Happy Halloween!

You know what they say, "if the suit fits...."



Yes, Wesley was a monkey this year.



Unfortunately, Wesley still has some rash, so we did not get to go trick or treating. Here are some shots of him pretending though:



Look how cute the tail is!

Chocolate Pudding!

Lately Wesley has been more adventurous with what he is willing to eat. He is also getting much better with a fork and spoon. (But he still has a long way to go!) One night this week I gave him a bowl of chocolate pudding for dessert. As you can see, he loved it!

Hospital

Wesley had a tough week. He got a slight rash and a fever mid-week. The fever shot up unexpectedly, and the pediatrician sent us to the hospital.

Wesley got an iv and was hooked up to some monitors. Doesn't he look pathetic?



When the fever would not go down and they still did not know what was wrong, they admitted him overnight. Despite the photo below, he did not get much sleep.



Here he is shortly before learning he was going home after about 24 hours in the hospital.



Rest assured, he is back to normal today - playing ball and legos and climbing all over everything!

More Monkey-ing Around

Wesley loves climbing on the boxes delivered by Diapers.com.




He also wants to ride in the lower storage basket on his stroller instead of the seat.





What a monkey (just like on his shirt)!!

Take Me With You!

Daddy had a business trip this week. Wesley tried to hitch a ride~

Who Needs Parents?

Hiding

Wesley has shown an awful lot of interest in our hall closet lately. I thought maybe it was the vacuum or that I store his blue ball in there. (Warning - again - the following photos are disturbing.)



Apparently it was neither -- he wanted to hide in there!



Here he goes:


Here are his little fingers pulling the door closed ~



He is actually in there ~



And can let himself back out! Whew!



He gets a real kick out of it!

911

I don't have a photo for this one, but had to share/document it somewhere. Wesley called 911 from my Blackberry this week. I let him play with the Blackberry while on the changing table, and somehow he made an emergency call. I apologized to the operator and have learned my lesson!

Pumpkin Patch (L.A. Style)

We took Wesley to his first "pumpkin patch" today. It was basically a hay covered parking lot in Studio City. He really enjoyed himself though.

First he surveyed the situation:




As expected, he climbed the pumpkin piles.





Then, he ran through the hay maze with daddy:




Next, he "looked" at the petting zoo.



(I don't blame him, those creatures were scary)



Lastly, he pet his first horse!

Lunch!

We went out to lunch as a family today. It was such a nice day, so we decided to eat outside.


It was not much different than home for Wesley, only instead of a basenji under his chair waiting for Wesley to feed it, at the restaurant, there was a pigeon under Wesley's chair waiting for Wesley to feed it.


And just like the basenji, he fed the pigeon well!

Pumpkin

This week I took Wesley to pick out a real pumpkin.



When we got it home, he wanted to play with it. He kept calling it "ball." He soon realized, though, that it is not a ball. It is much heavier than a ball.



He moved on pretty quickly and decided that rolling it around was good enough.



Maybe next year, Wesley.

In the Bag

Wesley has reached a new devlopmental stage. He likes to put objects inside of other objects. This week, he found a Trader Joe's bag.



Guess what he put in it ~



Himself!

Shoes!

Can you guess who is wearing this shoe?



Yes, Wesley.





He is not a big fan of his own shoes, but he loves mommy's shoes and daddy's shoes. Look at him go!