A couple weeks ago Tom and I went to San Antonio... again. It was a long drive this time though, and we took Wesley with us. Tom wanted to get refractive surgery before he leaves to go over to Iraq. He ended up getting PRK, because he wasn't a good candidate for Lasik...so it has been a little bit more of a recovery. He got the surgery about ten days ago now, and his vision is still very unstable (and may be for 2-3 months). Some times he can see very clearly, but sometimes he says his vision is very foggy (which, I am told, is different from blurry...just so you all know). I am excited for him to be able to see better for good. He even will be happy if he still has to wear glasses, just so they aren't 2 inches thick anymore.
The weather in San Antonio was beautiful. I love the South in the winter. Here are some pictures of Wesley. He is at that awkward stage where you don't want them crawling around in the dirt, but they can't walk yet. That's why he is outside the visiting officers quarters (VOQ) in his pac 'n play. He started out happy....and it went downhill from there.
"Oh wow, it is great to be outside again!"
"Hey, Mom, gimme that camera!"
"Man, I love this weather."
"Mom, get me out of here now!"
Here are the five kids all in a row.
Baby Reili and Wesley. Reili is 3 months younger, but very petite, so Wesley is huge compared to her.
Maya and Amberly (buddies most of the time).
The two Reilis. Our Reili just couldn't get enough of baby Reili.
For her special birthday breakfast, Reili chose to have Barbie poptarts. The girls both love these, so Amberly was excited too.
Reili got to choose two friends to have over for dinner and her birthday cake. This is Reili and Amberly with Reili's good friend Bailey on the girls bed. I wanted to get a picture of their new bedspread. I think it is so cute!
She wanted a pumpkin cake for her Birthday. I found this one in a magazine, so she decided on it. It turned out well. She loved it. I forced Tom to get in the picture with her, since he is almost never in pictures (and complains about it).
Tom got this good picture of Reili blowing out her candles.
Here are Reili and her two friends, Teagan and Bailey, after she blew out her candles. What cute girls! Happy Birthday Reili!
Just three days ago, Wesley pulled himself up to a standing position for the very first time. The bathroom tub seems to be the perfect height for him to stand up next to. He is now trying to get up all the time, but his success at the tub was so cute I had to take a few pictures.
It is always fun to see babies do things for the first time. You can tell they are so happy with themselves and feel such a sense of accomplishment. I honestly feel proud, even though this is my third and I've seen it happen many times before. This week he has also figured out how to go from a sitting to a crawling position and vice versa. I have been waiting for that for a while, and now it seems like it has all happened all at once. He will be 9 months old in a couple days. It makes me a little sad that he is growing up so quickly. But he just gets cuter all the time.
Last week we were stuck in the house the entire week. Reili was sick and then I got sick and Wesley got sick. We all had fevers and coughs and runny noses. Amberly was well for the most part though....she only got a runny nose at the end of the week. It was an awful week and by the end I was going stir crazy. I finally figured out that Amberly's hair is long enough to do pigtails though. Isn't she the cutest! It has probably been long enough for a while, but I just hadn't thought to do it.
