First Steps!!

Big news in the Bartosiewicz house...Preston took his first steps last night! I had walked him into the livingroom by holding his hands and walking behind him. We were walking Aunt Stephanie to the door.

I let go of his hands, and he stood there for quite a while. I said, "Look at him stand all by himself!" Aunt Stephanie turned to look and said, "Good job, Preston!" At that he took three steps toward her before he fell down!

It won't be long and he'll be running all over the house!

Luau

For Preston's first birthday party we had a luau at the pool! Preston had so much fun splashing in the water. All of the other kids did too!

At first he wouldn't touch his cake, but after I broke it into smaller pieces, he ate it up! To the great pleasure of his daddy, he made quite a mess of himself. So much so, that I had to take him to the locker room showers to get cleaned up before he could go back in the pool! It was a great day and a very special celebration!

Birthday Boy!

It's hard to believe that a year's gone by already! On Preston's birthday, the 9th, we went out for pizza and ice cream. He love it! (And so did Tristan!)

Sweet little banana boy

This morning Tristan was eating a banana. She holds the whole thing and eats it. I had already cut off part for Preston to eat in small bites (with my assistance). Tristan had made a mess on the chair with her poptart. (Yes, it is the breakfast of champions). (And for the grandma's out there, she had already eaten pancakes, had milk, and was now having a banana!)

As I went for the vacuum to clean up the mess, Tristan evidently sat down her banana. Preston found it and thought, "Why wait for mom to feed me when there is a perfectly good banana right here?" When I got back this is how I found him! Sweet little banana boy. He fed the whole thing to himself without choking at all while I was snapping away pictures! I can't believe that he's old enough to do this!

Clothing Optional!

I wrote earlier about our excitement when we bought the grass seed. Well, we planted it over Father's Day weekend (thanks for babysitting Auntie Amanda!). Six weeks later and Preston is finally sitting in his own yard full of grass! We have a ton of weeds coming up as well. We sprayed them last weekend, but we are also weeding the yard by hand. As you would expect, weeding a 15,000 square foot yard by hand is a very long and tedious process!

Tristan and Preston are getting a playground, so we have already weeded the area where it is going. This is the only weed free place in the yard, but really it's the only place that matters right now. I'm about 2/3 of the way done assembling the million pieces of wood, but Tristan is already loving it! As you can see, her playground is clothing optional!

I've become one of those mother's! I now understand why there are pictures of me at this age playing naked. For some reason kids love it! (Get ready Taryn and Jacob...little Emmy will be riding her bike naked on the trails!) Maybe other people don't, but I reach the point in the day that when she says, "Can I take off my dress and play naked, Mommy, Please?" I smile and say, "Thank you for asking nicely. Yes you may!"