The Jarvinens

Finally some SNOW!

2012-01-07T17:12:00.000-08:00

We woke up to snow this morning! The first actual snow of the season! This winter has been quite warm so far. Preston was excited to see the snow...he kept looking out the window!

We decided to take Preston into the Provo Canyon to play in the snow because the snow where we are at was super wet and melting quickly. I gave Preston his clothes and told him to take them to daddy so Davin could help him put them on. Preston took the job seriously and held the clothes so tightly haha such a silly guy!

Preston was ready to go!

Don't worry...we didn't go down that trail. lol

Preston loved going down the snowy slide! He had a hard time walking thru the snow since he has never had to lol

He was making car sounds while steering the steering wheel haha

Preston was looking at....

...me lol

BYU Dinosaur Museum

2012-01-07T16:53:00.000-08:00

While Davin was on his Christmas Break from BYU we took Preston to the BYU Paleontology Museum. Preston really liked it so we took him a couple times. ;-)

Big dinosaur! Preston tried to pull it down...to no avail!

Giant Dinosaur vertebrae...perfect to climb on lol

Davin got this great idea to put Preston in the mouths of the dinosaurs. lol Preston thought it was funny too ;-)

Wait...that dinosaur doesn't eat meat...oh well! ;-P

Dinosaur foot print

Our Anniversary and New Years!

2012-01-01T11:36:00.000-08:00

Well our anniversary celebration wasn't nearly as amazing as last year but it was still a nice date night. Heather, Nate, and family watched Preston so we could go out to a movie and dinner. We went to the new mission impossible movie "Ghost Protocol" and it was really good! I was a little bit uncomfortable sitting in the movie theater because of being pregnant. I haven't been in a movie theater for so long that i didn't even think that i would be uncomfortable. lol ;-P After the movie we weren't quite hungry yet because Davin and I ate a ton of popcorn and pop ;-) Soo we went to Kohl's so i could look at shoes...normally he would have said no but i think Davin was being extra nice...it was our anniversary after all. I found some flat black boots that were on sale and don't make my feet hurt...yay! Then we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It was busy as usual but still a nice dinner. We ate a lot and Davin even let me get a fried pickle as an appetizer...don't knock it till you try it! MMMmm. Then we went back to Heather and Nate's and just hung out there for a little while longer while Preston played and played with his cousins! haha He was tired for a couple days after that! He and his little cousin Isaac got along really well. It was cute!

NEW YEARS EVE!

Well i may have put that in bold but it wasn't anything super special or anything lol We Skyped my parents for about an hour...Preston was happy to see them but still a little confused on where they actually are. lol Other than that we just hung out for New Years Eve. We got some Sushi from the Japanese place Davin used to work at and his old boss gave it to us for free! Nice guy and yummy Sushi, as always! We also got some Oreo's, apples and caramel, smoothie mix, and well that was about it. lol I didn't need anything more for snacks cause then i would just have eaten them all!! Preston went to bed at his normal time around 8:30 and then Davin and I had a Prison Break season 2 marathon till it was time to watch the ball drop...then we toasted with some really nasty tasting sparkling apple-cranberry juice stuff. I thought it would be alright but it was gross. lol Oh well at least i got a kiss from my Davin. ;-) Then we went to sleep....we are officially an old married couple i think!

New Years Resolutions/Goals...

1. Lose all the weight i want to lose after the baby gets here...however much that maybe lol

2. Be a better friend and make an effort to make new ones

3. Try to find a fun new hobby

4. Don't take everything so seriously

5. Enjoy the little things more

Davin

1. Work out more

2. Get better grades in School

3. Build more stuff with my own hands/tools

4. Read my scriptures more

5. Do more things with my family

Preston (ok maybe i made these up for him)

1. Get potty trained

2. Be a great older brother to my sister

3. Get and start sleeping in my own big boy bed

4. Stop drooling so much

5. Be a nice boy and listen to mommy and daddy ;-)

My Handymen

2011-12-28T03:59:00.000-08:00

Preston has had such a fun time with his Daddy since Davin has been out of school the past couple weeks and gets to hang out with daddy everyday! ;-) Preston always wants to do everything Davin does so when Davin was measuring and everything to put up my shelf Preston was right there too...helping ;-)

That is right, Preston knows how to use a stud finder...or at least make it light up. lol

Christmas Day!

2011-12-25T03:51:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day we spent all day at home relaxing while Preston played with his presents. ;-) Preston got a cars couch, cars twin bed set, cars magnetic drawing thing, cars plastic bib, wooden food cutter set, hot wheels cars, a toy motorcycle, xylophone, floaties, foam blocks, puzzles, a book and a wooden train. He did play with all of his toys but his favorites were his cars couch, toy motorcycle "momo", and hot wheels cars. ;-) A funny thing Preston did when he first walked out and saw the presents he took off his construction hat (that he was wearing) and fixed his hair before going over to his presents lol! A highlight of Preston opening presents was that after he opened his momo he didn't want to put it down to open more presents so he tried to open them one handed with the other hand holding the momo. lol Another was after he opened his hot wheels cars he hugged them and "danced" or i mean wiggled. ;-P

Davin got an easel, paint, paint brushes, a bunch of canvases, a couple video games, a gift card to game stop, a couple shirts, and a flashlight. He was happy with his gifts and surprised too at the art things i got for him.

I got a jewelry box, robe, earrings, socks, 2 pairs of shoes, space bags, nail polish, money for my blog book, body wash, monopoly deal (it is a fun game!), and phase ten the dice game. A very good Christmas for me too! ;-)

Santa came!

I only took videos of Preston opening presents so i didn't get any pictures of the actual opening of gifts. This is Preston with his new "momo" toy motorcycle that grandma and grandpa Burke got him. Playing with toys in his construction hat...what more could a boy ask for!

We had Preston open all of his presents first so he would leave us alone to open ours....it worked for the most part ;-)

opps...we did get a picture of Preston "taking" daddy a present for daddy to open.....or rather showing daddy how to open it. lol But no pictures of Preston opening his own. ohh well ;-)

He is playing with something other than the momo...

haha not for long tho...the momo needed a ride on the train!

laying in his cars fold out couch...with momo of course. He kept putting all his cars into the sleeping bag portion of the bed and then crawling in. lol

Christmas dinner with just the three of us. It was pretty yummy if i do say so myself ;-) Our microwave died just as i was finishing the potatoes...thankfully it came back to life the next day ;-P

I could not get Preston to smile! I didn't realize till i was going through the pictures that i didn't really get a picture of him smiling on Christmas! sad day! He was sick but he did have a great day...promise!

Playing with toys!

Preston kept wanting me to put his floaties on lol

Christmas Eve!

2011-12-24T03:13:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Eve we went over to Heather and Nate's place for some Chinese food and Christmas story reading....also for Preston to play with cousins! It was a nice night and Preston sure was wore out by the end of the night too! I didn't get a picture of it but they had a slide that Preston could climb up and slide down that was small enough for him to maneuver over...he loved it and all the attention his older cousins gave him!

Preston and his cousins playing with big blocks! from left to right... Davin, Ryan, Issac, Preston, Trenton, and Katelynn.

This is Trenton wearing a Mexican hat that all the kids kept putting on...Preston even tried to put it on their dog Moose. haha

Family photo...I didn't realize that Davin and I were both wearing gray until this picture. lol go figure!

Preston really wanted to help his cousins open their Christmas jammies!

During the reading of the Christmas story Preston was in the kitchen hanging out with their dog Moose lol who really is a huge dog but very friendly!

We went home for Preston to open his own Christmas jammies on Christmas Eve!

He is pretty good at unwrapping presents now! haha

He tried putting them on by himself...he was a very sleepy boy!

We all opened our Christmas Jammies...mine are gray so they blended into my shirt ...and well Preston is eating his...lol typical

a couple belly pictures! Finally lol

2011-12-21T04:08:00.000-08:00

I keep forgetting to take belly pictures! I am soo terrible at this and i feel HUGE so i hate having to think about taking pictures too ;-P I am 26 weeks and 1 day pregnant in these pictures...only about a week away from my 3rd trimester and this is my first actual belly picture. sigh...i totally failed this pregnancy with the pictures and last pregnancy i don't have very many so ya. sad day!

Preston couldn't resist being in a picture. lol

My butt is totally trying to out grow my stomach lol i think it gets jealous or something ;-P

haha just had to add a picture of Preston for good measure ;-)

The Trials of the Year

2011-12-19T22:36:00.000-08:00

Preston was put into the hospital for a strep infection that somehow got into his blood from 9/30 to 10/2. The funny thing is that the nurse told me that Preston probably just had a virus and it was pointless to bring him into the doctors office. When i did bring him in to the office anyways he had a fever of 105 and that was on Tylenol so the doctor sent us to the hospital. It was scary but i felt good that he was there and they could figure out what was wrong. Anyways while in the hospital he got better quickly on the IV antibiotics. He is a tough guy. However, while we were at the hospital the doctors discovered Preston had some labs that were quite high. They had us redo the labs a week after he was released to see if the labs were related to the illness.

This was a couple hours before i took him to the doctor and then the hospital. He wouldn't get off the couch...i just knew it wasn't a virus! Stupid nurse!

This is about an hour after Preston was admitted. He was very happy that Daddy finally made it to the hospital with his puppy. ;-)

The labs weren't any lower so his comprehensive metabolic panel was run every week including some other various labs. The doctors thought he had hepatitis but he didn't have hep A B or C. Soo Preston's pediatrician recommended we see a gastroenterologist but we couldn't get him into this specialist till November. Sadly. When we finally saw the gastroenterologist he had a few more labs done to make sure it was actually affecting the liver. The lab that measures CK came back super high indicating it wasn't the liver at all it was his skeletal muscles. All that wait and the specialist couldn't do anything now. The gastroenterologist was trying to figure out which doctor to send Preston too. It was actually the gastroenterologist's nurse, she was great!

She said we should see a physiatrist (they specialize in physical science and rehab...i hadn't ever heard of one before) but all of them were up at Primary Children's and didn't have any openings till January and at this time it was the beginning of November! The nurse told us about an adult physiatrist in Orem by the name of Stewert King who was really good and that i should see if he take a look at Preston. When i called Dr. King's office the secretary said that he couldn't help Preston but would be willing to look him over and make recommendations on what to do....that same day! YAY! Of course i took him that day! Dr. King was great and very kind. He said that Preston's CK number of 81,000 was the highest he had ever seen! He thought it was too high for muscular dystrophy as did our regular pediatrician Dr. Clayton. Dr. King said that he had connections at Primary Children's Hospital and the University of Utah so he could find the right doctor to take him too. Dr. King's office called and said that they found a pediatric neurologist who specializes in nuromuscular diseases and that he would see Preston the Friday before Thanksgiving. It was such a blessing to not have to wait til January!

When it came time to take Preston to see the nuromuscular doctor we all went...Davin, my mom, and me. The doctor was pleasant but to the point. After looking Preston over he told us that even though his CK was super high he still said that everything else pointed to Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, which is what we were dreading. Duchene MD is the most common form of MD but also the worst form. The doctor ordered a muscle biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Basically DMD is a genetic disorder that makes the skeletal muscles deteriorate till Preston no longer has strength to move his body and is fully dependent on others. He will probably need braces to help him walk in the next few years and between the age of 10 to 12 he will be in a wheelchair full time, by the age of 18 he will be fully dependent on others to care for him. Currently, most do not live past the age of 25.

