What you talkin' bout?

We always hear something different about who Weston looks like. Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's Jeremy and most of the time no one can tell. I'd say he's a pretty good mix of us both. But here he looks like Arnold. As in the "What you talkin 'bout Willis?" Arnold from Different Strokes! His facial expressions crack us up! He has been so funny lately with the things he says and comes up with.

Answered prayers and Nemo

A few weeks ago we had Weston's blood work done to check his IgG levels. I had Nana go with us and I don't think she knew what she was getting into! We had to both hold him down and then they had to stick to him twice. For Weston I think holding him down is worse for him than the actual blood draw. We got the results in and it was well worth it! His IgG levels were in the normal range!! Low normal but we'll take it. We are so thankful, it was definitely an answered prayer! His levels will continue to go up and we will check again in a year just to make sure. What a relief it is to know he no longer has an immune disorder. He quit taking his antibiotic the end of June and has only had a few colds since then. Nothing major and nothing that has required antibiotics. He still takes prevacid for reflux and nasonex for his allergies.

I figured out a good way to get pictures of Weston since he never wants to be still long enough to take pictures. In this case I told him I wanted to take a picture of his big Nemo and if he wanted to sit by Nemo he could. This is the big huge Nemo that Jeremy won and Nemo does all but sleep with Weston! He had just woken up and I love the sweet little sleepy look he has. He got the Pooh Bear slippers from his little girlfriend's birthday party last year and still loves to wear them! We went to my parents house last night for dinner and he said "Go to Nana and Dado's wear pooh slippus (slippers).

Fun weekend

This would be a good story about the fish that got away.

When Sheila, Eric, and the boys came in town we fit a lot of stuff into one weekend. Weston has really missed his cousins and we had a great time with them here.





All the boys are really into pirates right now, so if you don't have a pirate telescope (I guess that's what you would call it) a roll of saran wrap works just as good! Hayden was running around looking through a roll of shelf liner!

Finally in Katy!

Pictures from our first month in Katy.

Summer Pics

A few of things we did this summer. We went swimming, had bubble fights, moved, went to baseball games, and lots of trips to visit Daddy in Houston.

Summer Wrap Up

***WARNING*** Long post!
This summer has gone by so fast and so much has happened. Here is a brief (well not that brief) wrap up and summer pictures. We spent the 4th of July at Eric's parents lake house. Weston and I spent lots of time in Houston to visit Jeremy. Since he lived with my parents it worked out good to see them and him! Weston and I stayed with Sheila for a week before we officially moved to Houston. We had a blast at Hayden's 3rd birthday party and enjoyed spending the week with them. I even got the playgroup bunch to meet me for one last playgroup that Weston and I could be at. We had the 2nd annual Peterson Reunion at Meme's house the last weekend of July.
We met Meme's fiance for the first time and decided he's a pretty good guy and he makes her very happy, which makes us happy! My cousin JJ and his wife drove in from Phoenix so we decided our Houston trek wasn't so bad.
Weston completely quit sucking on his 3 fingers sometime in August which meant many restless nights for all of us. I guess cramming three fingers in his mouth finally proved uncomfortable. I really wondered if it would be a bad thing to get your 2 year old hooked on a paci (we really needed the sleep!) but he wasn't interested. I don't know if I would have gone through with it. . .
We learned 2 year old's don't adapt to change very well and had an interesting and challenging time with Weston.
We lived with Mom and Dad a week and finally got in the new house August 4th! After a few weeks of new construction crazies (to put it mildly) we are really enjoying the new house. There are pools, splash parks, and playgrounds so always something to do. I spent a week brown bagging the walls in Weston's room and am very pleased with how it turned out. I wasn't sure about half way into it and asked Jeremy if I should rip it down and just paint it. He said do what you think you need to do. Not exactly the answer I was looking for. I had everyone from my parents to our builder look at we all decided it's pretty neat looking. Even Jeremy has come around and now he likes it. It was very easy but ridiculously time consuming. Sheila, Eric, Hunter and Hayden came to see us they had to sleep with boxes in their room ( I thought if I left them they might unpack them. . . didn't happen! he he). We went to the Kemah boardwalk, ate at the aquarium , rode the train and Jeremy won the biggest blow up Nemo you have ever seen. We all piled in the Sheila's suburban and it made a tight fit coming back home with the huge Nemo. Weston insisted on holding it and wouldn't let anyone touch it. That was a fun car ride home. We also went to Lupe's Tortilla's with them. Sheila is the one who told us we need to try it out and I think it's now our favorite place. There is a HUGE sandlot out front with lots of toys so the kids can play while you wait for a seat. The food's not bad either! We have now been there the last 3 Friday's! We went to On The Border in Frisco every Friday night so guess we are starting another tradition. Jeremy's Mom and Dad came in last weekend and brought up the pool table. Jeremy helped pay for this pool table while he was in high school and has wanted it since we've been married. That was his only request when we were looking for a house, that it have a game room big enough for his pool table. The Gilliam's graciously paid to have it broken down and put back up and hauled it in a u-haul from Midland to Katy. Gary had an unfortunate accident with the u-haul door and ended up at Katy Urgent Care Center most of Saturday for a tetanus shot and some surgical tape. We went to the pool, the playground, Lupe's, Bolli Brother's and even fit in some games of pool during the weekend. Weston loves to roll the balls on the pool table. He even woke up in the middle of the night and all we hear is "i wanna play balls!"
Weston started preschool for the first time and I think he's is going to enjoy it. The mornings are pretty rough when I drop him off. Usually both of us are in tears. I hope he gets to where the drop off isn't so hard on him. He tells me he likes it and that he wants to go back. I always call about 45 minutes after I drop him off and he is always very happy. When Jeremy asks him about school he says, "I pay outside, I pay basketball, and Mommy come back" At least he's got the important stuff down!
That pretty much wraps up our summer.