Preston's Baptism

We had such an amazing baptism weekend for Preston which was kicked off by Auntie Mary Ann and Uncle Jack coming to town! We love visits from them and they made our baptism weekend so special. Preston's godparents are Fernando Barba (Brian's good friend from college and fraternity brother) and Amy Wood(Jen's good friend from college and sorority sis). It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and we celebrated after in our backyard surrounded by good friends and food.

Preston's 4 month stats

Preston's 4 month doc visit was actually at 4 months and 1 week but who's counting? He weighed in at 15lbs 10oz(70th percentile) and is 24.5"long(40th percentile) and his head is 42cm(50th percentile). Sophia's stats at 4 months were almost exactly the same!! Preston is starting to sit up and rolled over for the first time this past Saturday! He also loves to grab toys and now loves his bouncy seat. We also got some vaccinations on Friday which made PJ a lil' cranky but no fever(thankfully). Auntie Mary Ann was in town for PJ's baptism and Nana and Auntie babysat so mommy and daddy could go to dinner and Preston cried while we were gone:( They gave him a bottle(and he hasn't had very many) and he apparently didn't like it very much. He's back to his normal, smiley self though!

Sophia's new table

Nana and Nonno bought Sophia a very special Easter present this year...a new play table for her bedroom! It's so cute and Sophia is so proud of it that she loves to take our guests to her room an show them. We're thinking there will be many tea parties held at this table in the future:
Sophia's reaction when we told her there was a surprise for her upstairs...she LOVES surprises!!

4 month old Preston and April so far...

This month is going by way too fast for mommy! I'm going back to work on May 10th so I'm treasuring every moment I have at home with Preston. He's made our family so happy and I just love seeing his face and hanging out with him all day. BUT I also love the idea of helping support our family so going back to work is bitter sweet for me. Can we just win the lottery already???!!! This past I co-hosted a baby shower my very very dear friend Kelly(she's having a little boy in June) so we're going to have twin families! We both have a little girls too:) It was a "football" themed shower and we held it in their beautiful backyard. Brian came too and watched the kids and Sophia was of course so excited to see her "Uncle Ryan" who is her favorite person right now:)
Brian and I have finally started decorating our new home. We basically moved here in December, put all our things down, had a baby and never looked back so now we're putting pictures on the wall, planting flowers, and making it our HOME. Nana snuck over on Saturday while we were at the shower and planted beautiful flowers in the backyard(typical NANA) what an amazing surprise to come home to! Sophia loves running around on the grass and watering all the plants too! This week we're planning for Preston's baptism so mommy will be shopping away! Here are some pictures from the past few weeks:

Preston loves to grab and hold onto his toys now, but mostly still loves to eat his hands and fingers:)




PJ also loves pushing to a stand! We think he'll be walking soon...ha!

He's still sleeping in our room mainly because he doesn't make a peep and sleeps for 10 hours but also bc mommy can't bare to put him in his crib just yet!

ET Phone Home? Brian got this picture of Preston hanging out with his friends:)

It's a miracle...they're both smiling! Wohooo!!

I love this picture. She's getting so big! She looks like such a little lady here:)

Sophia loves running and hiding around the side yard. This day she wanted to play with just 1 shoe on!



Me and my monkey's at Kell's baby shower

Mommy-to-be on her big day!

Yummy fingers and garden fun!

One of our favorite pictures of Sophia was one of her fingers in her mouth at 3 months. We managed to catch PJ with his little fingers in his mouth today. Apparently they both discovered their fingers(and how good they taste) at just about the same time!! Sophia stayed home from school with me today and we played in the garden and watered the flowers and plants which is Sophia's latest favorite thing to do. The Easter Bunny even brought Sophia her very own "bee" watering can:) She also LOVES to put Preston's binky in his mouth for him(whether he's crying or not) this week and loves to help put lotion on him after his bath. Brian and I frequently hear Sophia "reprimanding" herself. There's one recurring one about applesauce "no, applesauce, throw, no, Sophia". A month ago I scolded her for throwing applesauce off her high chair and apparently it really affected her b/c she'll reprimand herself about it in the backseat of the car out of nowhere! Ha! it worked! Here are some of mommy's favorite pictures of kiddos from the past few days:
Preston 3.5months

Sophia 3 months

Sophia loves Preston's play gym. Preston might not be on board with her company...

Nonno bonding with PJ:)

One of Sophia's fav's caught on camera: inserting Preston's binky whether he wants it or not. Preston's saying "here we go again"

Spring time in the garden with Miss Sophia:) Mommy asked for a "silly face" and this is what I got...




All in a day's work!