Good weekend?

Hope everyone had a good weekend whether you were watching some TV

Or curling up with a good book

like Brady and I did

Pictures that speak for themselves

This is what it looks like when Mommy lets me hold my spoon

And this is what it looks like when she takes my spoon away

Lick the Platter Clean

As you can see Brady had his first "solid" food today. The Dr told us that we could start playing around with food but that it would be more for our entertainment than for Brady's overall nutrition. It was pretty entertaining as Brady wanted to feed himself and literally tried to lick the bowl clean as we were finishing up. He ate all of it and appeared to like it. He is always interested in our food so I was not suprised when he went into eating head first. Also, as you can see from our Dr visit, the kid doesn't miss a meal. Overall the cereal was a success. We will see how the next few weeks go and decide if we want to start adding fruits and veggies. I am thinking about making some of my own baby food. Does anyone else out there reading do this? Who all thinks I am crazy? Probably the ones of you who think I am crazy for using cloth diapers...which is going pretty well by the way. The daycare even allows cloth diapers so that was good news. Also very good news, we got into a daycare starting when I go back to work and the daycare is right across the parking lot from my office. So, now we will try to enjoy our last week and half of summer. Daniel finishes school this week. Brady and I have a shopping trip planned with Mom-mom and Aunt Lindsey that we are all excited about. Hope everyone is having a great week!

just pics

What you lookin' at?

Hanging out with Dad

Helping Dad with school

All I can load for now...stay tuned for more

Doctor Doctor, give me the news

So we went to the Dr today for Brady's 4 month check up. He is still big. 17lbs 25.5 inches. He got his shots so that was not much fun. It was also all during his morning nap time making our visit just that much more entertaining. Everyone got to hear Brady's screaming/yelling/crying while they got to hear me sing and talk to try to settle him down. He finally settled down just in time to get his shots, causing him to cry once again. As soon as we got in the car he was out. All in all the Dr said everything looked really well, normal development and all that. We are going to start some cereals this week but he said that he is getting plenty of food right now so no need to rush with solids.



We went to the farm this weekend and got to see Aunt Mildred and cousin Pam. Mildred brought some old pictures of the Westmoreland's through the years. I now know what Daniel and Brady will look like from now until they are 90. Apparently the Westmoreland male gene is rather strong because they all look exactly alike. Luckily they all age really well :) The Westmorland's have been working that farm for over 100 years. Daniel is the 4th generation to be actively farming. It was really neat to see how they used to have to plow with horses and all the old tractors.

I have pictures to post but blogger is hating me right now. Check back soon!

Is it really the middle of July?

Sorry all you faithful followers...all three of you! We have been on the road for the past couple of weeks and also had some very welcomed company.

We went to the farm to help finish up wheat harvest a few weeks ago. Brady and I helped by staying out of the way and consequently, in the air conditioned house. The other grandchildren actually did go out and ride in the combines. Whether they were much help is uncertain, but all had a good time.

After that our dear friend Brittany came to stay for the week. We may have scared her out of ever having children. Although we wished that she still lived in Abilene, it was a lot of fun to have her here for the week. She even kept Brady one night while Daniel and I went to dinner. If you are ever in Abilene or Albany I highly recommend going to eat at the Beehive. It was soooo good, as always. Sorry Brittany that we weren't very good hosts. I promise to do better if you ever come back...please come back!

We also went back out to Midland for my high school reunion. Brady and I went out little early so we could hang out by the pool and do a little shopping. Mom mom decided to give Brady swimming lessons. I am not sure he liked the part where she decided to hold his nose and put him under water. Now my mother has to be supervised when she wants to take Brady swimming, just kidding...kind of :) The reunion was nice. I was able to see some old friends. There were a lot of people that I really wanted to see that were not there. It was very interesting to see where people have ended up over the past years. I think that is all I will say about that. Brady also made his first appearance at Mom and Dad's church and was able to see some of our good friends. He was really tired and didn't make the best showing, but everyone loved him just the same.

Sorry I do not have more pictures. Daniel has had the camera the past couple of weeks while he has been climbing and touring various wind farms in the area. We are borrowing my dad's fancy camera and think we have all the working parts now so that we can take some good pictures.

Not much more time before I go back to work. Pray that we get our childcare situation all worked out. I know this was a boring post. I hope to have more and better things to write about to come. Happy Wednesday!