Happy 1st Birthday Wesley!

Wesley is such a good baby still. He sleeps 10-11 hours at night, he very rarely cries, and he is just so happy!! His smile is so sweet and he has such a mellow laid back personality. He has transitioned to whole milk without even blinking and he has not had a bottle in a few days now. He still get a little frustrated with the sippy cup but he manages just fine. He loves fruit, cheese, turkey, mashed potato, and waffles. We went to the Dr this morning and he weighs 23# 14 oz (70th perctile) and is 31.5 inches long (92th percentile)!! I always compare with Alex's measurements, while they both weighed close to 24 pounds at a year, Wes is 3 whole inches longer!!! He got a clean bill of health once again. I just had to ask the Dr on what the current recommendations are for peanut butter, he says within even the last year the recs have changed. Use to be you should wait 2-3 years even if there was a family history of peanut allergies. However, research showed that waiting this long did NOT decrease the severity or frequency of peanut allergies, so that now at 12 months it is ok to introduce to their diet. This made me smile- I LOVE peanut butter and so does everyone in our house. I hope Wes will like it just as well (of course hope he doesn't have an allergic reaction). So PB&J here we come!!! Wes asleep in his crib with Scout. I love sleeping babies!

This is where I found him one afternoon, in the dog cage and naked. No, we typically do NOT run around without our clothes on.

Monday (Memorial Day) was Wesley's birthday. Since most everyone was off of work, we decided to celebrate on his actual birthday. I had burgers and hot dogs to grill and we went to the park. I had a pavillion reserved where we ate and opened presents. Turned out to be a little hot (only 92 degrees) but with the shade noone seemed to mind too much. Wes was more interested in the wrapping paper than his actual presents.

Publix cake again-love their cakes and they always do such a great job with the decorations. I wish I had put a napkin by the cake so you could actually see how they matched it. The theme was baby Mickey Mouse.

The picture everyone wants to see - Wesley with his smash cake!! He wasn't sure what to do at first but once he got his hands into the cake he went to town!!

Happy Birthday Wesley and many more to come!!!!

All About Alex

Alex continues to keep us on our toes. The kid is a mess. He is very charming, sweet, inquisitive, stubborn at times, and darn cute. He is definetly my "wild child." Alex really goes by his own rules. He thinks that everyone he meets, if even for only 5 minutes at the ball park, is his new best friend. This fall, when he starts Kindergarten, I am going to be sitting on the edge of my seat. I am already preparing myself for a phone call from the principal. Then again maybe he will continue to surprise me and calm down and Kindergarten will be a great place where he will learn that the rules actually do apply to everyone, including himself.

This spring was our first season of baseball. Again, not the most exciting game to watch, except for the minute that your kid is up to bat. Alex did great! He actually fielded some balls well and got some outs at third base and the kid can hit! He asked us after one of his hits if we saw him "smoke the ball!" Always a laugh with Alex.

Currently we are still trying to master riding a bike. I think he could do it if he really tried. This spring, he had a bike day at school.

I just realized that he has the same outfit on in this picture. I am not sure, but it might be that this was actually the same day OR not. He LOVES this shirt as well as several other Disney shirts. I couldn't get him to wear anything other than blue jeans and Disney shirts this spring it seemed like. So here he is trying to skate at skate night for Marisa's school. He kindof wasn't sure what to think of this. Finally, I got him to make a lap with me. He plans on giving it another try at Marisa's party in a few weeks.

As I mentioned, Alex will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. A week ago, he had Pre-K graduation,. He led in the singing of "God Bless America" and did a great job. In fact he did so well he likes to sing this song ALL the time. Carlos and I are getting a little tired of hearing it now.

This summer will hopefully be a time where we will be able to get outside and let Alex exert energy and be a little boy! Since we are still in the condo, it is hard to get out as much as I would like or as much as I know they need to be outside being kids. We go over to mom's some and throw and hit baseballs and ride bikes. Like Marisa and myself, he can not wait to go to Destin. He asks all the time if it is time to go. I told him the other day that we had less than 2 months, and he said "Oh that's not long at all!" I won't be suprised when he asks me tomorrow if today is the day to go to Florida. As i said, very inquisitive and always asking questions, that's my Alex!

All About Marisa

This post is all about Marisa. Marisa is an amazing kid. She is so creative, smart, athletic, well-behaved, loving and a beautiful little girl. It is hard for me to believe that in just days she will be turning 10! yes, double digits. I can totally remember turning 10 myself. This fall, she will be entering the 4th grade. We plan on playing travel soccer again (tryouts are tonight and Sat. actually). She plans on doing Girl Scouts again next school year as well. This summer, she has decided that she is going to start reading the Harry Potter books. We have plans to go to the pool on my days off and looking forward to our family trip to Destin the end of July. Honestly, I think we are all looking forward to some "down time" the next few months. It seems that the last 4 months or so have just been so busy. Going from one practice to another and the weekends jammed pack with games, birthday parties, practices, etc.

Marisa and Carlos had a "date" this spring to her Girl Scouts Father/Daughter dance. They had professional pictures taken at the dance and had dinner afterwards at Mellow Mushroom. I think they had a good time. Carlos said it was very much like middle school dances that we attended. The girls talked on one side of the room while the dads talked college sports and shared fraternity stories on the other side. Carlos did manage to get in one dance with her though!

Another activity Marisa is taking to is roller skating. Her school had a skate night which we attended. I got to do a few laps as well. I forgot how much fun it is. I swear they play the same music I remember them playing from when I was a kid with one exception, I kept waiting for "Ice Ice Baby" without luck =) Marisa plans on having her birthday party this year at the skate center.

Marisa is a GREAT big sister!! She is always so helpful to me and while they may not realize it, she takes very good care of her little brothers.

Marisa's softball team this spring. It's funny that just a few years ago, the girls would have loved to have pink as their color. This year as a bunch of 9 and 10 year olds, they HATED being pink. Kindof funny. This year was her first year of fast pitch and with the girls (not the coaches) pitching. It has been a painful year. Not a lot of hitting and some very very slow games. Marisa claims she does not want to play next year, but we'll see.


Marisa is such a good kid and I can't believe she has been around almost a decade. I feel like I remember her first birthday and carrying her around on my hip. As we all have heard, they grow up so fast!! They really do!