Tuckered Out

So it's been a while since Wes has fallen asleep anywhere besides his car seat (with the cover over, of course) or his crib. However, yesterday morning it was suspiciously quiet in the front room and this is what I found:

I'm sure he was wasted from a random week of waking up at 3:30 in the morning. Brian and I sure are!

2065

Today my Grandma and Grandpa Swensen celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. What an awesome accomplishment! Congratulations to them.

I was thinking about when Brian and I will celebrate our 60th...in 2065. Can you even imagine what things will be like then? Thinking about how much has changed since my grandparents got married in 1947, it's hard to even fathom how different our lives will be in 58 years!

Anyway, I love you Grandpa and Grandpa and I hope you enjoy this momentous day.

My LEAST Favorite Times of the Day

Since September 15th we've been trying to feed Wes food and you can see the wonderful progress we've made. This is such a stressful time of day for me (twice a day, actually) because it takes all my effort and energy to get him to open his mouth! It's not that he doesn't like the food, because he's fine to eat it. And he's got the tongue action down so he doesn't push it out anymore. It's just that he WILL NOT open his mouth.

Thanks to some Grandma Hanks tricks like almost giving him the bottle (bait and switch) or letting him grab another spoon and put it toward his mouth (although now he just likes to drop it and watch it fall *sigh*) he does get some food in.

However, this kid knows what's up. I can only trick him a few times before he decides he's not going to open his mouth anymore. I can sing, dance, make goofy faces, make silly noises and he'll smile his half smile, but no open mouth because he knows what happens if he opens his mouth. He loses and mom wins. For a moment. And then it begins again.

Instant Digital Gratification Yet Again...Sort Of

Well, we have yet to re-purchase our digital camera, but in the meantime we're using an old school version of one we got as a hand-me-down from my parents. It's working better than the film pics we had before and give us the "instant gratification" of instant pictures that we missed with film.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share a couple cute pics of the Wes.

Watching Baby Einstein. I am SO grateful for Baby Einstein. I don't care if he "shouldn't" be watching TV...he loves it and for that, I am so grateful. It's a nice break for me from his whining and need for attention so I can get one of my millions of things done. I can only play with him so long before I need to get something accomplished!

This is Wes trying to get out of his Bumbo. He's getting big for it which is really sad for me. It's been a great place for him to sit and chill and be immobile for a bit so I don't have to worry about him rolling somewhere and getting stuck. He likes to look out the window at the trees (that are sadly slowing losing their leaves).