Wes: 10 Months & 3 Weeks Old
Ty: 2 Years, 11 Months & 3 Weeks Old
Last Friday was a day at home. Since we were so sick, we decided that we
would not go up to the Edwards’ house for the weekend, which had been our plan. Despite his sickness, it did not slow Tyson
down at all. I was in the kitchen and
the boys were playing in the family room when I heard a horrible shriek coming from Reeses. I booked it into the room to find Tyson
pinching Reeses’ ears with his toy pliers.
My poor little doggie! I gave
Tyson a taste of what pliers to the ears actually felt like and then off to
time-out he went. Why do boys do
this? Then I am not happy to report that
he has officially started lying. He had
a pee accident on this day and when I questioned him about it, he told me that
it wasn’t pee, it was water. NOT
TRUE! Basically, this kid lives in
time-out. At this point, I think he was
tired of the time-outs and he tried his manipulating again. He looked deep in my eyes again and said, “Ty
loves you so much.” I didn’t melt into a
puddle of love this time! I’m on to him!
Longingly watching Daddy mow the lawn on Friday
(it's tough for Ty when Heath mows the lawn after work - since Ty wants to play with him!)
On Sabbath we decided to stay home from church
because we didn’t want to expose all of our Sabbath School friends to our
colds. We had been sick nearly a week –
this was another doozy. We did not do
much at all during Sabbath – took naps and rested. Then after sundown, we headed out to Kohl’s,
Walmart, and then got Pizza Hut take-out, thanks to a coupon that I had. I had forgotten to mention last week that I finally
brought out a sippy cup for Westin! He
took right to it, without any problem, but he isn’t getting juice yet! Just water!
Sunday was Heath’s cousin, Joel’s wedding day! It was
at 1:00 PM at the Conway church, so we left around 11:15 AM – figuring we had
plenty of time to get there. It usually
only takes 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there, but it was Columbus Day Weekend…so
we were expecting a bit of traffic, but it was ridiculous. We were on-time, but we got there just before 1:00 PM! It was a really nice
wedding – we had a great time with all of Heath's family. Joel is probably the cousin on Heath’s side that I am closest to.
We have taken 2 vacations together – he is special to us, so we are so
happy that he found someone to share his life with! He met his wife, Bethany, at the Conway
church (she is from Massachusetts but her family has a place in North Conway
and so she comes up frequently) and they hit it off right away. They are very sweet together. The only downside about the wedding was the reception location. They had booked this beautiful barn on the Kancamagus Highway, but because it was on the White Mountain National Forest property...it was closed because of the government shutdown. So they had no choice but to have the reception in the basement of the church. They did a great job, but I felt so badly for them! Stupid shutdown. After the wedding/reception…we helped clean
up a bit and then headed home. We got
home at about 8:30 PM and got the kids to bed.
Then I started the Red Sox and Patriots games. Those were the 2 improbable comeback games
and it was super exciting to watch!
Their first kiss (ever)
Hanging with cousin Chris
Love his hands in his pockets!
Trying to get a picture but all they cared about were the leaves!
Reception
Wedding cake made by Norma (Heath's grandmother)
Some of the guy cousins admiring their handiwork (aka decorating Joel's truck)
They filled the cab with balloons
Ty admiring it too
On Monday we had a fun morning together, filled with
Westin’s new obsession of turning on and off light switches and Ty “cooking”
with his play-doh set. Something else that made me laugh was Tyson, singing “Baa-Baa Black Sheep.” I didn’t even know he knew that song, so I
asked him, “Who taught you this song?”
His response? “Mickey Mouse and
Donald Duck!” I laughed so hard at that
one! In the afternoon we went out to the
pharmacies and Heath met us again at our last stop. Then we all went to the Dollar Tree and got
supplies for Tyson’s birthday party that was going to be the next Saturday
night.
Making a birthday cake with his play-doh with Daddy that night
Blowing out his candle (he is a bit focused on his birthday right now)
On Tuesday it became apparent that the dogs need to watch out, not only for Tyson, but for Westin now too. Wes has found out the joys of torturing the dogs.
These are EXACTLY the things that Tyson used to do to them. Wes loves to grab their dog bed and pull it
off the couch and loves to grab their ears.
My poor sweet puppies. I worked Tuesday night and Noni was here baby-sitting. As I said, Tyson is very focused on his birthday right now. He talks about it almost every day. When he was outside with Noni, he made her
open the trunk of her car because he thought there might be a birthday present
for him in there!
Westin getting ready to pull the dog bed of the couch
Wednesday we stayed at home and I figured out that
Westin is doing a few new things. First
of all, he has found out how to feed the dogs!
If he doesn’t like something on his highchair tray, he very quietly drops it on the floor and watches the dogs pounce on it! Along the eating lines, he is “spitting” or
blowing raspberries non-stop and always chooses to do it with a mouthful of
food and nails me all the time! He
thinks it is a riot! Then he is really starting to follow commands! We ask him, “Clap your hands!” and he
does it! So cute!
They are playing pretty well together lately
Until....Westin tries to touch the iPad
Ty lining up some stuffed animals by the CD player
Thursday was a frustrating poop day. Ty was at it again with the false alarms (about 10 times) and
not wanting to go. He wasn’t even
constipated, so I don’t know what it was about.
Then Reeses had diarrhea and kept going on the carpet. Why can’t she choose the hardwood floor? We went grocery shopping and Ty kept saying
one of his new phrases. The phrase is “Ty
like it. Ty buy it!” It is pretty cute! We went to Mexican that night with Adam &
my father (my mother was going to have a Colonoscopy the next day and she couldn't eat and was doing
the prep at home). When we got home,
Adam went to leave and noticed a large animal right near his truck. Heath & Adam went out there with
flashlights (while Ty & I watched from the window) and we saw that it was a
coyote. I couldn’t believe it! It looked just like a regular wolf – it was
huge! Since it was so dark out, none of my pictures came out. We think there could be something wrong with it, because it didn’t want to leave no matter what we did –
threw things near it, made noise, and shone a spotlight right in it’s face. Finally, it left and it was neat to see it up close. But that coyote is stalking our
house, most likely for the puppies. So
we have to be majorly careful with the dogs and the kids. Scary.
Playing with Uncle Adam on Thursday night
Have a great week!
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