Puppy and Doggy

Doggy has been Wesley's lovey since he was a baby and continues to be. He needs to sleep with doggy and carries him around with him in the day. He recently started telling me that doggy is his best friend.

Wesley started using puppy sometime in the summer and quickly attached to puppy too. Puppy is a wubanub and came with one of Wesley's pacifiers sewed into his mouth. Once Wesley attached to puppy I stopped giving him any of his other pacifiers in the hopes that it would make it easier to stop using them when the time came. I really thought it would be hard once it was time to get rid of the pacifier since puppy is attached to it and figured when the time came I would just cut it out of his mouth. A few weeks ago I noticed that the pacifier had a slit in it from Wesley using it so much when he was sleeping. He noticed it too and I realized he was not using it as much since it probably didn't feel as good. On Sunday night Wesley started off bedtime with his puppy in his mouth. He then handed me it and said, "Here you go. Me don't want to use puppy" and hasn't used it since. I can't believe he weaned himself from his pacifier on his own. It was much easier than I thought it would.

This picture is from one of the last times Wesley used puppy.

Drawing and Doing Puzzles

Wesley has been very into drawing on the white board and chalk board easel lately. He also loves doing puzzles. He did the color puzzle all by himself. He knew to match up all of the like colors and was able to do it! He was so proud of himself when it was finished.

Brandon is 5 1/2

Brandon turned 5 1/2 on January 5th.

At 5 1/2 Brandon is in the middle of kindergarten. He loves going to school and especially likes before and after care since the older kids really are very nice to the kindergarteners and give them a lot of attention. Brandon reads books by himself. If I were to guess I would say he is probably at least on a second grade reading level. He loves to read. His favorite books right now are the Piggie and Elephant series by Mo Willems.

Brandon continues to love everything electronic. He loves playing Wii, his leap pad, Wesley's leapster, and on the computer.

He likes all shows on Disney Jr. Doc McStuffins is still one of his favorites. He also likes a lot of shows still on Nick Jr.

Brandon is a great big brother and really loves Wesley. Although the two of them have started fighting like brothers fight more and more. In the end they really do love each other and would do anything for each other.

Brandon loves to draw pictures and his latest thing is making cards for everything. He can write a lot of words on is own and if he can't asks how to spell things. His drawing has really matured since starting kindergarten.

Brandon is probably 33 or 34 pounds and maybe 40-41 inches. He goes to the allergy and asthma doctor in February so I will get exact weight and height then. He wears a size 5 shirt, size 4 pants, and size 9 1/2 shoe.

Playing in the Snow

New Year's Day

Happy New Year

Last night for New Year's Eve our friends Chris and Rebecca came over with their daughter, Ava, who is one week younger than Wesley and our friend Aaron, his wife was sick, came over with his daughter, Rebecca, who is two weeks older than Wesley, and his 2 1/2 month old son, Jack. The kids all had fun playing together and lasted until just before 10 when everyone left to go home.

Some Pictures from the Past Few Days

We haven't done a lot the past few days since Brandon and I both got pink eye on Friday and I was sick with a bad sinus infection all weekend. Here are some pictures of the boys that I did take during the last few days of 2013.

Brandon teaching Wesley how to play Wii

Brandon is ready for Mardi Gras

Wesley enjoys playing with the train table

Brandon and Wesley love doing art together at their art table