McAbee Family

Unwanted visitor

2011-11-26T19:08:00.001-08:00

Saturday November, 12th we had Andy and Danielle over for Thanksgiving dinner before Kevin and Andy had to leave 3 days later for North Dakota! While the kids were outside playing we heared Lauren yelling about a bobcat who got a hold of our Guinea fowl. Kevin and Andy ran outside with the guns and it was just sitting in the middle of our side yard with the bird in its mouth. Even though it tried running Kevin managed to get it! This although is not a full blood bobcat this is a mix between a Ferrel cat and bobcat either way it's the culprit for killing off the last 2 of our guinea fowls.

Aaaarg Maity

2011-11-26T18:59:00.000-08:00

So even though I had bronchitis and Kevin was working out of town I could not let Prestyn go without trunk-or-treating! So we dressed up and went to our ward for a round around to get some candy! even though we did not stay long Prestyn had fun collecting candy and playing the games. Hopefully next year we can stay longer to enjoy the festivities!

Up to no good!

2011-11-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

So as usual Prestyn got into my make-up except this time decided to dump the entire thing on him. He was very proud of himself and even came into show it off!

Prestyn's pumpkin patch @ mothers day out!

2011-11-26T18:26:00.000-08:00

Prestyn's school took a field trip to the pumpkin patch mid october! It was fun and very cute it was at the directors mom's farm and they story time, hayrides, corn maze, and other little activities. All the kids had a blast running around through out the property and were even able to pick what ever pumpkin their little heart desired.

Double take!

2011-10-05T16:44:00.000-07:00

So the other day I opened up a suit case I have some pictures and things packed in from the move and Jaydens pictures were on top other than the fact that I knew who it was I had to take a double take and Kevin actually thought it was Prestyn even our close friends and Prestyns teacher who saw these photos though it was Prestyn. From the very moment Prestyn was born he reminded me so much of his older brother. It wasn't until I saw them side by side at the same age that I knew how much the two of them actually do resemble each other. There's days I even tell Prestyn hes acting like his brother and he just laughs and says yeah :)! Makes me even sadder when I know they are not getting the brother bonding that they deserve to have!!!

My baby has moves

2011-10-02T09:06:00.000-07:00

The kids yesterday were going crazy and Prestyn was whipping out some wicked moves thought you all would get a kick out of this!

Acrobat

2011-10-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

Could not resist catching on camera! Even though he normally would get in trouble for this!

Future Drummer

2011-10-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

Latley these days Prestyn turns everything into his own personal drum set!

Birthday @ Chuck E Cheese

2011-10-02T08:23:00.000-07:00

Well even though we did not get many picture since my lovely camera decided to die here are a few picture of Prestyns birthday party. Although it was a huge success and a great turn out I don't think we will ever do it there again since that place was insanely crazy. Prestyn was of course afraid of Chuck E Cheese and wanted nothing to do with their little program they put on for the birthday kids, but the most important part was Prestyn had a blast and so did all his friends. We had a great time and it was even better because we could celebrate it with great friends!

First day back to school

2011-09-12T10:59:00.000-07:00

Prestyn went back to school on Monday September 7th and it didn't take him long to get back in the groove. I had to again carry him out kicking and screaming because he did not want to leave. He Stayed in the same class he was last year since we wanted Prestyn to have his preschool graduation before he went into Kindergarten and since he has to wait an extra year because of his birthday this was the best choice. It was so nice though since 3 other boys from his class from last year stayed behind for the same reason. Prestyn loves his teacher miss Angie and has so much fun while he is there. I am so grateful to have found such a wonderful program for him to interact with other children in a loving and educational environment. Prestyn will leave more than ready for kindergarten.

Happy 2nd Birthday Prestyn

2011-09-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

I am still unsure where all the time went! I cant believe it has been 2 years since brought home our handsome baby boy. Our lives have been so blessed to have him here with us and he becomes more and more like his mommy everyday (help us)!!!! Prestyn is such a determined little boy and nothing stops him from trying to accomplish what he has set out to do! He loves his books and school, his favorite things to play with is anything but his own toys and everything in someway manages to be turned into drums. He loves music and dancing and cuddling with his mamma. His favorite shows are blues clues and fresh beat band. He loves animals and for some reason his animal of choice to imitate is a cat! He can be so dang stubborn and wants to control the situation and not be controlled we find our selves on a daily basis trying to compromise on what we will allow him to do and what he cant do! This does not always go over since Prestyn does not like to hear no. Although his party is not until the 17th Kevin, Prestyn and I celebrated at home alone I made a cake which I then forgot the candles and we sang Happy Birthday to him while he loved every bit of the attention he was getting. We had a gift for him as well for him to open which lasted maybe 2 days before it got pushed to the side and he has not touched it since! I am hopeing that he will soon start playing with his toys and leave our things (my kitchen and bathroom) alone! Wishful thinking I think, but well see!

Weekend Getaway

2011-08-09T10:25:00.001-07:00

Since we did not get to go on our summer trip we needed a get away and Dallas was just the ticket. A few months ago the mall opened up an entertainment center that has a sea life aquarium and a Legoland discovery center. It was so much fun although it's not the Legoland amusement park you are thinking of, but it had a ton of fun things to do in a small environment that allowed plenty of fun and enjoyment for adults and children alike. Kevin and I as well as Prestyn had such a good time Prestyn loved the rides especially the one that lifted us up in the air and spun us around, but he loved the 4-d movie if you have not yet experienced one do so! I'm not sure which was more entertaining the movie or Prestyn trying to touch the objects he saw in his face :) Once we finished we had lunch Prestyn rode the carousal and we walked through the mall while Prestyn passed out. It was exactly what we all were needing and decided that we need more of these not only as a nice break in our boring lives, but to be able to enjoy our family while having fun and making memories. I am already trying to find something fun to do for our next trip!

Aesop Fables @ the Shakespeare Festival

2011-07-21T16:10:00.000-07:00

Today for play group we drove to Kilgore to attend the Shakespeare festival for the Aesop Fables it was soooo good and made me want to see the other plays they have going on. Originally I though it would only be a 1 hr show, but ended up being 1 1/2 hrs long which for Prestyn was too long. He made it almost the full hour and then after that we ended up in the hall watching it on the screen. Prestyn though was having too much fun playing with the little baby that was out in the hall to. She was 9 mos old and the two of them kept growling at one another it was really funny. Will defiantly be attending it again next year and highly recommend finding out if it shows in your area and attend!!!! It was super cheap only $7 a seat and if your child sits on your lap you only pay for your seat.

Busted

2011-07-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

I really don't think these pictures need any explanation!

Splash pad

2011-07-16T18:43:00.001-07:00

Regretfully we do not make it to Play group as often right now, but enjoy the times when we do. Prestyn had a lot of fun and loving the water even though it was super hot outside.

swimming like a big boy

2011-07-16T13:05:00.001-07:00

We have been enjoying the pool at the gym lately since there is no public ones around. It is so nice to have and Prestyn loves the baby pool they have there since its only 2ft deep and he can walk along the floor. He is doing so well with it he is now kicking his hands and feet and I am teaching him how to walk along the side of the wall with his hands. He still does very well with being dunked under water and his favorite thing is to jump off the ledge into the water! I have decided this year to not do floaties since one we are in the baby pool and I am in there with him, but two I am trying to get him to know how to correct himself and lift his head above water if he looses balance he is doing so well with this and has not yet panicked! of course I am still assisting him, but not before giving him the chance to do so himself! I would love to find someone in this area who teaches the classes Kristy put Bordie in 2 summers ago. Until then I will try to do a little of it myself.

