2 Month stats

Wesley had his two month visit last week and is growing right on schedule. He weighs 12 IBS 6 OZ and is 23 3/4 inches. He has started to smile whenever anyone he knows talks to him. Lexie has started to play poo-a-boo with him and he really likes playing that. He still takes forever when he eats, I am hoping that soon he will start to eat a little faster. He seems to not really be in any hurry to eat. Some of his hair has fallen out in the back and front and then has gotten some new in places. I am thinking that he is going to have the same hair color as Spence, we will see. Life has been really crazy with four, our house is always in chaos mode.

Green Meadows Farm

Last week Spence had his first field trip, he said he didn't have fun. Nate thought that he seemed to have a fun time. It looks like a fun place to visit, although it was on the pricey side.

Kitchen Kettle

Three Saturdays ago we went up to Amish Country, PA. We visited The Kitchen Kettle area. They have buggy rides that actually go through working Amish farms. It was fun to have the kids see and hear about the lives of the Amish. We stopped at a farm and bought homemade root beer and Lemonade, it was delicious :). My lovely allergies caught up to me, so it looked like I was crying through it. They have a playground the kids can play on and a bunch of fun shops. Each time we have gone we have gotten some yummy ice cream and kettle corn. This was our first whole family excursion, it turned out pretty good.

Stitches

Poor, poor Spencer he has not had the best of luck lately. On Saturday night Chandler and Spencer were taking a shower, wouldn't think it would be dangerous. The shower door was somehow pushed open and Chan went to close it and Spence's fingers were caught in the hinged part of the door. I was changing the laundry and Nate was getting changed for the priesthood session. We both go running in there and see blood all over the shower. At first I was thinking they had somehow gotten a hold of one of our razors and cut themselves. Nate kept saying we have to take him to the hospital. I guess the door had taken the padding part of one finger almost completely off, and another finger sliced pretty good. On the one he got five stitches and the other they put dermabond (which is a glue). Luckily Nate was the one that took him to the E.R., I am not sure if I would be able to stand them stitching him up. I am really glad that it hadn't happened ten minutes later, Nate would have been gone. I decided not to post pics, changing the band-aid this morning made me want to cry. I won't gross everyone out, we will keep that part to ourselves. Nate bought him Scooby-Doo band-aids, so that helps with the changing process. I feel bad for the little guy, hopefully he heals quickly and no permanent damage will occur. We hope that this is our only experience with stitches, wishful thinking probably.

Baltimore Zoo

Nate took the kids this past Saturday to the Baltimore Zoo. It is a good size zoo that not only has animals, but a fun place for the kids to play and feed animals. Chandler did not enjoy the hour or so drive, he was thinking that they were never coming back home. He seems to have a hard time since we moved to MD with longer drives than about 15 minutes. The kiddos seemed to have had a great time. In a few weeks we will start actually going places as a whole family.

Wesley 5 weeks old

Here are some updated pics of Wesley. It is amazing how fast they grow. When I took him for his one month he weighed 9 IBS. 10 OZ and was 23 inches, so he had gained two pounds and a little over an inch since birth. He is a pretty good baby, he cries really loud when he is hungry. For the most part he eats pretty good, just really slow. And he is the hardest baby to burp, you could be doing it for a good twenty minutes before he burps. Like most newborns he loves to be held and talked to, which Nate would say I do too much. It is really hard not to want to cuddle with this cutie all day....but I guess there are other things that need to be done. The kids have really been good with him. They want to hold and love on him all the time, he doesn't enjoy when he is trying to eat.

Sisterly Love

I was changing Wesley and Lexie came up and asked to hold her brother. She definitely loves to hold him every chance that she gets. For the most part she is really good with him. Every once in a while she will come up to him and smack him on the face. He is pretty good, he usually just looks at me at gets a really sad face. It probably really shocks him that she would hit him. I was thinking she would have a really hard time adjusting, but it hasn't been too bad.