Palm Springs at 6.5 weeks

I tagged along with Brian to Palm Spring for the night since we had to keep the kids separate anyway due to Sophia's pneumonia. Grandma Tees was generous enough to come watch Sophia at our house while the rest of the fam hit the road! Brian and I were able to have a nice dinner with Preston and the next day I did a little photo shoot of our little man since it's pretty tricky to do these at home. He's so expressive and easy going and loves to give us big smiles. Here are a few faces of Mr. Preston John:

Sophia's 18 month stats

Considering we were at the doctor so much this month, I can't believe we forgot to document Sophia's 18 month stats! Last appointment( 18 months 3 weeks) Sophia weighed 24lbs 7oz and is 32"tall. She's still on the small end for her age but we have no doubt she'll grow nice and tall. She's such a sponge now and her vocabulary and memory amaze us. We can say a new word once and sometimes days later she uses that word in the right context. Yesterday I showed her a penguin in the store and last night she saw one on tv and yelled "penguin"!!! Her daddy thinks she'll have a good memory just like her mommy does! We love the new communication. She's starting to play by herself and we catch her singing to herself allll the time!! Her favorite cartoons are, Curious George, Barney, Yo Gabba Gabba, and now, Sesame Street (which she calls "Elmo"). Her are some pictures we took in the backyard...she's getting so big!

Sophia's first gymnastics class and more Preston of course!

Sophia had her first Saturday morning gymnastics class this morning and loved it! Mommy used to go to gymnastics every Saturday too so we were hoping Sophia would enjoy it just as much:) It's called Tiny Tumblers and the parents get to tumble with the kids. Ever week they set up a different obstacle coarse for the kids and Sophia learned how to do a summersault and a hand stand! She had her second bout of pneumonia this week but is feeling MUCH better and since we missed her first class last week we couldn't miss again!


This is mommy and daddy's favorite hat. This is Preston's "hurry up and take the picture already" look...we get it a lot...ha!

Peek-a-boo I'm 6 weeks old!

My mommy and daddy pretty much think I'm a dream baby. I REALLY love sleeping and hardly fuss or cry. I like to sleep 5-6 hours straight at night too which seems to make my parents super happy. My sister is home a lot because she's been sick since I've been born. I wouldn't hardly know what to do if the house was quiet and my sister wasn't singing so I don't mind. Here are some of the things I've been up to:

I can hold my head up like a big boy now!!


I like to flex my muscles like this:

I get kisses from my sister ALL the time!

I hang out in my swing. I actually used to sleep in it at night but now I've moved onto a rock and sleeper next to my parents bed and I love it:)

I make funny faces and started smiling a LOT more this week!

This is me trying my hardest not to smile:

Most of the time I'm sleeping kinda like this:

And a lot of the time it's on my mommy's tummy:

This is me when I was much younger...just 5 weeks(ha!) with my daddy!

First 2 weeks, first smiles, and everything in between!

4 days old and happy as can be!

5 days old hanging out with the lamby:)

A visit from Fernando(Sophia's favorite):

Me with my monkeys(Preston 6 days old)

Preston's first bath

Preston's nursery. I'm very proud of the wall letters that I painted myself:)

Proud papa!!

The Tees clan and our kiddies(with one on the way!)

Auntie Sarah holding PJ for the first time:) We can't wait to meet her little boy very soon!

Marta visited and brought the kiddies very cool gifts from her trip to Guatemala!

Auntie Kelly visits:) She's gonna have her own baby #2 in June!

9 days old and wide awake!

Preston's homecoming...

Upon walking in the door from the hospital, Sophia immediately wanted to kiss and hug Preston, she was soooo happy to meet him:



While we were in the hospital all the grandparents cooked up a Christmas feast for our arrival back home. In between cooking, they made trips to the hospital to meet their new grandchild:


Our lil' Christmas Eve love:

Preston John's arrival!

Labor was a much different experience this time around. With Sophia it was very CLEAR I was in labor and the contractions with her eventually became very regular, and very strong sending us straight to the hospital and 5 hours later she was born. This time around,contractions began after going to bed on Monday night Dec 21st and and I didn't have him until 12:30am on Christmas Eve. Contractions were never regular. They were anywhere from 4 minutes to 20 minutes apart for 2 full days leaving us confused. Finally we headed to the hospital(for the 2nd time) at 7pm on Dec 23rd. When we arrived I was dilated to 6cm. Once they hooked me up to the monitor they realized little Preston's chord was wrapped around his neck(but never told me). They told me his heart rate dropped with every contraction. My blood pressure dropped down to 80/50 after they gave me the epidural so they couldn't give me a constant drip and instead just gave me a little bit of the epidural medicine and as a result it wore off right when Preston decided to come out. Needless to say I was in the worst PAIN I've ever felt but it was of course worth it!! He was born at 12:28am weighing 7lbs 4oz. Preston John is such a beautiful, perfect addition to our family. He let us sleep in the hospital and ever since. Last night he slept for 9 hours only waking once to eat. When we brought him to his first pediatrician appointment at 9 days old he'd already gained 14oz!! The doc was so impressed.