Our little chef!

2011-07-16T12:57:00.000-07:00

This was so funny when I stumbled across him. While I was cleaning the house and in the other room I could hear Prestyn on the kitchen, hearing the noise of my pans is not uncommon since he plays with them all the time except this time it was different. Of course Prestyn must copy everything he sees so why not cooking. He had got into the candy jar and pulled out some nerds and placed them in the pan and pretended to cook or in his mind he was! He could not have been anymore proud of himself and since he was not harming anything I let him continue and he did so for about 20 mins until dumping them all over the stove! Lets just hope that he does not figure out how to turn on a burner!

Cars 2

2011-07-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

Though I would take Prestyn to the movies a few weeks ago to see cars 2 thinking he may enjoy it well he did really well the first 45 min and then he wanted to run up the isle's so we left since he started yelling when I tried to get him to sit! So needless to say we will be waiting a little while before we attempt that again.

4th of July

2011-07-16T12:41:00.001-07:00

For once this year Kevin was actually in town during a holiday so we took advantage of it and enjoyed a trip put for the 4th of July celebration being held by the city of Gilmer at the high school. We were worried that it would be really congested and we would not be able to find a place to park, but we lucked out we parked in the student parking lot and was so close to the fireworks it was really cool we just camped out in the back of the truck with our camping chairs. Prior to the fireworks starting they had airplanes flying over head and played music over the loud speaker as well as famous US history speech's by Presidents. It was so nice Prestyn loved the fireworks he sat still threw the whole 20 mins they were going off. He continued to just say "wow" it was too cute!

1...2...3

2011-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:00

Just like the famous saying all things come in three's. Well we were once again reminded that this is true. Starting last Tuesday we had a tree fall over on the side of our house on the fence in between ours and our neighbors yard. Well last night we were hit so hard by a storm that again we lost 2 more trees the one that sucked the most was the one that fell over in our driveway that blocked us in since their was no way to get around it unless we drove threw the yard and around it. Kevin was thankfully able to take a company truck and trailer to pick up a friends tractor to pull it of the drive way until we have a chance to cut it up!

Taking a dip

2011-05-26T14:07:00.001-07:00

This was such a perfect buy Prestyn played for 3 hrs and loved sliding and splashing as much as he wanted. He even enjoyed holding his breath under the water and did a great job at doing it only once did he gag on the water after trying to drink the water with his face in the water! The palm tree becomes a water fall and helps provide some shade. for everything it offers the 24 dollars I paid was extremely worth it!

Johnny Apple Seed

2011-05-26T14:04:00.000-07:00

He insisted as wearing this for a hat all day and was very entertained all day by it!

I finished It!!!!+

2011-05-26T13:53:00.000-07:00

Yeah I finished sewing Prestyn's comforter for his new bed and I love it! I fell in love with this print when I saw it and had to use it. Prestyn loves loves his new big boy bed and usually spends most of the day playing on it!

Prestyns Program :)

2011-05-18T11:57:00.001-07:00

Prestyn had his last day of school today :( and in the honor of it and the graduation for the 4yr old moving on they put together this cute program. I loved seeing Prestyn up there unfortunately all of my pictures came out a little blurry. They started it out with a slide show of all the pictures they took thru out the year I ordered a copy of it so when it arrives I will post it for you all. Watching him today was a little sad seeing how fast he is growing up, my baby is becoming a little man!

Mommy and Me Pictures

2011-05-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

The week before Mothers day a lady I found in Longview was doing a Mommy and Me mini photo session and for $50 and a CD with all your pictures I could not beat it. I am just releaved we were able to get a few cute pictures since Prestyn was fighting us the whole time we even tried bribing with candy and that did not help. I guess he is getting to an age where pictures are going to become more and more difficult.

Easter Party at School

2011-04-20T11:11:00.001-07:00

Prestyn had his Easter party at school today! They had such a cute set up for all of the kids. They started out riding the train around and then it drove them to the Easter bunny and where they were going to hunt for eggs. Prestyn wanted in it, but as it started to drive off he became upset and wanted out so they stopped and let him out. Like everything Prestyn wanted back in and cried as they drove over to the Easter bunny and when they stopped jumped right back in and didn't want to get back out again. Prestyn wanted nothing to do with the Easter bunny which I already assumed would happen. Prestyn didn't want to hold his basket, but after the first egg he got the idea and picked them up and brought then back to place in his basket. All the kids were so cute during this. After we were finished they went back to have a picnic lunch by the Easter bunny and then rode the train back for nap time Prestyn climbed right in on the way back and rode it all the way with a smile on his face. It was so cute to watch him interact with his class and friends.

Flying a Kite with Dad

2011-04-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

A friend from play group gave us this kite and since we were able to get all the yard work done yesterday we took advantage of the 70 degree weather and wind by seeing how well it flew. Prestyn loved holding it and had fun feeling like a big boy while doing it. After watching them have doing it I of course took a turn and just as I was reeling it in a strong gust caught the kit shooting it out of my hands luckily I was able to case it down and Kevin was able to pull it out of the trees with no damage being done to it. Thank goodness we can continue to have more fun with it on a later time.

Random Pictures of Prestyn

2011-04-17T11:19:00.001-07:00

Two weeks ago we took a trip to Tyler for play group and went to the zoo so a few of these are from that and the others were an attempt to get pictures of prestyn by a really cool old train except he refused to look at me which has been the case lately every time I try I really need to invest in a quick shot camera where I can take several pictures in a few seconds.

Random Pictures

2011-04-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

While Holly and I were in Tyler we figured we would go see the rose gardens that they are so know for every year not to mention the pageant and parade as well. When we arrived at the convention center we noticed they had a museum filled with these manikins dressed in theses crazy outfits, of course Holly convinced me to go look and thank goodness we did because it was so funny. All of the dresses that you see here are for the 2010 pageant and you cant believe how detailed these things are. Holly and I could not believe that they actually wore these. One was a poodle, another a cotton ball, a mermaid, and then one the universe or something, you would never catch me dead wearing this stuff. Too bad the roses were just barely starting to bud because it would have been so cool to see the court house that they have all in bloom.

Boardwalk (Louisiana)

2011-04-17T10:47:00.000-07:00

Sunday we went to Bossier City which basically is Shreveport, Louisiana and walked around the boardwalk which is like an out door mall with different types of stores. Who cant resist trying on Marti Gras mask while being in the heart of the state that does it best. The one Holly has on in the picture she bought so next time she comes in town it will be during Marti Gras and she will be ready to go (obviously not happening anytime soon in the next 2 yrs). I live shopping here since they have outlet stores and regular children stores right next to each other makes shopping for Prestyn easy.

