8+ Months

Better late than never! Preston had his first golden birthday on January 8th when he turned 8 months. Lucky for him, he shared this "birthday" with Grandma Karen. 

What is Preston up to? 

Crawling

Pulling up

Cruising 

Learning to feed himself 

Trying out the sippy cup & drinking from a straw 

Teething, teething & more teething  

Many parents at daycare, including me, consider this a rite of passage when you baby starts pulling up & standing at the doorway. 

Feeding himself Puffs & Mum-mums. 

Did I mention that he's teething? Bubbas has cut 8 teeth since the beginning of December. Literally, all 4 on top have cut through at the same time in addition to the bottom 4. I've actually caught him try to chew on the brick fireplace! 

A sweet note from his teacher Ms. Tee...

No matter how many toys we put in front of him, he always makes his way to Eloise & her ponies. 

As of last week, Preston is no longer the baby on Brad's side of the family. Aunt AJ & Uncle Brian welcomed baby Brooke on January 14th. 

Preston is a lucky boy to be surrounded by all these girls! 

Everyday Preston seems to get more hair. It's coming in light brown & blonde right now. It's so weird to picture him with hair as opposed to his big beautiful bald head.  

Our Christmas Highlights

Any holiday is better when you have kids to share it with but Christmas is the best!  Eloise really bought into the magic of Christmas this year.  It was such a delight to see how much she enjoyed everything leading up to the big day. We had so much introducing the Elf of the Shelf this year and look forward to lots of fun with Lyla Zig Za in the years to come!

In case you missed any of our fun with Lyla the Elf.  Click HERE.

Christmas Eve at Grandpa Carrot & Papa Kevin's House

Auntie Lo started a tradition of making a Gingerbread house with Eloise right after her 1st Christmas.  As you can see, there was more candy eating than candy decorating going on with Eloise. 

 As Eloise said on Christmas morning, "He came!"

 Christmas Day with Grandma Sandy & Papa Mike

 One of the Christmas traditions is a grab bag/white elephant gift exchange.  I picked up this Christmas photo prop set for one of my gifts and it was a hit!

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas & wish you a Happy New Year!!

                                   

Christmas Cookies with Grandma Carrot

Since Eloise's 1st Christmas, my mom aka Grandma Carrot has dreamt of making Christmas cookies with her just like how we did as kids with our Grandma and she did with hers.  Last year was their first year and Eloise had a blast.  She couldn't wait to do it again this year.  Her memory blows my mind because she remembered many of the same instructions that Grandma gave her when it came to making the cookies.  

 Thank God someone is watching that baby! 

Whatever will you do Grandma while your cookies cool? 

 We asked Eloise which was her favorite cookie. She said, "the blue one!"

 Here are the 2 sheets that Eloise decorated herself or dictated to Papa Kevin to do.