Tiny Town and the little suprise ...

My sister and her family came to visit this past weekend.  She has 3 kids and they are all a lot of fun.  The youngest of her kids is a little boy named Brady.  He's 3 years old.  Preston had a great time watching Brady play with tons of toy cars and trucks. 

Saturday we all went up to Tiny Town which is a little spot up in the mountains that has these intricate doll houses, and a miniature train to ride.  I was carrying Preston in the Baby Bjorn, that was the easiest way to get around all the small models and my arms were exhausted from holding the chunk for several hours the day before while house hunting.  So, there we were waiting for the tiny train to leave the tiny station and Preston chomped down on my finger (his favorite chew toy), only then did I feel his first tooth had come in.  It shocked me for a second because I'm not used to anything sharp in his mouth.  He always surprises his Mom with new tricks! 

My sister Heidi and her hubby in the back, and me with Mr Tooth. 

6 Month Stats

Preston turned 6 months old on Sunday July 17th.  I have to say that the first 3 months seemed to go slow while I was trying to figure out how to do the "Mom" thing.  From 3 to 6 months, it has gone so fast.  Here are the stats:

• 21 lbs 4 oz. (95th percentile)
• 29 1/8 inches tall. (98th percentile)
• He's lot all of his baby hair (it was black and thick when he was born).  Now his hair is lighter and filling in more light brown. 
• Rolls over both ways. (tummy to back and back to tummy)
• New tooth any day!  I can feel the tooth on the front bottom right through he gums.
• Sleeps from 7:30/8 PM until 6AM at which time he wakes up for a little snack and then goes back to sleep for 1-1.5 hrs.
• 2 naps a day, each about 2 hours long.
• He loves to talk, especially to other babies. 
• He has the funniest squeal/laugh. 
• He's close to sitting up on his own. 
• He can get his bum up in the air but he's not as good at getting his front end up into the crawling position.  20lbs is a lot to get up :)
• He's eating all kinds of fruit and veggies mixed with rice, oatmeal, or barley cereal. 
• He loves drinking from his sippy cup.
• He's the best jogging partner a girl could have.  He loves his stroller and loves being out side!  He never complains if I'm going too slow up the hills. 
• He loves books and being read to.
• He loves bath time.
• He loves sitting outside on the back deck, in his little seat, watching the trees.
• He loves to sneeze.  It's the cutest thing!
• He loves music.  Whether Brock and I sing to him, music at church, or we have a string quartet CD for the car and if he's fussing and I turn that CD on, he immediately is calm. 
• He likes to send picture text messages to his Grandparents so they can see how big he's growing. 

He's so lovable and fun, we couldn't love him more!  Here are some pictures of the little/big guy.





Six Months old 





Having Fun with Daddy!






One day he rolled over, grabbed the empty bottle, and put it in his mouth. 



He loves play time in his exer-saucer!  He likesto jump up and down and stomp his feet. 



This is one of my all time favorite pictures of Preston.

A Lazy Sunday Afternoon

So, there we were  Brock, Preston, and I just being lazy on a Sunday afternoon.  Brock went to get a Popsicle and there Preston was looking at him with his big blue eyes.  You could see him thinking "What is that?  It looks delicious!"  So, Brock gave him a little lick and he got the biggest smile on his face and licked his lips and started wiggling in his seat.  They ended up sharing that Popsicle and then one more. 

When Brock would take it out of his mouth he would move forward to try and stop him.

"This is so delicious!"

This was Popsicle number two, it was gone in less than 2  minutes.

Father's Day

One of Brock's brothers (Brian) lives close to us, and luckily we get to spend time with him and his wife!  So, we went out to dinner the Friday before Father's Day and before we left Brian, who is a total goof, walks up with a present wrapped for Brock.  Flattered, Brock opens the box to find a matching T-shirt ...

Brian and Tiffany's baby is due in July.  And Yes we made them wear the matching shirts to dinner :)

My Son, the Sunglasses Model

My Dad, the self proclaimed "Sunglass King" sells sunglasses all over southern Colorado and parts of Kansas and New Mexico.  You know those sunglasses stands in the gas stations ... Ya, he sells those.  He's retired but took on this job as something to do.  He just started to get the kids sunglasses and so he wanted to try them out on Preston and that's how we got the following pictures.  Preston did really well, he didn't try to rip them off or anything.  They were a little big so they fell off really easily.  So we're starting Preston off early in the Modeling world. 

Hot Stuff!!

A little too big of Sunglasses, and a little too small of a nose.

Little ears just aren't ideal for holding up sunglasses

I'm too Sexy

Can we be done??

Are you guys serious?

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!