Soooooo.... What your saying is you don't like grass. . .

Dear Friends, Family and Fans of Preston365:
Preston and I are going out of town Sunday and will return Thursday evening.
I will be taking lots of pictures, but will probably not post them till we return.
In the mean time in order to get your Preston fix, I suggest going back and looking at all his old pictures to see how much he's grown!
We will miss you all & look forward to sharing our stories and pictures soon :D
Love,
Jessica & Preston

Preston was so worn out from playing with his Nana, Papa Todd & Ginger tonight that he actually fell asleep in his carrier! This never happens.
He stayed asleep while we carried him in, and didn't even wake up when we picked him up to put him to bed.
He was exhausted.

I wasn't kidding when I claimed Preston was quick & destructive in his walker. The video speaks for itself.

Also, a picture.
Lately he's been giving me a hard time when I feed him.
Hard time as in he grabs the spoon when it gets close to his mouth.
I don't like it much.
So today I gave up and let him have the spoon.

If your not quick to get Preston out of his highchair he'll try to gnaw his way out.

Tonight was our ward Halloween party!!
Preston was a baby sea turtle, like the one from Finding Nemo.
Patrick and I were alligators or crocodiles. (Actually our masks said they were dinosaur masks, so who knows).
All I know is we stalked our prey, the sea turtle, all night.

The rest of these pictures were taken over the last month, they were just too cute not to share!!!!

Look at those chubby cheeks!!!

We went to a pumpkin patch today!!!!

There was a petting zoo with lots of soft & not so soft animals to pet.

Some cattle to rope....

A hayride, which Preston wasn't too sure about at first.

But then learned to love

Lots of photo opportunities...

And our very own Preston sized pumpkin to take home.

It was a very fun day :D

Preston's been trying a whole bunch of new foods.
Vanilla Wafers are probably his favorite of all the new foods.
Can't blame him.
Delicious.

A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away. . . . .

Lived a baby with a much cleaner onesie!
Messy day.
Let it be known that as I dressed him this morning in his Star Wars onesie I sang him the Star Wars theme.
Then realized I was actually singing the Superman theme.

Dear Patrick,
Please don't make me watch all the Star Wars movies to drill the correct theme song into my head. It'll never happen again, I promise!

Today we went to the Arizona State Fair!
It was "Happy Hour Day" which means admission was 1/2 off and some food items were $1. Translation- best day ever to go to the fair if you love corndogs.
And we do.

I think it was Prestons most favorite place ever. Outside, bright flashing lights, things spinning and twirling, lots of kids for him to watch.
He was a very happy baby & showed it by raising both arms in the air, looking up and squealing several times during our visit.

There was also this fantastic dinosaur exhibit with a life sized t-rex and other loud sounding dinosaurs. I may or may not have lifted him up to see if he would fit inside a dinosaurs mouth.
He would have.
But we didn't take a picture of that.
Not that it actually happened ;D

We got a package in the mail today from some people in Texas who love us VERY much!
We LOVE getting mail!!

Inside was a flip up book, a slinky (can you tell he likes it?!)

And this BEAUTIFUL quilt that my Aunt made for Preston!!
It's not just a quilt, it's a growth chart!!
On the side by the tree is a tape measure, and we were given a few extra leaves so we can measure and mark his growth.
The detail on it is amazing.
We love it!!

Preston had to check out all the leaves, and make sure they were secure.

Then he moved on to the giraffes mane.

And then to the tail. The tail is probably his favorite part.

After his bath tonight we took more pictures with the quilt.

Thank you SO SO much! We LOVE it, and we love you!!!!

To me it doesn't seem like too much has changed from 30 to 40 weeks.
His arms are longer I think.
And it sure was hard to get the onesie to stay snapped!
Everytime he'd crawl away it would unsnap.
Modesty Preston, modesty!

So I put Preston in his walker while I went to the bathroom and this is what I came out to.
Recycle bin moved by the dog dish, bath stuff pulled down, trash can knocked over and pushed to the side and him pulling the towels off the stove.
This kid is going to be a handful!

Preston had his 9 month checkup today!!
Here are his stats:
Height: 29 inches (75%)
Weight: 20.3lbs (50%)
Head Circumference: 47cm (90%)

The doctor said he's perfect & that he has a great personality. It's true.
He also said Preston's head shape is great & we no longer need to worry about that at all. He gave us a prescription to try for his reflux problem. 3-4 hrs after he's eaten he'll spit up. Not a lot, but enough to ruin unsuspecting white shirts. So we'll try it for a month and see how it goes. He said not to worry about his scoot/crawl that he does where he keeps one leg completely straight & doesn't use it to move around because he's so far advanced with pulling himself up on EVERYTHING that there is nothing developmentally to worry about. Translation- my baby is a genius. Only 1 shot today, 1/2 of the flu vaccine. They give it in 2 dose so next month we'll get him the other half. Also we can continue to incorporate solid foods into Preston's diet such as waffles, eggs, pancakes, bran flakes (fiber is our friend) and raisins. They ran a test to see how his Iron levels are, and the results came back "extremely good". Of course they did! Everything about this kid is extremely good!!

9 MONTH OLD FUN FACTS

* Has 2 bottom teeth and no signs of any top teeth.

* LOVES to be around other little kids and to play with them and watch them. There was a baby in front of us at church on Sunday and he spent most of the time trying to climb over the pew to get closer to her.

* Breakfast is his favorite meal, but whenever he is in the highchair and excited to eat something he will start kicking his feet. In an opposite manor when he doesn't want to eat something he will close his eyes and turn his head to the side and push it up as far as it will go.

* He is a daredevil. He has no fears about going straight over the side of the couch or bed. He still loves to be upside down and thinks its funny when you swing him by his feet upside down.

* Can climb all the way up to the top of the stairs. Can also climb all the way up the small indoor slide that we have.

* Whenever he is trying to pick up something small or is concentrating hard he makes a deep continuous grunting noise. He is learning all kinds of new sounds. Lately he makes the "Ba" sound a lot and is working on his "dada" and "mama" sounds.

*Loves to have you hold his hands so he can walk. Like I mentioned he pulls himself up on everything, and is learning to bend down from a standing position to pick things up and then return to standing.

See how Preston's hair is standing up?
It's doing that on it's own.
In fact it's been doing that since last night.
Wont go down.
His hair looks SO red today!
Which is probably why someone at church told me I better be careful when I take him outside or Woodpeckers might try to feed him. (you know since woodpeckers have bright red feathers atop their heads)

Our community had a garage sale today and I found this walker for Preston!
The first time I set him in it and he realized he could walk on his own his eyes got HUGE!!
It works better on tile then on carpet.
Which means he gets to roam around the kitchen and pull the towels off the rack & check to make sure I didn't throw anything good away in the trash can.

Playing with other peoples loud toys are fun.
I think he's got that strange look on his face because he can sense someone staring at him in the background. . . .

I made Preston a couple pairs of Baby Legs today.
SUPER easy & fast to do (tutorial here).
And now he wont have to have red scraped up legs from crawling around!
Plus doesn't he look super cute?!!

PRESTON IS 9 MONTHS OLD TODAY!!!!

He has a doctors appointment Monday, so we'll post 9 month stats then.

I can't believe he's so old!!!

And so cute!