Golf Anyone?

Wes wanted to go golfing with Ben and I the other day. Silly boy! He sure looked the part, but we had to tell him he had to wait a little bit before he would be able to swing a club. It will come soon enough. Wes wanted me to send a shout out to Nate and Kristy Carver for the super cute duds!

Four Month Stats

His four month check-up came almost two weeks late, because his original appointment was scheduled while he was in the hospital. Wes decided that being average is way overrated. He measured 25.5 inches long (75th percentile) and 13 pounds, 6 ounces (25th percentile).

Poor little guy must have remembered the doctor's office, because as soon as I laid him down on the paper liner he got this really scared look on his face and started crying. I felt terrible. He used to not mind when the doctor would look in his ears and mouth, but not anymore. I think he must be scarred from his hospital trip. Of course, this visit wasn't a nice one either. He had to get two more pokes.

Note: I must have heard the doctor wrong at his two month check-up, because they said he fell in the 25th percentile for weight back then too. He was in the 50th percentile for length only. Oops! :)

Great Grandmas

Here is Wes with his two great grandmas from Ben's side of the family. I wish his fist wasn't in his mouth, but these days I probably only have a 20% chance of getting a non-fist picture. Thank goodness for digital cameras. You would be amazed at how many pictures I have to take to get a decent one.

4th of July

Happy 4th of July everyone! We had a great time with friends and family at the cottage on Klinger Lake. Wes even had his first swim. He LOVED it! I figured he would since he loves his baths so much. I felt bad when I had to take him out, because he feet were all wrinkled. There were so many great pictures of him swimming for the first time that I wanted to share them all. (If you click on the collage images it will blow them up to a bigger size for viewing. To return to the blog you just have to hit the back button.)
Here is another collage I put together to highlight some great moments from over the weekend.

Perfect Day

My photographer friends are really inspiring me lately. I've been having a good time taking pictures lately. Don't get any crazy ideas though. I'm not up for becoming a photographer myself. I just really appreciate the artistry that goes into photography.

I took this picture while we were enjoying the beautiful weather outside today. I think I would even consider today as being perfect. We spent several hours enjoying the shade from our two big trees in the backyard. Not doing anything much, but having fun and hanging out as a family. After we lost our shade, we went and picked up some sweet cherries at a local farm and then headed home to make dinner. We made an awesome Chicago style deep dish pizza with roasted red peppers, mushrooms and pepperoni on the grill. Yummy!

The only thing that put a damper on the day was trying to make Wes take his medicine. That is not fun for both parties! Now the only thing left to top off the day would be for him to sleep through the night. I have my doubts that it will happen, but it has to happen someday, right? :)

Poor Little Wessy...

We got a call from daycare on Tuesday saying that Wes had a fever. I made a doctor's appointment for him and took him in to find out that they couldn't find what was causing his fever and told us that Wes had to be admitted into the hospital. Wes was a trooper and had to put up with LOTS of needle pokes. He even had to have a spinal tap to make sure that he didn't have meningitis. The tests found that he had a bacterial infection. He had to be given antibiotics and couldn't be released until his white blood cell count was lower. Finally, after two and a half days we could go home. I'm thankful that he is acting like his old normal self again and is on his way to being a healthy boy again.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy first Father's Day Dad! You are the best dad a boy could ask for. I love it when you make funny faces at me and play with me. I love sitting and rocking with you in the lazyboy. I can't wait to grow up and be just like you. I love you lots and hope your day is great!

Love always,
Wesley

Three Month Pictures

Wes had his second "real" professional photo shoot a few weeks ago. He has had lots of practice with mommy photo shoots, so he was a really good boy. He wasn't as smiley as he can be, but some of his solemn looks just melt my heart. My friend Katie did a great job. To view some additional images from the shoot, visit Katie's photography blog at http://katiedewinter.blogspot.com/2009/06/wesley-james.html.