This news, as you can imagine, is has been quite devastating. We cried a lot and grieved for the life Preston will not have. We have been told that we will grieve many times throughout his life and that is normal. It is amazing how many plans we make for our children even when they are so young. We want them to graduate high school, go to college, fall in love, get married, have a family of their own...those are just basic expectations...and when some of those most likely will not happen...it is extremely difficult. We felt mad and sad thinking of how his life is now going to be....will he have friends? will he graduate? will he get mad/sad about his disorder? will he have a girlfriend? will he go to prom? will he be social? will he continue to smile? ......I have found that thinking ahead to the struggles he will have does him no good right now it just makes us sad. Also that living day to day and enjoying the little things, the everyday things are all that matter right now. We have the faith that Heavenly Father will help us raise Preston and help him through his struggles. I believe the biggest comfort and peace i have received throughout this tough time is the belief that Preston is a very special spirit and means a lot to Heavenly Father. That Heavenly Father only gives these challenges to people who are strong and capable of handling these trials. Preston must not need as much time on this earth to learn all the things he needs to learn as the rest of us. I am so grateful that Preston is a part of our family and that Heavenly Father trusts Davin and I enough to give Preston to us. He is such a sweet guy and brings so much joy to our lives. I can't imagine life without him.

Preston did great for his muscle biopsy on December 7th at Primary Children's Hospital, up in Salt Lake City. He took a while to wake up and did throw up 3 times on the way home but he wasn't crabby or sad...so we were happy. He is such a tough guy too because he didn't even need the strong pain meds just come Advil and he acted like it was no big deal having 2 pieces of muscle cut out of his thigh. yikes! Also the doctor had us leave a piece of tap over the wound so he would leave the stitches alone for 12 days! The stitches themselves were the dissolving kind, thankfully, so we won't have to take him back to have them removed. We got to take the tape off today and i felt bad because there were still 2 pieces of the stitches hanging out either side so when i went to rip the tape off it got stuck...Preston didn't cry but he sure had a concerned look on his face when i tried to pull the tape off. Davin grabbed some scissors real quick and cut the long pieces of the stitches off. Preston is all better now! It was about a 1 and a half inch incision...in case you were wondering.

Needless to say we recently got the muscle biopsy results...he does have Duchene Muscular Dystrophy. Now we are just waiting for Preston's insurance to approve genetic testing for Preston. When the doctors know exactly where Preston's mutation is then they can determine if there is a gene therapy/treatment that can slow the progression of muscle deterioration. These therapies are all new, there is no "cure" for MD as of now but there are many researchers working on treatments. We remain hopeful. I will also need genetic testing done to see if i am a carrier for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy since women are the carriers unless it is a random mutation. If i am a carrier then our daughter will have a 50/50 chance of being a carrier too. Also if i am a carrier and we have another boy he will have a 50/50 chance of having DMD. But i am getting ahead of myself...we will just have to wait and see how everything plays out with Preston's genetic test and mine. As for now we just have to wait...which sometimes can be the hardest thing!

December Festivities

2011-12-18T21:50:00.000-08:00

We have had quite the December already! Still can't wait till Christmas though ;-) We went to see the lights at Temple square while Todd, Catie, and Dave were in town. It was COLD. we really had to bundle up! After the lights we stopped at a McDonald's for some hot chocolate...fun times!

All bundled up!

Ok so this is us at the temple lights. left to right...Todd, Megan, Scarlett, Catie, Seth, Rachel, Jared, Sarah, Preston, Dave, Davin and I are up front...in case you didn't know ;-)

So friends of ours Emily, Sam and their little baby Becky took us to the festival of trees up in Salt Lake City. So for the "Festival of Tree's" people decorate Christmas trees, ginger bread houses and other miscellaneous items to auction off and the proceeds go to the Primary Children's Hospital. There were tons of cool things!

A motorcycle tree made out of tires!

UP themed tree

Family picture at the Festival!

We decided it was time to take Preston on the train at the mall since every-time he saw it at the mall he would freak out because he was so excited! The train just drove around the mall.

Preston was so excited that he wouldn't smile for the camera...oh well lol

First time on the escalator...Preston didn't quite understand that you just need to stand there. lol oh well , he enjoyed it!

Happy Early Christmas to me! A portable dishwasher!. I guess i am officially a mom now that i like getting appliances as gifts. lol ;-) I love it!

We went to the Speir Christmas party in Farr West, Utah. He loved being pushed around on the razer scooter...instead of building ginger bread houses.

Preston and Davin's second cousin Issac. They were using the barbie house phone lol

Preston picking out his white elephant gift.

Preston opening his gift. So we felt bad because we got some pretty cool gifts compared to what we brought. lol We got the games quiddler, farkle, and a toy laptop for Preston. ;-)

Davin won a dollar playing Bingo at the Christmas Party.

Took Preston to see Santa with Scarlett.

He was so excited!

He was too busy smiling to pound Santa's fist lol

Cousin photo!

Santa was telling them how good they are lol

at the toy store by santa...Preston had a good time pushing the go cart

Although he thought the bear had been on it long enough and it was his turn lol

He LOVED riding on the quarter horse...lol

Riding double is double the fun!

Preston loves giving Scarlett hugs! My sweet boy!

I was cleaning for our Christmas Party when i heard Preston struggling i looked over and he had somehow fallen into a gray bin lol he also had gotten a hold of a computer cord...such a little stinker!

Davin finally put my pictures on the wall! I love it!

Our Christmas party! We decorated cookies and had a white elephant gift exchange. left to right...Sarah, Jared, Ali, and baby Harper. It was fun and i am glad we did it. ;-)

haha Bean and Robbie decorating cookies!

Seth, Megan, Stephen, and baby Dayton.

Someone made a life sized model of Mater from CARS. We had to stop and show Preston. He was super excited to see Mater.

It was at a Christmas tree lot so he was towing a tree!

Preston kept pointing at him

Thanksgiving Time!

2011-11-24T13:37:00.000-08:00

So for Thanksgiving my mom was still here so my dad decided to drive out for the holiday week and pick up my mom. For Thanksgiving Dave, Catie, and Todd drove down from Idaho! We had such a fun time with them here! For Thanksgiving dinner we went over to Sarah's apartment because it was bigger. We had my mom, dad, Seth, Megan, Scarlett, Todd, Catie, Dave, Rachel, Sarah, Jared and us of course. haha

This is just a picture of Preston and Scarlett leaning on the washer while it was going. They thought it was soo cool!

Playing under the table

Peek a boo!

They were pretending to sleep haha

Jumping on the bed!

Preston was "helping" grandma roll out the pie crusts. He was pretty proud of himself!

Thanksgiving day! Preston loved looking at Dave's pictures of 4 wheelers and motorcycles.

After dinner my dad watch Preston and Scarlett so we could all play mafia ...good times lol

Davin is playing the narrator...Scarlett wanted to help.

Black Friday...well 10pm on Thanksgiving at Walmart. Can you spot Rachel and Catie? lol It was crazy but we got a good deal on DVDs, and a Cars bed set for Preston. Good times minus the random fights over things lol

The New Baby!

2011-11-09T23:57:00.000-08:00

At the end of our summer in Michigan we found out we were pregnant! I didn't want to just tell Davin we were pregnant so i decided to leave a pregnancy test on the sink to see if he would notice...oh he didn't lol typical. So i ended up just having to tell him...he was still excited even though i didn't tell him in some cool way ;-P Then i tried to tell my mom by putting the pregnancy test in a zip lock and having Preston hand it to her. Well that plan backfired because i forgot that my mom is blind without her reading glasses to small print. My mom thought it was a thermometer lol so fail number two! I just had to finally have her look real hard. She was excited once she understood what it was. Then we decided to tell my dad by writing "soon to be a big brother" on Preston's back. My mom ran into my parents room and told my dad that Preston had a rash on his back and that he should take a look at it....haha my dad was all worried about a rash until he saw and read what Preston's "rash" said. He was excited as well ;-)

of course i had to take 2 pregnancy tests just to be sure! ;-)

Preston's "rash"

My first OB ultrasound around 10 weeks...i still had a subchorionic hemorrhage but it was almost completely healed. We found out i had the bleed because of pain i was having and an early ultrasound around 7 weeks...but i didn't get a picture of that ultrasound. sadly. The bleed isn't usually a big deal and heals on its own. thankfully ;-) oh and the bleed is pictured in the red circle.

this is the same ultrasound just without captions

As you can see at my 20 week ultrasound we found out we are having a girl! I was so surprised that i had the ultrasound lady check twice! I totally thought i was having another boy! Mainly because i thought most women are more sick with girls and this pregnancy I was a lot better than my first pregnancy. I threw up only every other day as compared to 3 times a day with Preston lol Anyways everything looked great for her! Although we did find out that she weighed around a pound and a half so she is most likely going to be even bigger than her brother! ah ;-P

Our beautiful baby girl! She kept moving so it was hard for the lady to get a good picture.

I love her little foot!

Halloween and Davin's Birthday

2011-11-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

For Halloween we decorated Pumpkins, went to Seth's work party, Seth n Megan's ward Halloween party, and on Halloween we went trick or treating at the mall. My mom was in town helping out with Preston so she got to come to everything too!

from left to right, My mom's, Davin's, Mine, and Megan's. Davin and I did ours free hand lol mine looks bad but Davin's was cool...as always. We carved them while Preston and Scarlett were sleeping...it was late. ;-)

Our Halloween costumes at Seth's work party. Preston was Spiderman, i was Mary Jane with dynamite strapped to me, and Davin was the bad mobster guy trying to kill me. lol We aren't super creative but it was fun! Preston actually wore his mask most of the night! I was surprised he did so well wearing it!

There were random entertainers walking around and this guy had a snake and a tarantula. Davin kept saying that the guy better not put the tarantula on him haha and he did...Davin almost screamed ;-P....Preston just stared at the spider lol Love this picture!

Each of the rooms had a theme and decorations for Seth's work party. It was pretty neat!

This is Seth and Megan's church Halloween party. Seth held Scarlett and Preston while we ate. They love each other!

Driving to go trick or treating a few days later on Halloween at the Provo mall. Preston decided he wanted to wear his construction hat as well as a mask lol double the disguise i guess.

The way Preston was running around it was hard to believe that earlier that day he had his ear tubes replaced . lol he is a touch cookie!

Ok so i sucked at taking pictures lol This is the only one i got. For his birthday we went to outback steakhouse yum and then we went laser tagging! My mom was still in Utah so she watched Preston and Scarlett so Seth and Megan could come too! SO it was Seth, Megan, Sarah, Jared, Robbie, Dan, Rachel, and another of Davin's friends. Altogether there were 10...5 on 5. It was super fun! Then we ate cake and ice cream back at the apartment. Preston and I picked out a Harley Davidson cake for Davin.

This is just a random picture of Preston and Scarlett lol

Summer in Michigan!

2011-08-04T20:20:00.000-07:00

So we drove out to Michigan the very end of May to stay for 2 weeks. Well after the 2 weeks Davin decided he wasn't quite ready to leave so he got a job in Michigan building decks with his brother Jeremy. So we stayed till August! It was a long but fun time! We did so many fun things too. Poor Davin was slaving away must of the summer but i guess someone had to be working lol

Preston was a great traveler! He did get car sick going to Michigan when we went through the mountains. He threw up a couple times but we stopped and got some ginger cookies and he was good to go after that. This is when he was eating a Twizzlers and got it everywhere lol

One of the many things we did was take Preston to the metro park farm. He was more interested in the tractors though. of course!

