Merry Christmas

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The Slatons

Time Line of Pictures

Holiday Fun

Trying Mamaw's Sweet Potatoe Casserole...YUMMY!!!

Loving Grammy's 'Orange Stuff'

Me and my cousins...we're becoming good buds.

Kissin' Cousins

8 Months Old

My little baby is 8 months old today! He is so fun! His favorite activities right now are taking splashy bathes, crawling everywhere and pulling whatever he can off of desks and shelves, hunting down any plugs that don't have covers, pulling on cords, watching the dogs, sitting in momma's lap and touching her face and pulling her hair, laughing at daddy, and most of all watching videos and looking at pictures of 'Baby Preston'. He likes to pet my hand while feeding and if my hand moves, he won't stop searching for it till he's found it...he makes us laugh. He starts to cry if the dogs are playing rough and barking...poor baby. He's saying "Momma." He's got 3 bottom teeth and one top tooth. He weighs 19 lbs. 2 oz. He's very inquisitive and curious which is already getting him into trouble. His favorite foods right now is pretty much any fruit, puffs, Good Evening-Ham, Rice and Pineapple, but not green veggies. He's drinking water out of a sippy cup. He's falling asleep right away when I'm putting him down for bed and sometimes when I put him down for a nap. He's still very attached to momma, but that's ok because momma is very attached to him, too!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

This momma is thankful for her lil' turkey!

Thank you Lord for this beautiful baby boy who has brought such joy to our family. He is a true blessing and miracle. May you bless his life and protect him. Guide us as you have given us such a great responsibility to raise this perfect gift. Thank you so much for our family, our health, and for the sacrifice that you made for us.

He's loving his teething feeder! We've been thinking that for Thanksgiving dinner, we'd put a little bit of turkey in it for him. I'm sure he would enjoy it! We'll take pictures of him eating his first Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's...and just for fun, we bought him some baby food jars of Sweet Potatoes and Turkey Dinner--MMmmmm!

Just Too Sweet

This face is just too sweet! He's my little sugarbooger!

At 7 1/2 months, Preston is weighing 18 lbs. 15 oz. He's wearing his 9 month clothes pretty well. I'm afraid he's growing too fast! I didn't plan on him being in 12 month clothes till late winter. Maybe he'll slow down....maybe!

7 Months Old

Now that Preston is 7 months, he's cruising the floor and getting into everything. He loves to crawl over to the window or back door and look outside at the dogs and crawl over to the entertainment center and pull out the CDs and DVDs. When he's mad or upset he'll crawl over to me and pull himself up on my leg and just cry to be held. He's going to be dramatic like his Momma, I'm afraid. Also, he's been saying, "Mamamama.." This is the first time we've heard him say any "M" sound so I don't know if he's saying it on purpose or not, but he usualy says it when he's in his crib crying.
We are getting closer and closer to eating real food. On Monday, he started drinking a little water out of a sippy cup and ate/gummed a few 'baby' rice puffs.

Playing Outside

Crawling over to the CDs

Just lookin' pretty

Smarty Pants

Preston's new hobby this week is to bang on the back door and scare Runtly. It's so funny!

Please get me out of here! It's so sad. Now that Preston can stand up, he gets stuck. He knows how to get up but can't quite figure out how to get down.

Daddy is taking a study break to play with Preston.

Highchair Time

Preston's highchair came in on Tuesday so he was able to eat like a big boy in his chair. Yeah!! So fun!! I love the brown. I think this will be a wonderful highchair for our other babies...either girls or boys.

He's been sticking his tongue out a lot lately. It's so cute! I know in a few years we will be like, "Put that thing back in your mouth!"

Growing Up So Fast

Is he really suppose to be pulling up so fast? He's only 6 1/2 months old!!! Where has the time gone? He's changing everyday...right before my eyes!!!

We Love Bath Time!

Preston loves his baths! I hope he always loves his baths. He stays entertained for a long time. He has learned to splash. He will splash with his arms, but sometimes he will start kicking his feet. It scares me to death because he'll get so squirmy that he'll slip down into the bath. I grab him up before he goes too far, but it scares me!!

Active Little Boy!

