Happy 4th Birthday, Wesley!

 

First, let's go over the formalities so that one day when my little man is a big man, he can look back and see how far he's come! 
Wesley's Stats at 4 years:
46lbs
42 inches
*These are unofficial stats taken from our 'height' wall and bathroom scale.  We will have official stats from the pediatrician when we pair up the kids annual well visit in August (before they head back to school!).

Wesley is my little fire cracker.  Goes perfect with having a birthday right after the 4th of July (firecracker season!).  He goes a million miles an hour ALWAYS!  But when he's ready to sleep, he sleeps wherever and he loves his little blue blanket (I do wonder if he will take that to college with him?!?!).  He is a GREAT eater...loves to try new things, loves to eat his favorites.  Wesley is so full of energy that some (more conservative) moms would probably have rushed him into the pediatrician seeking an ADHD diagnosis at this point BUT I have refrained because of two main reasons:

1.  He's sharp as you can only imagine.  This is the little boy that was holding full conversations with us at 18 months and at age 3 was using words like outrageous, obvious, definitely (you get the picture).  He has known his alphabet for years and is starting to read some of his sisters stage 1 books!  So there is no lack of focus when it comes to learning. His perception of the world is amazing!  He relates almost everything to what he's learned about Jesus and God and what They want us to do with our lives and how they want us to treat other people.

2.  It's genetic!  After being around my grandma (almost 80) and my uncle (57), it is very obvious that Wesley is just 'wired' like us.  I call him my little Tasmanian devil. I see so much of my dad and my uncle in him every single day.  It was hard to get my dad to sit still but when it came to things that intrigued him (fishing, working on sports cars, drawing) my dad could concentrate for hours.  Wesley is exactly the same.  He LOVES to fish and put together his Knex and gets very very drawn into the things he has passion for.

Its quite a joy raising him because Kate is so mellow like Justin, so we get to experience the best of both worlds.  Its cute to watch Justin interact with him because Wesley is so different than Kate (and Justin).  There are times, I can tell that Justin doesn't even know what to say to him or how to respond to one of his quit witted questions.  But even though Kate and Wesley go at two different paces, they are the best of friends.  When Wesley gets scared at night he walks straight to Kate's bed and lays with her.  One night he even woke her up because he had an itch on his back and needed her to scratch it so he could go back to sleep.  He will wake her up to take him potty during the night.  Kate is obsessed with cats but Wesley is obsessed with Jake and other dogs.  But they will feed each others animals just to help each other out.  He has a heart of gold and is very tender.  He for the most part (he is still a typical 4 year old!) follows directions really well but asks a million questions!  It is such a joy to have this little guy!  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
Now...I'm ready for the part where they say 'boys get easier'...come on come on come on.....

Here are a few pictures...Wesley and his mater bubble blower that nae nae got him...he loves it!

He got a little bashful when everyone was singing to him  :)

Wesley and Grandma..she gave him this awesome Martin bird house..dad has to install it 20 ft in the air!

Silly faces from his bounce party!