We are still here....I promise!

I know that it has been a while. Part of it was that I couldn't get the right picture.....

Westin sharing cheerios with Copper...oh, wait! Where's Copper?? Being a sneaky sneakster that's where. Can't play the poor starving four-legged pile of fur, if there is photographic evidence that you are getting fed.

Part of it was that we I were was just grumpy. It has been cold, and cloudy and cold, and snowy and cold. Did I say cold? I kept trying to stay positive about it. But when you are walking to work and it is -15 outside, doing a modified penguin-walk just to stay upright, in a perpetually gray haze of cloudiness, I mean really, I don't think that Polyanna could have kept that smile on her face. So we were inside ALL THE TIME...boring stuff. So I felt like I would keep blogging about...oh there is Westin under the kitchen table again, isn't that cute?! (and it really is cute)

 

So what I haven't told you, is how much Bean's love bananas, how reciting Dr. Seuss keeps him from pitching a royal fit when we are cleaning his hands and face after meals, about how 'Little People' are yummy to chew on when you are teething.

His favorite letter is 's', although it is staring to sound like 'yes'. He is starting to say something that sounds like 'dutch', which puzzles Dalen and I. Westin has a lot to say; Dalen and I just don't know how to interpret it yet. He has developed a backwards crawl for moments when he wants to back out without taking the time to turn around. Westin is all about speed. Ask all of the knees that he has worn out on his pants. Socks are not for wearing but for putting places (like down vents or in his wagon or to CopperDog). Oh and in case you were wondering, the Black Eyed Peas were such a fun half-time show that we had  to dance. I don't have any pictures of this yet, but it is the bouncy, bending-at-the-knees dance that toddlers develop. Westin is becoming a sweet little boy and gives the best hugs. He loves to play peek-a-boo, and is curious about the spoon, but really thinks that dipping the handle into food and eating off of that is more efficient that using it the way that Ms. Manner's had intended.
I will try to be better, Fans of Westin..for more amazing things are on the horizon!