Mother's Day!

Today is my first Mother's day! I have always wanted to be a mom so this was a very special year to finally get to celebrate! 

I love this new picture of us taken before church this morning!

 I have been wanting a Mom ring so Matt and Preslee got me one for my Mother's day present! I love it!

My parents came up this weekend so that we could be together for my nephew, Seth's baby dedication at their church! 

 The dedication was during the 8:00 service. It was rough getting up so early but we love this sweet boy and didn't want to miss it! 

 Daddies and their babies are so sweet!

 Mr. Cool after church!

Seth put on a drum show before brunch!

 And our mom's opened their gifts! 

 Brunch was delicious! We had pumpkin bread, blueberry muffins, strawberry bread, sausage rolls and fresh fruit! 

 I feel so blessed to be this beautiful baby girl's momma! I will never forget the pain I felt on mother's day for the years I struggled with infertility but when I look at this sweet face, I know it was all worth it! 

Hope all of you had a good mother's day and if you are praying-to-be a momma, never give up hope! You never know what your next Mother's day will be like! 

Bath time with our growing girl!

I feel like it was yesterday that we were giving Preslee her first bath at home! She was so tiny in the bath tub! 

 In the first month, she grew a little bit but still wasn't sure about bath time!

 Soon after, she decided she LOVED bath time! Everyone loves to give her a bath! 

 She loves to soak! :) 

 I love all her cute hooded towels.

This is one of my all time favorite pics of our baby!

 But last night, she was a big girl and took a bath without the baby sling! She sat up in the tub like a pro!

 Seriously where did my newborn go?! I can't believe she is sitting so well! 

 I want to freeze time right now and never forget these fun times! 

I love this bathing beauty SO MUCH!! 

5 months

Things to remember about Preslee's fifth month:

• You weigh almost 14 pounds.
• You are wearing size 2 Luvs brand diapers and 3 month clothes.
• You are still breastfeeding exclusively! You take 5-6 ounces in a bottle when you take one. 
• You are sleeping 10-11 hours at night. Normally from 8:30/9:00pm-7:00/7:30am. 
• You love to take naps in your swing and sleep there most days because you will sleep longer than in the crib! You are slowly dropping naps. You take a long morning nap and 2 shorter ones in the afternoon. I think you will  join those 2 and will take one in the afternoon soon. You are staying awake about 2 hours after eating now and on occasion it's longer if we are out doing something!
• Your still taking Prevacid along with mylanta twice a day for reflux.
• You roll both ways and love to kick and play on the floor!
• You are constantly moving! You kick and move your arms all day. 
• You are always looking around and trying to figure out what things are! 
• When you are nursing, if someone walks in the room, you pop off and want to look at them and see what they are doing! You are very nosy! :) 
• You are really starting to show emotion. We ask you to kiss us and most of the time you do! It melts our hearts!
• We got our jogger stroller and you love it! 
• You still really enjoy your bath and you kick and splash and get us wet!
• You talk all the time! You make many sounds and squeals. We love to hear your sweet voice!
• You find the tv in any room you are in! I try not to let you watch it a lot but you do love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. 
• 2 days before you turned 5 months, you sat up for a few seconds by yourself! You are getting so sturdy and will be sitting on your own all the time very soon! 

I took about 30 pics of her and could barely narrow it down. So here are few more! :) 

Her trademark pic... She's done! :) 

Preslee- You are just a joy to be with every day! I love going in your room to get you in the mornings, I love to rock you to sleep at night and I absolutely love all the sweet smiles and laughs I get throughout the day! I feel like you really have grown up a lot this month. This seems like such a fun age. I am still in awe that you are my daughter and I thank God for you everyday! I love you more than words can say! 

I was playing around with iPhoto collage and just had to share this comparison! It's so hard to believe how much P has grown in 5 months! 

Race for the Cure

Preslee attended her first Race for the Cure this weekend! Matt and his co-host Neile do a live broadcast from the race so Preslee even made her tv debut! 

 I found this special tutu onesie for her to wear to the race! It had a pink ribbon on it and said Fight like a Girl! 

 They interviewed many people that are apart of the race and even these young girls who trained for the event! I really like the Race for the Cure in NWA because it's more of a family event! They have many races that even include a kids race and a Bark for the Cure!

Neile loves baby P!

 Preslee was up from 6:30-10:30am and was so good! She never really even fussed! I think she is going to be a people watcher like her momma! ha! 

I LOVE this picture of my loves! Matt was so proud to show off Preslee to everyone! 

We had a great weekend just spending time with our little family! We ate pizza and laid on the couch the rest of the weekend. Preslee even watched a 2 hour movie with us on the couch yesterday! She is just growing up daily and is such a sweet girl! 

Preslee turned 5 months yesterday so as soon as I take her monthly pic, I will get that post up! :) 

Big girl.

I can't believe my baby girl is about to be 5 months!! 

I love this face so much! 

All of her facial expressions make me laugh!

We tried rice cereal for the first time last week! 

Matt was excited to feed her!

She wasn't too fond of it. But I am very fond of those baby blues! :) 

She was more interested in the bib than the food! 

I love every day with this baby girl! Life with her is getting so fun! 

All about family.

We spent last weekend with our family! I feel like weekends at home are like a game of tug-a-war with everyone wanting to see Preslee. I love being there but it can be very exhausting for me!

But this weekend, we went down to see my dad receive an award and we would't have missed it for anything!  

 Preslee got all dressed up to go to the luncheon! 

 He got the Arkansas Dental association Distinguished Service award!! 

 We are so proud of Pop!!

We also spent time with Matt's family! It was such a beautiful day so we sat outside and let Preslee feel the grass and sun! :) 

I love how her little legs are crossed and propped up! 

Uncle Andy shared his shades with P!

G-dad loves his great granddaughter so much! She's pretty fond of him too! 

Trying out cousin Brandon's old jumparoo! 

Cousin Brandon also showed Preslee his chameleon! I didn't know this pic was taken but I was assured by Matt that she didn't actually touch him! He freaks me out! :)

My best friend Kristin came over with Elliott! These girls are only 3 weeks apart!

I love that they are going to grow up together and hopefully be good friends like their mommas! 

We have a hard time getting a good pic with these crazy girls.

But how cute are these sad faces?! :) 

I love these faces so much! 

We had a great weekend and once again feel blessed to have such a wonderful family that loves us so much!