First Mother's Day Weekend!!!

I had such an amazing first Mother's Day weekend although it didn't start off as planned. I went a little crazy on Brent when he decided not to go to Muffins with Mom with me Friday morning at Preston's school. I was really excited about my very first mothers event and I wanted to capture the moment on camera and needed Brent to come so he could take pictures of Preston and I eatting our muffin. We needed to leave the house by 7am that morning and Brent was still asleep at 6:45am. I woke him up and said he had 15 minutes to get ready. He moaned and groaned and said muffins with mom was suppose to be with mom and he was suppose to go when it was donuts with dad...basically saying he didn't want to get up and go. I angrly said fine and headed out the door with Preston. I was pretty upset that Brent was not realizing how important this moment was to me but I pulled myseslf together and Preston and I had a good time eatting our muffin together. luckly I was able to capture the moment by asking a staff worker to take our picture. When I got to work, I needed to talk to someone so I went to the best place I knew to get advice...Mindi. I wrote Mindi a long email expressing how upset I was and she called me as soon as she could. Luckly for Brent, Mindi talked some sense into me and said that she totally understood where I was coming from but through experience she has learned not to expect men to act in the same ways as women do. After talking to Mindi I felt bad for how upset I got at Brent so I wrote him an email and applogized for being so mean. He accepted my appologies and all was good again.

Muffins with Mom




My busy Mother's Day weekend continued Saturday morning when I went to Mother's Day Brunch with my mom and grandma at our church. I brought Preston with me and he did fabolus...didn't cry one time. They served homemade cinnomon rolls, ham, fluffly eggs and sweet fruit with orange juice. I had a good time showing Preston off to all the girls at church and it was still so surreal attending a function intended for moms and I am now a mom.

Our table decorations

Mother's Gift

First Mother's Day picture together

Gram Gram

 Crazy Boy

 4 Generations

After the brunch I headed home to grab a quick lunch with Brent then we headed out to visit grams and give her the mother's day gift Preston and I worked on. She was thrilled to see us and she is doing so much better.

When we got home from Grams, we quickly freshened up and then we headed to Matitio's for mothers day dinner with Vicki, Dave, Brad and Jessie. I have never eatten there before and it was delicious. After dinner, Vicki and I opened our gifts. I got a beautiful tourque neckless and Preston got a cute little sun visor for summer. Vicki loved the personalized cookie jar and thought the butterfly footprint was too cute. We gave Jessie a butterfly footprint as well and by accident Bradley dropped it behind the booth we were sitting in. The problem, the booth sat up against a concert wall and none of us could fit our arm down the back of the booth to get it. Luckily, the staff at Matitios was great and they had 4 guys pulling the booth out and getting a pair of tongs to get the gift out. After about 15 minutes of trying they finally got it!! All 3 of us was exhausted from the day and Preston slept so good that night.

Oh no, it fell behind the booth

 I guess it takes a skinny pretty girl to get it out

 Nope, it takes 2 men to get it out

Either way, we got it!!!

 Vicki & her 3 boys

 Vicki& her 2 daughter-in-laws

Sunday on the way to church, Brent gave me my mothers day gift and thoughtful card. I had been hinting that I wanted jewerly to represent Preston's birth stone and I'm so glad Brent listened because he got me a beatiful necklace from James Avery and a charm to add to my bracelet that we are going to get engraved with Preston's name and date of birth.

After church everyone went to my grandmas for lunch. Preston was still pretty sleepy and he slept most of the day but most everyone got to hold him and spend a little time with him. After lunch, a few of us played a couple games of croquet. Brent was in the lead most of the time but always lost it right at the end. I won the first game...not sure how in the world that happened and my dad won the second game beating Brent at the last hit. It was hilarous watching Brent get beat by my dad because Brent was not happy he was loosing.

Flowers for all the Moms

 Aunt Shell

 Jerod's new toy he got for his birthday

Not sure how I feel about this

 Just doesn't feel natural

 What a little flirt

Let's play Croquet

Dad's up first

 Already off to a good start

David teaching Jerod the ropes

 Let's go mom!!

