9 months

So, it's been almost a month since I last updated the Foerschler Fables.  What can I say?  Life has been busy!  So busy that our little Wes turned 9 months and I'm just now blogging about it.  I don't really know where the last 9 months have gone.  What I do know is that I love Mr. Wes more and more every day.  It is quite an honor to watch him grow.  Thank you God!

Wes at 9 months:

• weighs 18 pounds, 9 ounces (25th%)
• is 27 and a 1/2 inches tall (30th%)
• wasn't quite crawling yet, but started crawling 2 weeks later
• still rocking the toothless smile (cut his 1st tooth last week-on the top!)
• loves playing with his tractor and farm animals
• enjoys books
• loves his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
• waves "hi" and "bye-bye"
• jabbers all the time
• is still nursing (never thought I would make it this long)
• thinks its funny when mommy says "ouch"
• has had 4 haircuts, yes you read that right folks, 4!
• continues to be our laid back, happy little boy!

belts are fun! who knew?

just sitting in my bed

haircut #4

two of his favs-stacking cups and sock monkey

 

am I cute or what?!

happy boy!

 And the moral of the story is...smiles are contagious!

weekend fun

The Foerschler family had a fun filled weekend!  Now that I've started my new job I'm working all 5 days a week (sad about that, but looking forward to the summers), so the weekends seem to fly by even faster.  We started our weekend off by celebrating National S'mores Day with our life goup.  One of the couples in our group invited us to their house to enjoy a fire in their firepit and roasting some marshmallows.  I LOVE s'mores, so of course we went.  It was a beautiful night and we enjoyed great snacks and company.

enjoying the fire with daddy

playing with his cousin Emily

Saturday morning I woke up with a sty on the inside of my eyelid.  Holy moly that thing hurt!  Despite the pain, I enjoyed coffee with a friend and a little bit of shopping with Jonny and Wes.  Saturday also consisted of 2 naps for both Wes and me. :)  Every time I put a hot rag on my eye, I just couldn't help but fall asleep.  It seemed to help because the sty is gone and I'm pain free. 

Good morning!

Saturday night I ran in the Glow Run 5k.  There were so many people there all decked out!  It was a beautiful night.  I really enjoyed running in a race in the evening rather than morning.  I ran with a friend from church and she really pushed me.  I went into this race thinking I would jog and walk.  I ended up running the whole thing (that's the competitiveness in me)!  I was a little impressed that I was able to run the whole thing, but more shocked that I wasn't dying.  The Glow Run definitely got me excited to start running again. 

Do you think these are too big?

Fireworks!

Official time: 33:01 :)

He wore his Rocky shirt for inspiration

New Goal: run a 10K and complete a (mini) triathalon

We ended our weekend with church in the morning, swimming while Wes napped, and then watched the Olympic closing ceremony.  Overall, a great weekend!

Wes couldn't stay awake

And the moral of the story is...weekends rock, but are always too short!

Manhappiness

Last week our little family of 3 made the short trip up to, what Jonny and I refer to as "Manhappiness", or Manhattan.  One of my best friends, Kelli Grieves, and her husband had a sweet baby boy about a month ago and we had yet to meet him!  So we loaded Wes up and headed to Manhattan so he could meet his future buddy.

Eli Grieves is quite the little stud muffin.  We are so glad we got to spend the afternoon with the Grieves family.

"ha-ya"

future roomates at KSU?

Mommas and thier boys

"Hey, wake up! It's time to wabash!"

And...of course we had to eat at our favorite place in Aggieville, So Long Saloon.

"please can I have a french fry?"





We are looking forward to many more trips to Manhattan cheering on the Wildcats, hanging out with good friends, eating great food, and introducing Wes to the great city of Manhattan.

And the moral of the story is...It's never too early to teach your child to be a Wildcat!

Confessions of the heart

As a first time mom and a speech pathologist I've been constantly worrying about Wes and his development.  I find myself obsessing over developmental norms or comparing him to babies around his age.  For some reason I just can't listen to the words I tell parents everyday, "every child develops at a different rate", or "there isn't an exact time that your child should be doing something...it's a range".  