Here is my mom telling Preston, Wil, and Cooper that it is ok to pet the sheep even though the sign clearly stated otherwise....lol

Higher daddy Higher! lol

This slide at the park was hilariously fast! The kids would fly down and land on the ground if no one was there to catch them!

Preston loved being outside and Grandpa took him everywhere outside. He was a happy boy!

"Grandpa, lets go over there!" lol

My Grandpa and Grandma Oesterle even came for a visit! It was so fun to see them and Preston snuggled right up with his great grandma!

My dad's Birthday!

Davin's Brother's Lars (left) Jeremy (right). We were hanging out over at Davin's brother' Keith's. Preston loved all of the old toys they gave him. His cousin's Austin and Riley loved finding new toys for Preston to play with. So cute!

We went to Castaway cafe with Davin's long time friends Brian and Randi and their little boy Bryce! Preston kept going back to this quarter truck thing that we never even turned on lol He loved it just the same!

He started getting braver!

Preston spent a lot of time with my second cousins Wil and Cooper. He loved following the big boys around! I loved spending time with my cousin Elise!

Elise lives on a lake and took us out on her in-laws pontoon boat. Preston wasn't a huge fan of it...he just wanted to walk around the boat the whole time.

Hanging out at my Cousin Elise's we all put stuff in the backpack Preston wanted to wear....lol he didn't seem to mind.

Outdoors with Grandpa! Preston's favorite thing! He also loved wearing his own hat just like Grandpa.!

Preston would sit on the lawn mower and mow the lawn for HOURS! He LOVED it!

My mom and I got my dad a cart for the lawnmower for his birthday. It was a good time!

Playing out front in the sprinklers!

Preston, hangin with the big boys!

Preston and Cooper hugging...aww.

Davin and Jeremy built my mom and dad a deck! This is Preston dancing to the music they had on outside!

Preston watched them build the deck all day!

Preston eventually needed to sit down and watch ;-)

I took Preston to the splash park with my cousin and her kids as well as the church play group! Preston had fun but the water was pretty cold.

Jarvinen get together for Bob's Birthday! left to right, Bob, Lars, Keith, Jeremy, Kathleen, us. Down in front is Riley and Austin.

Had to do a second funny picture...in honor of Bobbie...haha she always liked doing that!

Another fun outing was when we took the boys to the public library on a day where they had ambulances, tow trucks, tanks, fire trucks... etc. The boys had a good time!

Preston liked cuddling up with Grandma and eating popcorn.

Playing on the new deck! Wil and Cooper were hiding because Elise was spraying them with a squirt gun...Preston wasn't quite sure what was going on lol

Preston's 2nd Birthday Party in Michigan

2011-07-24T21:08:00.000-07:00

While we were in Michigan we got to celebrate Preston's 2nd Birthday! It was so nice because so many family members could come! We started off the day swimming at the lake with Cooper and Wil then we got Preston a McDonald's happy meal for lunch! He loved it. Then it was party time at my parents! yay! The people who came were Grandpa Jarvinen, Jeremy, Lars, Keith, Kathleen, Riley, Austin, John, Ritzy, Nadia, Nathan, Mischa, Elise, Wil, Cooper, Grandma and Grandpa Burke (of course).

Swimming in the lake!

Cars theme haha of course!

I wanted to find a pin the tail on the donkey but i couldn't find one believe it or not! So i asked my talented hubby to draw one...so instead of a donkey we did pin the smile on Lightening Mcqueen haha soo much cooler anyways! ;-)

Preston got the closest but i think Daddy helped haha

We got a pinata and Preston had a fun time being able to hit something ;-)

the bigger kids really got into it. The pinata would not break!

Finally got the candy out!

Cake time!

He was a little more civilized than his first birthday lol

ok i said just a little bit...

The other kids kept on "helping" Preston open the presents! lol

Keith and Kathleen got Preston a hard hat, drill, and saw. Preston immediately started imitating what Davin and Jeremy had done while building the deck lol.

He is screwing in the floor boards!

Preston had such a fun 2nd birthday. He was such a happy boy!

4th of July in Michigan

2011-07-03T20:54:00.000-07:00

Since we were still in Michigan we decided to go to the Cohactah parade right up the rode from us. haha The parade was extremely short consisting of some tractors a few classic cars and some farm animals lol fun times. Then later that day we had a BBQ at my parents with Davin's brothers Lars and Jeremy. Then we went to the Blaine's for a boat ride, smores, and of course fireworks over the lake! It was so pretty! Davin's brother's Lars and Jeremy tagged along as well.

Cohactah Parade haha

the highlight was a girl riding a cow lol Oh and Preston got a stuffed animal Pooh Bear.

The boat ride with my parents. Such a beautiful day!

fireworks time!

We sat on the docked boat to watch the fireworks...it was so nice!

Rachel's Graduation Party in Indiana

2011-06-04T20:38:00.000-07:00

While we were in Michigan we were able to drive down a couple hours to Indiana to go to Rachel's high school graduation party. It was fun! My grandparents were there, my parents, Sue and Mark, Todd and Catie, Elise, Nick and kids, my sister Amy, Steve and Chris, Katie, as well as us. We had a water balloon fight, good food, a bounce house...what more could we ask for?

Preston rode on Grandpas back at Kathy and Jim's house.

Davin played games with my Grandma and Aunt Kathy. Good times lol

We stayed at the hotel while everyone else went to the actual graduation. We didn't have tickets because we weren't going to still be in Michigan lol but we were. Anyways we didn't get a picture with Rachel in her cap and gown. Oh well! We hung out at the hotel and swam ;-)

back to front...Elise, me, Amy, and Rachel.

We decided to get matching dresses and recreate that picture since we would all be together lol

haha cousin love!

Parents visit for Easter!

2011-04-01T15:35:00.000-07:00

My parents flew out to visit for about a week for

Easter! We did a lot of fun things. We went to Cabelas, the Zoo, Ikea, Taconos, Trafalga, Provo Canyon and a few other places. As well as celebrated Easter of course. ;-)

This is when we went to the Zoo. the Gorilla was every one's favorite. He was eating a cereal BOX lol not cereal just the box.

Preston is about the size of a baby Gorilla. haha

The Gorilla again...he was playing peak a boo with everyone. Preston loved it!

We are right outside the elephant enclosure. Sadly the elephants moved out of the picture. oh well.

My parents took Preston and Scarlett on the Zoo's merry go round. They all loved it!

My mom and Preston.

My dad and Preston.

My dad is back there somewhere...

Preston kept trying to climb into the cages haha

Preston and Davin in the jungle! Or rather the bird enclosure at the zoo.

Preston loved riding on Daddy's shoulders!

My mom was trying to help Preston get into the crocodile exhibit. lol ok maybe she wasn't trying to but that is what it looked like.

This is the hat that we didn't get Preston at the Zoo haha It sure was cool tho!

Easter egg hunt with Seth, Megan, Scarlett, and my parents! We just had it in the back yard of our apartment complex. Preston and Scarlett weren't huge fans of walking on the grass cause they are still pretty clumsy. But they got the hang of it.

Davin is showing Preston what to do.

Preston got the hang of it and was trying to pick up more than one egg at a time which is pretty hard with such small hands!

It seemed like Preston was telling us "Help, i already have an egg in each hand!"

Opening the eggs. Once they found out the eggs had candy in them there was no stopping them! haha

One of the adventures we went on was a drive up the Provo Canyon! My parents took our car and Preston while we took the motorcycle. It was fun! Besides the point that we ran out of gas on the motorcycle and Seth had to get us some lol Thankfully we weren't in the canyon yet so the whole ordeal wasn't more than 20 mins.

Scarlett and Preston had a fun time riding in the double stroller together and watching the water in the creek/river.

Preston going down the slide at the park in the Canyon...it was pretty chilly.

There was a random hail storm so we stayed in the Car till the hail stopped. Pretty impressive for Utah lol

We went to Tucanos for lunch. Yumm!

Preston and my mom and Tucanos. He was getting a little sick of sitting.

This is during our trip to Ikea. Who needs strollers when we have a wagon! Seth got this wagon and was pretty excited to use it. The kids liked it.

Preston wanted to pull it himself.

My dad and Preston at the Ikea play area. He loved going down the slide in the background.

On the last day my parents were here we went to Trafalga for some mini golf. The kids wanted to golf so bad but were kinda just in the way lol Poor guys! Maybe when your a little bit older.

Last picture before my parents had to leave for the airport ;-( It was a fun time for everyone! We were busy everyday doing something. I think we may have over planned there stay cause it sure went by fast!

Preston playing in the snow!

2011-02-27T13:12:00.000-08:00

This is Preston's first time playing in the snow because his first winter he was too young to play in it. He wasn't too excited about walking in the snow but he had a good time running around it haha. Even though i am mean and didn't get him any snow boots so i just put plastic bags over his shoes...so that made it hard for him to walk anyways. ohh well he still was excited! ;-) oh and i had to add the picture of his hand print in the slushy snow...soo cute!

Preston's Surgery....

2011-01-18T19:53:00.000-08:00

Preston's surgery to have his tongue clipped because it was tongue tied and tubes put in his ears was January 7th at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. We were told to be at the hospital by 6:30am....super early but that way Preston wouldn't have to go without eating for too long in the morning. Preston was a happy camper when we were waiting. He played with the toys they had there and got to wear some hospital pjs and socks....pretty much the cutest thing ever. I had no idea that they made hospital gowns so small! Preston really enjoyed the hospital socks with the grippers on the bottoms. He would just walk around trying to push his feet but they were stuck so he would pick his foot up really high....to walk better? lol who knows. I spoke to the doctor before the surgery and I had mentioned that the skin that connects the top lip to the gums was really low and between his top 2 teeth. The doctor checked and said that he would clip that skin as well because it will cause gaps between his front two adult teeth. Poor kid...even more cutting in his mouth! Anyways he went in for surgery around 7:45am which sucked because Davin had to leave at 7:30am for his class at 8am. I really wished he could have been with me because it was harder on me to have the nurses take him back then i thought it would be. It made me super sad when he left. Preston didn't mind at all, he loves everyone so he was laughing and smiling when he left me and they took him down the hall.

