Can you believe it? ….2 month HOME! It seems as if he was always here.

Mason has made such strides since coming home.

He knows a ton of signs which makes communication so much easier. He is even putting together “sentences” with his hands. He now knows more, eat, all done, please, thank you, no, yes, milk, book, doggie, birdy, up, down, fan and sleepy.

His favorite video is Baby Van Gogh. He is mesmerized by it and dances to the music with his arms.

Not only is he eating with his fingers but he has started to feed himself with a spoon. When we met him , he was used to being spoon fed. He eats anything that we put in front of him and always wants more! Just like Samuel, Alice and Paige!

Cars and books may be his favorite toys. He easily signs book please and says CAR very clearly.

He also says Mama and Dada, which gets a very excited reaction every time 🙂

His feet are doing really well and we could not be more pleased by the progress. He had a tenotomy on Friday and isn’t fazed by it at all. Here is a pic of his feet Friday morning after the casts came off. He is now in a very sturdy set of casts for 2 1/2 weeks while the tendons heal.

I hope all the moms have a great Mother’s Day. Not sure what is in store for me. 🙂 Truly, God has blessed me in so many amazing ways. I really couldn’t ask for anything more.

Love, Jennifer

Maybe I should be writing this post in Spanish? Okay, maybe not.

Yesterday, Sam and Alice had their track day at school. They both did well and came home with too many ribbons to count.

Believe it or not, Alice and this classmate are the same age. Maybe this wasn’t the best match up 🙂

Today, Paige had a Mother’s Tea at her preschool. It was so adorable. We sat on blankets and the kids had made muffins and chocolate covered strawberries to eat. They each had planted a marigold in a decorated pot and made a homemade card for their moms. At the end, the kids sang a sweet song. Paige sort of hid in the back with her hands over her face but I was thrilled because that is a huge accomplishment for my really shy girl.

After a busy day, she just couldn’t stay awake.

Goodnight,

Jennifer

Saturday- My friend Kim and I ran a 5 miler at Garden of the Gods. Last year it looked like this. This year it was….well….add misting rain, fog and 30 degree temps and it was pretty much the same 🙂After the race, I met Scott at ballet pictures and helped talked Paige through the pictures. Here are a few pics Scott took before the formal ones. Also one of Alice~she had pictures later in the day. These are their recital costumes.

Saturday afternoon, Kent and Victoria threw us a wonderful shower/open house to welcome Mason home. We had about 70 people at the house and it was a full house! Unfortunately, the weather was crummy so EVERYBODY was in the house, EVERYBODY. It was awesome to see all our friends and family. A big thanks to our travel companions, Jay, Conner and Kyra for driving down from Westminster for the day. It was wonderful to see them! Also, a gigantic thank you to Kent and Victoria for throwing such a wonderful party in honor of Mason. We loved it! I don’t have any pictures because I was so busy catching up with everyone.

Today, the kids sang in church. Sam and Alice did such a great job (as did the other children) :). I was so proud of them (all of them). Paige wasn’t quite ready to stand up in front of everyone and that was okay. We know that she will do it in her own time.

In the afternoon, the children’s choir celebrated the end of the season by going to mini golf. We had a ton of fun and laughed a lot. The kids were so adorable trying to hit the ball. Scott and I decided that Alice was Happy Gilmore. If you were standing anywhere near her swing, you might get whacked. Paige hit the ball like a hammer and quite possible beat her brother and sister with her very unorthodox technique. Sam just hit the ball as many times as he needed to in order to keep up with his friends.

Man, can this guy multitask, or what? This is why I love him so much. He is such a good dad!

The first Wescott family photo.

Kids are in bed, 3 out of 4 sleeping. Relaxing with my feet up, popcorn and a soda. Mason and I are not scheduled to go to Greeley tomorrow but his left cast has cracked so we will wait and see what they tell us in the morning.

Love, Jennifer

This note was left anonymously this morning on our dry erase board. I cried when I saw it. I am glad one of my children feels special. Isn’t that how we want or children to feel?

Then…..I came by a few minutes later and the author of this sweet message had signed her work. Just in case I was wondering 🙂

She doesn’t realize it but she made me feel special by writing it.

Love, Jennifer

Remember this….. (warning: this image could scare young children and desperate mothers)

After today, our kids are happily doing this…..

Mason is even joining in! He loves his swing!

If you haven’t read my blog in the past, you might not know that our swing set blew over in a December hurricane force wind. We drove home from Michigan to find it half in the ravine and split into too many pieces to count. After much deliberation, we decided to prop it back up and fix it, and stake it down 🙂

Dear future homeowners….we hope you like the swing set because it is never leaving this backyard again. You might try setting it on fire to get rid of it….Sincerely, the totally frustrated parents of four small children.