On Sunday, Preston started crawling. We got out the video camera and caught him on video crawling over to Dustin on the couch and the next thing we know he was pulling himself up to his feet. We were so shocked! He hit two milestones at the same time. Since then, we've taken things off of our lower shelves and even taken a few shelves out. He's a little stinker! I'll try to take a picture of him crawling this week.

Now that he can sit up, he looks so sad peering over his crib crying.

We had to make the bottom of the book shelf a toy shelf because he was pulling everything off of it. He's excited to have his own place.

He's pulling up to his knees on almost everything.

Texas State Fair

On October 9th, we went to the State Fair with my parents, Mamaw, and my aunt and uncle. It was a lot of fun. Aunt Mary took Preston around the petting zoo, we got to check out all the new cars, and Mamaw really enjoyed holding Preston. Dustin tried the fried Snicker bar and it was REALLY good!!! It tasted like a really really good cookie. When we were leaving I was going to go by and try the fried Jelly Bellies, but the place had already closed. I was so curious to what they tasted like. The big thing this year was the chicken-fried bacon...a lot of people said it was good but we just didn't care to try it. I wonder what next year's big 'fried' thing will be?

We love JEEPS!!!!
Nothings coming to my left. Let's go! Rrrummmm rrrumm!
I can see over the steering wheel, daddy! I'm ready to drive!
Yea, dad and I look good in this Challenger! Can I have it, mom?

(Sure, you can have a 2008 Challenger when you are 16 years old in 2024.)

Six Months Old!!!

Yesterday was Preston's 6 month old birthday! Time sure does fly by so fast! We thought we would celebrate by getting him a few little 6 month old toys and we baked a cake (any excuse for cake). I weighed/measured him yesterday and he weighs 17 lbs. and 14 oz. and is 26.5 inches long. On Tuesday, we woke up to find that Preston's hair was lying flat. It has always stuck straight up in the air.

He did NOT like us putting the bows on his head...he's all boy!!

Today, he decided that since he was 6 months old, he is old enough to sit up by himself. So that's just what he did all day today.

Cute baby! Check out the bubble on his chin....ha ha!!

Da da da da OhhHHH

Lil' Stinker

Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. I've got a lil' stinker on my hands. For example:
He's rolling all over the place and getting into everything....including my stack of coupons I had all organized!

He's making a face everytime he eats baby food. I was thinking he just didn't like sweet peas, but he makes this face after his first bite of food. However, he still eats it all. (What a mess he makes!)

Look at the floor....um YA, that's what it is!!!! For some reason he's been pooping out of his diaper lately, but only once has it been THIS bad.

Like I said, he's rolling everywhere. When we were at my parent's we looked down and he was 'hiding' between the table and entertainment center.
His first 'shiner'. He rolled over to the bookshelf and pulled a picture frame down on his eye. I think I cried more than he did.

Mini Vacation

Labor Day at the Slaton's

We took a longer weekend for Labor Day and visited Dustin's parents. It was such a nice visit. Michele (Dustin's mom) always has the house so welcoming. She has a cute set up with Classic Pooh decor for Preston and it's so nice that we don't have to take everything with us when we go. Also, Dennis (Dustin's dad) is an amazing cook so we ate really well while we were there. Preston got to see his Aunt Meagan and Uncle Matt for the second time. He was only 6 weeks old last time he saw them so it was really good to see them again.

September 1st, Preston turned 5 months old. He's weighing about 16 lbs. 9 oz. He's starting to make a clicking/smacking noise with his tongue. We will copy-cat him and he just smiles like he knows we are messing with him. He's trying REALLY hard to sit up. He's rolling over like crazy. We have to hold him down when changing his diaper because he'll just roll right off the table. He loves to laugh and when we really get him going he makes us laugh so hard. He's been eating his cereal better but he still has room for improvement. It still gets all over his face and hands before we are done. We found out that if he's cranky, we just need to go outside with him. He LOVES to be outside. He's all boy!!

Preston's Island

Just sit back, take your shoes off....imagine your toes in the sand, the smell of salty air and the sound of the waves crashing.

Let's go to the beach....in Preston's Room!!

Preston love relaxing in his tropical room.