I waited for like an eternity for Preston to be done....ok maybe only 20 mins....but it sure felt like an eternity!! I could hear him crying down the hall. When they brought him in he was crying and there was blood coming out of his mouth. The doctor told me that the surgery was a success with no complications which shocked me because all i saw was blood and crying....didn't seem like a success to me! All i could think was, what have i done?! Anyways sure enough the harder he cried the more he spat blood! Then i started crying because it was so hard for me to see him like that and of course Davin wasn't quite back from class yet. ;-( When they handed him to me he was just hysterically crying. He had an IV in his little left hand from the surgery so they were giving him fluids to try and flush out the a anesthetic because they were saying he was just having a hard time coming out of anesthesia. He eventually calmed down for about five minutes and then started screaming again. I asked them if they could get him some pain meds because he seemed to be in pain. The nurse came back with the oral kind of pain medicine and of course he wanted us no where near his mouth. I was so mad....why didn't they just give him some pain medicine through his IV? Anyways we did eventually get him to take it and he fell asleep in my arms....poor baby!! Davin got there just after he fell asleep...go figure!! ;-P Eventually my back started to hurt so i went to lay him down on the bed and as soon as i laid him back he started choking....apparently on blood. ;-( I sat him up and he was much better...he even took a few bites of yogurt. ;-) We left at about 10:20am an hour later then we had been told because he had a hard time after the anesthetic including recognizing who we were!! So sad ;-(

When we got him home he would only eat cool yogurt which was totally understandable. The doctor prescribed Preston some Tylenol with codeine for pain. The first 2 days we gave it to him every 4 hours because he would start whining in obvious pain just before 4 hours was up. The first day he was just really out of it because of the anesthesia but let me tell you the next day was hilarious when he was feeling good on his pain meds. We caught him doing the funniest things which included....laying completely flat on his belly licking the floor while kicking his legs and hitting the floor with his hands, yuck!!, he laughed at the dumbest things, pointed at the ceiling a lot, he would fall and just lay on the floor like it was the coolest thing ever, and pretty much walk around like a drunk. lol He is doing great considering we found out later that he had 4 stitches under his tongue! Thankfully the stitches were the dissolving kind and are all gone now. It is so amazing how quickly Preston has bounced back. He no longer chokes on food or a sippy cup. He now seems to be able to hear much better. Preston still has yet to say a word but it will come soon hopefully and sadly he still drools like no other. The drooling thing has just got to stop!! ;-P

This was just a funny thing he did while drugged up. He put the construction worker in his shoe then put the fireman next to the shoe and then brought Elmo over to look (Elmo is the red fur on the bottom of the picture. lol

We had to add the bib to the gown...lol but it was super cute. I did take the bib off when they brought him back to me because of all the blood at first...

He loved the piano they had for him to play with! ;-)

New Years Eve/Resolutions

2010-12-31T15:50:00.000-08:00

Our new years eve was a pretty relaxing evening. Davin worked till 10:15pm so Preston and I just hung out. I put Preston to bed around 9:30pm and told him happy new year. He really had no idea what was going on, oh well. lol Maybe next year. When Davin got home from work we watched a movie and ate some yummy free sushi Davin got from work and ate some puppy chow i made. Very quiet but pleasant way of bringing in the new year. We paused our movie to watch the ball drop. lol Then finished our movie. Ok so our New Year Resolutions (goals)....

me:

1.lose 10 pounds

2. Do more service for others

3. Be a better friend

4. Try not to jump to conclusions

5. Be more physically active

Davin:

1. Work out more

2. Get better grades in School

3. Build more stuff with my own hands/tools

4. Fix my motorcycle

5. Do more things with my family

3 year anniversary!

2010-12-29T10:08:00.000-08:00

Since we were not going to be in Michigan for our anniversary we decided to go all out for our anniversary and get a hotel in Salt lake City. Also we arranged for Preston to have a sleep over at Seth and Megan's during our get away and he had a great time! So the weather on our anniversary was terrible!! The weather kinda forced us to change our plans a little bit but we did have a fantastic time anyways. First off we headed to salt lake a little earlier then planned to make sure we could make it to salt lake city at all. We went to outback steakhouse which was really close to salt lake city and the roads were horrible! It was just crazy. It took us about 45 more mins longer then it should have. However we had a very nice dinner. MMmmm. Then we ventured out into the snow storm to our hotel in downtown salt lake city. There was so much snow and ice on the roads that we even saw a tow truck spin out. Needless to say we drove slow and steady. ;-P It was very strange driving downtown with little to no traffic. Also with all the snow it didn't even look like downtown salt lake. so weird. Anyways the hotel was wonderful and the hotel staff were so helpful with directions and everything. Also the next morning when we went to leave, our car was all cleared off of snow and ice!! We would not mind going back there, that is for sure!

After checking in and everything we decided to go to the mall that was right by the hotel. We got some hot chocolate and walked around the outdoor mall....lol i think we were just about the only ones. We still enjoyed our very snowy walk none the less. ;-) Later that night we went to Denny's for some dessert....we had some plans to go to a much nicer place but it was way too far away from the tram system and we did not want to drive. Anyways dessert at Denny's was good and we rode the tram.....fun times. We may not of done a whole lot but we sure enjoyed our time as just a couple in Salt Lake City.

The next day we slept in of course but only till 9:30 LOL We are so used to getting up with Preston that 9:30 seemed like sleeping in. Then we had breakfast at Denny's and headed back to Provo for a movie. We saw Tangled...such a good movie! I loved it! Anyways I think we determined that celebrating an anniversary like this is worth every penny! We definatly want to do this again next year! ;-)

When we left Provo it was slightly sprinkling.

Closer to the point of the mountain it was pouring.

at the point of the mountain it was snowing/raining.

Into the salt lake valley...snow! Lots of Snow and since it had been raining there was ice under the snow as well!! Yuck!

Our winter wonderland! It was so quiet and beautiful!

The gateway!

Trams! Best way to travel! Especially in crappy weather!

Hotel lobby...Davin hanging out by the fire!

Tram station right by our hotel...pretty awesome!

we really do love each other!! ;-)

Davin loved the tram a little too much i think. ;-P

Christmas time!!

2010-12-25T12:11:00.000-08:00

Towards the beginning of December we had Robbie and Angie over for some cookie decorating fun! Angie pretty much taught us how to decorate cookies cause she is really awesome at it. From now on i think are cookies are going to actually look cool! ;-)

We decided to take Preston and Scarlett to see Santa together. Cousins...so cute!

He was a really good Santa. The kids loved him!

Preston broke one of his antlers right off the bat....of course! lol

Santa gave Preston a Santa rubber duck which he loved holding onto in his mouth. It was really funny! He held it in his mouth for a good 10 mins.

For Christmas eve we went over to Seth and Megan's for some yummy chili, snacks, and games! A couple of Seth and Megan's friends came over too. We had a great time. This picture is of Scarlett and Preston opening up Scarlett's present from us.

Preston loved her present. lol

Christmas Eve at Seth and Megan's.

Preston opening up the monster truck Seth and Megan got Preston.

Seth and Megan got Preston some pjs too.

Preston loved holding the truck in his mouth by a tire. As you can see Scarlett thought it was pretty ridiculous. lol

Once we got back to our apartment Preston opened up another pair of pjs from us. He wore the ones from us to bed...mostly because he drooled all over the other ones. yuck!

Woohoo we all got pjs on Christmas eve! After we put Preston to bed we read the REAL Christmas story from the bible. It was a very fun and nice Christmas Eve. It was sad that this was the first time that I was not at my parents house for Christmas but we made our own Christmas wonderful as one small family. ;-)

Santa came!!

We left out some cookies and Santa even took a bite out of one. ;-P

Preston was surprisingly excited when he woke up and we showed him all the presents. He was definitely more into opening presents this year. We loved it!

He got really excited about his fire truck and mega blocks so he climbed on top? lol

He was very appreciative of all his presents and he loved them all! Granted he pretty much picked out his presents. lol He got five little cars, a mega blocks fire truck with extra blocks, and a hammer. Grandma and Grandpa Burke got him a plastic feeding bib, Christmas bib (that he is wearing), pjs, and a tickle me Elmo (he is really into Sesame street right now).

I am not sure why he was holding the foot of his new pjs in his fingers lol

He was very patient as i took out the little cars from the box....it was actually quite difficult!

Davin did a great job for Christmas for me. He got me these brown dress shoes, a shelf, some cute sayings to go on the shelf, a twilight book, and a jewelry box. What a wonderful husband!

I got Davin a tool belt, sweat bands, clamp set, and a carpenters square. He seemed to really like them all. ;-)

Later that morning we Skyped my parents and Preston showed them all his new toys.

He was unsure what to think of them on the computer. He recognized the voices and would look on the computer screen. We hadn't Skyped in a while. lol

Later that day we had Seth, Megan, Scarlett, Phil, Sierra, and Holly over for Christmas Day dinner. I made a spiral honey ham (which turned out really quite good) and tried to make cheesy potatoes. Sadly the cheesy potatoes didn't turn out too well. My mom makes them in her microwave but my microwave was too small to fit the pan in. Ah! I had a minor break down and then just put them in the oven but apparently not long enough. Sad day! Then Seth and Megan brought the rolls and Phil and Sierra brought the green bean casserole. Everything else was good besides the cheesy potatoes that were somewhat crunchy and liquidy. lol Of course we played some games and had a great time together! Over all a great Christmas this year!!

Preston learned to walk!!

2010-12-05T10:50:00.000-08:00

We were getting Preston to walk with encouragement, such as fruit snacks or a toy he wanted, the middle of November after meeting with a physical therapist. We were pretty excited about everything we learned from the physical therapist. Shortly after we got back to Utah Preston started walking without encouragement. I think Preston being around all the cousins made him want to walk more than ever.

one on the left is Preston's first long walk alone. The one on the right is one of the first attempts at walking alone. Both taken on a cell phone...lol i never have the camera out fast enough!

Very sick baby!!

2010-12-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

So I guess Preston had gotten some sort of sickness being around so many different people. The night before Amy's wedding Preston just cried and kept waking up. We didn't sleep pretty much at all from that night on. He had to sleep in bed with us. He was miserable and so were we. On Monday after we dropped Davin off at the airport we came back to my parents house and Preston finally spiked a fever, stopped eating, and his eyes got all gooey...yuck. It was time to take him to the urgent care. We found out that he had an ear infection in his right ear and an eye infection. The doctor prescribed an antibiotic for his ear, some drops for his eyes and a decongestant.

This picture is after we gave him a bath to help with the fever and clean off his eyes. My parents were so funny all concerned for Preston. My dad cleaned out the spray bottle and was spraying Preston with cool water while Preston was in the tub to try and help with his fever. I love my parents and was so glad that they were there to help me since Davin was gone!! After that we gave him his meds and hoped for a better tomorrow.

Preston loved rearranging my parents furniture!

Then Preston and I had to fly back to Utah Wednesday evening. I wanted a repeat of our flight to Michigan so i asked the lady at the gate if we could be by some empty seats for more room. The mean lady said that the flight was full and i told her that she needed to add Preston as a lap child to the flight log. After that I noticed that when i changed Preston's diaper in the airport bathroom I noticed that he had a bunch of spots all over his belly. strange.

