Preston's first trip to the ZOO!

Today was Scott and Dad's 5 year transplant reunion and the Mayo held it at the Zoo. Hats off to Scott for being so selfless and brave, and congrats to Dad! I can't believe its been 5 years! What a fun day we all had, and for once, we were all TOGETHER IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME! WOOO HOOO! Enjoy the photos, most of which were taken by our personal family paparazzi Rainey Mae!

Im'a sock ya!

You know we gotta show some Tortie love! These guys were huge!

Grandpa paid for the kids to ride camels. Cade and I had so much fun!!

Come here MOM, I'm gonna eat YOU!

Dad, Mady, Me- This area reminded us of Indiana Jones @ Disneyland!

My fav. animal, the elephants. We got to get a little closer too.

My little monkey baby picking bugs out of my hair LOL!

Petting the sting rays and sharks. OH YEAH, I'm livin on the edge!

I love Caden's face in this one! The sting rays would sometimes jump and splash us!

The beautiful peacock. Just walking around amongst us!

I supposed to be takin' a nap, but I don't wanna.

Preston's First Halloween

Preston's First Pumpkin his Nanaw Carved him

The family

Sittin with Nanaw and Pa trying to sneak some candy..

Showin off my costume!

Little cutie!

Preston is 8 months old!

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD! but you know you love it!!! (thanks to Holly, Mom and Cara for documenting my son's life with their KICK BUTT cameras! I love you guys!)
There are a lot of photos for this month, so I'm going to keep the writing to a minimum if I can! We had a photo shoot with a good friend of mine who just started her photography business and the pics came out so adorable! More to come.. For info on Holly Nicole Photography, leave me a comment! Some new things this month are... He gives "raspberries" on demand (and sometimes NOT on demand. I love when we are in a public place and my son is making fart noises on my arm, awesome..!) He weighs a little over 17 lbs. He says MAMA and BABA :o] He got his second tooth, and it's so adorable!!! He is drinking from his sippy cup all by himself
He stands up on any and everything, and he is a climber!!! You'd be suprised at what he puts his little foot on to get just a lil bit higher....... His new favorite foods are Banana Plum Grape and Sweet Potatoes and Chicken We went to Schnepf Farm to see Cousin Mady's dance performance, soooo cute! We went to the dinosaur Museum too!

This is Prestons "thing".. Always leaning back w/ one foot up on EVERYTHING! It's his trademark LOL

We went to a friends house and their son had this power wheel, Preston LOVED it, and their outdoor baby swing!

Hey baby, Hop in!

I love this one.. Classic Abby and Preston. Abby is all excited and interested (about the dog next door barking!) and Preston is just chill and whatever about it (even though he is terrified of dogs!) LOL they will make such a perfect couple one day!

Our lil' ginger kid!

Standing up, THINKING about taking a step but falls forward instead. SO funnY!

Preston's first carousel ride (Schnepf Farm).. his horse didnt go up and down, he got jipped! But still liked going around and around!
Mom, this is lame, why doesn't my horse go up and down like everyone elses?!
the bee ride, kinda like Dumbo ride. Preston whined at first, then realized it was fun!

Suprise!!!

Hims loves his Unca Scott

WHAT?! I like to chew on my toe it feels good on my gummers!

The Dinosaur Museum w/ Mady's school

In the jail, where I told Preston I will bring him back if he is bad..

Happy 8 month birthday baby boy! Mom and Dad love you tons!!!

Our New addition...

MEET HURLEY! He is 4 weeks old. He looks almost as big as Speedy (1 yr.) in the pic but I think its the angle, because he is about 1/3 the size of Speedster. Speedy tucked in his shell like a scaredy cat! Hurley went haulin' around his new home to check it out. He is a fast little guy (Or girl?) We don't know the gender of them until about age 3... Anyway, here is our newest baby tortie!

Sharing lunch, how sweet!

Preston Pics

Just thought I would post a few pics of our little guy. We got him the stand up jungle toy on craigslist for 20$!! ($60 in the store new) so it was a steal of a deal and he loves it!!! He is a little monkey, always climbing on things, such as the laundry basket so Danny put him in it! Also, he had his first boo-boo. Well, lets face it, he gets boo-boos a LOT because he is so brave just standing up and climbing on things that he falls over ALL THE TIME! But this one HAD to hurt!! He was crawling on the tile (yes he escaped the playroom!) and fell forward. His toofers cut the inside of his upper lip. Bleeding, skin hanging. EWWIE! He only cried for about 30 seconds! I held an ice cube for him to suck on because he got a BIG fat lip! Enjoy the pics, 8 month update coming soon!

This is fun!

Uh-oh! Help!! Daddy's undies!

Ohh MAMA is that for meeee?! (looking at his new toy)Thanks Mom and Dad!

So much to do!

Another toy Daddy got me on craigslist! I LOVE to walk!

My boo-boo lip... :'(

My Golden Birthday

That's right, I turned 25 on the 25th! And it was the best birthday! I went to Cheesecake factory with my family and Danny's family came too! Then we went back to my parents house for cake, amazing cake!!! (picture below!) I got awesome gifts, but most of all I was so happy to have my family and friends around me. I'm very proud of what I've accomplished in this quarter of a century I've been alive! I have a wonderful family, a loving husband, and a precious baby boy! What more could I ask for? More like what more DID I ask for.. LOL and yes, I got it!!! A PINK SEWING MACHINE and all the accessories to go with it! My parents even got me a sewing lesson and gift card for more supplies! I also got hooked up from Danny's family with spa gift cards to spoil myself rotten! YAY!!!

My handsome boys

Auntie and Sass diggin into the fudge ice cream!

My sewing basket FULL of stuff!!!

No, this is not out of a magazine, its my cake!
My Mom is awesome!!! <3
Last but not least, my newest pride and joy!
Thank you Danny!!!!!!! <3