Dallas World Aquarium

2011-04-17T10:24:00.000-07:00

The plans for the day Holly flew in was to have lunch with Jeff Benson and his new wife Amy and then go to the Dallas World Aquarium before diving the 2 hours home. Which we did, but when most people would look at the map to see if they saw everything we waited till we got home and noticed we missed half of the Aquarium. although Holly and i both thought there was more neither of us said anything and we left which on our behalf the put the gift shop right in the middle of the whole thing and we thought it was done when we went through it. So because we both wanted to see the rest of it we went back the afternoon before she flew back out and we defiantly missed the coolest parts of it. Although it took us two separate days to see the whole thing it was really cool with the shark tunnel and the tree house theme. Not to mention some really cool animals that I have never seen anywhere before including these super creepy monkeys that looked like demands (seriously scary).

Zipline

2011-04-17T09:58:00.001-07:00

Saturday Holly and I went to canton and did the longest Zipline in Texas which was alot of fun, but could have been longer and possibly more challenging :) only because we rocked it and were the best there (no kidding). Hope mom and dad can make it this year because I am sure they will have fun on this also. I was glad Holly finally made it down after 2 years of promising and I hope she had as fun as I did, but doing anything would have been fine with me since I was in desperate need of a break and to get away from Prestyn and school work for a while. I am so thankful for Kevin who took days off to make this happen and stay home to watch Prestyn.

Weekend fun and new guests!

2011-03-17T11:21:00.000-07:00

Last week while Kevin was home it was time to get some yard work done! Prestyn was obsessed with playing on or riding around on the lawn mower all weekend. He had so much cutting the grass with daddy he got so comfortable in fact that he fell asleep while doing it and of course as I pull him off he starts screaming and wants back on. Kevin also put up the electric fence to bring home our new pet (Betsy) who is due in 4 months with a baby calf. she has been fun Prestyn was first terrified of her and now has wormed up unless she moo's then he starts crying, but he is getting better. Sunday while I was cleaning out the closets of things that needed to be moved to the shed Prestyn was in the sun room and I could here him dumping the range cubes for the cow in her tin. By the time I walked into the sun room with a tub he was gone as I waled outside he was walking towards Betsy with her food and she was waiting for him at the fence. it was too cute he gets so excited when it comes to feeding her he took it upon himself to do it on his own! He's going to be a good little farmer one day. Thankfully though Betsy is filling out now since she was too skinny when we got her and I am sure in no time she will be nice and fat and ready for her baby to come. I have contemplated on getting a bottle for Prestyn to feed the baby when it gets here, but well see what happens once it comes! For now she just like having a big dog around she gets so excited when she sees us bringing her range cubes hopping and jumping the whole way over to eat, She knows and responds to her name coming when you call her even if shes on the other side of the yard, She follows your every move when your inside the fence and loves being pet and payed attention too she moos at you as soon as you stop or walk away from her letting you know she was not ready to stop :)

New Shed Yay!

2011-03-17T11:09:00.001-07:00

I am very excited that we were finally able to get our shed to get all the extra crap out of our closets. I has provided so much storage in the upper shelves and once we get the work bench built it will also help to organize the tool sand clean up the space a lot more. We could do with out Kevin's dumb sign but I guess since I wont let him place it any where else around the house I could live with it there :) I tried to convince him that it would look better on the inside but he didn't buy it...lol. By next year i hope when we get all of our other projects done around the house we will put up a carport for the cars right next to it and paint it and the house to match so eventually it will all blend and look a lot nicer. I just can not believe how much they charge for these things it insane. Thankfully this was a repo and the prior owner only had it for 2 months so we got a discount on it.

Bounce House!

2011-02-24T15:03:00.000-08:00

I love going to Pump it up for play group it is such a great place to go when playing outside is not an option! Since I always forget my camera every time we have gone I finally remembered it and caught some cute videos of Prestyn he is fearless some times and it freaks me out, but as you can see he is loving every bit of it (as long as he is getting his way.) Today he was extra loud and crazy!! The slides are 2 different sizes one is a large slide and the other ex large neither one seemed to bother him and this is what he prefers to play on while we are there. He is becoming quite the little expert.

Projects Projects Projects

2011-02-15T15:27:00.000-08:00

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Its seems like I keep adding to the list of things needing to get done! After Prestyn's beautiful art work on the living room walls I decided that it was time for me to stop procrastinating and paint it like I have been wanting to the last few months, and finish prestyns room finally after 3 months of it being unfinished. I painted the living room in "toffee crunch" which of course looked totally different in the store, although it did not come out the way I was hoping I think it turned out pretty good still. I guess the true test will be when Kevin gets home and sees what he thinks of it. I am happy with the way prestyn turned out I loved the color of his wall, but it needed a second coat and I wanted to lighten it up a bit. Although you can not really tell in the photo I did a glaze wash over the top of it in a grey and then put the stripe down the center and added the vinyl letters. Since I am so indecisive on what I want to do with his room after he is out of the crib I figured this could go with anything I choose.

My Special Valentine

2011-02-15T15:21:00.000-08:00

Prestyn defiantly knows how to drive me crazy, but he also knows how to melt my heart. I was given this yesterday when I came to pick Prestyn up from school this was one of the project they did for valentines day and it could not be any cuter! I love it!

Valentine's Goodies

2011-02-12T10:34:00.000-08:00

I have been feeling really bad lately for Prestyn since everything for Valentines Day has MILK in it. I didn't really think to much of it until our party that we had for Valentines Day when all he could eat was fruit, while he watched the other kids eat muffins, sandwich's, and cupcakes around him. I hate that he has to be left out and in a sense a loner because of his food allergies. So while I was at the store I noticed Betty Crocker made gluten free cake mix and frosting so I bought some to make a special batch just for Prestyn to eat. So while he was down for a nap yesterday I made them so they would be ready to decorate when he woke up! He of course was more interested in eating the cupcakes except for a moment when he tried to get more red frosting on his cupcake to pick off and eat. Good thing we were making these for him since I'm sure no one would want to eat the frosting after he was sucking on the tip. We had fun though and even more importantly Prestyn was able to eat them :D

Beautiful Drawings :)

2011-02-04T09:53:00.001-08:00

This week was Prestyn's first week at school and these are his first two pictures that he did and brought home. I love them and I love how much he loves to color when we get home before we can put them on the fridge he has to finish coloring them. He gets so serious about it and does not like to switch colors. Since he eats crayons I have only been giving him the colored pencils, but since he discovered pens those lately are his favorite choices. I have been thinking about getting the markers and pints that only color on that special paper I really think he would love to use those.

This is how cold it is!!

2011-02-04T09:45:00.000-08:00

When I opened Prestyn's curtains this morning this is what I found! Yes that is ice formed on the inside of the window. I now know how Dana and Jared feel to a point I guess since our weather had only dropped to -5 and not any lower thank goodness. I did though almost end up locked out of the house though since when I got home and went to go unlock the side door the key hole was frozen over. Thankfully the front door under the porch was not other wise I would have been going to the store to buy a cordless hair dryer :) My favorite during this whole storm has been the comments that they have made on the news, last night in particular they said "It is colder in Texas than in Alaska". Just what you want to hear right!

We woke up to a suprise!!!!

2011-02-04T09:09:00.000-08:00

First Day of School

2011-01-31T13:40:00.001-08:00

So Excited about going to school!