When I got on the plane our seat was right next to a man and his 5 month old son. The flight attendant had him move because 2 lap children are not allowed to sit right next to each other and should never be sat next to each other. Apparently the mean gate lady must not have added Preston as my lap child. Also when the guy and his son had to move i noticed that no one replaced the man so we were right next to a free seat and when i looked forward there were 2 more empty seats....meaning that the mean gate lady lied about there being no empty seats on the plane. However all of her meanness did get us a free seat right next to us which wasn't so terrible ;-P

Preston fell asleep right before take off and slept for about 2 hours before i felt his forehead and noticed he felt like he was on fire!! Thankfully the flight attendants were just finishing up giving out drinks and snacks. I decided that once they were done i would ask for a thermometer. However after sitting there for a few minutes i decided to start taking off some of his clothes because he clearly had a temperature. I noticed that he wasn't really moving and i couldn't get him to wake up. I quickly walked to where the flight attendance were and asked for a thermometer. Once i got it under his arm it kept going up and up and up until it reached 103.9. At that point i just decided i couldn't wait to see how much higher it was going to go, I just knew i needed to take off all of his clothes and cool him down. A couple flight attendants filled bags of ice and put them on him. He still didn't move even with the ice on him for a couple minutes then he opened his eyes and started shaking. We gave him some Advil as well. One of the flight attendants called the captain and told him that there was a baby on board with a temperature over 103. Apparently the captain told her to turn on the air and blowers in the back because she made an announcement that there was a very sick baby and that they needed to turn on the air and blowers in the back to help him cool down. Shortly after that the flight attendant asked if I wanted her to ask if there were any nurses or doctors on board. I said yes because i was really freaked out about how Preston was acting and by his REALLY high fever. She made the announcement and at first a cardiac nurse came who said she didn't really know much about children or how to help. Shortly after that a young man came back looking like a dear in head lights. He said that he was an intern and proceeded to ask questions and examine Preston...very nervously. He concluded that Preston didn't have pneumonia and that all his vitals were stable. He just advised us to keep him drinking because he was dehydrated and to see our doctor right away in the morning. It took about 20 mins for his temperature to get under 100 and then he started eating and doing well enough for us to go back to our seats. The flight attendant made an announcement saying that the sick baby's temperature is under 100 and he is eating cheerios. It was super funny cause some people clapped. Preston screamed the whole descent to the ground. It was horrible cause nothing I did could soothe him. Needless to say when Davin picked us up and asked me how the flight was i bawled. Seriously though things like this never happen except in movies! It was crazy!

Obviously the next day we took Preston into our pediatrician. Our doctor said that both of Preston's ears had ear infections so bad that his ears almost ruptured....he said they were the worse he had ever seen!! I learned that the antibiotics the doctor in Michigan prescribed does nothing for ear infections and that the decongestant Preston had should not be given to children under 3....after i was told all of this i wondered if the urgent care doctor we went to even had a license to practice medicine. Needless to say we were given a strong antibiotic that is meant for ear infections and were told to come in again in 5 days to make sure his ears are improving. We also learned that Preston's spots that had now spread to his entire body were from a virus and would go away on their own. These are pictures of his spots. lol poor kid!

After five days we went in and his ears were improving but not as good as he wanted them too be and that his right ear was not getting better as quickly as his left ear was. The doctor had us keep Preston on the antibiotics a little longer. About a week after that it was Preston's hearing retest. His hearing wasn't terrible but definitely muffled because he still had a lot of fluid in his right ear. The ear, nose, throat doctor said that he didn't have an infection but that his ear wasn't draining fluid properly and that he recommended we put tubes in his ears to help them drain properly and hear more clearly. I also had the ENT check Preston's mouth and see if there was anything abnormal to explain his excessive drooling. The ENT informed me that Preston was tongue tied!! I was pretty mad because when the nurses checked him after he was born i was told that he wasn't tongue tied!! Anyways the ENT said that he could clip his tongue when he put in the tubes and get everything done at once. Although he couldn't guarantee that Preston would stop drooling he did say that it would help him speak more clearly (when he does start speaking) and help him to not choke so much on his food. We decided to go ahead with the surgery and scheduled it for January 7th 2010.

Thanksgiving in Iowa! Reception in Michigan!

2010-11-24T13:51:00.000-08:00

This was my dad at the hospital in Iowa City when we went to visit him. He was sore after the heart cath. but doing very well! woohoo!! He was released shortly after 1 on thanksgiving so my parents didn't make it to thanksgiving dinner but they made it in plenty of time to visit. Sadly my dad had a temperature when the hospital went to release him so he was on antibiotics. The doctors weren't too sure what it was.

Thanksgiving!! We all had a great time! I haven't been to an Oesterle's thanksgiving in 3 years I loved getting to see everyone! The food was amazing...as always!! ;-) Preston had a great time following all the cousins around and playing!

Games and snacks...couldn't ask for more!!

Preston with his great grandpa!!

This is us at Amy's reception in Michigan we left on black Friday. Everyone set up Saturday morning for the reception Saturday evening. Preston and I had to hold down the fort at my parents house because Preston would have gotten into everything. My dad had to go to the urgent care that morning because we thought he had pneumonia which he did end up having so my dad stayed home with Preston and I while everyone else slaved away ;-P Wasn't so bad if you ask me. ;-)

Daddy daughter dance!! Amy looked amazing...and I guess Jake didn't look too bad either. j/k lol

Preston wishing he could walk and chase Elise's boys Wil and Cooper during the reception.

Megan, Scarlett, Preston and Davin having a good time!! ;-)

Amy's bachelorette party and wedding in Illinois

2010-11-23T13:29:00.000-08:00

Sunday the 21st of November (yes that is the day right after Davin and Jake flew in) Amy, Jake, Davin, Preston, and I hit the road to Nauvoo, Illinois after picking up the tuxes. It was about a 9 hour drive from my parents house to Nauvoo, Illinois for Amy's wedding on the 23rd. Yikes!! However Preston only got sad the last hour of the trip....he was just voicing the way we all felt that last hour....lol

This was at the only restaurant in town for Amy's "bachelorette" party....no worries...nothing to risqué or anything we just wore fake eye glasses, noses and paper mustaches. The people at the small restaurant thought we were exceptionally cool.....LoL. We also played apples to apples and ate cake....MMmmmm!! ;-) It was really fun.

Amy trying out her wedding day.... disguise....lol

Amy and Jake were successfully married and looking fabulous!! Shortly after family pictures when Seth, Megan, Scarlett, Davin, me, Preston and my dad were in the hotel room packing up my dad collapsed and we had to call an ambulance. He was taken to a small hospital in Iowa (about 30 mins from Nauvoo, Illinois.) my mom had to be called out from Amy and Jake's photo shoot to go with my dad. The whole experience was very scary.

This was us at the Dinner Jake's family put on a few hours after the wedding and my dad going to the hospital. My mom and dad couldn't come because they were at the hospital. Seth, Megan, and Scarlett came late because they had gone to the hospital as well. The dinner was very nice.

Preston loves his Auntie Amy!

Amy wore a huge bag thing that was decorated to keep her dress from getting dirty.

We sat with Elise and her 2 boys for dinner. lol Cooper didn't want to smile and Preston just wanted to eat!

Shortly after dinner we found out that my dad had to be transferred to the bigger hospital with the capabilities for a heart cath. in Iowa City, Iowa. Megan's parents live in Iowa city so we decided to pack up shop and go stay at Megan's parents house which was not too far from the hospital my dad was being transferred too. Megan and Scarlett got a ride from Megan's sister Alicia to their parent's house. Seth, Preston, Davin and I stopped by the smaller hospital before my dad was transferred so Davin and Seth could give him a blessing. My dad was in somewhat stable condition and it was nice to see him talking and in good spirits after the initial incident which had really made me nervous.

That Wednesday we just hung out at Megan's parents and visited my parents at the hospital. We found out during our visit to the hospital that my dad would most likely be released on thanksgiving because his heart looked good during the heart cath. so it wasn't another heart attack. With that news we decided to pack up shop again and drive to Waterloo, Iowa (only about 11/2 hours away) to stay the night before Thanksgiving at my grandparents house with all the extended family! ;-)

back to Michigan and Amy's wedding shower!

2010-11-17T13:12:00.000-08:00

Preston and I flew into Michigan on Wednesday 11/17/2010 all by ourselves for Amy's upcoming wedding. Davin was flying in a few days later (because of school) on the 20th. It was the first time that I have ever flown alone....well alone except for Preston. I was really nervous but the flight was great! We got an entire row to ourselves thanks to the flight attendant lady!! Preston had plenty of room to play and he did sleep for a while too. I couldn't figure out why i was so nervous in the first place! ;-)

Once we landed it was non stop wedding prep and shopping craziness! lol I didn't really even have time to miss Davin since this was the first time we spent a entire night without each other since being married!!

When we got to my parents my mom couldn't find Preston's feeding bib so she just put a garbage bag around him. ;-P Poor kid! Actually i think he liked it better than the normal bib. lol

He loved playing with my dad's get well balloons. (my dad had just had a heart attack 2 weeks prior)

Woohoo!! On to my sister's bridal shower 11/19/10. This was the yummy food!! Elise hosted the party and lots of others helped as well.

Preston wanted in on the action. Amy was as happy as can be!!

All of the presents! Amy had a great turn out also it was very fun! We played a few games...this picture was taken during bridal shower bingo!!

Football

2010-11-05T21:40:00.000-07:00

Davin has been playing intramural flag football every fall at BYU but this is the first year i remembered my camera at one of the games...lol

Davin plays quarterback and is amazing.....No really he is good. ;-)

Preston and I are his biggest fans! We went to every game. ;-)

huddlin up...how cute....lol

Halloween Festivities

2010-10-31T13:46:00.000-07:00

First of all, Seth and Megan invited Preston and I to go to their wards(church) Halloween party the weekend before Halloween. It was fun minus the fact that Davin had to work and couldn't come. There was a chili cook off and good snacks. The kids got to go trick or treating at the rooms in the church. They all loved it! Preston couldn't really figure out what was going on but he still had fun!

He held onto his bucket almost the whole night! Our cute little vampire!

There were a few balloons everywhere and Preston loved chasing them all.

Seth Held onto Preston and Scarlett so Megan and I could eat.

He figured it out....

Preston playing keep away. lol

Lots of people came. There was a DJ playing Halloween music.

The week before Halloween we carved our pumpkins. Preston didn't really want to get his hands dirty but he was super excited none the less.

guts....ewww

He didn't mind holding the top...

For some reason he wanted to sit down on the job.

Then attack me...

The only way I got him to stick his hand inside the pumpkin at all is by putting the pumpkin scoop in there....i guess i should be happy about that. ;-)

Our pumpkins! Mine is on the left....I carved it freehand ;-) I am so proud. We didn't carve Preston's pumpkin and Davin's is just so happy...lol

The Friday before Halloween Seth got us tickets to go to his work's Halloween party/haunted houses in his work's office buildings. It was AWESOME! There were a bunch of different themed areas in the buildings...one had a waterfall, north pole/penguin theme, monopoly, avatar type theme... etc. All of them were so cool! Also Preston wasn't scared at all even at the scary ones. We dressed up as zombies and Preston was a vampire! ;-)

Preston couldn't figure out what was going on.

I love that he is smiling right at the camera lol.

we look gross....lol I guess that is what we were going for ;-P

On Halloween Preston and I handed out candy while Davin worked. Overall a fun October. ;-)

motorcycle and MY Birthday!

2010-09-20T13:02:00.000-07:00

Shortly after we got back from our trip to Michigan we bought a motorcycle to replace our scooter which was stolen. We decided to get a motorcycle because motorcycles are to heavy to just pick up and take in a truck....seriously! ;-P Also (of course) Davin didn't want to buy another scooter...he wanted a motorcycle. We ended up buying a smaller used road bike off of KSL (similar to craigslist, just local) a 2008 Yamaha V-star 250. Davin loves it...i still have yet to take a picture of it with the camera this is just a picture with my phone. The motorcycle is in great condition and is a maroon color (if you couldn't tell). I have ridden on it once with Davin...it was pretty fun ;-) We also are a lot more cautious with the motorcycle then we were with the scooter...we keep it parked in front of our car...so in order to steal the bike they would need to steal the car...which maybe could be a bad thing? lol jk

For my Birthday Davin threw me a surprise party. This is how it happened........

