Preslie's birthday party!

We had a party a couple weeks before sweet P turned one. I already feel bad that her birthday date is the worst! I'm sure there will be lots of early or late birthday parties in the future. We had so many amazing friends come out and party with us. We love each of you so much! Here are a few pictures of celebrating our favorite one year old.

 

 

 

I've gotta say I have never seen a baby enjoy her birthday cake so much. She takes after her mama!

9 Months!

Kind of a scary picture this month, lovebug. That's the best we could do since you sit up so well now and all you want to do is wiggle and reach for things. At 9 months old you are still in the 6th percentile for weight, and still around the 25th for height. You were pretty delayed in your developments so we took you to see a pediatric neurologist this month. You were still sleeping like 19 hours a day, weren't able to sit on your own (until 9.5 months), and were randomly throwing up your baby food. We had your blood drawn (most traumatic moment of my life), got some urine samples (that was interesting) and the test results came back normal for now. We will go back in a few months and do the same thing if we don't see major improvements. Here's to hoping you kick it into gear and start making some changes! We love you regardless and have kind of loved your snuggly, non crawling self. :)

8 Months!

 Happy 8 months to this angel babe. At 8 months old, you are getting pretty grabby with toys and things that seem like they might be within your reach (hence the chalkboard). You're finally getting better at sitting up unassisted, but you do tend to still fold in half after a few seconds. We will get there! You still take at least 3 naps a day, and sleep 12-13 hours at night. When you're awake you are so happy but don't jibber jabber too much yet. Time is flying and before we know it you'll be one!

 First time cart sitter!

 Grandma Jaylene came down and helped your daddy after his jaw surgery this month. We loved having her around.

Chillin in your PUJ tub :)

Swimming Buddies!

I feel so lucky to get to live in Houston right now, even if its only for a few years. Having my babies play with my best friends babies is a pretty unique situation and these girlies kill me with their cuteness. We went swimming at Julies today for what might be the last time before school starts for our little ladies. Love them! Goggles on toddlers are the best.

7 Months!

Happy 7 months to this little lady! We haven't had any major changes much since last month. BUT Preslie FINALLY rolls over!! She can now finally roll both ways and thinks its pretty sweet. She has taken her sweet time to get to this point but it's definitely made this mamas life easier. Another major thing for her this month is she started to laugh! Not just like a tiny chuckle, but a full on giggle. The only person that has been super successful with this is Evalyn. Her first laugh they were in the bath together and Ev brushed the bottom of her foot with something and she lost it. The sweetest best sound in the world. Heres to hoping we get to hear more of that soon!

 4th of July church breakfast

 You aren't quite as big of a fish as Evalyn..I'm sure that will change!

 We went to Dallas for a few days to play with Katie and Adeline and celebrated Grandma Cheryls birthday!

 Big eye competition. You win.

We had our family reunion in Park City! So much fun with your cousins. Your big cheesey grin is my fave.

Swim Lessons

Evalyn took swim lessons for the first time this year. Mandy was her teacher, and for not even being 3 yet I think she did pretty great! This girl has zero fear of the water, in fact, I wish she was a little more cautious..but she is quite the little fish. By the end of swim lessons she could kick and move her arms, but struggled looking at the bottom of the pool. We will get there! But how cute are Ev and her swimming buddies?

Family visit

We had a fun filled end of May-beginning of June. First, Halie and the boys came in town for a week while Ryan was in China, and then Shane and Shara and the girls came down. They overlapped a few days, which was fun since Halie hadnt seen Shane and Shara in a year. It was so fun to have family in town. We are considering the idea of staying in Texas for good, and the only major downside to that (besides this miserable, disgusting heat) is that our closest family on my side is still 4 states away. I am trying to get over that idea cause Daniel promises I can visit whenever I want, but its still not sitting well with me!

Here are a few pictures of almost all of our cute cousins :) we missed you Sean and Alexa!!