It's been a while...

Preston is now 18 months old and is turning into a little boy so quickly. He is talking up a storm and here are some of the things he loves:
-Elmo, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar
-Football and basketball (playing, watching, talking about, reading about)
-Swimming at the pool with Grampy at the gym
-Guitars and "songs"
-Beebees (this could mean babies, basketball, binky, etc)
-Cars and trucks
-Snow
-Reading books
-Brushing his teeth
-His rubber duckie
-Fish

He can say lots of words now. Here's a list of some examples:
- He can recognize and name lots of animals and their sounds including cow, sheep, horsey, doggie, kitty, duckie, fish, turtle, penguin, shark, chicken, peacock
-mommy, daddy, mimi, grampy, granny, grandad, honor, olly, bobby, jenny, lesley, junko, dug, mazzy, nonnie, dee dee
-brush, cookie, cracker, orange, peas, apple, books, barn, bath, football, watch, clock, snow, "outside", please, thank you, guitar, shoes, socks

I'm going to try and keep this blog more updated in the coming year, but things are going to get much more busy come the end of may- we are expecting baby #2!

Granny and Grandad come to Boston!

Had a great week with Granny and Grandad, who hadn't seen Preston since he was 8 weeks old! What amazing changes. He loved spending time with them and having Grandad read him stories and Granny give him bottles, and of course, they both gave him lots of hugs, kisses and cuddles. They were here over the 4th of July weekend, so we were happy to show them how Boston celebrates!

11 Months Old

Preston is crawling around like a champ now, and starting to pull himself up to a standing position while holding onto the couch, a chair, whatever he can get his hands on, really.

He is chattering away, saying "dada", "mama", "gaga", "baba" and "nana". He likes to give air kisses and wave at people. He also likes to crawl halfway across the room, turn around and wave at Mommy, and then continue on his way.

He loves music and bouncing to the rhythm of songs, tv commercials, even the jackhammering we hear outside our windows. He can find rhythm in lots of unexpected sounds, which is really cool. Books are a favorite now. He loves sitting on the floor and flipping through his big board books, especially the one with all the photos of the dogs.

Summer's here!

After months of cold and dreary weather, I am celebrating the return of summer! There is so much to do in the city- parks, pools, outdoor concerts, long walks....I can't wait to share it all with Preston.

His friend Julian lives in an apartment complex with a really nice pool, so we tried it out on Monday and Preston loved being in the water! We are going to take "swimming" lessons there once a week, hopefully he'll be a water baby like I was.



Check out the cool bathing suit we bought for in when we were in London. Covers up that fair, English skin nicely!

Thanks, little guy...

...for making us smile during a difficult time. You were so happy and resilient throughout your latest hospital stay, and it really helped keep our spirits up. Due to an infection in your incision area, we had to stay at MGH for four days while your wound was cleaned out, re-stitched and you were given antibiotics to help get rid of those pesky germs. There were some roadblocks along the way: you were allergic to the first antibiotic and your IV came out on day three, resulting in three unsuccessful attempts to re-insert it. That was really hard for all of us, but you were so brave.

I have to say that you were the hit of the pediatric floor at MGH. You were such a little flirt with Nurses Amanda, Melissa and Caroline, smiling and giggling every time they came in to check on you. You also made friends with the lady who brought in our meals and the man who cleaned out the trash cans. You gave him a beautiful smile, and he said that you made his day! The nurses said they didn't want to see you leave, but I'm very happy that we are back home and on the mend. Hopefully we won't be back to MGH for a long time. (Although, I'm not sure what you are going to do without all of the constant attention!)
Love you.



Here you are with Daddy at 6am. You loved to sit in the hall and wave to everyone going by.

And he's off!

Looks like I spoke too soon in my previous post! Our little man started crawling a few days after he turned 9 months. At first, he stayed confined to the rug we have in our living area, but as he gets more confident, he's exploring all kinds of fun new things, such as opening the doors to the TV cabinet and checking out all of the CDs and DVDs. Not long before he figures out how to take them out and toss them around. Babyproofing, here we come!

Spring is here!

While I'm looking forward to Preston being able to crawl, I am taking advantage of him still being content with just sitting on a blanket in the park, chewing on some toys and watching the world go by.