We started by dropping Preston off at Seth and Megan's so they could babysit him so Davin and I could go out. We went to outback steakhouse...yumm. Then we went to play pool at the BYU recreation center. It was fun but since i was just getting over a cold i got kinda tired and just wanted to watch a movie at home. But Davin said how about just a little longer so we kept playing for like an hour and 15 mins...lol the last game i quit halfway through and Davin finished alone ;-P Then we headed home to just relax and watch a movie without Preston. Davin took the long way home and once we pulled into our parking spot Davin was saying that maybe we should make out in the car like old times...he just made me laugh. (he was buying time). Then our apartment manager was outside and we just chit chatted for a little bit. Then Davin wanted us to check the mail before going into the apartment....together. (buying more time) Then i opened the door to a small surprise party. I was very surprised. It was fun..with Linzee and her kids, Seth and Megan brought Preston and Scarlett, Jason,Robbie, Ali and Stephen. Not a lot of pictures do to Davin having to take them and host...what a good husband ;-)

It was a good 24th birthday?! I can't believe i am 24!! Life is starting to pick up the pace i swear! Honestly 5 years ago I did not have any of this envisioned for myself.(this-meaning my current life lol not the surprise party)Being married with a child? No way. I am a planner and a checklist person and i can assure you none of this was planned so soon. However i am glad that life is a ride and that i cannot plan it no matter how hard I try. Also I do not think my life would be even close to as wonderful as it is now if i had planned it all out. I have a wonderful husband who totally came out of no where and swept me off my feet. Then a wonderful little boy who just could not wait one more minute to be here and has made our lives a little more complicated but all the more amazing! I have learned so much in the last year. Like.....

1)What life is really about...family!

2) enjoy the small things

3) not to sweat the small stuff

4) not to live with the idea that when we are done with school our "life" will start....life is now!

5)" Birds have bills too but they keep singing"...lol seriously! Money will come and go and go...;-P

6) sometimes love really IS all we need.

..........My life has had ups and downs but I would not have it any other way. Happy 24 years to me!

Back home to Michigan!

2010-08-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

We flew back home to Michigan for a long visit August 14th-28th! We were so lucky for being able to spend so much time in Michigan. Preston did well on our flight out to Michigan but we did cheat a little bit by giving him benadryl lol. It was way nice to be back in Michigan! We loved visiting everyone and just relaxing while my parents took care of Preston... ;-). Although Preston ended up having a delayed reaction to his 1 year vaccines so he was not feeling very well for most of the trip. He also wasn't sleeping very well so neither did we...sadly. But Preston did have a good time as well. We on the other hand played a lot of cards, went out to eat, went to the movies, ping pong!, went to the melon fest, zoo, the beach, of course hung out with family and friends, went for walks, horseback riding, shopping, swimming and many more fun things! Sorry for this really long photo journal lol but we just had so much fun and took a LOT of pictures!

Preston and my dad had a lot of fun together!

They both laughed and laughed!

My mom (of course) was in on the fun too!

My mom acquired a bunch of toys for him to play with!

he cruised around the whole house!-wish we had a house!

He loved sitting in my mom's high chair! We would play cards and he would sit there playing with spoons...happy as a clam!

So when we put Preston down for a nap he was being fussy and than he was so quiet....too quiet...my mom said oh he must just have played himself to sleep....lol but i knew better! When i went to check on him this is what i found! He had pulled all the cords out of the entertainment center upstairs!

We celebrated my cousin Elise's Birthday! It was super fun and extra exciting because my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim (her parents) came up to Michigan so we got to visit with them too! I hadn't seen them for a year! This picture is so funny cause we are all just hanging out not doing much...i guess i should have gotten some more exciting pictures!

We visited Davin's long time friends Brian, Randi, and their little boy Bryce! Preston and Bryce had a good time together! Preston was showing him how to hit the table lol

Brian's mom had us all over for a pool party! Kinda like a late birthday party for Preston and a few other kids. He loved the balloon she got him! Elmo! His favorite!

Davin and Preston.....Brian and Bryce.

The water was pretty chilly so i didn't go in, but the boys seemed to love it anyways! lol

Preston is big for his age but Bryce is like 6 months younger so don't think he is a total giant!

Ping Pong!

Preston with his paddle!

Preston loved "playing" ping pong on my parents team...you would think with the extra person on their team they would have beaten Davin and I. ;-P

The ZOO! Amy and Preston!

Preston really liked Amy's sunglasses on the drive to the zoo ;-)

The seal tunnel! so cool!

Preston loved the reptile house. That little turtle kept coming so close to him! Of course he was pointing at everything!

Preston the snake tamer! ahh lol i know this looks soo real but no the snake is fake...;-P

Davin pointing out to my mom that no the rhino in the back ground is not a rock....

Our Zoo group!

I love Preston's face in this picture!

He fell asleep while holding onto the stroller...it was pretty funny

The seal tunnel! Sadly the polar bears never came out for us to see too...my mom was devastated...all she wanted to see were the polar bears. sad day.

We went to visit my cousin Elise and go swimming in the lake they live on. The water is pretty shallow and has a little beach so it was perfect for Preston! His first time at a beach on a lake!

Her kids Cooper and Wil showing Preston how it is done!

First thing Preston did? Put a handful of sand in his mouth...needless to say he didn't try and do that again...yuck!

He preferred just sitting and playing because when he would try to crawl his hands would sink into the sand...he didn't like that!

We went over to my old neighbors Cheryl and John's to go horseback riding! I used to board my horse their and get horseback riding lessons from Cheryl. They became my good friends! Preston loved playing with their dogs! It was funny...he would crawl around after them.

I haven't ridden in so long! I loved it! I rode quite a few times while i was there too ;-)

I even got Davin into the saddle! Davin did pretty well and didn't seem to hate it....which is good enough for me lol. oh and the horses name is Sawyer and he is only 4 years old and is a great young horse!

Preston rode too! He was all smiles! I think we have a future horseman in our mist ;-)

We put Preston on Cheryl's little 2 year old mare. She was such a sweetie and put up with Preston on her back. Preston was all smiles again. Makes for a happy mom ;-)

Preston's August Accomplishments!

2010-08-11T11:13:00.000-07:00

August 11th was Preston's 1 year doctors appointment. He is growing healthy and strong.

His stats

height: 31 1/2 inches tall= 90th percentile (still a tall boy!)

weight: 23lbs 9 ounces=70th percentile

Preston fell asleep after his shots...as well as Davin. lol

I just thought this picture was funny...

Preston and Scarlett love to watch each other...they actually do a pretty good job entertaining one another!

I gave Preston my old laptop to play with hoping he would leave ours alone...no such luck!

Scarlett safe from Preston in the pack n play lol Scarlett fell asleep

Preston outside in his walker...he was running away haha

Preston loves playing with his foam letters and numbers he got for his birthday...judging by the way he is wearing them...i guess i do too...lol

started Preston on sippy cups August 5th

Preston started pulling himself up really well August 3rd.

Preston finally started crawling on his hands and knees August 6th! woohoo!! This is bad quality because it was with my phone. Seems like my phone is always within arms reach!

Boating!

2010-08-02T11:01:00.000-07:00

Davin's Good Friend Robbie invited us to go boating with his parents on their nice big speed boat on Utah lake in Provo. It was a lot of fun! It was Preston's first time on a boat. He did great although he wasn't a huge fan of wearing the life jacket. I have not been boating in who knows how long and Davin hadn't been for a really long time. I tried wake boarding but couldn't get up...i was so sore the next day it was pathetic. I really want to try again...hopefully next year when i am in better shape. ;-P

Davin knee boarding. He also wake boarded but i didn't get a picture. It took him a while to get up until Robbie's sister gave him some good advice on how to get up on the wake board...Robbie's advice was an epic fail...lol

We could see the Y on the mountain from the boat!

Family! ;-)

Waiting to get on the boat...

Preston kept trying to steal the keys from the boat. lol

Driving the boat with Robbie's dad

The life vest he didn't like too much...

He really liked walking along the boat when we would stop. All in all a nice couple hours on the boat!

Preston's 1st Birthday cont.

2010-07-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

These are the pictures in the water from Preston's birthday that Jake took with his waterproof camera.

Get it Preston!

He got it! lol Amy and Preston!

Jake and Preston...happy Birthday boy!

what a big boy!

I cannot remember what we were all doing in this picture....

Davin, me, and Preston

Splash Splash...he really did love it!

This huge bucket of water just poured on them...i was scared for Preston but he smiled and seemed to like it.

Preston would walk until it got to his tummy and then he would just pull up his legs and float...silly kid.

It was so sad not having more family from out east here for Preston's birthday but it was awesome having some siblings and great friends. I don't think i got a picture with everyone (i was not thinking) so i just want to write down everyone who was there...Amy and Jake, Seth and Megan and Scarlett, Heather and her four kids, Ryan, Trenton, Katelynn, and Isac, Stephen and Ali, Robbie, and Jason (Bean). Thanks for coming! It was a fun time.

I cannot believe that my baby is a year old! This year has gone by so fast! We love being Preston's parents. He is such a sweet boy with a very laid back personality. He is such a joy and is getting such a sense of humor. He loves to try and make you laugh and to dance...well it is more like a bounce but he does bounce to the music! On his birthday he is still working on crawling on his hands and knees as well as walking but he can walk while holding onto objects...walls, chairs, couches, tables...and he does his really funny army crawl. He says mama when he is really upset. lol But no real words yet. Love you Preston! Happy Birthday!

A 3rd Holiday in Utah? Preston's 1st Birthday!!!

2010-07-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

Soo these pictures are pretty much out of order. Sorry.

For Preston's Birthday my little sister Amy and her fiancé Jake came down from idaho to stay! Preston was so happy! For Preston's birthday here is what happened...

Amy and Jake came in the morning and helped us decorate and made us Breakfast! Yum!

We did clay molds of Preston's hand and Foot!

Than we went to the water park!

Preston went to bed...we ate lunch and did the same...lol

Preston's Party!

Woohoo! It was a fun day and he seemed to love it! At least i hope he did!

This is Preston days later...still lovin his balloons!

He would drag them everywhere with him

I was getting a little concerned with how much he loved them! lol It was just so funny watching him drag them around and play with them.

The clay molds! Preston couldn't figure out why we were having so much fun.

Preston loved having his Auntie Amy to play with...he also loved playing with Jake!

Preston had to wear his swim diaper and rubber pants and swim trunks...phew! Poor guy could barley even crawl lol

Layin out after playin in the water!

Davin and Preston were matching...not on purpose or anything...ok maybe it was...;-P

Opening presents!

Before opening Presents!

After they were all open! Look at all those cool toys!

singing to Preston...he got his own little cake to dig into.

This was his cake...we couldn't figure out what theme to do so we just went with curious George...it was cute and tasted pretty good!

Preston really didn't dig into it at first, it took him a little while. He didn't really eat it either...what a dork!

Preston playing with the spoons and forks i got him. He is in his diaper because i had to just give him a bath after his cake lol it got everywhere!

Tired baby after a long eventful day! Love him so much!

Swimming and Pioneer Day!

2010-07-24T20:18:00.000-07:00

Towards the end of July Preston started pointing....at everything!

I think it is so cute!

We took Preston swimming for the first time in my friends apartment complex pool. He didn't really like the cool water at first but once he got used to it he loved it! Oh and by the way...i love this picture of my boys in their swim trunks!

