Weston turns 2 1/2

I feel like I need to give Weston a post since I have updates of Caleb all the time. Weston just reached the 2 1/2 mark last Saturday. He is SO fun right now! There never seems to be a dull moment with him around. He loves to do anything and everything with dad. He loves being a helper. He loves to help me vacuum and mop, squirt any sort of bottle of cleaner that I might have, and definitely loves helping me cook and make dad's lunch ("unch"). He doesn't know a stranger....always talks to or waves at people when we're out in public. He definitely gets a lot of people to smile! He loves to dance...normally jumping up and down or shaking his "booty". He likes to turn on music on a toy and then say "dance mama". He is still a great eater....eats basically anything and everything. He still sleeps really good at night....8 to 7. The naps have been rough but this past week we're back to taking a 2 1/2 hour one. Nap = happy mama :) He talks constantly and we love listening to him tell us about things and ask us "what's that"....ALL the time :) He is learning to say his prayers and it's neat to hear what he wants to pray for......always trucks and cars....but usually a lot of other people or things too. He just about has his ABC's, numbers 1 to 10, and basic shapes & colors. He has a bit of trouble with the ABC song but it's really fun to make him sing it. He can almost spell his name....tends to leave out the "s". Here's some pictures and videos of him recently.
We got a kite and he learned to fly it the other day. There wasn't much wind so it made it a little tricky.

We needed something for our mantle so we came up with the idea of letting our little artist design it. I bought a huge canvas and some paint colors that would match the living room. We let him just go at it. We thought this would be SO fun for him and entertaining but come to find out it was literally exhausting for us. Have you ever tried to make a 2 1/2 year old focus on a specific task for any length of time? He was much more interested in the bug in the garage or his tricycle or anything other than finishing the painting. We finally managed to get him to cover all the white spots for the most part. Even Caleb got to paint a few strokes while he sat in the bumbo. I'm sure we'll treasure our new mantle piece forever!

Finished masterpiece.....

This is one of his new talents.....climbing up the wall while hanging on to the closet rod. I'm sure he'll figure out how to flip over soon enough. He'll try ANYTHING!

Not quite sure why he is growling at Caleb....but it's funny to watch. At least it's followed up by some kisses. He loves talking to Caleb and showing him new things. It's so fun to watch them together.

We love him more and more. It's so fun to watch his personality grow and develop. We love you!