ABC's

Dalen sent these to me and it totally made the foggy dreary day a whole lot brighter. Hopefully, they have the same effect on you.

Pass the peas!

Holy smokes! Our little guy likes peas! He just inhaled half of the jar and is going in for a second helping as I write this. Webb's big bro made the funniest faces of disgust when he first tried peas so let the sibling differences begin. There was no spitting out of the peas or messiness for that matter. Just good old fashioned gumming of the pea. Maybe it's the organic factor? Westin had plain old Gerber's and Webb is sampling some swanky organic grade pea mash. My theory is that we started with peas first instead of a fruit which is what we did with Westin making all things sweet a winner from the get go which led to not liking foods unless from said fruit group. UPDATE: just got word of Webb eating the entire jar of peas!
I am envisioning a green blowout tomorrow. Good times.
Today is now known as "the eating of the peas" and I guess tomorrow will be "the passing of the peas".

Webb's new trick...

Our littlest boy is sitting now. He topples over after awhile no thanks to the weight of his head and the lack of excitement in the art of sitting, but hey, crawling is next and that is where the real excitement is. The exersaucer is a big hit these days too!

Passing the torch....

It has been extraordinarily difficult for me to keep up with blog posts....so Dalen will be behind many that you read..'Can you spot the eagle' is his first wonderful contribution to the blog..... Enjoy, fans of Westin and Webb!!

Can you spot the eagle?

Westin and Dada got to have some "just them" time recently. Westin had been non stop talking about bald eagles for weeks. So what do you do when your son talks about bald eagles? You go bald eagle searching even if it is 7degrees outside. Luckily we have lots of bald eagles in South Dakota. It was Westin's first bird watching experience and judging from the results it likely will not be the last. I think we found a new hobby!
Westin also watched some eagles fishing in the Missouri River and thought they should be catching sharks in the river instead of the usual catch. Eagles vs. sharks. What an imagination!

'Mama, I crashed the snowman'

We got our first dusting of snow late last week, and Saturday was a good day before the brutal cold of a South Dakotan winter set in. While I ran into lab quickly and Webb was napping happily inside, Westin and Dada played in the snow and made a snowman.

Westin Moore declared that the snowman 'scare-ray' and knocked it over. Really, he often builds things only to knock them over...when I got home from lab, he wanted to show me the snowman, so we walked to the front door, and I saw three distinct snowman balls strewn across the yard. I kind of looked at Westin. He just shrugs his shoulders and says, 'Mama I crashed the snowman'. Well then.

I dunno. That snowman does look a little 'scare-ray'.

Who wants hot chocolate??!!

Off topic: I'm constantly amazed at what Westin understands. He has this toy remote control that makes noise when you push the buttons, except that it doesn't make noise right now, because the batteries need to be changed.

Westin: Dada fix it.
Dalen: What do you need, buddy?
W: Plug it in. Batteries dead.

Dalen then had to explain that those kind of batteries didn't work that way. Seriously. He watches us plug in our iPads and iPhones, and more specifically, when his iPad screen goes black, his iPad gets plugged in to charge the battery. The connections that he's making are unreal! So very very clever!

Happy Baby-Webb turns 4 months old!

I don't know if I have ever met a happier baby than our little Webb. He is just so yummy! At 4 months, he weighs 16 lbs 8 oz (yes, for those keeping score at home, this is pretty much only 12 lbs less than his older brother Westin!!) and is 25 and 1/2 inches long. He can roll over, is known to sleep through the night at least a couple of days a week (!), and loves to laugh and smile at people. Big brother is very attentive and gets a kick out of entertaining Webb. Lots of love in this group!

The magical exersaucer, yet another Little Moore thoroughly entertained. Best Aunt Shannon present EVAH!