Come Sail Away

For those who just want Wesley pictures, see next post below.

My SIL, Carrie, is going to have a little boy next month. I have been finishing up some projects for her. She is doing a sailboat theme, keeping it simple with navy, white and a touch of red. I sewed her up a really simple quilt with some adorable nautical flannel on the back.

I learned to use my mother's serger and made her a simple receiving blanket out of the nautical flannel. We saw a super cute mobile on etsy.com but there was no way we would pay that

price for it. So I attempted my hand at making one. Very easy. Maybe our next child will have a homemade mobile. Much cheaper than buying one at the store. It's made form felt, so with every little breeze it moves ever so softly. Wesley was definitely amazed at it. I made the top ring out of an old t shirt and felt. The sailboats were simple felt, and the beads were wooden that I just used some acrylic paint on to bring in more color. I still have more beads to add, but I wanted to let Carrie decide on the final look so I haven't put it all together yet.

I also saw a cute pattern for some baby hats. They were so cute I couldn't resist. I ended up making five. They were from old t shirts i had laying around so they cost me nothing! even better.

Here is the link for the baby hat tutorial: http://www.prudentbaby.com/2011/02/top-knot-baby-hat-tutorial.html

Spin and slide

Mr. Wesley could spin and slide all day long. My friend, Gloria, is moving. She gave us a little slide and swing. Having no yard or garage, and no extra space left in our tiny apartment, we decided to be a little ghetto and just set the slide up in the middle of the living room. It may be the best idea yet, I may be a ton more productive now. He loves to slide. He has a slide at grandma and grandpa driggers that he loves. In fact last week Kim was moving it from downstairs to the den so he could use it more. Wesley thought she was taking it away from him and threw a huge fit. Needless to say, we have already had hours of fun on this simple little slide. I even taught him how to make things roll down the slide, and now every toy has probably taken a trip down the slide.

For memory's sake.

Oh this boy of ours. He is wonderful (most of the time). Just a few things that he has done lately that will definitely bring a smile to your face.

Wesley has the most ferocious waves. He waves with his whole body. Hilarious.

He learned to say guys. He walks around saying hi guys. You can't help but giggle.

Many may know, he loves the itsy bitsy spider. BUT, he now loves row row row your boat, and he says row row until you start singing.

He "jumps" off of things two inches off the ground and gets so proud of himself.

Tonight at kristofers parents house the bigger boys were putting their plates in the sink. Wesley had to as well. He said please for his plate. Carried it to the sink, and stood on his tiptoes to drop it in.

The other day I had made some cookies. They were on the cooling rack on the counter. Mr. Smartypants pushed over a large food storage can, stood on top of it and was inhaling cookies, when I walked in he gave me his best smirk with chocolate smeared his face. I couldn't help but laugh.

He says words so cute, and is so serious when he actually says something. Tonight at bed we haven't read enough books according to him. And he kept saying boooook booook. Just so stinkin cute.

Tonight while putting him to bed, he pointed out most of his facial features. And them pointed out the airplanes. And said airplane.

Kris was changing his diaper, and Wesley yawned. Kris said someone is t I r e d. Spelled out. Wesley then "spelled" it out in Wesley language. Pretty darn close I must say.

He knows how to work the iPad, he can click to his games, And if he can't exactly what he might want he grabs my finger and puts it on the screen until I help him.

He wants to watch mooovies all the time.he can turn on the tv and sometimes the DVD player. He only wants to watch baby Einstein or baby hob. Nothing else qualifies as. Movie in his books.

Hopefully some pictures will be uploaded soon. I can't do that from my iPad it has to be a real computer.