Happy St. Pats & Happy Birthday to me!!!

This birthday was one to remember as it was my first birthday as a new mamma!! Preston is the best gift I could have gotten for my birthday and he just keeps giving and giving. On my actual birthday, we grabbed some lunch with Vicki, Dave and Jessie at Roadhouse and they showered me with a few very nice presents. Then Brent surprised me with a new sewing machine and took me on a birthday date to get sushi while my mom watched Preston for us.

Also that day, we had a mini photo shoot with Preston in his St. Pats outfit and got some really cute pictures. He did so good and was so patient as mommy took lots and lots of pictures. Little guy better get use to it as mommy is going to take many more pictures down the road!!

The next weekend I met up with the girls for my birthday dinner at BJ's in mesquite. I thought it was odd that I got all dressed up to go to the town east mall on a Friday night but that is what happens when you begin to get old. I loved it nevertheless. The girls got me some good smelling lotion, candle and a gift card to starbucks...can't wait to use that on a big cookie when I can have dairy again!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Brent's surprise present to me!!!





St. Pat's Pics









Our outdoor photo-shoot

1 Month Old

I can't believe my little guy is already 1 month old. The time has flown by way too fast and I have loved every minute spent with him. I can't wait to see what new beginnings next month brings but below are a few things about Preston this month.

What Preston has learned this month
This month he has learned to breastfeed, take a bottle, take a pacifier and started to use his neck muscles to hold his head up. He's not quite there yet with holding up his head but he is really close. Its so cute when he tries so hard, you can just see it in his eyes that he is so proud of himself. Its absolutely adorable and melts my heart everytime.

Special Moment of the Month
Preston and I shared a very special moment on leap day...for the first time he looked straight in my eyes as I was talking to him and smiled a big smile. I kept talking and he kept smiling. I told him we were finally having our moment when he recognized my voice and I knew he was recognizing my voice. He did is several more times that day and a lot the next day. I absolutely love those precious moments and memories!!

Preston's Likes
Preston loves to be held and rocked by mommy, sleep on his daddy's chest, listen when you talk to him, being outside, riding in the car in his carrier, looking at all his friends on his play mat, having his bottom patted, sucking on his pacifier, being swaddled, having white noise play when its bedtime, sitting his in vibrating chair, rocking in his rocking chair and being fully clothed.

Preston's Dislikes
Preston really didn't like taking a sponge bath the first week he was home but once his umbilical cord fell off and we could give him a normal bath he now loves to take a bath. Preston doesn't care for his head to be touched and he doesn't like to wait long to be fed. He didn't like to get his diaper changed in the beginning but towards the end of the month it didn't bother him much. Preston's not big on tummy time right now but he does like to work his neck muscles when you hold him upright on your chest.

Below are a few 1 month pics I attempted to take. They aren't the best but I tried.

Love you Preston

Preston's Fourth Week at Home

This week Preston's fussiness hasn't gotten any better, his eye looks worse and now he has a rash all over his face, neck and head. So I called the doctor and they wanted to see him right away. After finding out my little boy now weights 9 lbs 3 oz, the doctor concluded that he might be having an allergic reaction to my breast-milk cause by what I am eating. She said it was not uncommon for infants to be allergic to diary and soy that gets passed to them from what the mother is eating. She suggested that I go on a no dairy no soy diet to see if that helps with his fussiness and rash. That means no milk, cheese, butter, cream, ice cream, yogurt, beef or anything processed with milk or soy. Which is pretty much everything I have come to find out after reading a ton of food labels.

Of course I want the best for my little man so I am going to give this all I got. Brent and I went to Whole Foods to see what brands they carry that are no diary and no soy. Surprisingly, there are several brands that specifically make no diary no soy products but they don't make a ton of variety. All I have been able to find thus far is a bread, muffin, granola and butter that specifically is marked no dairy no soy. So for everything else, I will just have to read the labels and make sure there is no diary or soy ingredient in the product. That basically leaves me with chicken, fish, fruit and veggies. I'm actually kind of glad this has happened because now I am almost being forced to eat well which is what I really need to be doing anyways. It will just be hard not being able to eat pizza, lasagna, cheese on my sandwich and eating at restaurants. But I know this is only temporary but it will be a consent thought I have to think about everyday.

I just hope this helps Preston because it kills me to watch him be in pain and uncomfortable.

Pictures of my little man...

Mindi's 29th Birthday Bash

We celebrated Mindi's birthday in style this year by going to Pinot's Pallet in Lakewood. I have been wanting to do this for a long time and I'm so glad Mindi thought of it to do for her birthday. I'm glad we included the boys as well because it was fun to have a date night with Brent thrown in with the birthday celebration. This was also the first time Brent and I have left Preston for more than a hour or two. Vicki and Dave kindly offered to watch Preston while we were gone and he did great.

I was quite surprised by my painting talent...not that I have much but I think I did pretty good. We all did really well actually although each of our paintings came out so different.

It was a fun Saturday night!!