The New Water/Sand Table

Wes' newest toy - a water/sand table that goes in the backyard. He loves it with sand, but tonight we put water in it and he REALLY loved it.






Thanks for the new table, Nanny and Day!!

Thank God I'm a Country Boy...

I find myself humming this song when Wes gets in the great outdoors. Despite being an allergic, pale, lanky boy, he LOVES being outside.

Morning, noon, and night, rain or shine, cold or hot weather, if he's awake, he's begging to be outside. So of course, his first trip to the mountains (with the Hardings on Memorial Day Weekend) was very exciting. He slept most of the way there, and when he woke up we were already winding around hills and there were mountains on both sides of us. I explained to him what a mountain was, because he had never seen a real one. He was amazed. He just stared and pointed the whole way.

And when we went on our picnic at Moses Cone on Saturday he was in heaven. He never sat down on the picnic blanket, just ran around in the grass in circles.

We had a blast with the Hardings and their little boy Graham. The boys played together, and Wes loved having a little boy to follow him around. He hugged him so hard that he fell over on several occasions (Wes would say, "Huh-Oh!" and I'd look over and there was Graham, on his back like a little turtle). They played with each other's toys, and Wes loved having a balcony to go outside and blow bubbles on.

A (Way Overdue) Update!

Wes is pretty mad at me. He heard it had been 2 months (!!) since I had updated his blog.


So, a picture blow out is in order. Here's what we've been up to since I last updated:

We went to Super Saturday at UNC and Wes loved playing tball and running around Navy Field:



We went to several Easter Egg Hunts, including the Downing Creek event with Miss Molly Harrell:


He's been catching up on his reading in the rocking chair (this is The Owl and the Pussycat, or "Allie")


He's turned into a big boy almost overnight. I told him to sit and smile - and this is what he did:


He's really into being outside: chasing birds, going to the playground and going down slides (all by himself!):




This picture was the best I could find at describing THE HAIR:


He's still best, best friends with Allie (and Mr. Cow):


And we don't go anywhere without the bus:


Neil graduated from Law School last weekend!!


And Wes FINALLY got his first haircut (no tears were shed by either of us, mainly because he still has some curls):




We have so much fun watching him play and point out every bus, truck, car, letter, number, bird, cat and BOB (construction equipment) in sight. It just keeps getting more fun.

From Four to Ten!

(clockwise from top left: Sarah Jane (with Hayes), Kim (with Ben and Henry), Me (with Wes), and Holly (with Charlie...Carter was at home)
Before Wesley came along I had the greatest group of girlfriends...Holly lived across the street from us on Fortunes Ridge and I would walk across first thing in the morning, in my pajamas, for pancakes. We would sit on the couch on Sunday afternoons watching Lifetime movies and have dinners together with wine and lasagna.
Neil and I would go over to Kim and Ryan's house for dinner and games. The night usually ended with us in sweatpants (we usually had a pair at each other's houses), drinking wine and watching a movie until very, very late.
Sarah Jane would join us for early morning runs around Woodlake and we always rode to Junior League together (and sometimes skipped out early on the meeting...even sneaking out a few times).
Kids entered the picture soon after and those long leisurely days and nights were a distant memory.
Holly had Carter four years ago, then added Charlie two years later. I had Wes in August, Sarah Jane had Hayes two months later, and then Kim had twins, Ben and Henry, in May.
Holly and Tim moved to Raleigh and Kim and Ryan moved to DC. Thankfully, Sarah Jane is still here (and we see each other quite often) but she'll be moving away this summer, too. It's been WAY too long since we've gotten together, but we have kids that range from 4 to 9 months, and someone has been pregnant or birthing or had a newborn for the past two and a half years!
Kim and Ryan were in town for the weekend, so we all got together last night for dinner. It was fun to see old friends, and we had no problem picking up right where we left off. I will always remember the fun times we had, but I don't know if it can compare to the fun you have when you add six boys to our foursome!

Go Heels!

We had another first yesterday...Wes got to see his first UNC beating Dook celebration on Franklin Street.
UNC beat Dook (again!) and because the game was over by 6:30 pm for once, I figured we had time to go celebrate. I took Wes to Franklin Street to see the celebration.
We climbed up on a small brick wall to watch the students dancing, cheering, and jumping over the impromptu bonfire. Wes watched the whole thing with amazement, and held on tight!
I wish I had a picture of him in his Tyler Hansbrough jersey with the celebration in the background, but that would have required me putting him down to get the camera out, and he was having none of that!
GO HEELS!!

More Video!

This one is particularly ridiculous.

Snow!

It snowed again today and we were actually prepared this time with a camera that wasn't broken or dead. :)
Here's a video of Mr. Snow. I think he would have stayed out all day if we would have let him.