Mighty Monday!

Based on the title, you probably thought you would see loads of pictures of little Westin in a mall...Where do you think we are, a real city with a fancy shopping establishment? Pish. Posh. We did go to Spirit Mound for a lovely walk and we did play with our new Christmas train set (thank you, Grandma and Grandpa Moore).

Happiest CopperDog of all time.

Believe it or not, we are having a 'warm' spell and it's been bright and sunny! Finally, a winter that isn't dreary.

The post-nap hair style has it goin' on...Who needs styling gel for that? Not Westin :)

Happy Christmas!

When asked at dinner last night if he had been a good boy for Santa, Westin said, 'so, so'....well, at least he's honest :).Our Christmas has been very special. I hope that yours has been as well.

Noni's here!

Noni and her little boy. So much love!

Westin getting into the basketball game: USD Coyotes v Peru St. Bobcats.

Basketball games are more fun if  you are wearing a nice warm monkey hat.

Westin and Noni playing 'hide and seek'.

Vital Statistics

Proof that Westin does not subsist only on air...he readily eats bread, bread and sometimes carrots and bread.

At Westin's 2 year old doctor's visit, he measured 36.5" tall and 25 lbs....still long and lean! His vocab is growing by the day! He's one happy, healthy little boy. We are so very lucky :)

Westin and Dada jammin' out.

Petting the heaviest rabbit in the whole wide world at zoo class.

Zoo class: reindeer!!!

An end of an Era....

One of the things that Dalen and I have been debating is when to move Westin to a big boy bed. Clearly, we are done with the crib. So for his birthday, we decided to get Westin all sorts of bedding for his new bed. And with G-pops and D in town, the ole switcheroo was much much easier. So in one day, we went from this......

to this......

Westin is so very happy in his new bed! The first night, Tiger ('Turgah') went AWOL almost immediately-highly traumatic for all involved. (All Dalen and I heard was 'Oh no, Oh NO, OH NO!)  After that, West woke up a couple of times and almost fell out, but night #2 was smooth sailing. Nap time has featured some jumping on the bed, instead of sleeping, but we are adjusting there too. The added bonus is that if I want to cuddle with West and take a nap...we both fit :)

Little Boy working next to Mama. My goodness what a Big Boy we have :)

Westin Turns TWO!!!!!

This last year has brought a lot of change in our little boy...key phrase, 'little boy'. There is no baby left in this kid. Yes, I will always call him my 'baby boy', but it doesn't change the fact the baby has officially left the building. West has new words almost everyday. He has started to say short phrases and chatters away, some of the chatter we are now happily able to interpret (at least we think that we can). West is just amazing.......

Awesome tricyle from Grandma and Grandpa Moore (Thank You!).

West broke into Noni's present (awesome jammies and a kewl Elmo outfit) a little early, and started wearing everything on his head! Why not? It's his Day after all.

I decided to make the cake. I know, it's a little Charlie Brown, but who doesn't love a funfetti cake with chocolate icing, especially with West's favorite 'burds' on top?? Incidentally, he was so excited by the 'burds' that he barely touched the cake :)

Even Pup pup got in on the Birthday action...

The wonderful blocks for Westin's present fortress were given by G-pops and D (Thanks!!). When we were itty bittys', Aunt Shannon and I had many many fun hours playing with very similar blocks.

West sees all the blocks and doesn't know which ones to knock over first...magic!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry, Aunt Shannon; Westin is NOT a fan of watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

 Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and it's not just the ton of food that you get to legitimately eat...It's the taking a moment or two to be humbly thankful for all of life's wonderful things: loving family, roof over our heads, food to eat, health, laughter and love. Only a few 'Thanksgiving' pictures, because as you will see in the next post, the day was definitely All About Westin.......

G-pops and D!

This past holiday weekend we have a lot to be thankful for.....especially for G-pops and D taking time out of their busy schedules to come spend some time with us and help us celebrate both Thanksgiving and Westin's 2nd birthday (All on the Very same Day!!!). Westin LOVED having his grandparents in town! Our little boy is one lucky guy; so many wonderful people who love him so very much.

Westin learning to 'ride the pony' and having way too much fun :)

West trying to bury D under his book collection. Funny little boy.