The Most Wonderful Little Boy in the Whole Wide World is Weston!

The most darling little boy in the whole wide world! So handsome...
And a goof too!
Mr. Serious

Here are some of Weston's 6 month pictures... if you see me, ask for them, I have a ton to give out!

"Doesn't matter if you win or lose, only that you don't get hurt"

Friday night and Saturday was the 3 on 3 tournament in Lynden. Our family has talked about having a "brother's" team for years, and this year we made it happen! Ryan, Tyson and Tyler played, and then we also picked up Phillip Silves too (a genius addition if I do say so myself!) Todd is working in Cheyanne, WY, so he couldn't make the festivities. It was a lot of fun watching guys who we haven't seen play since high school all get together and "hoop it up" on the court (Tyler's going to make fun of me if he reads that!) Their team did really well, losing out in the game before the finals (the team that beat them went to the finals.) That was okay by us, because the guys were dog tired, and they would have had to play the Burger's boys, which we had already lost to (the Burger's family is tall and GOOD at basketball!) It was fun to play them though, we called it "family feud." :-) Tyler actually did pretty well, especially since it's been so long since he's played, and he still has all the hardware in his elbow. He was sore, but nothing a little ibuprofin didn't take care of. And hey, he did hit a game winning 2 pointer (they played by 1's and 2's) :-) The boys did AMAZING, and Wayne actually sacked out for a nap from 3-5, for which I was soooo thankful for. It was hard for him because all he wanted to do was to go and shoot with the big boys! Weston was amazingly great. He loves to be "out" and just watch all that is going on. When we went to DQ after the game, I overheard my favorite comment of the event, coming from a 3o something mom of 4... "And I told my husband, it's not if you win or lose at this point that counts, it's just that you don't get hurt, because you've got to go to work on Monday!" The first night, Mom took Wayne out of his stroller so he could watch the big boys. He was in AWE of the full size hoops!
Tyson making a lay-in.
Nana, Mom and Tyson's girlfriend, Breanne.
Mom, talking to Ryan's mom, with Breanne's mom in the background!
Breanne was so great with Wayne, she played ball with him, and took him for walks to get 'nacks (what else? Raspberries!)

The team, Tyler, Phillip, Ryan, and Tyson
We went to DQ after the game on Friday, and Weston ate his first french fry.
Wayne eating a 'nack with Breanne and her sister.
Tyler holding Weston between games.

Papa and Tyler out in the sun on Saturday.

Phillip taking the ball in.

The fans... too fun to watch your grown-up boys play again!
We ran into the other Silves clan a lot... Laurie held Weston for awhile for me.
Papa and Weston were quite the buddies. Weston thought he was funny, and was sooo easy to smile!

Family Fun Day

Friday was family fun day. We had planned to go out to Larrabee state park, but the weather started out not too warm, so instead we went down to the outlet mall together. We hit Gap, Carter's, the Kitchen store, and a few others. Then, we went to lunch at the Olive Garden. We love it there because they have coloring for Wayne, and the food comes quickly! Then, we zoomed on home where both boys went down for naps, and I went outside to paint the front of the garage. Two hours later, and I hustled inside to get ready to go to Tyler's first game of the Lynden 3 on 3 tourney. Whew! What a day! It was really fun to spend time with our kids together, after such a long 3 weeks of Tyler working almost every day. They are darling little boys, and we love them to pieces. Wayne and Dad fed the horse lots of quarters.
Absolutely exhausted on the ride home. We carried him to bed and he finished his nap there!
Even Weston tired out on the drive home and fell asleep. Shocking! :-)

Live Report from the Battle Front!

Okay, Wayne slept for an hour this afternoon, and Weston went down for 45 minutes. Remarkably, neither was too crabby tonight, and both were in bed and sleeping by 8:45!!! Woo-hoo! I will win this battle! :-) Tyler brought home a crab from work (one of his buddies goes out and brought some back for him) We just finished stuffing ourselves with it, and boy was it GOOD! I love summer. Now, I only need corn on the cob.

Scrapbooking report... I have 1 1/2 pages left to finish by Sunday, and I'll be caught up. I'm shooting for bonus pages this week! (bonus pages occur when you do more than budgeted. These can not be applied to the following week's budget, they are BONUS PAGES!) :-) Seriously, I am a freak. How do you all put up with me? It's the crab and butter talking!

The Nap Wars

We are battling the nap wars. Not only do I have one child who doesn't want to sleep (or at least sleeps very little,) I HAVE TWO! Oh my, oh my. Weston is good for 45 minutes, and then is up for 3-4 hours before he crashes for another 45 minutes. Wayne... Wayne just fights it and fights it. He skipped napping yesterday, but today I put my foot down because he was tired and crabby. Why is it that when we are young we don't want to nap, and when we are old, we want to nap but aren't able to? Odd. Anyhow... I am a big believer in the schedule. We have NAP TIME in this house, and that is how it goes. I don't even really care if they sleep, as long as they are quiet and resting. I need that time to do a few things, clear my head, go outside and garden, whatever. It must happen! I will not give up! In this house, WE NAP! Okay, now that I am convinced, and you are all convinced, who wants to convince my boys?

Weston is 6 months old!

Weston turned 6 months old on Monday. Can you believe that? I sure can't! Where did the time go? Although I will admit that for the first 3 months, time couldn't go fast enough. He screamed A LOT. It is so far from his temperment now though... he is a delight. What a cute, precious little guy he is. He thinks Wayne is hysterical, and everyone else is funny. He is quick to smile, loves to eat, and is not a fan of sleeping. He is still swaddled before bed, but he is getting to the point where I don't know how much longer even my "iron man" swaddles are going to hold. He still LOVES his soft blankies... that kid is NUTS for them! They are very soothing to him, and almost always work to calm him down or put him to sleep if he's almost ready. He still spits up a ton, but the projectile portion of it all has subsided. He is still nursing, although we do use formula on Mondays when I go to the office for 6 hours or so. At his well-child check, he weighed 16 pounds and 10 ounces, putting him in the 40th percentile (the nurse commented that that was no wonder, since he never stops moving!) His head was 43 cm, again in the 40th percentile, and his height was 28 inches, in the 95th percentile (way to stay on the charts Weston!) As compared to Wayne.... he is 3/8" shorter than Wayne was, and roughly 1 1/2 pounds lighter than his brother at 6 months. Weston is just starting rice cereal, where as Wayne started cereal by 4 months and was eating lots of other food and french fries by 6 months... I know, we'll get there again! Feeding babies is a bit of work and a LOT of mess! Look forward to Weston's 6 month pictures, I'm going to try to shoot them this weekend. So long, we're off to enjoy this BEAUTIFUL day!

One A*M*A*Z*I*N*G baby shower!

We had a delightful shower for Tara on Sunday, hosted by the DeGroot aunt's. My Aunt Shelly went OVER THE TOP with her decor items, including dyed epsom salts, candy binky's, and a "build your own" candy bag for guests! Thank you so much for a WONDERFUL time!
Just visiting. The drink table... get a load of this punch ring!

Brenna (age 14) made this blanket for baby girl Bajema.... I can't even sew that well!
Tara loves a good card!

Seriously... candy binky's? Too cute!



A ladies tea... sooooo good! Who knew you could stuff yourself eating "ladies" food? The DeGroot's never fail in the food department... those women can cook!