John David Weston

Five years ago to date I was checking into Las Colinas Medica Center on Wednesday, August 6 hoping to have a baby soon. I was nervous about bringing my first child into this world. I had an appointment that morning where I learned that our planned due date hadn't been scheduled for August 8th. (August 8th would have been John Miller's birthday-John David's namesake.) I was 39 weeks along and the only induction was that night or waiting for 3 weeks. After many hours in labor and an epidural, John David still didn't want to come out so I had a c-section. God blessed us with a perfect little boy.

I can't believe my first son is turning 5 years old. It is even scarier that he is old enough for Kindergarten. School seems so big for my young son. John David is a precious boy who is very well behaved (most of the time). He can be quiet and hard to warm up to others. He loves cars, dinosaurs, super heroes, and being a boy. Questions are continually turning around in his head. He dreams one day of growing up to be a pirate. (I don't know what he thinks pirates do.) I know he is sick because he wants to snuggle with me otherwise he is up running around. He has gotten good at antagonizing his little brother.

John David is headed to church preschool this year. I don't know if he understands his usual friends are headed to school in a few weeks. I hope this next year is successful for him with a new set of friends. I know holding him back will help him be more successful academically, socially, and the rest of his life.

Camping-Wednesday

Dad rented a ski boat for us. Grammy & Drew stayed behind and so did Aunt CC because she wasn't feeling well. The rest of us headed off ready for a great day or so we thought...

Dad, Joel, David, John David, Leah, and I headed off with less stuff than the first day to the boat rental. After we got skis, tube, & life jackets we headed out on the lake about 9:15ish. We stopped in front of the cabins so the others could watch. Joel was excited and wanted to go first so he put the skis on and I got my camera ready to begin. Dad couldn't start the engine and after multiple tries, he called the rental place. One of the workers came out in a pontoon boat a few minutes later with a new battery. Meanwhile everyone but dad got in the lake. He worked for a while but couldn't get the battery out. After something broke, he called for another worker to bring some pliers on a jet ski. We still continued to play in the water and started jumping off the pontoon boat. The gentleman had to return to the dock on the jet ski to get a drill and something else. He came back and worked for a while. Needless to say, we played for 1 1/2 hours while the boat was being fixed. The workers couldn't have been any nicer while trying to fix the boat and allowed us to stay out extra time without any penalty. Of course, Dad talked their ears off while we swam.

When we finally got started Joel put us all to shame. He got up and had a great time skiing. David got up and did very well, too. They each got out there several times having fun. I, on the other hand, drank lots of dirty lake water. I tried for a while to ski but didn't have much luck. I was patient but got very tired. The tube was a blast! I was very successful and enjoyed it. John David sat with David but didn't really enjoy it. Leah had a great time on the tube, too! She even lifted her hands to give a "Sic 'em Bears!" We stopped many times for John David to swim. He got very bored just sitting on the boat. Even though we lathered up with sunscreen the whole time, we all came home "kissed" by the powerful sun!

What mom has ever tried to pass off a dirty diaper?

As a mom of two boys I have changed many dirty diapers. On Monday afternoon Drew had a stinky diaper. Christy, David, Leah, and I were down at our cabin as I gave Christy all of my maternity clothes. Drew was also with us when I smelled a stinky diaper! I thought it would be fun to send Drew up the hill with a diaper & a clean smelling disposable bag for the stinky diaper. We told him to go find Popaw who was playing a card game at the top of the hill. It was hilarious to watch him waddle up the hill and watch the others react to what he was carrying! Popaw changed the diaper without complaining and sent Drew back down the hill. As we saw Drew come down the hill one arm carried the bag with a stinky diaper inside. In the other hand he had a pretzel rod dipped in white chocolate decorated with sprinkles. He was thrilled and following his directions of going to find "Mommy." I hadn't let him have a whole pretzel rod because it was too much. Popaw thought since Drew had followed directions, he should be rewarded! :) We all laughed at this incident all week long! I am sure we will retell this story many times.

Camping-Tuesday

We toured the Blue Bell creamery Tuesday morning. The funniest thing was a Braum's was on the same block as the creamery. The tour was fun especially since it ended with a scoop of ice cream. I didn't think it as wise for Drew to get his own cup so he went around to Grammy & Popaw sharing their ice cream. He probably ended up having more than a cup of his own. Oh well, it was vacation! ;)

That night we had the Stuart's out for dinner. We knew the Stuart's when they lived here but went back to Oklahoma last summer. They recently moved to Tulsa. It was so good to visit with all of them. They have two boys like us! Although they are now expecting their third child and we are not!! After fajitas & fixings from OTB (of course), we enjoyed more smores! The boys had a great time running around hardly wanting to sit for a picture. Thank you Laura & Aaron for coming out to have dinner with our family! We hope you had as good of a time as the rest of us!

Camping-Monday

Dad rented a pontoon boat for all of us enjoy Monday morning. We were quite a site getting in the boat! There were 9 of us with towels, ice chest full of sandwiches/snacks, a second chest of drinks, sunscreen, hats, floaties, and more floaties. It was a windy day when we first stopped so we found a cove to swim in before heading to a different location. John David loved jumping off the boat, swimming, and throwing the football to everyone. At our last location, Drew fell asleep in his floatie. It was adorable! John David learned that it was OK to pee in his swimsuit while in a lake. The boys enjoyed driving the boat with Popaw and honking the horn.

That night cousin Andy, Emily, and their girls Kayla & Caroline joined us for dinner. It was a night of laughs, stories, more smores, and a good time by all. Check out Emily's blog for more pictures of our evening.

Camping-Sunday

This past week we went camping with the Gorham's. It was a Christmas present for us. We decided to board Boulder while we were gone. We left Sunday to meet up with Anna's parents, sister, brother & sis-in-law to head to Keystone State Park just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We had a fabulous time of good food, fellowship, Wii, and swimming.

This is a picture of John David playing the Wii. My parent's friends were insistent that we take their Wii camping. It was a hit! We all took turns golfing, bowling, playing tennis, and playing baseball. John David thinks he should get one now! We'll see what happens this week.

On Sunday, we went swimming before dinner. David and I enjoyed swimming without having two little boys pulling on us. John David was too busy playing with Aunt CC while Drew was occupied with Grammy & Leah. Afterwards, we enjoyed smores every night we were there. We had three cabins with a hill in between our cabin & mom/dad's cabin. The boys loved walking up and down the hill everyday all day long. We all received flash lights which worked out great at night to go home. John David fell asleep with his flashlight in his hand.

The first night turned out to be a very interesting night for animals. We heard some rustling & I was hoping it wasn't a snake. The animal turned out to be a racoon. He kept trying to get closer so Joel tried to scare him by approaching him. Instead of it running off, he hissed and tried to get closer to Joel. Joel immediately backed off. I took John David to bed while David and Joel scared the animal with rocks.

9 years and counting...

David and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary on Thursday, July 31st. We exchanged cards while camping with my family.
Tonight we were able to buy John David's birthday, enjoy couple time, and a quiet late dinner. After running some errands, a wine tasting, we went to Brio for dinner in Southlake Town Center. It was great! Everyone was very attentive to us. What was to be a 65-85 minute wait turned into a 30 minute wait. The food was good and we are grateful for Dave & Karen watching the boys.
We are so excited about the next several years together!