Prestons bubbles

Last night we played with bubbles, one of Preston's favorite things! He would back up and when Spenc would blow the bubbles he'd run at them and try and pop them. He did this for SO long...he doesn't get tired or sick of it. In fact he threw a fit when we were done. This boy has more energy then I know what to do with...but isn't he just too darn cute!?

Electronics...

Spencer has a "cool" phone...you know the ones that you can download apps on. Preston thinks angry birds is like the funniest thing, he'll point his finger and we'll help him shoot the bird and he'll laugh and say "ouch" when they crash. He just found the app for words with friends and now I'm really jealous. That game is addicting. Why is it that I'm always the jealous one when it comes to electronics? I never get any of that stuff...I am up for a new phone though ;)

Busy Busy Day...

Yesterday was a busy day, it was a good day but a long day and I think I just did too much. We woke up early and hit the gym around 8 in the morning - Preston did awesome and I got to work out for an hour and they never had to come and get me :). Then we ran straight home and showered and we met Corinne and Kamden at the park to walk and then Preston played a little on the playground. When we got home Preston took a nap so I ran around and cleaned my house. Then around 5 me and my neighbor went and helped another neighbor pull all of her weeds in her front yard. It was fun but I woke up today just completely exhausted and I have a headache. So as soon as I load some pictures on this blog then I'm headed straight for my bed and I am taking a nap! 

P.S.- Its pretty windy here today - I think when Spenc gets home we'll go fly our kite with Preston :)

Family Fun...

Yesterday a lot of my family ended up being in town and we all met up at my Grandparents. It was a lot of fun to chat and catch up with everyone :). We managed to have all of my grandparents "great" grandbabies there and we were able to get a picture of them all together, plus my 2 youngest cousins. 

The 2 older girls ( Veronica and Vanessa ) are actually my cousins but they are so cute and sweet and played so good with all the little ones and it wouldn't be a picture without them in it!

I didn't take very many pictures but I was able to capture Preston and Porter tackling Vanessa :)

And Grandma holding little Kamden...

It was a lot of fun and I wish we could all get together more often!

My BIG boy...

Last night I was thinking about how BIG my baby was. He's such a smart kid and totally understands what we tell or ask him to do. He's still just saying a few words but I've never written them down or tried counting how many words he could say. So I thought I had better start documenting this kind of stuff! Preston will be 23 months in just a little over a week and here are the words he says...

1. Mama
2. Dada 
3. ball
4. bubble
5. go 
6. no 
7. tree
8. cheese
9. bye
10. hi
11. ya
12. teeth
13. rock
14. Nana (banana)
15. wow
16. yuck
17. big

Not that many. haha its funny cause I know he knows what things are but he just wont say them. If I ask him any of his facial parts ( nose, eyes, mouth, teeth, cheeks, ears, head, hair ) he can point to them real quick. I can ask him to get his own shoes and clothes and he gets the right stuff. I'm really not worried about him being behind because I feel like he's so smart...he will just start talking more when he wants to I guess! 

Lately everything is a "dada" and he is getting more vocal on stating his opinions with "No" or " Na Uh's". He loves to "Roar" and make "Vroom Vroom" noises. And he's starting to want to sit on the toilet. He hasn't gone in it yet but I'm glad he's not afraid of the toilet...he actually loves to flush. He does tell me when he goes potty right away...he'll come and get me pointing to his bottom. Now if I could only get him to tell me before he already went! I don't want to push him too quick, I want him to be ready before we start to try and potty train but I can tell he's thinking about it. I'm hoping we can get that done before baby #2 comes along.

He LOVES to be outside and really likes to help Spenc do the yard work on Saturday mornings. Our yard is starting to get covered in weeds so that was something they did a lot of that morning. They would pull the weeds and put it in Preston's wagon and dump truck and Preston would push them over to where Spenc was at...he pulled a couple weeds ( and rocks and dirt ) too!

And yes Preston does his yard work in pajamas :)

Rambling...

