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