Waking to the front door on his own

Prestyn is talking to his teacher before I walked in

Giggling at the little girl still laying sown

Prestyn had his first day at school (Mothers Day Out) and I was full of anxiety and fear that he would not do well 1 with me leaving which did cause some tears and 2 refusing to take a nap since he has never taken one outside of his crib. Although I was afraid and expecting the worse it went AWESOME!!! so great in fact that he did not want to come home and could have cared less that I was back :) There were some tears after I dropped him off and and a few while they changed stations (music, play bouncer) but, after being distracted was just fine. He ate great and even took a nap without a bottle which is huge his teacher said he was so excited to sleep on his nap mat. I am so relieved day 1 went great and I had a great day hanging out with Danielle and going to lunch, now I cant wait for Wednesday to come since I know he he loves going and does so well!!

Getting ready for school

2011-01-26T10:14:00.000-08:00

Never though I would be shopping for Prestyn and getting him supplies for school this early, but I am desperate for him to have somewhere to go during the week and he needs to learn some Independence since he wont even stay in nursery 10 min before there bringing him back to me. I did find this very cute nap mat for him during nap times amongst many other things. It really does take a lot of preparation to get him everything he will need for the 2 days a week he will be going. I not to sure who will be more excited me or him I think its a toss up!

Juice box-Check

Snack/food containers-Check

Nap pad-Check

Diapers/wipes-Check

Epi Pen-Check, Check

Family Day

2011-01-23T10:33:00.000-08:00

So yesterday we went to the zoo in Tyler. It was so fun Prestyn loved looking at all the different animals and maybe even more running around. We love this zoo because its not huge and busy, but all the animals are up close it almost gives you the sense your in their habitat. We had lunch at the food court and right next to your tables are the giraffes, elephants, and zebras it is so cool you can buy food and feed the giraffes in the deck right next to the food court. We did have a little guest for lunch though, this cute black squirrel was far from afraid he came and took a french fry right out of your hand and came back for more until Prestyn scared it off finally. The White Tigers were our favorite they are so beautiful and massive. shortly after taking the picture of the female in the tree the guy next to me was taking a picture on his phone and she claimed down and jumped on the glass like she was going to attack him. Scared both of us quit a bit, but it is so crazy how quick and how much force they have. Gave us even more of an example how big they are she made us look like dwarfs when she was against that glass. My favorite part of the zoo is the bird area where you can feed them and all the birds are flying around and climbing on you to get the food. After that we went to the gift shop and then to the mall to get Prestyn some more pants was such a great day we don't do enough activities like this and I am going to make an effort to have more of them especially now that Prestyn is getting older and can enjoy them as well.

Cabinet man :)

2011-01-23T10:23:00.000-08:00

Prestyn loves turning off lights or finding a dark room and closing the door lately. So when he discovered that he can do the same thing in the cabinet's he will not leave it alone. This is now a daily activity for him and he thinks is funny. He loves playing peek-a-boo so every once in awhile when I'm in the kitchen you'll here a BOO coming from the cabinet and a little giggle.

He is just so stinking cute some times!!!

First snow of the year 2011

2011-01-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

We just got our first snow 2 days ago so Kevin and I could not wait to get Prestyn dressed and out side to see his reaction. He did very good he loved the sound of the snow crunching under neath his boots, but we noticed that he would not touch the snow so when he fell down and finally felt it he did not like it one bit. He did great as long as his hands never had to touch it. He had gloves on and everything, but it did not make a difference. Of course the gloves did not stay on too long before he used his teeth to pull them off of him. The pic of Kevin with the lawn mower looks like he is mowing when in fact hes just moving it :) I managed to make a pretty good snow man this year while Kevin and I were out side attempting to finish the electric fence for the dogs. Let me tell you trying to handle fencing and dig a 80 foot trench to lay pipe for wire in the snow at 20 degrees is no fun and to think just 2 days before the weather was 50 degrees and beautiful.

Pre potty training

2011-01-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

I know this is premature, but I am hoping he catches on soon would love to not buy diapers! He loves sitting on it naked or clothed, but either way it is exciting to him this particular day he decided after wards was a good as any time to go riding on his 4 wheeler. he is suck a goof ball some times!

Waiting in line to see Santa

2011-01-12T09:03:00.001-08:00

I was not able to get a pic him and Santa which would have been of him screaming, but I though him with his hands behind his head calmly waiting was super cute!

Let the fun begin

2011-01-01T10:27:00.000-08:00

So since my camera is MIA I though I would share an update on whats been happening lately.
Usually Thursday is my favorite day of the week because we have play group and I get a chance to get out of the house and speak with actual adults while allowing Prestyn to play but because of the holidays the last 2 weeks I have been going crazy without it. Against my better judgement I decided to try taking Prestyn to the library for story time (even though he wont sit still for 1 page of a story book) I was hopeful that a different atmosphere would some how change that! WRONG although he was not horrible he refused to sit down and wanted to play on the chairs until he saw the library lady put out supplies for an New Years craft....this is where it all went wrong. Knowing that a 16 month old who insist that he should touch and get into everything saw the cups filled with confetti on the table and wanted it something fears. I tried to distract his attention with other things, but of course my attempts failed. By the time I was fed up and on my way out i had my hands full while holding one of his hands to leave while he decided to throw a screaming tantrum the whole way across the library while throwing him self on the floor repeatedly. Once he saw the doors he became happy again waving and telling everyone bye until I stopped him from going the wrong direction and the screaming and throwing him self to the floor again begun. I was so angry and reached my limit with his little fits that once I got between my car and another I spanked his butt before putting him in his seat while yelling at him for acting the way he did. My morning had only begun at this point after getting home and having him start all over again I decided to try time outs since he was too small before to grasp the concept. After warning him once and being ignored I walked him to his room and sat him on the floor this clearly was not going to work after having to place him back down several more times. So since he would not stay down I placed him in his crib and closed the door behind me while I walked out of the room. Of course the noise that echoed from his room were screams they slowly stoped after a minute or so. After walking back in to the room to only have him greeting me at the corner of his crib I asked him if he was done and ready to be nice only to be responded to with a head nod and a "yeah". You would have thought that I tried to kill him he gave me a kiss and a hug and would not let go after I placed him back onto the floor he broke down again sobbing like I have not heard in a long time since any other punishment is usually followed with a smile or giggle. He sadly walked himself into the hall still sobbing layed on the floor and buried his head and remained there for over 30 min until he finally decided he was ok and went outside to play. I thought his reaction to time out was quite funny, but relieved that finally something got my point across. I tried it again yesterday and it helped without the drama scene after, I am hopeful that maybe we can help correct his little fits to were they are few and far in between since I know I can not take it any more. Its funny how being placed in a room away from everything and everyone is more effective than spanking or taking things away......who knew :)

15 month update

2010-12-17T17:26:00.000-08:00

Today we went for Prestyns 15 month check up he is 27.06 lbs and 32 1/2 in long they say he is in the 80th percentile for his age. he now has all 4 of his molars and now his 2 bottom k-9's this will make 14 in all. I have noticed many changes in Prestyn lately not only has he become more demanding and discovering new things to climb on like the coffee table, but he is finding ways to get me to do what he wants like saying "food" when hes hungry or handing me his sippy and walking to the fridge when he wants a drink amongst a few others. His vocabulary has improved with new words "uh oh"," food", "boo", and "wow". These still remain to be the most used and favorite "yeah", "yay", "bye" he is growing so fast I cant believe the amount of change since last December sometimes i wish he was still my tiny baby and then thankful he's not. He does new things all the time he loves to ignore me for one but lately he has become quite the little butt, for instance today he was in his room watching his favorite show Yo Gabba Gabba and I walked in to tell him we were going bye bye and shut off the TV to then have only ignore me and reach over to turn it back on then turn back around to face me with a big smile on his face and clap saying "yay". I wanted to laugh, but was afraid he would think it was ok to do that he is such a terd if i could only get mad at him or punish him now with out him just giggling or laughing at me and then we will maybe have a day of where me punishing him successful. Its hard to not just laugh at him, but i have noticed his little tantrums getting worse when he does not get his way like throwing himself to the floor or screaming at the to of his lungs. I can not wait till Christmas morning though and see how he reacts to all the presents hopefully he will open them unlike his birthday where he just watched his dad do it for him. We are so blessed to have him in our family he brings such a fun and goofy personality into our lives he is always making Kevin and I laugh in the things he does. I cant imagine not having him here with us!

