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Preston is 5!

Can you even believe it? For some reason 4 still sounds little...but all the sudden 5 sounds so grown up.

I try to set up a photoshoot specifically for the boys on their birthday. They seem to get more excited about taking pictures when I tell them the shoot is just for them. Of course it ended up being a brothers photoshoot, but Preston didn't mind at all.

Preston is a pretty serious little boy. Sometimes I feel like he's ten years older than he really is. I don't spent much time around other 5 year olds, but he seems to be pretty smart. He's always thinking things through to the very last detail. I think he's shaping out to be exactly like his Dad.

Skyler started teaching Preston to read a few months ago. They try to do a reading lesson every night. As of now he is about half way through the lessons and reading paragraphs by himself. It's pretty fun to see. Especially since I am NOT a reader. I don't love to read. I would much rather be up and doing something hands on. So I love that Preston enjoys it. He really is a mini-Skyler.

Mostly I think he just enjoys the one and one time he gets with his Dad (because that seems to be pretty coveted time when any of us actually get it).

I try to convince Preston to sleep in every morning. But he always reminds me, "If I sleep in I wouldn't get to see Dad in the morning and tell him goodbye."

Seriously, I'm telling ya... The time is precious.

>> Prest LOVES art. I guess that is the one side of me he did get. He can sit down and color for hours. He currently says he wants to be an artist when he grows up. Exact thing I said at that age.

>> Loves to sing.

>> Loves flying planes with his Dad.

>> He's starting to like Legos more and more every time he builds with them.

>> Loves Play-doh

>> Most of all LOVES hanging out with Wesley.

Here are a few pictures from Preston's birthday.

We don't really do birthday parties around here...maybe one day. But I do like to decorate the dresser. That's kind of our birthday thing around here. This year Preston didn't have a request on the "theme" he told me he wanted it all to be a surprise.

....So I went with Monsters. Not that Preston has any interest in monsters. It just seemed like the best thing I could come up with with the stuff I had on hand.

A few days before Preston's birthday Skyler's Mom told us she was coming to celebrate. Which we were thrilled about. We LOVE LOVE LOVE visitors.

When we remembered that Preston's birthday landed on a "preschool day" at our house, we decided to turn it into a fun party day. So Grandma Dena pulled through for us and showed up with all sorts of party favors and fun games. It was a hit. The kids had a blast.

Thanks to all the grandparents/Aunt's & Uncles that sent Preston gifts, the dresser was a heck of a lot more fun to wake up to than it would have been with our 2 presents sitting there :)

The whole day was a party. Right up until....cake time. After dinner Preston said his stomach hurt. Less than an hour later the poor boy was hovering over his barf bucket for the rest of the night. We took the candle off the cake (we weren't about to spread those germs) let him blow out the candle and sent him to bed. We ended up eating the cake 2 days later. What a way to end your birthday.

Preston is a little sweet heart and we Love having him around. It's always fun watching him grow up. Great things are in store for this little man.

This little guy is 2. I cannot even tell you how absolutely obsessed I am with him. There is just something about Wes that has stolen my heart.

A few weeks ago we were with my family and Jake (my brother) said, "I think you should rent Wes out to people with depression, cause there is noway that anyone could stay sad around him." That pretty much is Wes spot on. Wesley is such a happy boy. He will brighten any room and put a smile on everyones face.

We spent Wesley's birthday week in Kansas, at my families, which made his birthday so much more fun...of course.

My parents happened to have an Elmo cake pan, one of Wesley's loves right now, perfect right? It was supposed to be Elmo holding an ice cream cone, but I figured Wes would love it ten times more if Elmo was holding a soccer ball, another one of his loves. So my Mom whipped up the cake and a giant cupcake (for the soccer ball) that fit perfectly and I went to town frosting. It was a hit. Wes got to eat the entire soccer ball all to himself.

A few little things about our sweet Wesley Glen.

> LOVES gum...as you can tell from the above picture.

> Loves Cookie Monster (and Elmo)

> Favorite toys right now are his dirt bike that he won't put down, his motorcycle that he won't get off, and his soccer ball that he never stops kicking.

>Is totally in love with soccer...and is actually really good at it. If you give him a basketball or a baseball he will put them on the floor and kick them.

>Talks SO well. I think it helps having an older brother, because I don't remember Preston talking this much this young.

>Still hates nursery. Mostly because he doesn't like to leave my side...I know, my bad. Wish he didn't love being around me so much...uh? Ok not really. I do love it most of the time.

>Doesn't like to sleep in his own bed anymore...because he thinks it's way cooler to sleep with Preston.

>Still takes naps though. Thankfully.

>Favorite songs are, The Wise Man & The Foolish Man, Happy Birthday, and Twinkle Twinkle.

>Is best buds with Preston

Birthday breakfast pancakes!

The only two things we knew Wes would love were a soccer ball and a hat (he likes hats). Skyler picked him out this really cool looking ball (Hawkeye colors). He was so in love with it. We wish we would have gotten the unwrapping part on tap. Wes was seriously doing a happy dance and screaming with excitement. The ball ended up being ridiculously hard and large, so we took it back :( But luckily my parents happened to get him a soccer ball that was his size...and soft, so it worked out perfect.

I made Preston a blanket for his 1st birthday that is his LOVE. So I figured it was time for Wes to fall in love with a blanket too. I bought these fabrics months ago...with very good intentions. But it wasn't until 3 days before his birthday that I decided to get to work. When my Mom saw my fabrics she thought it would be adorable to design a little moose to go on the front, I of course let her work her magic. I sewed the top while she whipped up the moose in no time. Then I let her take over with her mad quilting skills. She put the quilt on her machine and had it quilted within the day.

I couldn't get it out of my head that I wanted chevron quilting. Well, than that crazy idea turned into herringbone

...and did my Mom deliver or what?

It looks seriously cool.

On our way home from Kansas we stopped at Skyler's parents. Of course Grandma had made these cute little Cookie Monster cupcakes and had the house all decorated for another little birthday party. Wes was a happy little camper. He is one lucky boy to have so many people that love him.