I've started to go back to the gym. I used to try and go at night but with this new pregnancy it wasn't possible. Boy do I get sick at nights...and I kept thinking that it should have gone away by now but its not :(. So I tried waking up super early at like 5:30 in the morning and going and that was SO hard for me. I'm prego and I have a wild almost 2 year old. I really need my sleep. So I signed Preston up for the kids club at the gym so I can go around 9 in the morning ( or really any time that I feel like i want to ). Today was the 3rd time we went. Every time we go they end up finding me and telling me to come and get him. He lasted about 40 min...were getting better each time. I'm hoping here pretty soon I can at least stay an hour. At least I'm doing something right? 

This new baby has put mixed emotions in my head. I am SO excited to have another baby. But I really don't want to be a whale all summer long. I am super afraid of gaining any more weight ( i have enough on me as it is ). And it seems like Preston is getting more wild each day. Lately he LOVES to be outside and so I've started to get some sun on my glow in the dark white body and if he starts liking the gym more at least i can be a fit tan whale this summer! haha geez what us women have to do to have these adorable little babies...It is SO worth it all anyways!

P.S.- I'm not an animal lover and this morning I swore against ever having animals. Some stupid dog pooped in my front yard and guess who ran in it? Yes my little munchkin...and his shoe smelt so bad that I was gagging this morning non-stop trying to clean it off. Oh i was so angry I thought about making signs to stick in my grass telling everyone to keep their dumb dogs off! Then I thought again about what people would think and how I would seem like a crazy meany pants. Does pregnancy make you totally emotional, a rambler about non important or irrelevant things and make you a little grouchy towards neighbors who don't pick up their dogs poop? 

Yes...I'm totally blaming these pregnancy hormones!

I have a weird habit of not being able to post without a picture...I don't know it seems so off if I don't. 

I LOVE my crazy munchkin!

At the Lake...

These last few days we have been spending a lot of time outside. Wednesday we went to the park, Thursday we went to Basha Highschool and played in the water ( They have such a fun toddler area...we'll be back there a lot this summer! ) and then yesterday we went to the lake. It has been nice to get some sun on my white skin and Preston loves when we do something new. I really didn't get any pics except for yesterday and they aren't the greatest. We didn't get out there until about 2 and Preston hadn't had a nap yet so he fell asleep on me pretty quick therefore i had one arm to take pics and keep my hair out of my face. Note to self : Never go to the lake without a hair tie!

Today Spenc has a lot of chores and things to do so I'm going to get those ties finished and I am also making Preston another towel...and I guess I'll clean a little too haha

This and That...

It is totally getting hot here! Time for me to pack up my winter clothes and getting out the summer ones. We went to the park with Amanda and her cute little kiddos today and we had so much fun. 

I hadn't really noticed until now that Preston's face gets totally red like mine does when he gets hot. It's cute on him...me, not so much haha.

I've had the crafty itch lately and me and my sister made some new ties for our little boys...they turned out ADORABLE...I am in love with them!

I am making a few more with some different fabric and I will have Preston wear them to show them off...( I tried to today but he was SO NOT having that ) They are totally simple and I get TONS of compliments on the one he had before so I'm excited for him to wear some new patterns :)

Update: I've had people ask me how I'm making the ties and I actually found one at a weekend boutique and I bought it so that I could copy it and make my own. Next time I make one ( which will be today or tomorrow ) I will take pics and post a tutorial on my craft blog :)

Bump Watch : Week 12

 I can't tell you how excited I am to announce that baby #2 is officially on the way! I LOVE the idea of doing a maternity series to look back on and see how the baby grew. So I'm going to try it out...For a while I'm going to skip weeks since not much is seen or felt BUT when I start popping I'm going to try and do one each week. I didn't do much when I was prego with Preston, I think I only took 3 different pics the whole pregnancy :(

Little Lime, 

That's how big you are this week :)! Today, Me, Your Daddy and Big Brother got to watch you wiggle and kick around in there being so precious and cute. I think you and your brother are already alike in the fact that you can't sit still. Your fast little heartbeat just about brought tears to my eyes. And even though I've been completely ill at night, going to sleep as soon ( or most of the time before ) your brother even goes to bed, I thank my Heavenly Father for you being in that tummy of mine. I love you so much already! 

