Fall Fun

It was a great weekend at the Hoyer house, filled with fall activities. Saturday, G.B. and Poppy took us to the Zoo Boo bash (pictures to come at a later date), and today they took us to a pumpkin patch. Wesley picked out his pumpkin all by himself. We walked to the pumpkins which meant that Wes got to ride in his new radio flyer wagon. It was a beautiful 70 degree day in Florida and we enjoyed it.

Wesley's birthday

Let's just say that if you missed Wesley's birthday, you missed a good time. You also missed seeing the Kees, Van Dorans, and the Moores. We had good food, old friends, new friends, and....wait for it....a bounce house (thanks Kees) and washers. If you don't know what washers is, well, you should have been there.

the beautiful baseball cake we slaved over

just playing some bocce

i've decided that every parent should invest in a bounce house

checking out the cake...

then deciding that eating cake would be a traumatic experience

opening gifts

wes had a lot of helpers

peyton getting ready for the big game!

wesley's first haircut

Before...

During...

After..

Lookin' good!

Just because he's so darn cute!

So this post is primarily for Aunt Sara. This past summer (when Owen was still in the oven), we thought it would be cute if we had nicknames for the two boys. Wes would be "big w" and Owen would be "little o". So after Owen was born, I made onesies for the two of them and sent Owen his. The following is my attempt to get a picture taken so I could send it to his new cousin. As you can see it took a while and by the end, I needed some help. As you can also see, the pics were also taken at just the right time because the onesie is getting a little small

So here is the thing that I'm beginning to remember about Florida in the month of September...it's still hot and it's annoying! Especially when you're watching your morning news show and the anchors are wearing their cute fall sweaters and pea coats. It makes me sick.  BUT I'll have the last laugh come February and March, you'll see. However, here is the great thing about Florida this time of year, you can still go to the beach, which is where we are this weekend.

It's hard to believe that Wes will be one in a few shorts weeks. I was talking to his Aunt Sara on the phone the other day about babies (you know she just had one herself). We were discussing the usual, you know, sleep, eating, etc. I was telling her that I really don't remember what we did for Wesley when he was a newborn. I do remember the tears (on my part) but not the stress behind it, which is why I guess people have more kids.  Anyhow, I'm trying to decide on his birthday theme. Now I know that Wes won't know what's going on but I want to have a theme. Someone told me once that a kid's first birthday is really just an excuse for parents to drink beer, which may be true but at least we can have cute decorations to look at while we're at it. So originally I thought I would have a baseball theme since Ben likes baseball so much (you know so we can start as soon as possible brainwashing him into liking baseball as well). BUT now I'm thinking just a "ball" theme in general. Wes loves balls! So I thought that I would go and buy those cheap balls at Wal-Mart, all sizes, maybe some footballs and other shapes, and then some balloons (which he also loves). My grand vision is starting to come together. His B-DAY is Oct. 11, all are invited. 

So life continues on here in O-town. Wesley has been steady walking for about a month now. Lord knows how many miles that boy treks everyday. He also has taken up the sport of weight lifting. He found his GB's (Grandma Betty) 5 pound weight and loves to pick it up and walk around. I told GB that maybe it's time to move up in the weight department if your 10 month old grandson can pick it up. We've had lots of visitors as of late. Our good friends Zach and Allison Zehnder, along with their son Nathan, came down from St. Louis for a few days. Grandma (my mom) came a few weeks ago and Aunt Lindsey was here last week. It's nice to have adult conversation during the day. HOWEVER, the most exciting news of the week is that we have a new member of the Hoyer family. Ben's sister Sara and her husband John welcomed their new son, Owen Mueller Russell, last Wednesday. GB is up in Chicago this week helping the new parents settle in. We can't wait to meet the little guy!