Basically it comes down to me not trusting God with my fears.  Instead I try and force Wes to do things that he isn't ready for.  I find myself being more of a therapist to Wes rather than being his mommy.  Ugghhh!

Then God spoke to me this morning through the song Your Love by Brandon Heath. 

But Your love
Your love
The only the thing that matters is Your love
Your love is all I have to give
Your love is enough to light up the darkness
It’s Your love
Your love
all I ever needed is Your love

 You’re the hope in the morning
You’re the light when the night is falling
You’re the song when my heart is singing
it’s Your love
You’re the eyes to the blind man
You’re the feet to the lame man walking
You’re the sound of the people singing
It’s Your love

Instead of worrying about when Wes will crawl, walk, talk, I should focus on teaching him the only thing that matters...GOD'S LOVE!

My prayer is that Jonny and I will be a constant example of Christ's love for Wes.  I pray that he knows, at an early age, that Jesus loved him enough to die for him so that he may have eternal life.  

John 3:16

And the moral of the story is...All you need is love!

8 month stud

Well, my little boy is now 8 months (on the 14th, yeah I'm a little behind on the blogging). I'm not sure how this can be.  The time is just flying by and I'm trying to soak up every minute of it.  Wes is probably one of the happiest babies I've ever seen.  All I have to do is look at him and he will smile or giggle.  I love seeing him so happy.  It amazes me that even at 8 months he has such personality, which is very similar to his daddy's. 

Wes at 8 months:

• smiles all the time
• has NO teeth yet!
• loves food (especially fruits)
• is Mr. laid back
• loves to be outside
• prefers to sit up and play with his toys
• will rock on all fours, but can't quite figure out how to move forward (but he sure can go backward!)
• likes to play peek-a-boo
• babbles with syllables like "ba ba", "da da", "va va", "ga ga" and lots of other vowel sounds
• weighs between 17-18 pounds
• loves music or when mommy or daddy sing to him

And the moral of the story is...enjoy the moment because they go so fast!

Double the fun!

Jonny and I both agree that we are extremely blessed to have such awesome in-laws.  I love spending time with his parents and family and he loves hanging out with my family.  Over the 4th of July we got to spend some time with both families. 

 We spent the 4th at my parent's house enjoying the pool, a cookout, and some fireworks. My cousin Max, who is in the Navy, was in town as well as my aunt, uncle, and cousin Ali from Boise. It was great to see them. Wes didn't nap much during the day so he was so tired.

All American Boy

Foerschler Family with the fruit flag pizza I made

Hot and happy!

watching the fireworks

crashed on daddy

The next day we headed up to Minneapolis to see Jonny's family. Jonny's brother and his wife made their first trip to Kansas with the twins. There was a constant flow of family and friends in the house to see the twins and Wes too! We joked that the Foerschler house should be called "Baby Central". We can't help but think how crazy it will be when the 3 kids are running around.  Jonny and I are so glad to be going through this parenthood journey with his brother and wife.  We feel very blessed!

Great Grandpa Foerschler

cousins headed out for lunch

mommas and thier babies

the foerschler grandbabies

Aunt Jodi has the magic touch

future K-staters

Auntie Em and Uncle Jonny with Ryan and Olivia

Ryan hams it up for the camera!

Sweet little princess Olivia

The moral of the story is...faith, family, firworks (in that order)!

God and Guns

Our awesome life group from First Baptist Church got to hang out in the country and shoot some guns!  It was so fun.  The original plan was to have dinner and shoot off some fireworks.  We were all invited out to my buddy Bryce's, grandmother's farm around Douglas, Kansas.  Since it had been so dry we decided we probably shouldn't be shooting off fireworks.  So, instead we shot guns! 

Our group meets weekly to study the Bible and share our struggles and joys with each other. So we thought it would be fun to enjoy God's creation and shoot some guns, I mean we are Baptist. :)

I must admit, this city girl had never shot a gun!  So, I was a little nervous...but now I love it.  Check out the video of me in action. :)  And I actually hit the target a few times too.

Although it was hot during the day, it turned out to be a beautiful night.  We had a great time hanging out and shooting.  I'm already looking forward to our next country night.

And the moral of the story is...even city girls have a little country in them.