Sorry, I digress.

Oh, and no, we are not moving.

The weather turned beautiful today after our 3 day snow storm and it was awesome! The kids played on the swing set, we went for a hike, Scott washed the dog…..

Off to Greeley tomorrow! Let’s hope Rescue Remedy and the bad of suckers help Mason relax during casting. If it doesn’t, I might have to take some. Rescue Remedy that is….or stronger.

Have a great week!

Jennifer

Yep, another April storm. It happens every year. Spring is a weather phenomenon around here. Today we are forecasted to get 6-12 inches and by Monday it will be 70 degrees. Anyway, it is beautiful and we really need the moisture so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Yesterday, Easter!
We woke to this……..
A snow storm. It was beautiful and made me want to sing “I am dreaming of a white Christmas …” Unfortunately it is EASTER. You know, white shoes and sundresses. It actually snowed most of the weekend, starting on Saturday morning as I was having a relaxing run at Garden of the Gods. Okay, so it wasn’t relaxing but it was beautiful.

The kids looked adorable in their Easter best and we had a wonderful morning at church. I always leave feeling so renewed and full of life and love for God. It was also very helpful that the girls went into the nursery, Sam colored the entire service and Mason was happy crawling back and forth on the empty row of chairs beside us. I actually heard the sermon. Doesn’t happen all that often, let me tell you.
After church, the kids came home and hunted for Easter eggs. They love doing this and even like doing it when the eggs are empty. Sometimes I hide them for Paige and she goes out finding them.

In the afternoon, we went to my brother’s house and Stacie made an awesome dinner. Thanks Stacie, it was delicious! The kids had another fun egg hunt that my parents set up for them. The loot included rings, necklaces, toy cars, stickers, candy, etc.

Saturday (are you confused yet, stopped reading?)

Because it was snowing, our neighborhood egg hunt was postponed. Sam had a birthday party in the afternoon. Pretty quiet. Saturday evening we went downtown to one of our favorite restaurants, Il Vicino, and had pizza. It was such an enjoyable evening, the kids were so good. After dinner, we walked down to Acacia Park, played for a few minutes and then hit Josh and John’s for ice-cream.

Did I get a little bit of ice-cream on my nose?

Friday

Sam had collection day at school. All the 1st graders brought in a collection that they had and displayed it for the other students and parents. Totally adorable! Here is Sam and his friends with their collections. Sam brought his car collection. I believe he had 87 cars there.

Okay, so the kids are home and I am being summoned for a snack and attention. What do they think I am? A stay at home mom or something?

See ya!

Jennifer

Today marks one month that we have been home with Mason. It is amazing the changes he has made in one month!

This scared little boy…….

has definitely come out of his shell!

and we are completely in love with him!

Have a great day!

Jennifer

Yesterday, while I was getting dressed and pulling on my too tight jeans (a whole different blog post) Alice has this discussion with me.

Alice (in her best valley girl voice): Mom, are those, like, skinny jeans?

Me: Um, no. These are my plain old mom jeans that I have been wearing since (insert year here).

Alice: Oh, for a minute there I thought you had skinny jeans.

Me: Nope.

Alice (after long pause): Can I get some skinny jeans?

Me: Aren’t you five?

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Mason had his first haircut today. Okay, this obviously wasn’t his first haircut but the first one with us. Scott had to hold him and they both came home covered in hair. He looks pretty adorable. His hair was really just a grown out buzz and had no shape at all. While we were in China, one of the shop owners told us that Mason looked like a Beatle 🙂 Anyway, it is hard to tell from the pictures but he is definitely cleaned up.

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This past weekend was pretty relaxing and we had a nice time hangin’ with the kids and getting some stuff done around the house. Saturday morning we went to the Easter Egg Hunt at our church. The weather was horrid so the egg hunt was inside. Sam, Alice and Paige had no trouble finding plenty of loot. Mason wasn’t quite sure what was happening but once he figured out the game he was all for plucking eggs off anything within his reach. He was even more excited when he discovered what was inside those brightly colored eggs. Candy! I actually caught him eating a chocolate egg with the wrapper on.

I think that I may have to live with the fact that the more kids you add the less the chances of getting them to all look in the same direction, without buckets on their heads.

Many blessing to you all on this Palm Sunday. Tomorrow we are off to Greeley for the next set of casts. These weeks seem to be flying by. Here’s to good weather and no traffic!

Jennifer