No fear!

He loved kickin in the water!

haha he was soo tired after a couple hours in the pool! Poor little guy! Also he started sleeping on his stomach with his butt in the air! soo funny!

We took Preston to the fair in Spanish fork with friend's of ours Linzee and Brandon and their cute little kids Brielle and Boston. Boston is only about 6 weeks younger than Preston and they are super cute together! This was Preston's first carousel ride...he loved it! Preston held on with a big smile on his face! --sadly this picture isn't very good cause it was with my phone...forgot my camera! don't you hate that? ;-P

So Utah has 2 holidays in July...the 4th and the 24th. July 24th is Pioneer day! A celebration of the pioneers that came and settled Utah. It was way fun! There were so many cool things to see at the local park and of course i forgot the camera so this is the best i could do with a camera phone. So this is a picture of Preston on a little pony that was there. Of course he loved it! lol or maybe just i did!

Parents visit in July and Preston's 1st Hair cut!

2010-07-10T19:30:00.000-07:00

My parents came for a visit for a little while on the 5th of July i believe. They drove from Iowa where there was a party on the 3rd of July for my Grandpa Oesterle's 80th birthday! Sadly we were not able to go but Seth and Megan and their baby Scarlett were able to fly to Chicago and catch a ride with my parents. My parents drove Seth back to Utah while Megan and baby Scarlett stayed in Iowa so they could visit with her family and then they flew home back to Utah a week or 2 later. We had a great time with my parents and my brother. It was sad that Scarlett and Megan were still out of town but it was still fun for the few days my parents were visiting.

We played pool at the BYU rec room. Davin, my mom, and myself were quite terrible but my dad was awesome! Well actually if i had to rank us all it would be my dad, Davin, me, and then my mom...lol but don't tell her i said that.

Yes Preston came along...also there was some strange guy just observing us in the back ground...hopefully he was really just waiting for someone or just lonely cause he would laugh randomly with us sometimes lol

Preston was trying to help...but to no avail

Davin and Preston pretty much have the same face!

Preston loved having my parents sit by him in the back seat! Although it was kinda crowded in our small little Saturn ion

My dad kept on trying to get Preston to walk counter clockwise around the table cause for some reason he always wanted to walk clockwise. weird...i know!

We went to visit the utah volcano! lol jk It is actually a huge open pit copper mine but in this picture it totally looks like a volcano...at least i think so.

The side of it...it was a beautiful day!

Huge dump truck tire!

It was scary how far down it goes! yikes!

Preston loved these foam little animals my parents got for him! He would actually carry them all in his mouth and hands! He is so appreciative of the things people give him. lol

My mom trimmed up Preston's hair for the first time. He couldn't really figure out what was going on but he just let it happen...no crying or anything. Good boy!

ahh! then Preston lost his ear! lol jk

We drove up the canyon on my parent's last day here and had a BBQ with Seth's new grill and some other yummy food! I also decided that i need to take some more pictures of the beautiful mountains in Utah!

Set up the pack and play for Preston...he just wanted to chew on the sides of it though.

Seth's friend James and his wife Carrie and their dog came for a little bit. Preston Loved their dog...he loves animals!

Drive to the canyon park! Can you say mountains everywhere? It was a gorgeous day!

Walking along the path in the canyon.

So sad when they left but we did have a fun time! Preston loved seeing his Grandma and Grandpa Burke!

Preston liked to follow that cup around and around the coffee table...good exercise i guess haha!

4th of July or should i say the 3rd?

2010-07-03T18:54:00.000-07:00

In Provo, Utah where we live the 4th of July was Celebrated on the 3rd. Anyways Davin had to work and so Preston and I drove to Payson to spend the 4th with my friend Emily and her family at her parents. It was a good BBQ and a fun time! Davin ended up calling me to tell me that he got off in time to see fireworks so Preston and I raced home. We didn't have any spot to go see the fireworks so a couple blocks from our apartment there is a grocery store and we saw a few people sitting on the lawn in front of it. So we stopped and asked them if you could see the fireworks from there and apparently you can. woohoo! so we set up our blanket and waited. We could see the fireworks right at the intersection! It was super cool cause we didn't get stuck in traffic and were soo close to home. I think we will be back next year!

Fireworks right behind the street lights lol!

We sucked when it came to trying to get a picture of all of us! ;-P

There is our little boy! He did super well! He wasn't scared at all. Preston just sat there and watched. Towards the end, a fire truck and ambulance drove by...really loud and he never even flinched! What a brave boy! I remembered that last year when i was pregnant with him he was moving around like crazy in my belly when the fireworks started so i thought he would be scared... man was i wrong!

a tribute and some fun in June

2010-06-10T10:36:00.000-07:00

Our June went by way too quick with everything that had happened. The beginning of June we sadly got the news that we have been dreading for the last couple years...that Davin's mother Bobbie Jarvinen had passed away. Her health had been failing her since we had gotten married and knowing that she is no longer suffering helps. However, Bobbie can never be replaced and she is missed by so many. She was a wonderful woman and person in general. She was always so up beat and never passed judgment on others. I am so sad that my children will never get to personally know their Grandma Jarvinen, but i hope with all of the stories we will tell of her they will almost feel like that know her. I still remember the first time i went over for dinner and it was so funny because she was pouring water into someone else's glass and she knocked over my glass all over me. I laughed but she felt so bad about it...she said, "don't worry this does not reflect the way i feel about you." lol She was so funny and always wanted to make people happy and feel welcome....and she did! I could not of asked for a better mother-in-law...no matter how short of a time she was in my life. She is missed very much in our household, that is for sure!

After we heard the news of her passing the very next day we had to jump in the car and drive 28 hours straight in order to make it by Friday for the viewing. We were absolute exhausted. My mom helped out with all the funeral arrangements because well it was left up to Bob (my father in law) and some of the brothers...and you know how guys are with making decisions. Anyways the viewing and funeral turned out very nice and i am sure Bobbie would have been proud at how well the boys put it all together. Jeremy made a very nice memory video that was shown at the viewing and the funeral. It was nice to be able to remember the good times with the family and friends. I learned some new things about the Jarvinens as well. It was nice to see everyone and be in Michigan but it was sad for the reason behind it. Bobbie was buried in a lovely little county cemetery less than a mile from my house. My kids will know that place and we will for sure tell stories about her. Love and miss you Bobbie!

So i could not figure out how to move the pictures so here is the after picture of a coffee table that we bought off the the classifieds on KSL. We bought the coffee table and end table together...sanded and painted them...good as new...right? lol We also bought a walker off of KSL for Preston but Preston liked walking around the coffee table more than walking in the walker...go figure!

Yes i went to the new Twilight movie Eclipse on opening night! SOoo fun! Although i was quite tired staying up that late...i am so a mom now lol. Just in case you were wondering we did not buy those T-shirts we made them...crazy i know...they are just so awesome! ;-P

Davin thought it was so funny when Preston started putting his thumb into his binkie and it gets stuck there till we pull it off pretty much.

Happy Baby and yes he is still drooling!

Preston starting to eat more and more food...this used to be corn bread...don't know what happened...

Preston tried to make some sort of fort i guess...

lol love him!

This is what i saw at first...i thought he had got hurt or stuck or something but he was happy as a clam!

mother's day and the rest of May!

2010-05-30T10:54:00.000-07:00

Preston is getting around now, just very slowly. His version of crawling is not very efficient...that is for sure!

My first mother's day was terrible. Not because my husband didn't do nice things and get me great presents it was mainly the fact that i woke up at 1:30 in the morning throwing up!! Yes that is right i ended up with the stomach flu on mother's day!! It was by far the worst stomach flu i have ever had in my life! Later that night Davin had to take me to the instacare because i was so dehydrated! I ended up needing 2 bags of IV fluids. Davin and Preston got me a gift certificate for a massage and a tanning package. They did a good job with the presents since it is just what i wanted. Davin had planned to make me a nice meal but i couldn't eat anything. Sad day! Davin was very caring and took care of Preston while i was on my death bed...lol or so i thought. ;-P What a great way to spend mother's day...i hope next year goes a lot smoother!

For memorial day we went shopping...woohoo! Got some good deals on clothes and stuff. Then later in the day we went over to Seth and Megan's and played a video game all together (which was actually kinda fun, i usually hate video games). Also Seth BBQed some hamburgers and we had some yummy food! I sadly forgot to take pictures...i fail!! Preston acted really funny every time he saw their cat! He would squeal and clap his hands. His whole body would shake with excitement....Funniest thing ever!! Wish i had got that on video. Maybe next time when we go over he will do the same funny thing. The craziest thing is that their cat would actually walk over to him...Preston just wanted to rip her fur out. Poor cat! ;-P

!st day of school!

2010-05-06T12:24:00.000-07:00

Okay so last night was my first day of my first college class in 3 years!! I was soo nervous it was pathetic. ;-P All in all it went quite well minus the fact that i was about a minute late because i couldn't find the class! How embarrassing! Thankfully i wasn't the only one since the class was hidden in the basement!

This summer i am signed up for 2 classes for the semester. My class for the first 7 weeks of summer is English 2010 (the one i started last night) the second 7 weeks of summer is going to be "American Heritage" which is needed as a core class at UVU (Utah Valley University). I feel really good about going back to school and getting a degree....however after my class and reading through the syllabus last night i remembered how much WORK school is! LoL how in the world i had forgotten that is beyond me! but seriously WHAT was i THINKING! Summer classes are soo short that each day counts as a week for a normal semester. ahh! I CAN do this! At least that is what i keep telling myself. Last night was a bit overwhelming. My class is Mondays and Wednesdays 6 to 8:30. I am soo glad that the teacher gives us a break every forty five minutes. Also that Davin is able to watch little Preston while i am at school! I think the boys had a rough night last night....well at least Davin did. lol But i am sure it will get easier for Davin. I think he thought that i just gave Preston his toys and just did whatever else i wanted throughout the day/ night....haha was he wrong!! Not that Preston is a bad baby it is just that he is older and wants you to play with him! lol!

My handsome boys!

2010-05-04T21:02:00.001-07:00

My mom got Preston the cutest pin striped suit that matches pretty close to Davin's suit. They are so handsome! I Love Love them!! My little man is getting so big! He is looking more like a little boy then a baby.....they REALLY do grow up soo fast!

look at that hair and those cheeks! ;-)

My boys!

Preston thinking he can take his onesie off!

2010-05-04T20:43:00.001-07:00

Preston's onesie had gotten really damp from him drooling but i left it on him cause i was just going to give him a bath and put on his pjs. However since it was so damp he started grabbing at it and pulling it cause the material was starting to sag from all the drool. He then became very interested in his own skin under the clothes that he totally stretched it out lol

He always thinks it is funny when i tell him to stop doing something.....i hope this doesn't continue this his whole life. ;-P

still working on the army crawl!

He is really starting to get to where he wants to go!

He is soo close to crawling! We will see how much longer it will take him!

Even napping on his tummy all by himself! It made me nervous at first but he is fine!

Preston is finally trying to crawl! also 9 month check up!

