Photoshoot with Preston

Nana gave me $50 to get Preston his Christmas outfit. Totally excited to go shopping I headed straight to Baby Gap because their clothes are soo adorable. I had a hard time deciding but finally decided on an outfit that would be perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think Preston looks so cute in onsie type outfits so I got him a red, cream and green plaid onsie. I also found the cutest hat to go with it. I discovered that Preston doesn't really like to have anything on his head because he would rip the hat right off when I put it on him. Oh well. Live and learn. I took him out to the park to get a few pictures of him in his new outfit. My little boy is so photogenic!!

Family Photos

My wonderful mom did me a huge favor and took pictures of me, Brent and Preston for our Christmas card this year. I think she did a great job. Here are a few from the day...

Splish Splash Preston's Taking a Bath

Preston loves bath time because he gets to sit in really warm water, splash all around and make a big mess of water everywhere. I haven't attempted to introduce the bath toys that scared him when he was younger because the blue bucket and a couple of plastic letters seem to suffice him just fine. To my surprise he never cries when water gets in his eyes or when I have to rinse the soap out of his hair. He loves to grab the drain plug and open and close it shut. His new thing now that he can stand on his own is to lean over the bath tub when I am running the water and put his hand under the running water like momma does.

This boy loves his blue bucket

Christmas Craft Night

Kathy invited Jessie and I over last week for a Christmas Craft Night. We each had to come up with a Christmas craft and bring all the supplies for everyone to make your craft. I had such a hard time deciding what I wanted to bring because I had so many that I wanted to do but in the end, I decided my craft to be a wooden Christmas tree made out of 2x4’s. I saw this on Pintrest of course and could hardly wait to get started on it.

I prepared the wood beforehand by cutting all the pieces and painting them because I knew the pieces had to be dry before we could decorate them. Good thing I did my prep work because we had just enough time that evening to get all 3 crafts done before it got too late.

We started the evening with dinner that Kathy made and then we started on Jessie’s craft…Holiday coasters made with tiles, mod podge and Christmas napkins. I really liked the patterns she chose and all our coasters ended up coming out really cute.

Kathy prepared a Santa cone made with red velvet material, white fuzzy trim and sparkles for the belt. We finished this one pretty quickly but it can out really cute.

Then we made my wooden Christmas tree and I was actually surprised by how different all of ours came out. We all took a few ideas from each other and created 3 really cute trees.

Can’t wait to do this again next year!!!

Jessie's, Kathy's then mine

Preston's First Thanksgiving

Wow, I can't believe Thanksgiving has already come and gone and now we are in full swing of Christmas festivities. We had a great first Thanksgiving with our sweet baby boy and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day.We got an early start the morning of Thanksgiving to complete our 2nd annual Turkey Trot with Kathy and the gang. The weather had a crisp cool breeze but warmed up just enough as the morning went on. We gathered at John and Kathy's for sausage balls and pumpkin bread and all suited up in our official Turkey Trot T-shirts before we headed downtown together. Preston was in a great mood and after we took our group photo, it was off to the races (well really just walking for us). We finished the race in just under an hour but poor Preston fell asleep just before we crossed the finish line.

2nd Annual Turkey Troters

Crazy how just 1 year can make such a huge difference

This was us last year

Preston and his 2 cousins Mason and Ellie

Let's get going

Amy, Shelton, Mason & Ellie

 Nana is so happy to have Preston at the Turkey Trot

 Booty shot

 Loving looking at their wife's booties

 Aunt Nat is with us too

Off they go

 Off we go

 Keeping up a good pace

 Making our way through the crowd

 Aunt Jessie's having a great time!!

 Poor guy fell asleep right before the finish line

After completing the trot, we rushed home to take showers and get the food cooking. My plan was to arrive to Vicki and Dave's by 12:15-12:30 but with the highway shut down, we didn't arrive until 1pm. But luckily when we arrived they were just setting up for our Thanksgiving day meal and I had just enough time to complete my cookie fruit cups (which were a crowd favorite) before lunch.

My award winning cookie fruit cups and apple carmel bundt cake

Preston started his Thanksgiving Day meal with a jar of squash then Daddy gave him a whole big slice of turkey to try. To my surprise, Preston loved it and it kept him happy the entire time we were eating. Everyone enjoy having a baby in the room and Preston surely didn't disappoint. He smiled and made funny noises all during lunch. I was one proud momma!!

Preston enjoying his first Thanksgiving meal

Preston really enjoying his piece of turkey

After stuffing ourselves full of goodness, Preston had a fun time zooming all around the house with his walker and playing on the floor with Grandpa Dave. Later in the day, we took him outside to play with Lucky and he couldn't stop giggling. I gave him a quick tour of the backyard forest then it was time for a nap.

Off he goes

Preston found some toys in the chair and pulled them to the floor

Playing with Grandpa Dave

Brent, Peeps and Bradley

Uncle B

Lucky & Preston

Preston was giggling so hard. It was a priceless moment

Preston getting his face cleaned by Lucky

Now Lucky is getting his rub down

Preston trying to eat as many leafs as he can

 Taking a walk

I ended up napping with Preston and when we woke up, everyone had headed home except for us, Brad and Jessie. I was taken by surprise when Brent said that Dave wasn't going to decorate the outside of their house anymore and was offering all his decorations to us and Brad and Jessie. Talk about a field day for me. I was super excited to inherit a snowman, candy canes, arc way and 2 reindeer lights for our front yard. We set them up the next day and now our home is filled with Christmas joy!!