Playgroup Christmas Party

2010-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

Today we had our play group Christmas party everyone brought there favorite breakfast dish and then we decorated ice cream cones and Graham cracker houses. Since Prestyn would just crush the house as i was building it we did the tree. As expected he only was interested in stuffing his mouth full of candy. He could care less about anything else going on, thanks to the other kids placing sprinkles in his grip he filled his mouth with that too! Sometimes I am so grateful for Thursday to come around some weeks its my break and sometimes sanity from the daily kayos that my days can become. Its the small things like this that make my weeks better and the excitement as Christmas approaches.

I love my phones!!!

2010-11-12T13:38:00.000-08:00

"Hello Grandma and Grandpa, yes I would love for you to come visit me"

For those of you who can download apps you will have to try "talking tom cat" there is a free version and it is hilarious! Prestyn loves it just watch this video I caught of him the other day it was to funny not to film. Of course he is now in love with phones and walks around the house with it on his ear talking to who ever? The only thing he says though is "yeah" and "bye" its a very deep conversation. lol! I love the pause in between to drink his "soda" I guess this will just have to do since he's not allowed to have any and he is obsessed with the idea of it.

Daddy and Me

2010-11-12T13:35:00.001-08:00

Prestyn is glued to Kevin's side when ever he is home and wants to do everything he see's his daddy doing. I though these pictures were too cute.

Pumpkin carving

2010-11-12T13:06:00.000-08:00

Not too sure about this!

Yeah look at me!

Boo!

Prestyn and I were going to wait till Kevin got home, but as everything goes in his job nothing is a for sure thing. So since he stayed away 3 days longer than he was suppose too we could not wait any longer. Prestyn helped for all of 5 min. I think it turned out rather cute though.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-28T11:52:00.000-07:00

(Thankyou Lacey for taking these 2 pics I love them)

Sitting with Azure (only 3mos younger)

running thru the hay maze

licking the hay.....eeewwww

Hugging his pumpkin

Not to sure of the goat

We went to a pumpkin patch today for the play group that we had in our old ward it was very fun. Unlike the others around here that are crowded at cater to the older kids this one was made for smaller kids and not so crowded. Prestyn though was a bit grumpy and uncooperative hence the fact that he would not look at the camera. Towards the end though he fell into a bail of hay scratching his chin open in a few places and marks all up his face it went even more down hill from there, so we picked our pumpkins and went home for a nap. In between the break downs though we had fun and got a few cute pictures.

Trunk or Treat

2010-10-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

We went to Granny's church last night for a trunk or treat and carnival, lets just say I hope Halloween goes a lot better he was extremely tired and the weather started getting bad so we left after an hour Prestyn wanted to leave and we had tornado warnings going off despite the fact it started sprinkling. By the time I made it to Gilmer about 20 min from the house the tornado sirens were going off. Even though they are a precaution I hate hearing them freaks me out every time. So now that we had a trial run I am hoping he can enjoy and catch on to the whole concept of trick or treating a little better by Halloween.

Yamboree

2010-10-24T11:37:00.000-07:00

In Gilmer, TX the Yamboree it is a huge ordeal during the last week in October. Aside from the parade and carnival they have a quilt show, barn dance, beauty pageant, live stock show, and antique car show. It's so serious in fact that here in Gilmer they even make it a Holiday for the kids to be out of school for all the festivities. It's a fun 4 day event to get away from the daily routine and have a little family fun. Kevin was not able to attend this year, but it was still fun to go and Prestyn had a blast dancing and clapping to the parade going by.

Partying with friends

2010-10-24T11:29:00.000-07:00

One of the littel girls in the ward turned 4 last week so we went to celebrate and hang out with

all of our friends from our old ward.

Misc Pictures

2010-10-24T11:25:00.000-07:00

Bowling

2010-10-23T19:40:00.001-07:00

Our first attempt to go bowling with Prestyn was a success we had great doubt before we went, but he loved it.

PARTY

2010-10-23T19:18:00.001-07:00

Prestyns Party turned out good it was perfect weather for the park and things were nice and relaxed. Despite the fact that the night before more than half cancelled due to something (thx to Labor Day) we had a small turn out, but worked out just fine. We had Mexican food and enjoyed our friends company while stuffing our faces with the ton of cupcakes that we had ordered for all who RSVP thankfully no one rejected me sending plates home with them. Prestyn again wanted nothing to do with opening gifts but loved the wrapping. It's moments like these that makes it difficult to out of state so far away from family we missed and wished to see all of you there.

Prestyn's st Birthday

2010-10-23T19:09:00.001-07:00

I know these are late, but i am just now feeling like I can breath again so while I had time I wanted to post these for all to see. We had a small birthday celebration on his birthday with Andy and Danielle we took pictures to see the stages of the messy cake eating and what a mess it was. He was not sure what to do with his presents and of course the packaging was more fun!

Never too cold

2010-10-09T08:47:00.000-07:00

Prestyn was covered in dirt so I stripped him down and was going to hose him off to bring him in. Prestyn on the other hand had a whole new idea he was not going to give that hose up. Even though the water took his breath away and goose bumps were all over his body he was not going to let it stop him from having a good time. He screamed when I turned the water off and wrapped a towel around him I have never had him fight me so bad to get down, once he was free he booked it toward the door and down the stairs still nude to play in the water. When that failed he threw himself into the dirt and growled as he covered himself once again in dirt!!!!

1 Years Old!

2010-09-01T13:20:00.001-07:00

I went today to get Prestyn his 1yr pictures I think so many of these turned out too cute! I have so many more but I chose a few of my favorites or one where I thought the back ground looked cool. Hope you enjoy will post more of his birthday party after Saturday can't wait I know it will turn out and be a blast.

A day at the park

2010-08-27T13:38:00.000-07:00

Life seems to be getting busier with a little boy who is everywhere and into everything no drawer, cabinet, or toilet is safe. We try to keep him out of as much as we can and it usually works for a short time until he gets smart and figures it out. Prestyn will be 1 in a week and a half I still can not believe it is already here. I don't feel like its been that long since he was born. This year has held so many surprises for us many are new exciting events in our lives such as buying our first home, but others not so good with Prestyn being sick quite a bit and Kevin's knee surgery. We have made it thru and are doing great though. Next Saturday is Prestyns party which should be a blast and the last event we will have in our house in Longview, it will be a little bitter sweet. Since it has been so hot and humid more so than normal this year we have not done a lot of things outside. Thankfully mother nature gave us a break these last few days and the weather has been gorgeous. The last few night and mornings have been in the 60's so to take advantage of it we went to the park this morning. The weather could not have been any nicer it was in the 70's and shaded in the play area. Prestyn loved the slide and climbing the stairs. He did at one point eat a wood chip (eeewww) I tried catching him in time, but was not successful. I find it funny that at any age kids think its fun to load the bottom of the slide up with sand or wood chips! I hope we get more days like this and the weather is just as nice next Saturday for the party. I thought i got a bunch of cute pictures today and wanted to share with all of you.

