Crazy weekend weather

This past Saturday the weather in Northwest Arkansas was just amazing!!  It got up to around 73 degress - in January!  Just nuts.  Back to the 40s today with a huge ice storm on the way - boo.  I have been fighting a killer sinus infection, but on Saturday we played outside anyway since the weather was so nice - my poor baby needed some vitamin D!!  I spent most of the time chasing him and trying to keep him out of the street, but it was fun to enjoy the weather :)  Ahhhhh.....can't wait for springtime!!

**The little container he has in his hand has cherrios and raisins in it - he has it at all times these days!  He likes his snacks :)

Some recent phone pics

 In daddy's boots

 Worn out after church

Milk in the recliner

 Snow day!  01.20.11

Razorback PJs

Playing in my ballpit

Chow time

Not a fan of the baby gate!

13 Months!

Wesley is 13 months old today - this time last year we adjusting to life with a newborn, and this year it feels like we've never gone a day without him here!

Wesley stats:

• Head Circumference - 19 in (80%)
• Weight -24 lbs (60%)
• Length - 31 in (70%)
• Clothes - 18 months in everything; still wearing Robeez (soft soled shoes) shoes and boots
• Food - We have officially graduated to whole milk instead of formula, and Wesley loves it!  We still give milk in the bottle - I had this grand plan to switch him completely to sippy cups once he was 1 year old, but he just likes his bottle and milk.  Maybe 18 months will be our new goal :)  He eats all table foods, still no spoon or fork usage though.  He has 6 teeth now!  Two more came in on the bottom over the Christmas/New Year holiday so he has 2 on top and 4 on bottom.
• Sleep - Still sleeping though the night - thank goodness!
• Talents/interests - Walking!!  He started taking a few steps before his 1st birthday and now is a pro.  He will still stumble sometimes when he gets going too fast, but it doesn't seem to faze him.  He dances to any type of music - he is very curious, and wants you to pick him up and take him to see things he points at.  He's really into books these days - especially the baby books you can touch and feel.  He likes to carry things around in his mouth he can hold with his teeth like his socks, his sippy cup, his stuffed animals - he's like a little puppy dog caring things around in his mouth!  A few 'words' I recognize that he says:  Da (daddy), momma, tis (this), ba (bath or ball, depending on what we are doing), bi (bite), ma (milk), mmmmmm (when eating). 

All our love, mommy and daddy!!  

My new best friend in 2011

As cliché as losing weight and getting in shape is as a New Year resolution, it is in my top 5 for 2011!  I honestly just do not want to spend the time (not that I have it anyway!) away from my home and family to go to a gym at night - so I asked Santa (aka Corey) for a treadmill for Christmas - and here she is!  Corey and I spent Sunday afternoon putting it together - which was a 2.5 hour ordeal - and I had my first 'workout' last night.  I really think I'm going to enjoy having a treadmill at home :)  Heres to a happy and healthy 2011!

Happy Birthday Corey!

Happy 30th birthday to my wonderful husband Corey!!

I can't wait for the next 30 years!  Wesley and I hope that you have a wonderful birthday :)

Christmas 2010

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas this year!!  We stayed home and celebrated Christmas in NWA, and it was wonderful!  We had been in Little Rock to visit family for Wesley's 1st birthday just the weekend before, so traveling two weekends in a row would be too much - we already couldn't fit all of Wesley's birthday gifts in our car to bring home, how would we make it with all of his Christmas loot as well?  Ha!

This year Santa brought Wesley a train table for Christmas!  He really seemed to like it, but is still too young to really know how to play with the trains or organize the track - I think we will just re-gift it to him next year when he's a little older and can really use it :)

Christmas Eve - waiting on Santa

 Santa has visited the Runnells house

 Lets go see what Santa brought me

 A train table!

 This is cool

 Taking off with some of the track

 Opening stockings

 Look at all this stuff

  Crawling though the tunnel that Gramps brought me for Christmas

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch of their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." ~Luke 2:8-11

Happy 1st Birthday Wesley!

(Sorry I am soooooo behind on this post!  Things have been super busy with Wesley's first birthday and then Christmas, and now New Years AND Corey's birthday sneaking up!)

Wesley was officially 1 year old as of 12:49am on December 18th :)  We had a birthday party for him that afternoon at Buffalo Grill in Little Rock, where he was surrounded by his family and friends.  It was a blast!  The party was monkey themed, down to the table decorations and cupcakes.  Wesley was such a crowd pleaser - he actually dove face first into his smash cake!  Here are a few pictures from the party:

Here is the birthday cake eating on video:

The smash cake aftermath :)

Corey and I just want to say thank you to everyone who attended Wesley's party and helped make his first birthday spectacular - he is such a blessing to us, and we are so glad you were there to help us celebrate!

The Runnells Family