Girl Scout Fashion Show

Yesterday was the Girl Scout Fashion show; an event Savanna really enjoys. We went last year with a very little Westley in tow; it was fun to remember back a year! Savy signed up for 4 categories and had fun designing her outfits. She really shines up there on the stage! I volunteered for "photographer" for the day so in addition to coordinating Savanna and the other troop members I took pictures for the folks who organized the event. It was nice because I got a seat right in front, but I had a hard time juggling that camera and mine! I got some pictures, but none that are great!

This event is for Girl Scouts of all ages, so it was fun to watch what everyone had come up with. As with any show the littlest kids are always so darling, and I just laughed as some of them walked out there! A few of the girls looked almost pained to be up there, while some, like Savanna added some flair to their run-way walks! I love how animated Sav is, she really made it fun! I'm sure we will be back next year- any chance to be in the lights...

1.5

Our kids are home again today. This is Maine, and it is winter. They went to school a whopping day and a half this week. I'm ready for spring...

12 months of Wes and his Bear

From One Month Old....

To One Year Old!

I'm so glad I decided to do this... and I can't decide if I'm done or not... I just love having this record of how much Wes has grown!

Climber

Maybe the toy table was a bad idea

1-16-11= 1 year!

My beautiful boy turned one today! This year has been the fastest in my life. I really flew by! Look how big I've grown!

Wes hasn't put on much weight these past few months. He was 21lbs 13 ozs this morning on our baby scale. He goes into the Dr later this week, so we will get the official weight in, but I think moving away from formula and onto mostly food in addition to cruising around so much has helped him plateau. He is down to just an 8oz bottle at "nigh nighs." He doesn't drink a lot of cow's milk, but we are working on it. He loves water and I sometimes give him a little juice (1/2 and 1/2 H2O) to keep the fluids going. My (very inaccurate) door jam measurement put him at 27 1/4 inches tall.

Wes loves cereal (especially Life and Rice Crispies,) pineapple, veggie sticks, yogurt and oranges. He will still sometimes take "baby" food by spoon, and tries to feed himself whenever you let him. On average he sleeps 9p-7a or so and is trying to give up his afternoon nap. Some days he will take one, some not. I need the long morning nap to get the big barn cleaned... so I'm not going to fight too hard. It is better for me if he will sleep 2 hours once a day as opposed to an hour twice. I looked up the definition of "toddler" the other day. It simply means "one who toddles." I think that means Wes is no longer a "baby!" Sniff. Sniff. It went way too fast!

Birthday Boy

Westley turned one today! I swear this has been the fastest year of my life! We had a nice little party for him with all his favorite friends and family (except Grandma and Grandpa Houston who are in Florida!)

I had a penguin theme- I thought it would be cute for a January birthday. Savanna and I had fun making these cake pops and we did some other little penguin touches here and there.
Wes got loads of fun toys. All of the kids helped him open his gifts and for the most part he was interested in unwrapping. We have everything out of the box and set up this evening and he has been playing with it all!
I did a little smash cake for Wes and he was such a ham. Ignore my freakish face, but isn't he cute blowing his candle?! We have been practicing blowing "hot" food for a while now so he knew right what to do!

Bill was at an odd angle with the camera and didn't get the best shots but he was hamming it up! He was super cute (if I do say so myself!)

He even wanted to share~ He "fed" Sam and then both Olivia and Billy! Liv helped him eat up most of his cake, and by the end he was covered in frosting but very happy!

Happy Birthday my dear boy! I can't believe how fast you have grown; and can't imagine life without you!

My Mom got some cute shots... you can see her post here: www.bethscards.blogspot.com Oh- and happy birthday to her too!

Skating

Saturday the Cub Scout's pack meeting was held at a local Skate Rink. This was a repeat event from last year- we didn't go because it was held the weekend Wes was born, but this year we were sure to sign up! It was so fun.

My Dad and Kurt brought the boys, and my out of town cousin Laura was there too! After downloading my camera I found out that despite having her to dinner, and going skating I have no evidence that she was here; so you will have to take my word for it...!

Billy was a bit of a grumpy butt, but they all did so well! I think that having roller skated before made it easier to learn. The girls pretty much picked it right up. Even Kaleb and Jay were gliding around by the end of the time.

I was surprised how well my ankle held up. I expected it to hurt badly in skates, but it wasn't bad at all. Bill and I were going to take turns with Wes, but then Daddy decided to buck the rules and take the boy out onto the ice. He put him into this crate (which the kids learn to skate by pushing around) He was so cute out on the rink!

I think it is something we may do again as a family, it was fun to be out together! I'm not sure our pond will be good for it, it never freezes really smoothly. But we might head back to the rink~ maybe in July?!