5 Months Old!

Preston is 5 months today (6/17) and to be honest there were some days when I wasn't sure if we were ever going to make it to 5 months :) But we did, and here we are, and life is good! We celebrate Preston's 5 month old birthday yesterday by going shopping for new clothes for him. He has out grown a most of his clothes, so we have officially gone to the 12 month size. My Dad fondly refers to him as "The Load". He's growing big and strong, that's for sure. His little hands have quite the grip and he has this high pitched squeal that he loves to show off during church and other quite times. He loves to roll onto his side and just hang out there and look around. He's so much fun and we couldn't love the little/big guys more :)

His new favorite game is to roll onto his side in his play mat and pull the mat on top of him.
We call it the Baby Taco.

He holds up the side so he can see out of the baby taco.

He's my smiley button!

First Hair Cut!

Preston was born with tons of hair, and it has only kept growing.  The sides got a little rubbed off from sleeping, car seats, and playing, but the back and the top kept growing longer and longer.  My Mom said that he went from a "Banker Comb Over" hair style to a "Joseph Stalin" hair style.  It was true, so today we trimmed the little guys hair.  It went quite well, but he started to lose it because we might have done it a little too close to nap time.  Thank goodness my Mom has a steady hand :)

You can see the crazy long hair that was on top

Thanks to Jen and Brynn Zajaks for letting us use the Bumbo seat :)

He's loves getting his hair combed and so we made sure to do lots of combing in between the cutting

This was all the hair off the top of his head.

The final result ... my non-Banker, non-Dictator son, that was so ready for a nap!

Swimming!

I took Preston swimming today, it was 90+ degrees and a beautiful Colorado day.  Preston seemed to like it, no crying and he kicked a little bit. 

I"m all ready with my towel and Winnie the Pooh Hat

MOM I CAN"T SEE FIX MY HAT!!

His shirt says "Captain Cutie"

Toys ...

Preston is starting to get into toys.  We quickly learned to double check the diaper bag to keep the ones that make noise at home during church (rookie mistake)!  He likes toys that he can grab with his bear paws (that kid has a serious grip) and loves to put pretty much everything in his mouth.  We had been buying or given toys, that he liked but we quickly realized that there are things much more entertaining than what you can buy at the store.  For example ... a wet rag can be delicious as well as fun.  We dog sat for my brother (probably the first and last time we'll be doing that because of the following 3 words ... blood dog poop) but Preston and Ginger the dog were fascinated by each other.  The latest toy that he absolutely loves it his sippy cup.  He actually drinks from it pretty well for a 4 1/2 month old and he love the handles on this sides.  When it's time to eat, the sippy cup must be within grabbing distance.  He doesn't do anything with it with the exception of gripping the handle, he just stares at it as he opens his mouth dutifully for food and all is right in the world.

Love the wet rags!

Ginger, the dog!  Who knew that a dog could have nervousness to the point of bloody poop!  I sure didn't

Notice that the sippy cup is orange and blue ... Denver Bronco colors ... That's right we're starting him off young.

Gottta keep that cup close!

Living with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa and Preston hanging on the couch. 

Brock and I moved in with my parents in April.  I was going to go back to work from home for a couple weeks and my leave was over, so I thought that moving in with my parents to help with Preston would work well.  We also want to have more kids and to do so we need a space, therefore we needed to save some money, Grandma and Grandpa VanWagenen were king enough to open their home to us.  We rented out my town house in Denver and moved to the 'burbs' with my parents.  It has been a lot of fun, and since my work has asked me to stay until they find my replacement, it's worked well being here and having such great babysitters. We've started looking at houses and neighborhoods that we would like to move into, and only plan on being here a year max.  It's fun to see Grandma and Grandpa have fun and play with our fun loving little boy. 

The Solid Food Experiment

Preston has been growing like a weed and was sleeping through the night pretty well, then one week he would wake up starving twice in the night.  So, in an effort to get him sleeping through the night again, and since he is 4 months, we ventured into the solid foods.  Below are the pictures of the event.  He has become quite a good eater, loves all fruit and the sweet potatoes, and is now sleeping through the night!

Here we are getting acquainted with the spoon.  He took one bite and smeared it all over his cheek

This is after 2 bites and nothing was getting in his mouth, all on his face



Here we are, all done and sleepy from a full tummy

Preston is 4 Months old

On May 17th Preston turned 4 months.  At his appointment on the 17th he weighed 17 pounds, and is 27 3/4 inches long.  Healthy boy :)  He is a fun loving, sweet boy that loves:

• Snuggles
• His floor gym (best $15 buck I spent)
• To hear himself yell, grunt, growl, laugh
• To take baths (he gets excited when he can hear the water and smiles as you put him in the tub)
• To kick like a crazy guy
• To be tickled on his tummy
• To be sang to (I can't sing to him while I"m feeding him because he tries to sing along) 
• Stroller rides in the Bob jogging stroller
• Sit up and see what ever is going on
• Rice cereal, apple sauce, prunes, sweet potatoes, (really we haven't found anything he doesn't like to eat)

We love him and love watching him grow.  Below are pictures from his 4 months birthday ...

Sitting up, but very distracted by his feet

He's a smiley button

He really is that chubby :)