Wesley thinks he is quite the big boy these days and likes to drink from a big boy cup.
Now that Wes is a VERY mobile crawler, he always makes his way into our office to say hi to Lucky. Lucky is Ben's first buck and Wes thinks he is pretty neat. If you say, "Wesley, where is the deer?," he looks at Lucky. If you say, "Wesley, where is the birdie?," he looks over to the other wall where we have a stuffed pheasant. Life is fun.
Wesley had his first Christmas party at his Great Grandma Jean's over Thanksgiving. He got his first Christmas ornament. He thought his shiny "Wesley" ornament was pretty cool. He also got this super cool basketball hoop. Wesley and Ben have a good time playing b-ball in the living room. Some day I'll have to say, "Boys, no playing basketball in the house!". Until then, I'll just have fun watching them.
We had Wesley's nine month appointment this morning. He is now 28 3/4 inches long (75th percentile) and 16 pounds, 13 ounces (5th percentile). He is staying pretty consistent in the 75th percentile for height, but he is dropping in the weight category. He is hitting all of his developmental milestones and eating like crazy so his doctor isn't too worried. In the meantime we'll keep trying to beef him up.
"I'm still hungry. I think I'll finish up dinner with this nice green bowl here."Lately, Wesley will eat anything and everything. (His daddy is quite proud.) He'll even eat certain baby foods that he used to not like. But, his favorite thing to eat is anything that anyone else has on their plate. If someone else thinks it is good enough to eat, Wesley thinks he should have it too. We call him our little garbage disposal.
