Confessions...

Confession #1) I was quite proud of myself for buying Halloween candy in early October instead of rushing out on October 30th to try to find some decent candy that was left on the shelves. I almost had the feeling you get when you finish Christmas shopping early. What I didn't anticipate is that Ben and I would eat a whole bunch of the very small and convenient snack size bags of peanut M&Ms. I had to go back to the store and buy one more bag of the M&M variety pack before Halloween so that I would have enough for the trick-or-treaters. Man, I just can't win... Lesson learned.

Confession #2) Ummm... I kind of took all the peanut M&Ms from the second bag I bought and put them in our snack drawer. I decided I'd only put those in the trick-or-treat bowl if I absolutely had to. (Lucky for me and Ben, there was no need to steal from the stash. Woohoo!)

6 Month Pics

I'm way late on this post. Here are some of Wes' six month pictures. Katie has some other ones posted on her photography blog. http://katiedewinter.blogspot.com/2009/10/wes-6-months.html. Stay tuned, because his nine month pictures are only a month away!


This one makes me laugh. We decided to put Butters up on the chair to see if we could get a picture of the two of them. This is what we ended up with. Wes grabbed her hair and you can SOOO tell by the look on his face that he knows he shouldn't do it. He totally thought he was getting away with something, but it didn't last long. Butters calmly gave him a dirty look and jumped off the chair. Don't worry though. She still loves him and always comes back for more.

You just have to love the hand in the mouth. He doesn't suck on his fingers, but he sure likes to chew them.

Daddy's Boy

Can you tell that Wes was crying right before this picture was taken? His face gets all poofy like mine... Daddy made the tears go away though! :)

Let Me Help...

I think Wes has watched too many episodes of Handy Manny! A certain little someone really wanted to help his daddy put together the steam cleaner that we bought. In the picture, Wes was trying to help screw in some screws.

The Pumpkin Patch

"I think I want this one, Mom."

As usual, Wes was totally intrigued by some people having a conversation. He doesn't miss out on anything. His little head is always on a swivel. The most common comments we get about Wes is how alert he is and what pretty eyes he has.

Beep Beep!

Wesley loves the little riding tractor that our neighbors kindly gave us, since their son has outgrown it. He has two favorite things that he likes to do on it... 1) Have us push him around and make him crash into things, and 2) He likes to beep the horn. I hope this isn't an early sign of road rage. If so, I'm going to blame Ben for this one. :)

Visit to a Farm

Last weekend we went to a farm that had all sorts of fun Fall stuff. Wes saw the cows, goats, sheep, and miniature horses. He went on a tractor ride and played in the "corn" sandbox. Mommy and Daddy enjoyed some homemade donuts. Mmmmmmm...

Another Ryder & Wesley Playdate

This is how the playdate began...and this is how it ended...

Typical kids! They played so long and hard that Wesley became a cryer. The next thing on the agenda... nap time!