"Hi Daddy"

Nate is deep into his busy season, which means he is working long hours. During the week Preston is asleep by the time Nate gets home and still asleep by the time Nate leaves in the morning.  Needless to say, we weren't seeing much of Nate and then we took a trip to Boise for two weeks.

The day we got back I decided to drive into the city to meet Nate for a quick dinner. I told Preston we were going to say "Hi to Daddy". Before driving into the city we ran some errands. All over Lowe's Preston kept waving at people and saying "Hi Daddy". It was so cute. He was so excited to see Nate.

The next day Preston kept saying, "Hi Daddy" all over the house. On Saturday morning Nate was still in bed when I got up to get Preston. As I was finishing up a few things in his room, Preston bolted out the door and made a beeline for our bedroom as he usually does every morning. I don't think he saw Nate in bed at first but then he did. He came running out of the room so fast with the biggest smile on his face saying, "Hi Daddy". I think he was coming to tell me that Nate was home. I could see just how excited he was. It melted my heart. Nate left for work shortly afterwards since he's been working weekends too. Ahh - we can't wait for this busy season to be over and to have our daddy back.

Recent Videos

Over the last two months we have taken a few videos that I've been meaning to share.

Preston has been practicing his dance moves, which now consist of swaying, bouncing and twirling. I used to put on the tv show "Psych" in the mornings while doing things around the house and whenever the end music came on he would always stop what he was doing and start swaying. It was really funny!

He's also discovered that whenever we are trying to fold a blanket if he sits down on it really fast he's likely to get a ride. He loves it and can't get enough.

Preston has been learning his animal sounds. My favorite ones are his "cat" and his "duck" sounds. The video I wanted to upload wouldn't work (I probably tried 7 times) so I added the 2nd best video that was taped before he learned the "duck".

While in Boise Preston perfected his slide skills at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Whenever we would go to the park before Boise Preston would insist on going down the slide on his belly. I think he was scared. I noticed while at Grandma and Grandpa's house he finally started to go forward - maybe the short slide gave him courage.

Covered in Blue Bubbles

A few weeks ago we went to the park to play with Preston's newly received Crayola colored bubbles. He had so much fun - but word to the wise, they get EVERYWHERE. Luckily, it does wash off pretty easily and did come out of his clothes.