One Year Ago

Present
Bad picture quality-it was scanned. He's so big already, but so much fun. It's amazing how much joy he brings to our lives.

Man, this pregnancy is moving along so quick! The first trimester seemed a little worse than with Westin, but the rest has been great. A couple of annoying colds, but other than that I've felt pretty good. It's been nice. Jade makes really big movements, less often. Westin moved more often, smaller movements. I'm starting to get anxious. I'm looking forward to the labor and delivery (yes, really), seeing the look on Wes's face when she arrives, and Westin's reaction too. I know Wes will instantly be smitten with her as he was with Westin, and I think Westin will think it's pretty cool too. We shall see!!!

I felt like being dramatic with the headline. I loved these little Teva's for Westin and the weather is getting cold, so they are about to get put away for good!

This is a picture of Westin in May with his shaggy hair. We said goodbye to it a while ago, but it was so cute!
This picture has nothing to do with goodbyes, but reminds me of a picture that would be found in those old Dick and Jane books.

RANDOM MEMORY

Westin, GG, and cousin Aidan. It's not easy taking a picture with these 2.
Westin and Papa Wayne
I love the facial expressions of GG and Westin in this pic.

Westin got to go twice this year to the pumpkin patch. He went to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm with Dad and Mom and with Mom and some friends. He had a great time both times. He loves being outside and seeing the tractors and animals and dirt! He really is your typical boy.

Westin loved the hay ride to the pumpkin patch and was standing up and even walking around at one point. We stopped that though, I think it was against the rules.

Grandma Kanooth came to visit a couple weeks ago. It was great! Westin loved spending time with her and so did Wes and I. Thanks, Mom! We miss you still.

If you double click on this one, you can see a glimpse of how excited he was to be soaking himself.

Westin's buddy Parker celebrated his 1st birthday.

We had a great time at the party.

Thanks to the Johnson for having a great party.

Dudes!

Westin always loves his cupcakes

I'm going to have a little SISTER!!!

Wes and I were expecting a boy. Back at the 11 week ultrasound, the doctor said she thought it was a boy. Of course that early, things can change, but we still were thinking that she might be right. Then, I had a dream about having a boy, like I did with Westin. THEN, I had a dream that we went back and the doctor checked again and said, "Oh, it went back in. We have a girl!" At this point I was thinking, "Ok, whatever, my dreams aren't helping me any this time. Unless they mean we are going to get a Hermaphrodite. Man, that would be...I'm not even going to think about that." So, we went in thinking we'd probably be having a boy and it turned out the opposite. We are really happy to be having a girl! A boy would have been great too, especially since we love our first so much, but it will be nice to have one of each.

We have seen lots of changes in our little man. Just when we think he can't get anymore fun, he does! Westin is about 30 inches tall and 22 lbs. He is a little guy on the charts, but doesn't seem to hold him back. This summer we've seen his dancing skills improve quite a bit. It's really fun to watch him start to wiggle when a song comes on that he likes. He loves to climb and often when he gets to the top of his destination he will clap or wiggle a bit. He makes it very obvious that he is proud of himself. He gives kisses by grabbing your face and planting one right on your lips, but he will not do this on demand. It's usually out of the blue, when you least expect it. Hugs are a little more frequent. He likes to show you that he can throw garbage away. He is able to find the trash can anywhere-the airport, a friend's new house, Grandma and Grandpa's. Just give him your garbage and he will get it where it belongs. He knows what comes next in the songs we sing him and he says a handful of words. This morning he pointed to some blue eggs on the cover of his "Colors" book and said, "blue!" It sounded more like, "boo," but that's close enough. He also says: kitty, car, tree, mama, mom, dada, dad, this, that, bird, clock, hi, bye, yeah, boom...and a few other infrequent ones, and probably some that I'm forgetting. We've not done so well blogging this summer, so here a few pics we missed:

It all start with the prep. Westin trying on his shades and beach hat. They didn't last very long. He doesn't like things on his head or face.

This is after our 1hr and 1/2 flight to Portland, this was our first plane ride where Westin was mobile. Notice both of the concerned faces thinking, "I'm glad to be off that plane."




We had a chance before going to the beach to stop by Grandpa/Great G-Pa Kanooth. Westin loved roaming around and eating a ton of blueberry along with the rest of us. We all paid the price later. (Come on Leif & Rachel you know what I'm talking about)





Fun times at the beach with cousins.



We had a great time celebrating Steven, Steve and Becky's Birthdays


We had awesome sunsets




More beach fun with all the gang.

And the always fun family picture (Thanks to Tom & Jeannie for a wonderful week)