Soccer and friends

Sammy has soccer every Saturday morning, this weekend was no exception. Matt's parents, as well as my parents were there which was a tremendous help as Preston is so busy these days. He loves to run all over the place, and Grandpa was his running partner today. Sam played well and played hard today although his team did lose today which was disappointing to him. But what was even more frustrating to him was that he got hit in the face by another player and got a bloody nose. He wasn't too hurt, but was angry that he had to sit out. He got hit within the last probably 5 or so minutes of the game, so he had to stay out until the end of the game. Sophia wasn't actually with us at the game as she had a sleep over at a friend's house. After the soccer game we went to a new playground that we had never been to before with a group of friends. It was a wonderful afternoon. Preston is becoming so adventurous. The playground had some very tall climbing structures which was so nerve racking. Preston climbed up the tall slide and I cringed, when he first sat down he looked a little anxious too. But he went down repeatedly and loved it. And then he went down HEAD FIRST!!!! I was terrified. I heard an older child at the playground say "Wow did you see what that baby just did? I am going to go try that!" And then he went up there laid down and was too scared to go head first. Leave it to my little dare devil boy :-)

Preston's birthday

I can't believe my little guy is getting ready to be two. This last year with him has been such a roller coaster ride. I am so very thankful for all of the many answered prayers that have been answered in regards to him. When we were dealing with all the intestinal stuff, and fighting insurance it felt like we were never going to get to the other side, but praise God He opened the doors and here we are celebrating a HEALTHY two year old who is amazingly sweet and funny. His favorite things lately are Curious George, school buses, vehicles, and reading. He grabs books and grabs whoever he can and says "read it, read it" until you do. He will also grab your hand and try to pull you down and say "sit down and read it." He loves his reading. He also has been walking around singing a song that he has made up himself, it is a combination of the alphabet, twinkle twinkle little star, and Jesus Loves Me. So sweet! We did a school bus theme for his birthday as that is his favorite thing right now. I am so blessed to have such wonderful helpful people in my life. One friend said your job is to tell me what you want and I will make it happen... How awesome is that? So Stephanie made Preston his amazing cake and she made his birthday banner. She also helped do lots of set up and the clean up. AMAZINGLY blessed am I!!! We had a gorgeous day, and were so happy to be able to celebrate with lots of people that we love. Preston loves Abby and Bre, those are some of his favorite friends.