2010-04-28T17:11:00.000-07:00

It was so funny that the night my parents left Preston decided that he wanted to get mobile. I walked out of the room and when i came back i looked for him where all his toys were (where i had left him) but he was gone. i quickly turned to see Preston all the way under the table....how did he do that? we found out it was by rolling repeatedly and kicking and pulling...lol hard work to chew on the chair leg! So at 9 months he is still not crawling but he is getting there. He will now stay on his stomach all by himself and rotate around and try to "army" crawl. We are fine with him not crawling because then we would be chasing him everywhere! ;-P

Ok so his feet look a little funny....it is because his feet aren't in the little feet things....they don't reach yet ;-P However his body is plenty long enough for the 18 month pj's!

Right now Preston loves watching baby Einstein shows and eating his socks. LoL!

Preston is finally wanting to hold his bottle! He likes to hold a toy at the same time! He is quite the multitasker!

Preston likes to hold the bouncer while Scarlett is in it....at least he isn't pulling her hair! Overall he has been pretty good with Scarlett being here. I like having another girl around too.

Alright so now for his 9 month stats....

Height: 29 1/2 inches tall 80th percentile

Weight: 21.9 lbs 60th percentile

Head: 50th percentile

He is slowing down a little bit which is surprising but he is still quite tall. According to the doctor he is strong and healthy. Also his head looks better so the doctor isn't going to have us do another x ray he thinks his skull is leveling out and will be fine! Woohoo!! ;-)

Parents visit! Seth's graduation and Scarlett's blessing.

2010-04-28T10:56:00.000-07:00

So my dad ended up with pneumonia the beginning of April and was in the hospital all the way up until a week and a half before my parents were planning to fly to Utah for Seth's graduation and for his little girl Scarlett's blessing. Thankfully my dad was feeling well enough to fly out to utah! Woohoo. They flew in Late Thursday night.

This is a picture of us waiting for seth to walk the next day (friday). Preston's face looks so funny!

Preston did pretty well sitting for almost 3 hours granted he did sleep for an hour or so of that in grandpa Burke's arms. Although as this picture indicates he wanted the camera!!

In the confusion of the huge crowd we got lost and couldn't find them for pictures but this is a picture of seth, megan, and there little cutie Scarlett with my parents. Woohoo a BYU grad!

Amy and her fiance Jake even came down to utah from idaho for the second weekend in a row to visit with everyone! I got to go dress shopping with my mom and amy for her wedding dress Saturday. It was a lot of fun and she found "the dress". It is beautiful and she looks great!! Love ya sis!

That Sunday Scarlett was blessed. This is a picture of all of us in front of Megan's grandparents house. As you can tell it was very sunny that day!

Preston spit up all over his dress clothes so i had to change him. My dad was carrying Preston around and he fell asleep with his 2 fingers in his mouth. love it!!

Also for the blessing my aunt Wilodene and my 2 cousins and their kids came from my dad's side of the family. It was way nice that they could make it!

The last night my parents were in town (Tuesday) we went bowling. It was so fun. The competition was boys vs girls.....sadly the girls lost. ;-P

Seth and Megan. Little Scarlett slept in her carrier. What a good little girl!

My dad even bowled! We kept saying that he shouldn't bowl because it would make him too tired but he did just fine for the one game up until the last frame. He is a really good bowler....sadly i did not get this trait...lol

Preston was not having as much fun as we were....poor guy!

After bowling we went to subzero for ice cream. It was pretty good actually. Preston just wanted to eat the napkins...he did enjoy that. ;-)

Sadly the day came when they had to leave. It was so nice having my parents here! It was a very busy weekend and it was over before we knew it! Preston was very sad the day they left too cause that night (Wednesday) was when he started teething big time!! Yuck!! Wish we lived closer! One day....one day... lol hopefully!

Sister and cousins come for a weekend visit!

2010-04-17T10:30:00.000-07:00

My cousin Todd and his wife Catie came down from Idaho for a weekend visit! It was really fun getting to see them since we haven't seen them since their wedding last August. ;-P Sad but true. My sister, her fiancee Jake, his brother Andy and his girlfriend Jen came down to visit after flying in from a vacation to Florida where Jake proposed. So the whole lot of us including Seth, Megan, baby Scarlett, Todd, Catie, me and Preston (Davin was working) went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was very busy and lots of new sounds for Preston. It was his first time not being in his baby car seat in a restaurant. He was in the restaurant high chair. He did well but he was reaching out to people as they walked by and was staring at the lights. He wanted everything on the table! I had never seen him like that but i had to remember it was a whole new experience for him! I gave him some of my mashed potatoes and pieces of a roll. ( he liked that a lot) Overall it was a fun time. I only got some pictures of seth, megan, scarlett, catie, todd, and preston at the park. Too bad i forgot my camera the rest of the time. It was a great weekend visiting with everyone! Also the weather was wonderful for hanging out at the park!

Preston loved being in the park and watching the other people and ducks. Oh and of course watching Todd and Catie. Preston loved showing Todd and Catie his toys.

Catie, Todd and Preston. It was a beautiful weekend!!

Started baby sitting Scarlett!

2010-04-13T09:42:00.000-07:00

On April 13th Megan went back to work and they had asked me if i would baby sit Scarlett a couple days a week. I was more then happy to watch the little cutie! I am happy that Preston will have a playmate...well once Scarlett is a little older ;-)

At first they just ignored each other.

Then they would just look at each other. lol

Then as the day wore on Preston became more interested in Scarlett. He really wanted to pull her hair lol

The first day i had to take Davin into school and man is it hard getting 2 babies in our car and back out again! ;-P Also since now Preston is in a convertible car seat because he out grew his baby seat! We got him into his new car seat on 4/12 he almost made it to 9 months in his baby seat....haha a lot longer then we thought. ;-P

Easter!

2010-04-04T21:33:00.000-07:00

Well our Easter Sunday was very relaxing. We didn't go anywhere. We just hung out at home and watched general conference on TV. (twice a year my church has church on TV) Davin made Chili. We had fun showing Preston the Easter Baskets (yes we still made up an Easter basket for Preston even though he couldn't eat anything in the basket lol we sure did!).

I just thought this picture was way funny. He really liked going after the eggs!

Thank you walmart for collapsible Easter baskets....so easy to store! Last year we just threw the baskets away due to lack of space! Oh the joys of living in an apartment!

Which egg do you want to get? Preston didn't seem to mind that we didn't go anywhere or do much of anything. He was happy with spending all day with his parents. ;-P I am sure he will not like it when he is older but for now he loves spending all day with his parents! ;-)

Preston's first time at the park among other things...

2010-03-29T20:55:00.000-07:00

Starting in march Preston's teething goes to a whole new level! He chews on EVERYTHING no matter how big it is...such as the baby wipe box. We no longer can keep it on the changing table. LoL

The first beautiful day was 3/16 we took full advantage of it. Davin and i decided to take a walk to the park with Preston. I think we were having more fun then he was. He didn't mind the swing but he sure had a firm grip on it!

He loved running his hands over the grass.

He had soo much fun that he fell asleep on the walk home. lol i love this picture! it looks like he is posing but he has just fallen asleep like this. ;-P

Yes guys the rumor is true he is finally getting hair!! Although his hair is soo blond it is still hard to see....so i did a close up shot of his precious strands...hopefully more to come LoL

Of all the toys he has he prefers empty water bottles. I think it makes him feel so strong when he crushes it in his hands...shows it doesn't take much to make our little guy happy! ;-)

I went to get ready for the day and when i came back this is how i found him. Apparently being under the play mat is just soo much more fun then actually playing on it.

Sadly the end of march Preston started shaking his head side to side which we thought was so cool until we found out that he was shaking his head because he had an ear infection! The first one of his life! I felt so bad for him. Then 3 days later on March 27Th(the day Preston turned 8 months) Preston got his first 2 teeth! He was such a miserable little boy with an ear infection and 2 teeth coming thru. His first 2 teeth were his front bottom 2. Woohoo! We were happy that all his drooling finally led to some teeth!

Also during the doctor visit for his ear infection the doctor recommended we go get an xray of his scull because the doctor thought the sutures on the top of his head (which all babies have as the scull is growing)may have closed prematurely. To our relief the xray just showed that the sutures were close to closing but were still open. If they were closed he would need surgery to fix it. Which would have been so scary! Thankfully Preston didn't need surgery!

Preston's cousin is here!!

2010-03-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

Seth and Megan had their beautiful baby girl Scarlett O'linda Burke on 3-3-2010. This is Preston's first cousin on the Burke side. They are only 7 months apart but look how huge Preston looks compared to the newborn Scarlett!

They are going to be best friends!! ;-)

Such a little sweetie

Preston trying to communicate ;-)

2010-02-27T18:43:00.000-08:00

Preston trying to copy me when i do the "motor boat" noise with my lips. He is learning so much and trying to communicate in his own way ;-) We are also glad that he is steering away from the high pitched squealing. We think this is way more funny.

Sushi, V day and of course Preston

2010-02-27T11:32:00.000-08:00

So Davin is currently working as a waiter at a Japanese steak house while going to school. He has tried a bunch of sushi and has decided that he really likes it and he wanted me to try it. Since he gets a discount i said what the heck i will try it and believe it or not i really like it too. Our favorite kinds are the most unhealthy kinds....the deep fried ones lol Which my friend who went on a mission to Japan for 18 months has informed us that sushi that is deep fried is not "real" sushi....oh well we love it! Anyways long story short we thought it would be so much fun to try and make it ourselves....the above picture is our first sushi roll the California roll. It looks so good doesn't it? lol it actually tasted like sushi....crazy right? we really are amazing.
;-)

Needless to say we went out for sushi for Valentines day....we were so full!! It was soo good too. After we ate we went to see the movie Percy Jackson, the lightening thief. It was all way fun and i am glad we got to go out while Seth watched Preston! Preston had so much fun with his uncle!

Davin is quite the artist. When your stomach is full everything is a smiley face...

Yumm

Ya we love each other...;-)
Preston has discovered his feet lately....well at least discovered that he is in control of them!

We have discovered that Preston has to be fed in only his diaper cause he gets baby food everywhere! He loves to spit it onto his hand and lick it off...yuck! Believe it or not but the baby food still ends up on his diaper somehow. lol needless to say he loves all the different kinds....he does not discriminate.

Davin thought Preston was looking pretty tough in this outfit....lol minus the Binky i guess.

So we bought a safety bumper to keep Preston's arms and legs in the crib because he always gets them stuck out. However Preston's new favorite thing is to kick down the front panel and stick his feet out.....so annoying. He will sleep like this too. Oh and also in January we got him sleeping without his binky because he was waking us up throughout the night because he would lose his binky and want it back. He sleeps much better now without it once he learned how to sleep on his own. Since December he has been going to bed around 9pm and waking up at around 6am for a bottle and then going back to sleep till 830am or sometimes even 9am! we are loving it! Also he has a new love for his blankets and everything soft...he likes to touch his face with them and hold them....so cute!

Preston has been a little big for his car seat cover the last couple months but we just kept putting him in it until well he started escaping.....

Now we have to put a coat on him and try and fit him in the car seat....such a pain. ;-P He is quickly outgrowing his car seat sadly.

I put a jar of baby food on his tray while i went to grab a bowl to mix the cereal and baby food together (which is his favorite way to eat his baby food) and when i turned around this is what i found. Apparently Preston has learned that baby food comes from those small jars even though i haven't ever fed him right out of a jar yet. he pulled the jar right to his mouth like he was going to drink it. Silly guy. We also started putting a plastic bib on him to stop the baby food from getting on his diaper....he is soo messy!