Playdate with cousins

Preston had playdates with his cousins on Friday. We started out at Carrah's house. Robyn & Adam were also there with Ryan. Preston had so much fun playing with Ryan, Addyson & Abigail. Thanks for a great afternoon!

Chris & Rachel brought their kids Connor, Colby, Cade & Ryleigh along with friend Zoe Friday evening for swimming & dinner. We had a great time and also played UNO! What fun!

Thank you all for a wonderful play day!

Group Shot - Addyson, Preston, Ryan, Abigail (Not sure if I have the twins right...sorry! Can't tell them apart anymore :) )

Group Shot - Preston, Ryleigh, Cade, Colby, Connor

Preston - 8 Months

Preston & Matthew

Preston & Andy

What's in there?

Where are you going?

I can't believe that Preston is 8 months old. This is such a fun age! He is ALL over the place now! He will be walking sooner than later and I'm not ready for that yet. He's is growing up too fast! I was worried how our dog lucky would react once he started crawling. She's done very well and I've been teaching Preston how to pet her as he likes to grab her fur and pull! He is in a grabbing phase right now. He is the "bully" at daycare because he grabs at the other kids. Faces, hair, etc. I'm really hoping this is just a phase!

The video is of Preston crawling on the tile. He crawls fine on the carpet then when he gets to the tile he drags one leg and goes flat foot on the other. Too funny! The tile was an imaginary gate at first because he didn't like it but that didn't last long. He still crawls funny on it but goes wherever now!

We have been very busy lately which is why I haven't updated in a while. Garrett & Julie brought their two boys Matthew & Andy to visit last weekend. This was the first time they all met Preston. We had a nice visit and posted a couple pictures.

Preston also got sick a couple weeks ago. I thought it was just a cold along with a fever. His fever got up to 103. We were able to get the fever down and waited it out. His fever subsided but the following week he still had cold symptoms and the fever was coming and going. Then he developed a rash on his face and legs. We took him to the Dr. and he ended up being diagnosed with a strain of the flu and an ear infection in his right ear. Apparently at the tail end of the flu, babies tend to develop a rash. So he got his first ear infection and had his first antibiotic. Poor guy. Hopefully that will be the worst he gets all winter. Why can't I just keep him in a bubble?!?

More updates to come as our little joy keeps growing!

And He Crawls......!!!!

Wow! He did it! Preston crawled! Of course I am home alone with him but I got it on video! Yea Preston.....good job!!

Visit w/Jessica

My sister Jessica came to visit and meet Preston! We had a fun weekend and Preston just loved his Auntie Jessie!

Trying to feed Preston when the camera is out!

Ready to go tubing down the river!

Preston - 7 Months

Here are some 7 month pictures of Preston. He's growing too fast! Well, I thought he was close to crawling at 6 months but still hasn't happened yet. He gets a little closer each day so I'm sure it will be very soon. He loves to sit up and play and he talks constantly :) We are also enjoying trying new baby foods!

Cardinals Training Camp 2009

Cardinals Training Camp was insane this year! There were so many people!! Over 12K showed up for the autograph session and practice. We made it just in time for the autograph Shelby, I mean Preston wanted! They had a limited amount of time the players were doing autographs and we made it with 15 seconds to spare! I was trying to get a photo of Adrian Wilson signing our football and accidentally hit the record button. Which worked out even better!

We tried to then go watch the practice but couldn't get near the field. Well at least our team has fans now which should make this season even better! Look for many blog updates on the Cardinals as football season is finally here!!

Papa Ken & Preston at lunch

Rocking Horses & Shopping Carts

Now that Preston is sitting up so well we can try fun new things. Like rocking horses and shopping carts! He also sits up and plays for long periods of time. I thought crawling was right around the corner but I'm not so sure now. He's seemed to take more of an interest in sitting up than crawling. If he is lying on the floor, he tries to pull himself into a sitting position. He can get about half way up but isn't quite strong enough to pull himself all the way. I'm not so worried about the crawling....it's more time before I have to baby proof the house!

The new foods are going well. So far he's had bananas & squash. He hated the bananas at first but now he tolerates them. He loved squash from the first bite!

Shopping at Fry's

We got this rocking horse at a yard sale

Thanks Adam & Grandma Lynn for picking this one up!

As you can see in some of the photos, Preston is now "posing" for the camera - he's already figured it out!