Rodeo and (early) Easter

Last weekend we made our annual pilgrimage to Reliant Park for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Wesley had a great time (as always) and got to visit many animals and lots of farm equipment.


Baaa....


I'm driving a tractor!





Those chickens just get better every year,,,


"you want eat this?" feeding the animals their own enclosure lining materials...eww, but this is a recurring theme...


Hungry?


"You want eat this?"




One last tractor...

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We had an Easter egg hunt in the neighborhood this weekend...Wesley had lots of fun!


Wesley going for the most difficult eggs as opposed to those on the ground


More climbing = more eggs


Eggs all gone...now what??


I need some time to myself. (not sure what is going on here)


Sitting on the stairs for a picture...

March!

It's hard to believe we only have a little less than two months before #2 arrives. Here are a few pictures of his room!


Wesley now calls this 'baby brother's bed', so I guess he's over it!


The window treatment is a work in progress...


Fun animal rug!

Speaking of Baby Brother...here are a couple of pictures from the latest ultrasound. They say it looks like he has lots of hair...let's hope it's blonde!





And a few Wesley pictures...

Painting in the backyard


Building a building


Watching 'movie' with Eddie

Here is a piece I like to call The Many Faces of Wesley. Enjoy!

Update on #2...

He's coming along beautifully, as evidenced by the following photo:


His room is coming along as well, painted a pale yellow (not in this picture) and outfitted with a fancy new closet 'system'!


Only 10 or so weeks to go!!!

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Happy Valentines Day!

Wesley had a great Valentines Day and had a great time exchanging valentines with his classmates at school.

Here are a couple of outtakes from shooting his perfect Valentine picture....


On the slide


Heading down the slide


Getting kisses from Eddie

Wesley and Mama also made some wonderful heart-shaped cookies the night before the big day (a school night!)


Cutting it out


You have to push it down!


Daddy and Wesley QA the finished product


Looks like it was pretty good!

Lots of travel!

Wesley and Daddy went to Alabama to visit Papaw Jim and Grandma Judi a couple of weeks ago.

It was a good trip. Wesley was a good boy...and while we were there, it SNOWED! It was Wesley's first time seeing snow.


Looking at airplanes while waiting at the airport


"It's 'nowing'!"


Let's see if I can catch some 'noflakes'...


I love the snow!


Papaw Jim and Wesley


Riding the 'motorcycle'


Driving car


Hold on, Papaw Jim!!


Snow


More snow...


One more snow pic...


Wesley and Papaw Jim warming up


"I play moneys!"...playing with the old fashioned scale

Mama and Daddy took a quick trip to Mexico without Wesley the next weekend. It sure was nice to get away to a warm locale, but we missed Wesley!


Rebecca in our sweet, retro, vintage limousine from the airport. No, we did not request a limo...it was, um, luck?


Rebecca and Richard on the beach in Playa del Carmen...having drinks. Hey, Coca-Cola is pretty hard core when you're pregnant!

Half Marathon Video

I know this is supposed to be about Wesley, but I think I'm entitled to a little self-gloss...

Here is a video of my finish at the half marathon...listen to the audio because they say my name not once, but twice! I heard it as I was finishing, but assumed I was hallucinating. Take a look...pretty cool!

Hint to find me: I'm about 2/3 of the way through the video, wearing a navy hat and white sleeveless shirt and no sunglasses.

Happy New Year!

It's been an exciting start to 2008...lots of presents to play with and lots to look forward in the coming year!


Wesley coloring outside on his new picnic table


Underwear!!


Wesley playing on his new train table


Wesley and Daddy in matching shirts!


Eating lunch outside on a nice January afternoon

And...Daddy ran the Houston Half Marathon this Sunday while Mama and Wesley cheered him on...go Daddy!!