Silly Boy

2010-07-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

Prestyn just learned how to do this today I though it was too cute since he just walked up to me and started doing it. He cracks me up he loves discovering new noise's and things to do. his other favorite noise right now is to growl at you that's Kevin and his little thing right now!

Prestyn Walking (day 3)

2010-07-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Please ignore the mess of toys and clothes prestyn dragged from my pile of clothes I was just folding. As always my living room looks like a tornado riped through it called Prestyn. Even picking up is a lost cause since he comes right up behind me and dumps it back out. I don't normally get a clean living room until he goes to bed or during nap time. I hope though you enjoy watching this as much as I do, It's so exciting to see him doing this and sad at the same time since he's growing up so fast. I guess this just means that we need to try for a little girl soon....lol (not) sorry Madison I don't think it's ever going to happen Prestyn has we going crazy now cant imagine adding another one!

Birthday Wreath

2010-07-27T17:24:00.000-07:00

So you ask what can you do with 300 balloons well here is what I did. I am going to basically go with the balloon theme since I can just add pretty much anything I want to it! I saw this on howdoesshe.com which can I just is my new favorite site. My thumb is bruised and sore after pushing all the "U" shaped pins in, but it looks like my pain and suffering turned out pretty cute. The best thing of all is I can continue to use it for birthdays which is a bonus for how much it cost to make!!!!

Eeks

2010-07-27T05:58:00.000-07:00

Just in case you cant read the writing on the invitation it says " One candle on the cake. On September 4th, don't be late! Our baby's wish, he's turning one. Is that you'll be there for all the fun."

Prestyn just started walking 2 nights ago he is a little boy on a mission now Its so funny to watch him he is so proud of himself every step gets a squill of joy! He also last week cut in 2 more bottom teeth so this now makes 8 teeth by 10.5 months old. Time is going by so fast right now I am just trying to plan his 1st birthday I made is invitations all by myself and bought some of his party decorations I really hope it turns out cute. Were going to have a barbecue at a park by our house with some family(very little) lol! Lots of great friends from work and church here's a peek at the invitations and what his birthday decor will be tried making it simple and basic so I can add what ever I want later to it.

I know one thing I can do with out though these days are his screaming tantrums over nothing and everything Sunday we had enough of it and he got spanked it was kind of comical since he stoped screaming and sat against the wall with his lip out his hands crossed and whimpering wanting someone to feel bad for him this worked for a while till the screaming began again about a hour later.....I'm thinking of investing in ear plugs!

Moms new gun

2010-07-26T18:23:00.000-07:00

Kevin bought mom a hot pink BB gun so she could shoot and kill all the birds getting to the fruit trees and garden. Mom's expression was too funny these pictures did not capture it well enough. GO MOM!!

Eclipse Trilogy

2010-07-26T18:19:00.000-07:00

I went to the Eclipse Trilogy with Marissa I had so much fun I have never done anything like this before and may not do it again, but it was so fun I did not make it home till after 3:30am I was so tired the next day thankfully Kevin got up with Prestyn so I did get a little more sleep.

Bath Time

2010-07-26T18:12:00.001-07:00

I love bath tub picture's! Rowen joined Prestyn this night to help bring down his fever poor baby was cutting his first teeth and was miserable. I think Rowens and Prestyn's expressions are funny Rowens just inspecting everything and Prestyn as always is happy and chewing on something. For being 3 months apart these to are dang near identical in size! It's so funny to see these two together and how much a few months can make a difference in how much their alike and different.

The Children's Museum

2010-07-26T17:55:00.001-07:00

Mom and I took the kids to the Children's Museum in Mesa. None of us have been there before and it was fun of course Jayden and Madison were not interested in most of the things there until we showed them what it did, then of course they had fun and liked it. The coolest thing had to be the black light caulk bored room I want one now in my own house! the room with all the blocks seemed to be the biggest hit! Unfortunately there was a rude employee who had a issue with Madison and Jayden

playing like they were and yelled at them then told me Prestyn had to leave if he did not have shoes. Thankfully she disappeared before I jumped in her face after she left we had fun again and the girl that was their working was egging on Jayden and Madison, not sure what the other chicks issue was.

July AZ trip

2010-07-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

The kids were shooting the BB guns first I loved how into it Jayden got every time he was crouched down and so determined to hit his target.

Madison was loving shooting the Shot Gun and shot everyone of her targets

We took our Summer trip up to Arizona to see the kids and family, these are a few pics from our trip. I know I am a little behind on posting, but been busy or to lazy to upload. We were out at Uncle Jacks in Queen Creek just a bit up the road from his house. Unfortunately it got darker faster than we were expecting so the boys and kids went back out that following morning. We also road Quads that night before going shooting. We had so much fun that night even the kids had a blast! Of course a day is not complete without the fights towards the end! Jayden also ended up hurt after shooting the Shot Gun he had his face too close to the gun and when it jerked back it smashed into his nose causing it to bleed a little but all was ok nothing more serious even though we could not get him to shoot it again. We were shocked at how well they did!

New First's

2010-07-11T12:21:00.000-07:00

Well Prestyn is growing up faster than I think I am prepared for I know their are some things I'm eager to see him grow out of, but others I wish would stay a little longer. Prestyn has officially taken his first 4 steps this week all by himself and with out anyone begging him. I was shocked to watched this since we usually have to trick him into it. He has not seem to make much more progress than this, but I am sure that he will soon enough. Prestyn is so busy sometimes when I loose him in the house all I have to do is go into the bathroom. He loves hanging out in there whether its to sit and wait for us to get out of the shower or to just explore the new things he can do. Today he discovered that he can turn on the water in the bath tub, I could have stopped him before he did it but it was too funny to watch him. Not so funny though when dad is in charge and he wanders in to the bathroom taking the rolls of toilet paper and dunking them in the toilet. Gross I know, three rolls later and after I asked Kevin where Prestyn was he was not a happy camper since his fun had been interrupted. The only good thing was I had just got done cleaning the bathroom and toilet. I like to call him my little tornado since every room he wanders in ends up looking like one came thru after he leaves. I feel like I am loosing an endless battle with his toys in the living room since he dumps everything out and just swishes his hand thru it to spread it out as far as possible. He would rather make a mess than play with the toys most the time since he's usually following me around like a leach and wining if I am not caring him around everywhere I go. Heaven forbid I walk by and ignore him you would have though I stepped on him with the way he acts. None the less I love him and don't know what I would do with him not around with all the quiet and lack of something to do! Soon I know I'll have a neither set of problems especially since he will turn 1 in September. Makes me sad just thinking about it!