Love, Mommy

Look at you kick! ( If you can't tell he/she is on his/her head and kicking his/her little feet ).

Baby Blocks...

I made these name blocks for my friend Jani's baby shower today. I wanted to make them a little different from just ordinary blocks...

This is what I came up with. I saw some frame like stuff like this on another blog and thought it would be super cute as name blocks too!

Okay so obviously she is naming her little boy Jett! All she told me was that she was doing her baby's room in bright colors so I hope this goes and that she likes them!!!

Cousins...

I watched little Kamden this morning and I tried taking a picture of them together...I wasn't very successful.

Oh well...I'll try again next time :). 

Preston was a BIG helper today and when Kam would spit out his paci he would be the first one to run over and help him. Preston also helped with getting his diapers...boy was he excited that Blues Clues was on Kams diapers! He also gave Kamden a little kiss on the forehead. I can't tell you how happy and relieved it makes me feel that Preston is so sweet to the "baby"! He loves his cuz!

I'm so glad when daddy comes home, glad as I can be!...

Preston knows about the time that Spencer should get home and he asks for him and cries at the door because he isn't quite there yet. Every once in a while he gets too antsy and we wait for him in the front yard. 

Once he gets here Spenc is really good about giving him lots of attention. The other night Spenc got home at a decent hour ( meaning before dark ) so we took a walk to the park.

Preston LOVES it. 

Preston's favorite thing to do at the park is probably just climb and run down the grass hills. 

We LOVE it when daddy comes home!

Long limbs...

Boy is this kid growing. Look how long his legs and arms look...

 I watched my neighbors little boy yesterday for about 45 min while she ran to do an errand. He was about 4 months and he is one little cutie! Me and Preston brought out his old car walker for him to play in and we both played with him trying to get him to smile. Preston was sweet. But he also did everything in his power to get all of my attention on him. I got to experience ( a 45 min ) life of 2 kiddos. And it was bitter sweet. I loved it but i also noticed i have a lot to learn. Sharing attention, being 2 places at once, holding two crying children and keeping sane might be a challenge. But a challenge I can't wait to be a part of!

Prestons Photography...

Lately when I want to take a picture of Preston he does this...

He's mad, throws a fit, and grabs the camera. He wants to take his OWN pictures now...

So yesterday he got a hold of my camera and took a BAJILLION pictures. Here are some of my favorites...

The up the nose shot...

His messy room...

Chunky Legs! haha

Mommys back...

And this was my all time FAV... what a cute cheesy face! And fingers in the lens...

He LOVES taking pictures and then laughing at what he took...I may let him play with my old camera :) Pretty good for a 23 month old I must admit!

Oh Monday...

Another week has come and gone. We haven't had a whole lot going on lately but I have a feeling that we will here shortly. More on that later ;) 

Today's to-do list is a whole LOT of cleaning. By the time the weekend is over my house looks like its been hit by a tornado. BLAH. I also have a fun project I'm making for my friends baby shower this weekend...I think I'm loving it so far, can't wait to show pics!

This boy is getting more wild by the minute. He learns things so quickly and last week he learned how to get himself completely out of the house on his own. To make a story short...it ended with me running outside in my towel to get him. Yes...horrible, embarrassing, and I was not going to do that again! We bought new locks for the doors that he would not be able to reach.

I'm also still hanging out with my Beehive girls! I just love them more and more all the time. They remind me of how fun life was when I was their age. Such cute girls!

Hide and Seek...

Preston's new game is hide and seek...though he usually runs out of his hiding place before we can "seek" him. He's just so eager to be "found"!