Weston the Cruiser

The Outlaws of Summer! We got this picture in Pioneer Village at Lagoon Father's Day Wkend.
On the 4th of July, Weston started crawling. Last week, he started CRUISING and pulling himself into standing position onto everything. Which means, we have been substantially busier! And he's had a few bonks and a fat lip along the way as he learns some surfaces are harder to fall into than others. I think it hurts me more than him when he gets hurt. I'm trying to learn not to freak out, but that's going to take some practice because whenever he falls I instinctively make a big gasp, and so he cries harder due to my reaction. He's also found his high pitch screaming voice. He uses it when he's happy or sad. He is a total handful, but so much fun! He also takes steps when I'm holding his hands to "walk" with me. He even stood for a few seconds at a wedding.

He also went to his 1st FRIEND BIRTHDAY PARTY AT CHUCKEE CHEESE & loved it. His eyes were glued to the characters on stage and he would clap and 'sing' with them. He even tried his first pizza. He likes olive pizza.

I'm learning where the saying, "I can't take you anywhere" comes from because Weston is just SO VOCAL lately! Ha,ha. We went to Souper Salad to eat and even though he was happy, his noisy "talking" and screaming and squeals of delight at being able to try so many new finger foods were enough to give the people two tables over a headache. And at Church, we ended up sitting in the foyer. Still haven't found his volume button. Probably never will. =)

Last week, somehow I managed to go with Kelly (Brett's mom) for a couple of days to go to the Shakespearean festival in Cedar City and to the Tuachan theater in St George. I LOOOOOVED it! We saw Annie, Foxfire, Henry V, and the Secret Garden all in 2 days! The part where it was 115 degrees was pretty crazy. It was nice to have a nice hotel bed all to myself, not always be carrying around arm fulls of stuff for baby and be able to relax at the pool in the morning. I also missed my boys, though. Next time, they're coming with! Thank You Brett, Weston's aunt, uncle and cousins who played with him while I was gone!

Summer's been really busy and fun with lots of things I'd like to post on but... not tonight, I'm beat!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU FATHERS!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MEN IN OUR LIVES THAT HELPED US LEARN HOW TO DO SO MANY FUN THINGS! LIKE BOTH OF OUR FATHER'S, OUR GRANDPAS, BROTHERS, ETC WHO NOT ONLY TAUGHT US WHAT TO DO, BUT ALSO WHAT NOT TO DO. =) hahaha. JK. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

THIS FATHERS DAY WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR WESTON. HE MAKES BRETT A VERY PROUD DAD ON THIS FIRST FATHER'S DAY FOR HIM! WE ALSO HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN HIS BIRTHFATHER AND WE ARE SO GREATFUL FOR HIM FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPROTUNITY TO BE WESTON'S PARENTS. WE WISH HIM AND ALL FATHER'S A WONDERFUL FATHER'S DAY!

Weston's 9 months old!

Weston on the scale

Weston turned 9 months old today and we went to his 9 mo check up. He is in 70% for weight, weighing 21 lbs 7 0z (I would have guessed 25 lbs- because he feels that heavy!) 65% for head circumfrence and get this: 100% for height!
The Dr. had some way to estimate adult height which (statistically speaking) estimates that Weston may grow to be about 6' 5"! Being 5' tall myself, and coming from a short family, I find that hillarious. So, we just may have a Jazz player or some other kind of athlete on our hands. Ha,ha. Who knows? One thing is for sure, he sure is a handsome little boy and we love him with all of our hearts!!
The other good news is that he didn't need shots today, to my surprise. Brett got to come to the Dr. apt with us today, which I was glad for because I wanted help holding Weston down for the shots I thought he'd be getting- he's getting so big and strong and wiggly, and he's even figuring out how to throw quite good fits! But, lucky for all of us, NO SHOTS NEEDED TODAY!

Mr. Tall himself

Weston Sat Up

Weston just BARELY went from laying down to sitting up ALL by himself! Good Job, Weston!

Congrats!

some family at Kelly's party. Duh, I didn't get a picture of Kelly!

a snake enjoying the rain at the park

Congratulations for 2 reasons:

1)Brett's Mom had her 50th Birthday and

2)Chris and Laura (Brett's baby sis) got engaged at the party!

26 and counting

On the train
Well, I've entered my LATE TWENTIES. DUN, DUN, DUNNNNNN....
Wow, how time flies by.
Brett took Monday off to celebrate my Birthday and we went to the zoo with Weston. It was so fun and a really nice day, too. We rode the train with my best friend and her family which Weston liked alot. My favorite part was the Merkats. I'll post the cute video if I can figure out how. If not, they're the little animals jumping behind the pic of Weston and me.
Later we got a babysitter and went to Thaifoon to eat my favorite dish, the Evil Jungle Princess. We were eating outside until the thunder clouds and finally rain forced us inside. We then went to Ben's Cookies and got my favorite cookies ever (Ben's Orange Chocolate Chip cookies.)
The next day I went to my niece's play except it started early and I was like 5 minutes late, and totally missed her class alltogether, darnit! But I went with my parents, sister, niece, nephew, brother and sister in law to lunch at Chili's.

First Trip to the Zoo

Me and my sister's family went to the zoo on Memorial Day and decided to get a zoo pass! My sweet sis just added me on as a guest to her family pass for my Birthday Present.


These pics are so cute: What an expressive little boy he is! (He also has an elephant shirt on.)

Memorial Day Camping

We went with Brett's family and extended family camping out to the desert past 5 mile pass, along the Pony Express Trail. It was so fun! We got to go fourwheeling on some amazing rides while Weston got to play with his grandparents in their trailer. He had lots of fun playing with his little cousins, too. The worste part was when we got caught in the rain on the fourwheelers and it started to get muddy. We went back to camp and were soaking wet and muddy and cold. Christy had to drive my fourwheeler back because my goggles were fogged up and it was getting dark and I couldn't see. It was an adventure, though!
Weston's First Camping Trip!

Weston's First Graham Cracker. Pretty sure he thought that was the best thing EVER!


What a good little camper we have! I'm glad he loves camping like his mom and dad!

Cute song by Jewel

I think this song is fun. Click on link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsQqiW1cTkE

Back to High School with UAC

Yesterday morning I went to Alta High School to a Child Development class with a social worker and a birth mom and gave a presentation about adoption representing the Utah Adoption Council. We talked about being educated on ALL of our options before making an informed decisions about an unplanned pregnancy and did some exercises that the social workers do with Birth parents as they weigh their options.
When it was my turn, I just shared our adoption story from an adoptive parents' perspective and answered questions. I also brought pictures which they LOVED. It was way fun! I loved all the energy being in the High SChool and they asked some really great, smart questions- I was so impressed! I was just filling in for someone else last minute, but I hope to do it again!
It's kind of ironic, because I remember when they came and did that presentation to my health class when I was in high school, it really, really touched me. I think it sort of helped to prepare me to be excited when my life lead me to adoption. Sometimes for people dealing with infertility, it's easy to get stuck in the mode of unsuccessfully trying to conieve and not want to move on from there. Luckily it didn't take us too long to realize our goal was to become parents, not to become pregnant. And that's how adoption changed our life and made our dreams come true. It was a wonderful experience I wouldn't trade for anything because there was so much growth involved.
We also stress that birhtparents don't place their babies for adoption because they are bad people or because they don't want them. That seems to be a common misconception. On the contrary, they're usually really great people who LOVE their babies so much that they are willing to surrender their own feelings in order to give their child a better chance at life than their current circumstances permit.