Las Vegas Summer 2010

We decided to tag along with Nana and Nonno on their trip to Las Vegas. We told Sophia about the trip so the morning we were leaving first thing she said when she woke up was "Las Vegas???"(actually more like "Los Begas???"). She did SOOOO well on the car ride there. I'd gotten her lots of new toys for the car which helped. We had a HUGE suite and another hotel room attached where Nana and the kiddies slept. Nonno had another hotel room allll to himself(can't say we blame him ha!). Nana took care of the kids one night so we could hit the town with some friends but the pool with the kids was the highlight!! And of course we all enjoyed many trips to the buffet:) We didn't take many pictures but here are a few:

Our baby boy's first trip to Vegas...look how happy he is!!


Our big night on the town!!
It's Pool time!




Sophia spent a lot of time on the hotel room phone crank calling other rooms until we unplugged it:)

Preston spent a lot of time on the hotel room floor eating his toys like this:

Tired boy

Since I switched to "google chrome" I can upload pictures MUCH faster now so hopefully I'll update the blog more! Anway...Preston is so wiped out when he gets home from daycare, he often just falls asleep wherever like this:

Acrobats!

Tonight Preston was REALLY close to crawling! We were in awe watching him lift himself up off the floor(KNEES and all!). He was rocking like crazy on all fours at first then he figured out how to get his knees underneath him and then he lifted them up. He may have ditched the "up dog" yoga move he'd mastered! We might just have a 6month old crawling baby! Seems like it's all going toooooo fast!!

Father's Day 2010

Father's Day was kicked off with brunch at the Odyssey. I spent many holiday brunches at the Odyssey with my parents growing up so it was very special to take our babies there with Nana and Nonno. It was perfect weather to sit outside and take in the beautiful view. After brunch, Nana/Nonno took Sophia to the park while mommy daddy and Preston napped. Preston had a fever the night before so were up super early with him. Later in the afternoon we all went swimming and Sophia showed off her fishy skills. Perfect day with the family!

Preston's new favorites~

Preston loves sitting up all by himself~he still tips over sometimes but he's getting really sturdy and he's so proud of himself:) He also loves playing with this ball that has a bumble bee in the center. Thankfully we have 3 of them so Miss Sophia has one to play with too. Preston is master of the "up dog" yoga move and spends a lot of time perfecting it. Once perfect, he'll throw himself forward like a worm and reach for a toy. He can "worm" himself pretty far!
Our big boy sitting up:)


Up Dog!!


PJ's favorite new toy...the bee ball!


We love "trying" to get shots of both kids. So far the most success we've had is while Sophia is watching Fresh Beat Band(her new favorite)...Preston loves all the singing too so we snap away! This particular day Sophia was adamant that Preston have his "hat" on!

All things Preston...

Preston is weighing in at : 17lbs 4oz and he's 5.5 months old. Some things Preston is doing right now, rolling over both ways like a rolly polly! He's starting to push up off his knees like he's going to crawl! Miss Mary said she's been teaching him at school and she thinks he's catching on really quickly(ahhhhh!!). He grabs and shakes lots of different toys and loves to sit in his bumbo. He loves blowing bubbles and mimicking our mouth movements. He's really started watching us eat which means it's almost time for FOOOOD!!!

Our happy Buster B!


There's nothing more peaceful than watching a baby sleep...he is an especially peaceful baby. We are so blessed:)

Preston loves belly time. He prefers to be on his belly when he's on floor and he pushes himself up super high!

Sophia's first successful pee in the potty!

This has been a big week. I never thought I'd be writing about something like a pee in the potty but it's so exciting when it happens...makes it impossible not to document. Sophia finally went potty on her musical potty! She was sitting on it for a while just chatting away and all of a sudden it started singing(and scared her and mommy!!!). We promised her a marshmallow if she goes potty like a big girl so she yelled "marshmallow"!!! We are so proud of her. Official potty training starts in July but we thought we'd introduce it early:) Here's a picture of Miss Sophia on her big girl potty!


This is where you can find me every night at 7pm. Watching Preston fall into slumber in my arms= pure heaven:) He sleeps so sound and snuggles up to me when I come home, nothing like it.


Sophia's new favorite food is salad. She loves lettuce and carrots with ranch and can eat a whole bowl!! This night she was being silly with daddy and feeding him salad(but only a little...she wanted most of it for herself!)


We love this picture! Preston gets a kick out of Sophia and while she was watching Yo Gabba Gabba Preston took the opportunity to reach out and touch her cheek.

Preston tried so hard to get her attention...he even started shaking his toy to no avail!