Baby Einstein Movies

I know there is a lot of debate about these Baby Einstein videos and if it's appropriate for children so small to watch movies. I think that's up to each parent to decide, but I know that I completely support them.

When any movie is used as a babysitter, it's not ok. But I let Wes watch a Baby Einstein movie every morning and he loves it. When I bring his chair into the living room he gets so excited and immediately starts looking at the TV. He remains captivated (as you can see) the whole time.

The reason I support them so much is because I really do think Weston has developed quickly because of the stimulation his brain has had from them. When I hum or whistle the tune from some of the songs on them he smiles so big and gets so excited. Anyway, I just love these movies and think they are so good for stimulation and learning.

The Run Down

Here's what's happening with us: Mark is working at Spudnik in Blackfoot for the time being. He is a plasma operator so he cuts steel for ten hours a day. He is enjoying the physical labor of it but we are really hoping his career will change soon. He is in the hiring process with Idaho Falls Police Department. They sure are slow about these things and patience is a virtue that I lack. He misses the Marine Corps but we don't regret our decision to leave. After eight years of service he was ready to be his own person instead of government property.

I am staying home with Weston and enjoy it so much. I was a little worried about being a full-time mom because I've done some full-time babysitting in my life and although it wasn't bad, it wasn't great either. However, being a mom is a completely different experience (it helps that I'm not a teenager anymore either). I love seeing Weston change daily and the hugs and snuggles make all the hard times more then worth it.

Weston is crawling around everywhere and has been for almost three months now. He will turn nine months on Sep. 10 and I can hardly believe the time has gone by so quickly. He holds on the furniture and walks from couch to loveseat and back again just because he can. He has a built in radar for trouble and has had more then a few head bumps...we're trying to help him be more careful but it's hard with a little boy. He loves food and will eat anything except peas, which he gags on. Although he's still willing to keep eating them - heaving all the while. He loves to go new places and is happiest when we're out and about. He's a special boy and it was worth the two year wait to get him.

Weston's Latest

Weston is developing such a cute personality. Here are some of his latest stories. 

Here is is with Aunt Bea's sunglasses on. That was a challenge! Anything near his face has to enter his mouth. Hence Becky keeping his hands away. =) He loves sunglasses and glasses in general and tries to tear them off anybody's face he can.

Every day Weston crawls in the kitchen and opens the bottom drawer. The drawer 

right above this has all kinds of utensils in it, but he could care less. Because he's after the dish rags. He loves his blankets and is especially obsessed with anything that has a tag. So the dish rags are perfect - cloth with a tag. He will empty the whole drawer and just play with them all. The other day he got stuck though and was trying to use the handle to help himself up. Which of course just resulted in him getting even more stuck. I'm a bad mom - I grabbed the camera before I grabbed him. 

Again - a bad mom. Weston is so squirmy these days with diaper changing. He actually got away from me and although I know I should have grabbed him and put his diaper on, I thought it was so cute that he was following his daddy and just wanted to be where he was. So I took a picture. Baby bums are so cute anyway! But I think I'd better be careful and not take any more chances...I lucked out on this day.

Blog Design

Special thanks to my friend Natalie who directed me to this blog (http://www.sjhblogdesign.blogspot.com) that helped me create this background. Mine looks nowhere near as good as Natalie's! But it's a start. Thanks for your help Natalie!!