size 3M clothes but are getting oh-so close to some 3-6M and small 6M.
-can put your paci in your mouth... correctly if we turn it the right way for you.
-love your Lovey Monkey that Aunt Katie gave you.
-have started eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
-are so close to sitting up all alone and crawling.
-have a little temper when you do not succeed at the afore mentioned tasks.
-are very social... so much so that you cannot eat or sleep when a lot of people are around.
-love music, watching other children, walking around on people's shoulders that get you higher than Mama can, jumping all the time, and just life altogether.
-hate your life jacket, waiting for supper, and going to sleep.

You are so much fun and really make the world go 'round for Mama and Daddy. We love you!

My 1st Mother's Day

I am so blessed to have such a thoughtful baby. He knew I had been talking about patio furniture for a year now. So he told his Daddy he wanted to pick something out at Home Depot then see if Mama liked it. They did great! This is my beautiful party-ready deck... I don't have a picture, but Mimi and Granddaddy came over and we ate pizza outside for the first meal at the new table. I even got a mack-daddy cover that goes over the whole thing. Thanks Wesson and Daddy!!!

River Rat

Watch out! Wesson has the river gene for sure. He loves the water! He modeled his swim wear for us but he didn't quite make it to the pool with his clothes on... Its just easier with nothing! You can see the aftermath of swimming all day in the past picture.

5 Months

His five month monkey pictures are proof enough that we love Nexium! He has been golden since Ms. Stacy at Vanderbilt changed him to Nexium. Not only can you tell he is growing, you can see how strong he is getting. He is so cheating in the second picture. He has his chest bowed out at me. What a cutie, huh???

Token of Perfection

Well I haven't made a fully public comment about this until I knew for sure we had a perfect baby. The great folks at Vanderbilt confirmed it today... Our baby is PERFECT! He had two tests done today. One to make sure all his upper GI parts are where they are supposed to be, and one to make sure his cough was not a result of his reflux getting into his lungs. The underlying reason for seeing the specialist is that he has been a "spitter" from day one and at his 4 month doctor visit he had not gained enough weight to stay on a growth curve. He has always been on the lowest one but at this visit he went straight out in a flat line. So... now that we know his pipes are all clear we just have to pray for a curve! If he will just make a curve they will leave him alone and just say he is small.

Our visit was at 8:00 this morning so Wesson and I headed up to Nashville yesterday to spend the night with Aunt Ginny and Uncle Scott. Lee didn't go because they said only one person could go back with him and he knew that battle wasn't worth his breath. At the last minute last night, we went to see Cousin Leigh and Baby Will. That was a treat to hang out and play, play play. The best part to me was that Ginny posed the Kroger Salad Bar as an option for supper. It was awesome!!!

This is Aunt Ginny and Wesson ready to hit the door at 7:30 this morning. Then... Our Token of Perfection... I (and obviously Wesson) am so thankful that getting this cool itty bitty hospital gown was just a quick and minor bump in the road. We have a healthy baby that is just fine and dandy being in the 3rd percentile for his age. He is the sweetest, most hilarious baby and I am so glad he is in our lives.

Fun Times

We love the Johnny Jump Up!!!!!! He cracks me up. He doesn't last very long but thats okay considering his shoulders barely come up the top of the seat.

The Johnny Jump Up can also be called the Tommy Teether Seat. Wesson really likes to just sit there and bite on the bar.

Beautiful

What a beautiful service! Wesson's Baptism was so special. He was wide awake and wanted to take in every moment of this life event. He made all of his noises, spit up and spit his paci across the Alter at Wayne. When Wayne sprinkled him, he stared at Wayne like "you don't have any soap!" It was so wonderful. It helps that Wesson loves the water. I can't believe Lee and I Baptized a baby - our baby. Its just a beautiful thing!

Our family photo

Anna Grace loves WellWell's new digital camera and did quite the photo shoot. Obviously, I plan to get Martene to do a few 6-month pictures in the gown. For now, the amateur shots and background will have to do.

Wesson's Baptism

We will be Baptizing Wesson this Sunday, April 18th at Pulaski First United Methodist Church. The service begins at 10:30am with the Baptism being during the service. We will have lunch at our house immediately following. Everyone is welcome to stop by!

Squirm Worm

This is the latest maneuver by our little squirm worm. He gets his head turned around and gets stuck. Its pitiful. Unfortunately, he is not picking up on the fact that it hurts and he shouldn't do it again. He laughs at himself at first then starts this sound like "Mom, uh, could you help me? I think I'm stuck." He is just so funny!