Such a cutie

 Little hard to play in a long dress, can't swing between the legs

Mr. Competitive

 Having a good time

 Don't miss

Boys being boys

 Don't mess with us

I told you not to mess with us

 11 years old and still a cutie

 Getting the hang of it

Don't even think about it B-rent

 My favorite nephew

 If you can't win then juggle

For Mother's Day Preston made all his grandmother's and aunt's a very special gift...a footprint buttetfly. Mommy and Preston had a fun time making them and we kept it pretty clean while getting his feet all covered with paint. I will treasure this piece forever!!!

Lets get to painting

 So colorful

Stamping away

 Finished product

 Final packaging

Mother's Day cards we made

When we got home that evening, Preston and I played in his room and he showed me for the first time how well he can hold his head up during tummy time. I was soo proud of him because the last time we did tummy time together he still kept his head on the ground and could barly lift it. Crazy how quickly babies learn things and develop. Then Brent gave him his bath and worked on helping Preston learn to roll over. He's not quite there yet but he is rollig on his side.

I had an unforgettable Mother's Day and I am so blessed to have a little boy like Preston!!

3 Months

This has been one emotional month as it was my last month on maternity leave. I knew this time would come but I didn't think it would come this fast. Brent and I have come a long way as parents in 3 short months and it still amazes me that Preston has survived this far considering Brent and I didn't have a clue how to take care of a newborn. We have learned along with way and as each day passes we discover how to be even better parents than the day before. This month, Preston has had many "first times" and has discovered many new things. The biggest things Preston has started doing this month are:

Opening his hands from a fist position
Cupping his bottle with his hand when he eats
Discovering his tongue and sticking it out
His hair has begun to grow back in
He smiles with all his might
In the early stages of rolling over. He moves his hips from side to side in his vibrating chair and towards the end of the month he was sleeping all night on his left side, no longer on his back He hasn't yet discovered how to move his arm to allow him to roll completely over
He wiggles all over his bed and can completely turn himself around to face the opposite end of his crib
We had to start dressing him in footed onsies because he would wiggle the blanket over his head. That scared momma
We removed your bumpers because of all the movement he makes while sleeping
He is officially sleeping through the night from 10pm to 4am (6 hours)!!
He has discovered sucking his hands, fingers and thumb...its soo cute to watch him suck his thumb
We started supplementing with formula this month. He HATES the Non-Dairy brand but doesn't seem to mind the Dairy brand. We tested both and he seems to be doing ok with the Dairy. Thank goodness.
His dirty diapers are beginning to be stinky due to the formula
He has moved from drinking 3-4 oz to drinking 5 oz bottles
He loves to be talked and read to. He is totally engaged.
He started daycare this month and started to play a little bit with toys
Started to stay with Kathy on Monday's.

Special Moment of the Month I will never forget the day when I picked him up from Kathy's and on the way home, him and I literally talked back and forth the whole way home. It started when I began to drive away from Kathy's, I asked how his day was. He responded with his baby sounds. So I responded back with baby sounds and we did that back and forth all the way home. I couldn't believe it, him and I were totally having a full on conversation in his eyes. It was so cute and I could have kept driving and talking for hours.

Preston's Likes
Preston loves to talk to you and have a conversation with you. He gets so excited and will just talk and smile at you. He likes it when I sing the "Itzy Bitzy Spider" song and the "Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes" song. For some reason, he loves it when I put lotion on his legs after his bath. He can be grumpy and the minute I start putting lotion on his legs, he just starts smiling. Love that moment with him.

Preston's Dislikes
This month Preston isn't too big on being put in his carrier. He used to love it but now he cries when we put him in. He calms down if you rock the carrier back and forth, then he seems to be ok. His big dislike for this month would have to be the formula, at least the Non-Dairy one. It does have a strong odor and I would probably hate it too. Poor guy didn't even want to swallow, it was so bad for him.