AAAAHHHHH

2010-06-12T17:21:00.000-07:00

I know every mom goes thru this and I'm not the only one, but I lately cant stand my child! I know that's horrible for me to say, but he is in a stage right now where nothing makes him happy and he just wines just because he can. I loved it when he learned how to say "momma" can I just say I never thought I would be so sick of hearing on word. I know it will pass, but not having Kevin ever home and also trying to get my homework done for my classes is really taking a toll. I need to find a outlet during the week to allow me a break and something fun for Prestyn. I cant wait until this clingy stage is over I just hope it's soon for both mine and Prestyn's well being. I LOVE BEING A MOM.....lol

9 Months

2010-06-04T10:58:00.001-07:00

Prestyn is now 9 months old man how time flys. We saw the Dr on Wednesday and thankfully he does not need any shots till hes 1, so they just took his height and weight and made sure he was healthy. He is now 30 inches long and weighs 22lbs 4oz, he is in the 80th percentile for his age group. He is such a big boy and growing soo fast. Since my last update he had started crawling at 7 months and at the same time started pulling himself up on everything he could find. About a week after that he had found his legs and loves to cruse around......as much as I can do anyways! He is so curious and everything is his toy. He is a pro at walking around the furniture and shifting to different ones without having to climb down! My worst fear also came true today Climbing.....yep climbing I just found him dangling off his highchair and of course before I could grab him he fell thankfully unhurt and not faced since their was not even a cry or whimper from him (only the ones coming from me :)

I don't think I'm ready for whats to come ones he does

decide to start walking on his own which I'm sure is not too far off since his balance improves everyday and barely needs much assistance now.....I'm just ready for his teething to be done with he now has 6 teeth 2 on the bottom and 4 on top with the other 2 on bottom starting to show signs of possibly coming in soon! Cant wait till its all over with he is not pleasant to be around when he's in pain.

Visit at Grandmas

2010-06-04T10:34:00.001-07:00

We went 3 wks ago to Kevin's mom's house in Gladewater to one so Kevin could help bleed her boyfriends breaks on his truck, but to also see his Grandpa. Prestyn was a busy busy baby that day he had just started crawling and shortly after that had decided he would rather be on his feet. He was not happy unless he was cruising around.....man that really kills a back too. Since he was so busy we ended up having to create a makeshift play pen....can we say red neck! It didn't matter to Prestyn though and it helped to give us a break from the walking........thank goodness. I love the picture with the boots I think it's too cute. This was JJ who is the son of Dean (mom's boyfriend).

First Day Prestyn Attenpted to Walk

2010-06-04T10:08:00.000-07:00

Busy Busy Busy

2010-05-12T14:30:00.000-07:00

Prestyn has just in the last 2 days got a hang of crawling! He at this point though will only crawl far enough to find something to climb on or pull himself up. Today that was the vacuum cleaner, coffee table, and entertainment center. I did get him to make it down the hall which was a long process since he would stop and sit a few times on the way. He though is good at getting into things he should not! I have tried baby proofing, but theirs almost so much that you can do. I have gated, blocked, moved, and pack in the closet all I can, but some how it is just not enough. I am enjoying the new steps that he is taking and watching him grow, I almost cant believe how big he has gotten and how old he seems to me it makes me so sad when I see how tiny he was I loved just holding him and cuddling. He though cant sit still long enough for me to enjoy a good coddle, but I know he's excited about all the things he is able to do it doesn't make it any easier though.

8 months

2010-05-02T05:32:00.000-07:00

Prestyn is 8 months old today. Man how time fly's before I know it will be September and he will be the big 1! Just in the last few weeks he has changed so much, he just began to feed himself finger foods, he has almost figured out the crawling (still a little rusty, but figuring out the hand-leg movement) he is starting to pull himself up on things and standing up on all four. This kid is not satisfied with just crawling he wants to crawl, stand, and pull him self on things all at the same time:) I hate bed time though right now naps are horrible he wants to scream and throw a fit for thirty min until I can go in there and get him to stay laying down and relax, except yesterday Kevin was home and refused to let me go in there. It kills me I cant just sit down and listen to him screaming even though I know it not helping, but rather making it worse. Prestyn though was going to see it thru yesterday 1 hr and 20 min he screamed until he finally stoped. lets just say when he woke up he was a little horse getting better though he is not crying as bad or as long today so I guess its helping. Still does not make it any easier.

7 months update

2010-04-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

Prestyn has changes so much in the last few weeks, he cut his top two teeth last week which now makes 4 that he has and he finally started putting himself in the crawl position where he's rocking back and forth. Still not crawling, but he is able to pull him self around a bit enough I should say to start getting into things! He is now 20.04 lbs and 28.25 inches long and still growing. Yesterday I went shopping and spent the day baby proofing the house still have a bit more to do, but Mr. busy butt yesterday got into his first thing...can you guess yeah that's right straight to the entertainment center. He was able to unwedge the case with all the movies in it and was flipping through the pages trying to pull out the pictures of the movies. He was so proud of himself for doing this. He also managed to pull down one of my silk plants on top of himself this morning and pulling out my school stuff from underneath our coffee table. Man do I have my work cut out for me with this one I'm sure he's going to be busy busy busy. Here are a few pictures of Prestyn in the last few days discovering the new things in his world that he thinks are for his entertainment. Got to love it!

Picacho Peak

2010-04-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

So the day before we left we traveled about 1hr to Picacho Peak. Can I just say this was a interesting outing. So we were suppose to be going up to see all the wild flower, but with our luck we missed it by 1 week (story of my life). We still decided to go though knowing there would be a play ground and cave for the kids and the ranger told us before we went that the trails were stroller friendly (huh)! Yeah so we ended up 4 wheeling with the strollers trying to get to the cave and of course not expecting a mountain hike Dana and I wore sandals, yeah it was pretty comical. Other than the work out up the mountain it was pretty fun and we got some cute pictures out of it.

My first swim

2010-04-26T17:57:00.000-07:00

Prestyn went swimming for the first time during our trip to AZ. The water was still real chilly, but not unbearable and after a while in it felt fine. Prestyn though did not seem to mind even though his cousin Rowen who is 3 mos younger than him touched it with his toes and wanted nothing else to do with it. It was funny though to see how Prestyn reacted I would have to say that I was surprised a bit by it, I was some what expecting the cold water to bother him. I cant wait till we do mommy and me lessons this year I know Prestyn will love it.

Big Sister

2010-04-24T07:08:00.001-07:00

I love seeing Madison every time I come down

she is such a cute little girl and she loves her baby brother, she's like a little mommy when she comes around. Madison, Ava and Dylan all had fun playing in the water in the backyard, but we were going to be seeing a movie so Madison had to wear my pj's while her clothes dried she was having fun dress up with the necklaces and role playing she was so funny.

Freestone Park

2010-04-24T06:49:00.000-07:00

Mom, Dana, Kristy, and I all took the kids to freestone park to ride on the train and the other rides that they have there it was fun up until I got sick from riding the carousal. I should have known better, but I wanted Prestyn to ride it. The funny thing about it is he was sitting up strait holding on to the pole and every round we went he sank lower and lower Dana and I were laughing because it was funny little did we know he was doing it because he was getting sick:( I found that out later after we got off and he threw up a little poor baby! Luckily though it passed and he was just fine. We hung out and waited for the other kids to ride the other rides and then we went onto the train which was kinda fun other than it was a little warm that day, but not too bad. You could definitely tell it was spring since their was baby ducks everywhere they were so cute and Ava and Dylan were so excited to see them.

