Jerod's 11th Birthday

My little nephew turned 11 years old this year and it amazing how a couple of years makes such a huge difference. This year his birthday included a weight set so he can workout and get ab muscles, hand guns, texting girls from school and a skating party. My little nephew is no longer a little boy, he is growing to be a young man and I am soo proud of who he is becoming. He is maturing and getting smarter by the minute. He still loves his aunt Holly even though he wouldn't admit it. This years theme was Dallas Mavericks although I bet he could have done without a theme. Just presents, a cake and a few friends would make him very happy. Happy Birthday Jerod!!!

Dallas Mavericks Birthday Theme

 Pizza...yum

 Preston's ready to party

 Proud Parents

 Playing a little ball

 Texting girls...geez

 Boy needs to get his workout on

 Proud daddy putting the weight set together for the big reveal

Partied out

Cake time

Good thing its not completely real

 Lets get our skate on...haha literally

 Preston loving all the bight colors

So stinkin cute

Kaci

 Jerod on the move

 How low can you go

 Heck ya...I made it under without splitting my pants

 I ended smoking these 2..still got it

 Love this boy

 Backward skills

 My sweet Makinzi

Happy Memorial Day!!

Pizza with Grams & Peeps
The Friday evening of Memorial Weekend we went to visit Grams at her rehabilitation center to celebrate her birthday. Vicki, Dave, Brad and Jessie were all there and we chowed down on yummy pizza and cupcakes. Jessie gave Grams a manicure set for her birthday so all us girls ended up painting each others fingernails while the boys sat around the table catching up and playing with Preston. Grams was so happy to have her family with her and was thrilled see got to see her little "Premis".

3 Generations

Grandma & Grandpa

Proud Daddy

Fun in the Sun
I was super excited for Saturday to roll around because we were going to take Preston swimming for the first time at Nana and Grandpa's house. Unfortunately, Nana and Grandpa weren't able to join in the fun because Nana was out of town and Grandpa had to work. They offered to let us use their pool and I'm so glad they did. We invited Jerod, Caden, Mal and PawPaw to join us and the boys had an absolute blast. Even my dad jumped off the driving board and played king of the raft with me!! This was Preston's first time getting into a pool and I was so excited to see his reaction to it. I was a little concerned that the water might be too cold but luckily it felt pretty good. We lathered Preston with sunscreen and put his new bathing suite Nana got him on along with his new sunglasses and hat.We first dipped his feet into the water and then his little legs to see if he thought it was too cold but he didn't react much so we went for it and put him in the float I got him that had a cover. It was a little bit big but we supported his bottom and he did pretty good. He didn't really have a reaction to it all, he just sat in the float and let me take all the pictures my heart desired!! He stayed in about 8-10 minutes then he was done with it. Which was ok with me because I didn't want to keep him out in the sun even though he was covered by the float canopy. It still made me nervous to have him exposed to the sun reflecting off the water. I had a blast splashing around with my nephew but by the end of the day, this momma was pooped.

First time in the pool

This is the life

Can't believe my dad went off the diving board

You totally missed the football

Umm...ok

Water gun fight

Best Buds

Crazy Caden

Too cool for school

Loves all the colors

Getting a little crazy

I think he is digging the water

Playing King of the Raft

I WON!!!

 Playing King of the Raft

 Man, Dad won

 Preston much prefers swinging to swimming

Memorial Cookout at Vicki & Dave's
Our super Memorial weekend continued on Sunday when we went to Vicki & Dave's house for more pool time and a good grub cookout. The food wasn't ready when we got there so I went ahead and got in my bathing suit and got in the pool. I was going to get Preston in with me but the water was way too cold. It was even a little too cold for me. I guess Vicki's pool gets more shade than John & Kathy's pool. So Preston hung out with daddy inside. Brad and Jessie showed up and then it was time to eat. After lunch, we put Preston on the floor and he proudly showed everyone his new rolling over skills. He also began to scoot on his knees. This boy will be crawling before we know it.

Grandma & Grandpa

Rolling over

Get that arm out

Yea!! You did it!!

Soo proud of you Bub!!!

Preston Rolls Over!!!

Preston reached a big milestone today....he rolled from his back to his tummy this morning all by himself!!!! I was getting ready this morning and had his monitor on the bathroom counter and when I looked at it he was on his back asleep as always. After I finished fixing my hair, I heard him on the monitor making noise so I assumed he was waking up. I looked at the monitor and our little guy was on his tummy. It took me a moment to really realize what had happened. I looked at the monitor closer and yep, he was on his tummy. I quickly got Brent and said come look, Preston rolled over. We both rushed to his room to give him praise and see the big moment in person. We are so proud of our little guy. He is growing by leaps and bounds.
I suspected that he might be rolling over soon because a few days ago he rolled from his tummy to his back during tummy time.

Congrats Bub. Love you!!!