Eight months old today!

Weston continues to grow and change every day. He is a great eater and never spits anything out...on rare occasion he won't like something and he'll make a funny face, chokes it down and won't open up his mouth again. He does love his crackers though...He has officially started chasing the cats around... and sometimes they take up residence in his stroller which always makes him laugh.

He still loves swinging on the back porch...

...and now plays so hard that he will crash wherever he lands, including Flo's bed.

Tonight we learned that a short afternoon nap makes it difficult to last thru dinner. And, that all baby proofing methods don't work (yes, that is an outlet cover in his hand and on the floor).

Last night we had dinner at Great Grandma's house. While we were there I took some pictures of Weston out in her yard.

Danny was working in Missoula for two weeks, so I thought it would be a good idea to pay him a visit. When we arrived at the hotel in Missoula Weston took his first swim in a pool, and loved it. Later that day when Danny got off of work we drove the two hours to Grandma & Grandpa's house for the weekend. Danny went back to Missoula on Sunday night and then came back to Melrose for a couple of days before we head back home. Weston is getting spoiled by the minute here...

He didn't mind getting his feet wet in the river while dad was fishing...

...he got a good taste of Grandma's ice cream...
...and we had to pay a visit to Lively's Bar...

A long overdue update!

Time flies when you are having fun and keeping busy! The last month has been crazy and Weston seems to change a little every day. He continues to pull himself up on anything and everything. This past week he even figured out how to get a grip on the netting and stand up in his pack-n-play. We had a really fun week introducing Wes to all of our Francis, WA friends...and our California friends that were up there. The week was filled with a trip to Long Beach, Northwest Trek (a wildlife park) and or course Schwingfest and TJ & Amber's wedding.

Weston loves to shake his booty and had a great time at the wedding...lucky for us after a few spins on the dance floor he then went down to Fluke's house where babysitters were waiting for him and a few other kiddos. Over the last week he made lots of new friends, enjoyed swinging (did a little of that almost everyday), and thought sand between his fingers was pretty neat. He is also totally in to feeding himself. Started with some of those Gerber puffs and graduated to oyster crackers (while mom and dad had clam chowder at the beach), and a few other things. Not only does he look just like his dad, but he also shares the trait of eating whatever I try to feed him. Oh, and if he sees you eating, you better give him some of what you have or let him have a cracker of his own.