Learning to crawl..

He is sooo close!!!  These are old...Since getting to Japan, he has gone one little set of hands/leg, hands/leg...And then flop.

Started as baby push ups...My mini-heman

 A little guidance on the side...

Some hands on help... 

Mixed in with a little love... 

And we're off!

Jen's Baby Shower...

My dear friend, Jen, had her baby shower the first weekend in November, which I thought I was going to miss. I am so happy that we were able to go. Katie did the best job ever and Jen got so much good stuff...I am thrilled that I will be back in time to see the little one, once he is born :).

Just the four of us!

Baby Camden...Preston's first redheaded friend! I <3 his hair!! He looks he is my son!

Lighten up P...It's a party!!!



Nate's 4th Bday...

I miss these two and their mommy and daddy...I didn't get to see them one last time...:(.

Happy Birthday Nate!!!

Preston with his #1 uncle..He was so calm in his arms..I think he thought it was David or he just liked being high up!

 With great-grandpa Palmer...



Dolls...

Preston loves animals...He loves petting them, pulling their fur, and just playing with them. One day I went outside to do the laundry (was gone for about 10 seconds) and I came back into the house to find him with Dolls on his lap and he was basically strangling her, but she loved it. As soon as I walked in and asked him what he was doing, he just flashed the biggest most mischievous grin like, "Mom, I got the cat!" I was cracking up. These two seriously had a special bond...I say had because these pictures were the last time we saw her :(.....My mom even said that she knew when she saw the picture that it would be the last time she would see the cat...Dolls was my grandpa's cat. He adopted her from his neighbor and he loved her so much. I like to think that Dolls was here kinda in place of my grandpa, since Preston never got to meet him. And, I am glad that they loved each other.

Halloween...

Warren was nice enough to buy Preston a pumpkin and carve his first pumpkin for him.

 On Halloween with his fancy Mickey Mouse pumpkin.

 Scaredy Cat..Ha ha...It was pitch black when we were taking these pictures...Then the flash from the camera would go off to get the picture....Look how scared is is....Poor baby...He is probably thinking "why am I outside in the dark on this cold concrete...Where is mommy?" I had to get the onesie shot :).

Old, old news...

Here are some oldies but goodies that I never had time to post...Basically, these are all from late October to and early November, when we were in transition :)...It seems like a lot was going on.

First time with  baby biscuit/cookie..He LOVED it and it was everywhere...Now they are a staple/mommy needs to get something done/keep Baby P from crying tool

Munching down on raw green beans...

He chewed on these forever and started to cry, when I took them away to cook them.

 Helping mommy and daddy move...

 Saying bye to daddy at the airport...It was sad (well, Preston didn't even know), but will be much sadder on December 31st.

 With Uncle Carl...David had the biggest send off.

Finally in a high chair...Such a big boy.

 Look at those little fingies..

AGGHH...

Baby is alseep...perfect time to update blog...of course, blogger is not working...won't let me upload any of my pictures..i think it knows that they are old and figures why waste time on old pics....b/c i like them, thats why, mr. blogger.