Visiting a friend

2010-04-24T06:43:00.001-07:00

I went to go visit Danae (Fish) while i was there and to see her little boy Mathew. These were the only moments that Prestyn was happy since after this Mathew took everything away from Prestyn and he had a cow! He did not understand why someone was being so mean, his feelings were so hurt that day.

Some Burros

2010-04-24T06:32:00.000-07:00

One of the nights while we were in AZ a bunch all of us including the Millers got together to have dinner. I thought these were some cute and funny pictures of dad and Prestyn eating.

Family Love

2010-04-23T19:13:00.000-07:00

I don't know why, but one morning Dylan woke up and decided that Prestyn was going to become his wrestling buddy. It was the funniest think I was sure Prestyn would get up set, but he loved every bit of it. As you can see Dylan wrapped his legs around Prestyns neck and was tossing him around I love these pictures and think they are absolutely hilarious. After he got done doing this Dylan also though it was fun to sit on Prestyns lap and he again didn't mind just attacked Dylan's head and laughed. These two were so funny to watch and even funnier to see Prestyn enjoying it as much as he did. Who knew at 7 mos he would find wrestling around so funny. Man do I have my work cut out for me when he gets older.

Zoom Zoom Zoom

2010-04-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

After the nightmare of missing our first flight to Arizona I was luckily only suck in Dallas for a neither 2hrs in which Prestyn enjoyed playing on the toys next to our terminal. I would have to say though the best part of it all was we got our own row. Thanks to the fact that the plane was only half full and prestyn loved it hard to say who enjoyed it more me or him :). Anyways the flight went great like they all have so far with him and he got to lounge in his own big seat. I just have to say though I think he intentionally sticks his tongue out in pictures, it's his signature pose!

Zoo Trip

2010-04-23T18:03:00.000-07:00

Prestyn and I went to Caldwell zoo in Tyler with Danielle and the kids. It was a smaller wildlife zoo, but was a lot of fun and of course Collin had to visit the petting zoo. Prestyn was not interested in those gross stinky goats, but it was worth a try. It was a beautiful day out and was really cool being able to experience all the animals up at a closer view than you would normally get to see at a large zoo. the funniest thing about it was as I was taking pictures of the lions and the male decided to mount the female talk about see nature up close and personal. They didn't have a large variety, but at least had the basics and a few extra ones I have never seen.

Easter 2010

2010-04-23T17:36:00.001-07:00

So this was Prestyn's first Easter we were in Arizona for it and had all the grand kids there for a egg hunt in Grandma Pam's back yard. I was not the most successful attempt since Prestyn was more interested in eating his bag then the eggs let alone hunt for them, but we tried.

Button Nose

2010-04-23T17:31:00.001-07:00

I am so in love with this adorible little boy, I can not imagine anything cuter than this. I am so blessed to be his mommy!

Bell's Palsy Update

2010-02-25T17:07:00.000-08:00

So the last week and a half I have been going to see a acupuncturist and can I say I love it. The steroids were doing nothing except making me feel like crap and giving me a bunch of side effects. Why anyone would willingly want to do that to themselves is beyond me. I had no improvement on them. the first acupuncture appointment I could tell a difference in my pain on the left side of my face. The second appointment I was able to feel some movement in my muscles which I could not feel before and later that night I was slightly able to move my left eye more. The next morning I was able to form my mouth and whistle again I was so excited. Ive been 2 more times and I have more control of my left eye and half my smile forms on the left side I still have paralysis but its getting better and I am so excited. If I knew acupuncture would work this well I would have done it from the very beginning. Its not so noticeable now and I am emotionally recuperating from the dark cloud that hung over me since I was diagnosed. I am so glad my life seems to be getting back to normal a little at a time anyway. I just want to thank all my friends and family that has showed me so much love and support I love you all and am so happy you are all a part of my life. The biggest support came from my awesome husband who continued to tell me how much he loved me and help me through it even though at times I was a blubbering idiot and emotional wreck. Without his support I don't know what I would have done. So thank you Kevin for loving me!!!!

Bath Time

2010-02-23T12:43:00.001-08:00

I was trying to find something new for Prestyn during bath time and found this. I love it and so does Prestyn its his own mini tub that floats in the bath like a raft. I am also able to flip it around and we can use it as a hammock. Its kind of like a floating bean bag

Cool Dude

2010-02-23T12:39:00.001-08:00

I loved the picture that Tarah sent of rowan in his sun glasses. I found these yesterday and could not pass them up I love the faces he' s making he surprisingly didn't try to remove them. He was at first trying to look thru them from the top it was pretty funny.

Wakeing up daddy!

2010-02-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

Prestyn loves waking up daddy he thinks its funny to climb all over him all up until he slides off and doesn't know how to get back up yet. I'm sure its just a matter of time well be wishing for these days back.

Prestyn's First Snow Day

2010-02-13T05:56:00.001-08:00

Prestyn experienced snow for the first time yesterday! He actually really seemed to like it I only had him out for a moment since I did not have proper attire for him to be out their any longer and all his shoes wont fit on his fat feet. While he was watching a movie on the laptop I hurried out side and made a very sat excuse of a snow women I liked to call Frostett. He was very interested in the snow as you can see he slid down the snow women and thought it was funny! I especially love the curly green locks she is sporting!!! :)

Snow day from Hell

2010-02-13T05:33:00.001-08:00

So I'm normally very excited about snow, but I had a change of heart! Yesterday we received about 16", to start my morning off at 5am we lost power. Not only was it a inconvenience, but it was also very traumatizing for Prestyn as well. Can you imagine 5 mos old not being able to watch your shows in the morning :). Yes heaven forbid he was not able to watch TV, to put it nicely he was one angry child. So since their was no power, no heat, and nothing I could do and unprepared I had to do the one thing I did not want to do, Leave the house. I got both of us ready headed out the door and up the street to walmart to my surprise (not) they were out of everything not one propane heater in the store even all the regular ones were gone. I also was trying to find a power source to run some heaters off of, nothing. So to Lowe's we go again to my surprise nothing. I did find a converter that I bought and hooked up to the car battery to run one heater and the laptop for Prestyn it seemed as if it was going to work until I realized after 2 hrs of having to idle the car I could not run the converter with out the car on. I will say though I have never seen a happier baby the moment the computer turned on and a movie showed up he was laughing smiling and bouncing in his bouncer like a crazy nut!!!! Had to be one of the funniest things Ive ever seen until the laptop shut off when I turned the car off and then the water works started again. I ended up buying a generator and running the fridge a few heaters and of course the TV and satellite for Prestyn. That generator gave me 7 hrs of a happy baby since he had his TV back again. Thank goodness the power was restored about 8 pm so we didn't have to worry about heat or anything else. Cant tell you how close I was to going to a hotel! Man I don't know how Dana, and Kristy or anyone else deals with this on a more often basis and way more snow then this. NOT FOR ME!!!!!

Monkey Butt

2010-02-13T05:22:00.000-08:00

I love these new PJ's I found in a magazine. They are the butt flap long johns whith a monkey on the butt and it has Prestyn's name on it. They are even cuter on him!