Weekend of Fun

I am so mad we didn't take more pictures to document this weekend! Grr...one day I'll stop being such a spaz.
Here's the highlights of this last weekend:
We took Weston on his first ever camping adventure! Some of Rob's college friends were all getting together to go camping, so we decided we would bring him along and see how it went. We did dutch oven cooking, had campfires, and chilled. It was AWESOME. Weston did really good too...except for the fact that he didn't sleep...like at all. We decided to just sleep in the Blazer for convenience sake, but putting an excited baby down to nap, when there are windows all around that he can climb to and look out of, it just doesn't work so well. He was so tired, but refused to go to sleep. He finally crashed at like 11 that night (way way WAY past his bedtime) and was up at 6 as soon as the sun was up. Needless to say he was sleepy, but again, refused to nap until we were packed up and on our way home. I think he loved it so much he was just refusing to miss any of it.
Saturday afternoon Rob and I went boating/fishing with another one of his friends, which was awesome. I am always up for boating, and I think everyone knows about our new love for fishing, so it was really fun. I can never say no to soaking up some sun :) After boating we stopped at Big Judds for some yummy food.
Sunday we had a whirlwind of a birthday party, and pool time. My cousins adorable baby just turned one, so we went to celebrate with them. Holy cutest decorations ever. Like seriously, She should do it as a career. SO cute. After that party we had dinner and my parents, and decided to introduce Weston to the pool. I was betting he wouldn't love it because it was so cold, but I'll let the pics speak for themselves on if he had fun or not :)

He loved it...a lot

This is pretty much my favorite picture EVER

I couldn't believe how content he was! As long as he didn't go on his back, he LOVED it

Aww...cute :)

Yep, just chillin

Keep in mind this was AFTER the birthday party, he was so tired, but was having so much fun he didn't even know what to do. When we finally decided he needed to get out he pulled quite the fit in protest. He's learning how to do that...which I'm not loving so much :/
Anyways, that was the weekend blur. Totally epic, complete with an exhausted baby. Today I decided not to leave the house, so he could nap as much as he needed to to make up for this weekend...and he's now going on 4 1/2 hours of nap time. Wow. We did SO much this weekend, but it went by fast! Only 4 more days until the next weekend :)

Happy 9 Months Weston!

Holy Cow! 9 months already!!! And he is growing as fast as possible just to prove that point.
Here is what's new with Weston right now...

• He has 5 teeth, but is currently cutting 3 others all at the same time and still manages to be a pretty happy kid.
• He is in desperate need for his 3rd haircut but I'm kind of starting to love the shaggy craziness that's going on.
• His eyes are going through an awesome changing phase. They're still mostly grey, but with a lot more green and brown specs now.
• He is pro at climbing up against the couch, us, the tv stand, drawers,...basically anything sturdy enough he'll climb.
• Also very good at walking around, as long as he's got his hand against something to keep his balance.
• He's so close to really walking it's SCARY.
• He's wearing pretty much all 12 month clothes now, we just kind of skipped the 9 month clothes somehow.
• He can say dad, mom, uh-oh, occasionally hi, and all of his other cute fun baby babble.
• Is pro at giving high fives.
• He loves to wave...just not so much to people. But his toys, the tv, his Calvin and Hobbes wall, and the dogs are all very spoiled with Weston waves.
• His favorite person is still definitely his daddy, although he is not shy at all around anyone else...which is kind of scary sometimes.
• If there was such a thing as speed crawling tournaments, Weston would totally win. He's got places to go, and can get there FAST.
• Is still not in anyway a cuddler, but is really good at falling right to sleep when put in his crib. He hardly ever cries falling asleep anymore.
• Cannot get enough of his baby munchie food, and any other finger food he can get his hands on.
• Makes very loud innappropriate "YUMM NOM-NOM" noises when he eats, thanks to his daddy.
• LOVES playing hide and go seek with mom and dad, it's his favorite game.

And still manages to melt my heart every single day.

(all pictures were taken by my amazing mother. She gets all the credit for these!)

FISHING TIME!

We have been SO excited for summer to finally be here, to be able to be outside and enjoy some much needed sunshine. We were trying to think of something to do that was outdoorsy, and Rob came up with an amazing idea. After getting permission from his Aunt Katie, we bought a pole and went up to Roberts area to her pasture and got to go fishing. I had never really been fishing, and I wasn't planning on getting anything, and that day we actually caught our three biggest fish!  The next day we bought me a pole, and needless to say we are now hooked (like what I did there?! ;)  )! Within the last 3 weeks between the 2 of us we have caught 13 fish, and kept 6 of those. I hear that's not bad :) One of the times we went up, we took my sisters with us and did a little bbq, we had so much fun!  Anyways, this is definitely going to be our fun hobby for the entire summer, so I'm sure there will be more pics to come, but here are the ones we have so far! :)

Our first day of fishin :)

Seriously could he get any cuter?!

Our new favorite thing to do

Jado!

Danielle's mad camera skills

He LOVED to just sit and watch the fire! Kept him entertained for a full half hour probably :)

My someday oil paint project

Dano!!

Aww...they do sometimes love each other :)

Quality is bad, but this is my first ever fish! Not bad?

Rob's "little guy" that he caught yesterday. We let him go so we can catch him next year :)

My sexy husband :)

Again...could they get any cuter? Pretty sure no.

Bedroom Makeover

So I get the awesome opportunity to start nannying my niece and nephew within the next few weeks. I really am stoked. I'm also starting school up again at the same time. I was thinking about this the other day, and all of a sudden it hit me...I'm really not going to have a lot of free time after all of that starts. If I want to actually get my house painted...I need to do it before then or it will NEVER happen. ...And I had less than 20 days.

And thus is began. The next day I bought paint and got my bedroom done, with the help of the husband :) Now I'm working on the living room-kitchen-dining room...since they're all kind of connected. 

Here are the pics of the bedroom

Before pic as I was moving everything out

Entertaining the baby all at the same time

My husbands patience with me is astounding. "hey babe can I paint a wall purple???" "...Sure"

And the after's

Hopefully the windows are slightly less awkward now that the bed is moved...I don't know though...

P.S. Rob loves the purple wall :)

Stay tuned for the rest of the house!