Sometimes Preston is good at sharing his food....

Other times he pretends like he'll give it to you but then psych you out.

It's hard to imagine that this guy. . .

Was ever this small.

TODAY WE WENT TO THE RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL!!!

HUZZAH!!!!!

There were a ton of bee's flying around when we were taking these pictures. One got stuck in my hair and when I flung it out it landed on Preston. Thank goodness Krissa noticed & got it off! After that a lady came over and warned us to walk on the other side b/c they were having a bee problem, and had had a bee keeper come out. Good thing we got that little glitch out of the way early and then could move on to the fun!!!

And the food!!!
Preston ate things that he won't even touch at home. He was crazy about the turkey leg. He also had some corn, some sort of fruit pastry, broccoli cheese soup w/ bread, sugar roasted almonds & lemonade.

He got to sit and pet a goose, which he was a little unsure about. He kept trying to stick his fingers in it's mouth (like he does with everything and everyone), and after awhile wanted to stare at the man and not the goose.

He sat on his Daddy's shoulders for awhile and people would call out greetings to "the ginger haired" baby.

His favorite part was the petting zoo where he got to see lots of baby ducks & chicks, which he LOVED.

And the pigs were extra fun b/c we've been working on animal noises, and he likes to make the piggy noise, and piggy nose the best.

At the end of the day we got to the joust and we ran into people we knew! Preston's cousins!! They were all very excited to see him, and even though he was extremely tired he still managed to give out some smiles.

It was a pretty great day.

I think this shirt pretty much sums it up. . .

Poor poor Preston.
He's so worn out today as a result of coughing through the night.
We went BACK to the doctor today. He said he still feels that Preston's cough is an infection of sorts and that the antibiotics he prescribed a few weeks ago didn't have time to help him out too much due to him getting the flu. SO he gave us more antibiotics, some childrens Dimetapp and we're to continue giving him the Singulair at night.
3 medications for 1 little boy who's just tired of having a cough.
We talked about the idea that it could be an allergy to something, but he said an allergist wouldn't do a skin test at such a young age. So in the meantime we need to treat the symptoms and figure out by process of elimination whats going on with my sweet baby.

He was falling asleep anywhere he could today. His stroller, my arms, his car seat. So so sleepy.

Preston thinks playing cars in the kitchen is so much fun. . .

Especially since it gives him a chance to try to sneak into the trash can when we're not looking.

I took this video earlier today. Preston looooves to look at the picture of himself, and I always try to point out his eyes and nose and such, but today I said who's that, is that Preston? And this is what happened. . .

Oh Preston... What a nice hat you have!

Preston's hair must look extra awesome today b/c it attracted a lot more attention then normal when we were out today. At least 15 people stopped us in Walmart to comment on it, or say hi to him or say he was going to be a heart breaker when he grows up. I believe it.

Today Preston FINALLY got to meet his Aunt Rox & cousin Noah!
We're SO GLAD they are finally here safe & sound and look forward to spending lots of time with them.
Preston already loves being around Noah lots.

Preston has a sick mom today. Luckily he has a daddy who was here to take such good care of him.

Water, animal crackers, mac & cheese and some warm jammies is all it takes to keep him happy.

Too bad Preston's first experience with a popcicle had to be a Pedialyte one.
He has the flu & is having trouble keeping much of anything down.
Luckily he has a good friend who brought him a flu survival kit of bananas, apple juice and Pedialyte pops.
We hope he gets better soon, it's always sad to see him not feeling his best.

One of our favorite things to do is to snuggle up on the couch and read some books.

Lookout David Beckham.... There's a new soccer star in town, and his name is PRESTON!

(if you double click on the video it should open in a new window so you can see all of it and not just a fraction of the video)

Preston spent a lot of time today playing with the Valentines Day balloon Patrick got for me. If Preston had his way we would keep balloons around all the time.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

We officially have a teenager in the house!
A 13 month old that is.
He's pretty much the same as last month, only funnier and more awesome.
Still not walking though... Still no desire to.

Nana came over to watch Preston for a little bit tonight, and she brought a new toy!
We could tell Preston loved it because he kept giving it kisses.

If someone is playing Just Dance 2 Preston likes to get in on the action.
He usually loses interest pretty fast, but does manage to get a few hundred point in the time he is "dancing".

Preston had to go to the doctor this morning(more on that at the bottom of the post), but in return got to pick a sucker out to take home. His first sucker! It was grape flavored and he loved it.

Once he was done with it he decided to share the rest with Jack.

So a few weeks ago when Preston had his 1yr appt I mentioned to the doctor that he had never fully gotten rid of his cough from when he had croup in the beginning of December. He prescribed some Singulair and said if it wasn't better in 2 weeks to come back. I thought he was getting better, but within the past few days it's back to how it was- a dry unproductive cough that keeps him & his mama up at night. So today we went back to the doctor and he listened for a long time to Preston's lungs. He says they seem clear, less wheezing then a few weeks ago unless he gets excited or agitated in which case you can hear something going on. His ears are clear, he has no fever and so he said it could be 2 different things. One, a sinus infection where the cough is from the mucus draining and irritating his throat, but since his mucus is clear, there is no fever, and his ears are not infected so he's thinking it might be more allergy related (especially since under his eyes are dark and wrinkled which I guess is a sign of allergies). We decided to try at first to treat it as a sinus infection, so we got more antibiotics & if it's not better in 10 days he will give us a referral to see an allergist who can hopefully help us figure this out.

When mom's away the boys will play!
And play hard they did- I think every single toy we own was out!
And then Patrick picked it all up ♥

Preston spent a lot of time after his bath today checking himself out in the mirror. I think he liked what he saw.

Muscles!

By the way, look how long and full his hair is getting in the back! Almost time for a haircut.

2 utensils means the food gets in twice as fast!

Pretty dang happy that for the 2nd day in a row Preston ate pasta.
That never happens. But he ate almost the entire bowl of Mac & Cheese!!

Tonight we went over & celebrated Lydia's 4th birthday!
Preston sure does love his Diddy Donuts!

A few days ago Preston received a late birthday present.
He really liked playing with the box, but had to wait a few days for it to be opened.

As his daddy was putting it all together Preston wanted to be right there next to him "helping"

Then after a nap he woke up to this!!!!!!!

Can you tell how excited he is?!?!

Swinging is his FAVORITE!!!!!

The slides a little steep for him to go down on his own, but with some help he wanted to go down over and over again.

BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank goodness it was FINALLY warm enough to go outside for a few minutes this afternoon.
If we're sitting outside Preston will eat oranges, but he wont eat them if we are inside.

And of course he tries to offer some to the birds.

Preston has a lot of fun everyday working on his puzzles.
(His tongue is out in this picture because he's telling himself "good job")