Perry Fair

We went to the Perry fair last Thursday. We have been talking about it with Wesley for a very, very, long time. We were reminding him of how he rode the rides last year, saw all the animals, and saw fireworks at the end. He was real excited and talked about it for a while. Well, the forecast was calling for "isolated" thunderstorms. On the radar, it had already gone over. So, we decided to go on. We met my mom, dad, Megan, and Violet there. We got there and Wesley was able to see the tractors, ride the sky buckets, with my mom and dad, and ride the paddle boats, with me and my dad(which he really didn't like that much). We ate and soon after it started raining. I don't mean raining a little, I mean really pouring to the point of flooding. Wesley also got to play golf with my dad at a little Home Depot display they had there,which he really enjoyed. He wanted to ride the ferris wheel so bad and also the "care bear" ride. I felt so bad but it really didn't seem to bother him that much. He was just glad that he was with Pa & grandma. So, we all hung out in one of the buildings for a few hours, along with everyone else who was at the fair. We kept waiting for a good time to leave, but it didn't happen. Well, at about 9:30, when we would have left anyway, the rain stopped. It had rained so much that it was flooded at one part of the fairground and we had to walk around it. Water was up to the door of a car that had parked close to ours. We later found out that there was a cloud right over Perry just going round and round. We are going to go to the fair here in Albany in November. I told Mark I won't go if there is even a chance of rain this time. One positive thing about the rain, my dad pointed out, was that maybe that was God's way of protecting someone there. Maybe one of the rides would have injured or killed someone. B/c of the rain, they stopped all of the rides.

Luke is doing good and is growing like a weed. Every once in a while for a feeding, he'll drink 6 ounces. I weighed myself on the scale then held him to see the difference, and he already weighed 12 lbs, which is probably not as accurate as the doctor's office, but still. He is staying awake more during the day, and likes to be held alot and would rather sleep in someone's arms than anywhere else. Thankfully, at night, he's not like that and will sleep in his bassinet. With Wesley, I was very picky about not holding him while he sleeps, so he wouldn't get use to it, but with Luke, I'm more laid back and figure I need to enjoy those moments, even though they might backfire later. We'll break him of it, if we need to, after his first birthday.

We are going to see "A day out with Thomas" tomorrow. Wesley is very excited about it, and so are we. I will post pictures of it later.
Wesley in the washing machine. He likes to help wash clothes and put the clothes in the dryer too.

 

Me, Wesley, and my dad on the paddle boats. They guy that helped us in fell in the water while he was getting our boat. I felt sorry for him.

 

My mom, dad, and Wesley getting off the sky buckts.

 

Wesley on one of the many tractors they had there.