Don't get any ideas!

Steve : You know what is sad?
Me : What?
Steve : Our baby is big enough to sit in a booster chair!

It is sad, I just want to bottle her up and keep her just the way she is forever! But don't go thinking we are going to have another baby anytime soon. We are enjoying all of our time with just Presley!

#1 in our hearts

Miss Presley, being entertaining....
so happy.....

and cute!

So we thought we'd try to buy her a pair of jeans with the adjustable waist.....yeah, not so much.

They were loose on her waist....but too tight on her diaper butt and thighs! Gangsta baby!!

Friday night we decided to go over to Praire Meadows and watch the horse races! We had a diaper malfunction.....and she ended up wearing polka dotted pants with a brown striped shirt.....don't judge.

Presley loved the horses! She was very good and loved watching them!

Saturday morning we had the Cystic Fibrosis charity walk! There was wonderful weather and a great turn out! Presley was again, very good. She actually feel asleep in her stroller on the 3 mile walk! (first time for everything!) She wore her own Andrea's Angels T-shirt, it's a little big but that way she can wear it is for the next couple years! Presley loved the swings and all the dogs that were there!

Aunt Samantha looking cute and pregnant with doggy Scout!

We wnt to Texas Roadhouse for dinner that night. There was a 35 minute wait, but daddy knows one of the waiters and he got us right into his section once he had an open table! It was so nice! So ask for Joe's section if you go there! :) Presley also sat in a booster seat for the first time. We have been thinking about getting her one, mainly b/c her highchair is getting too tight around her tummy!

Aren't they cute! Presley was too occupied watching the Preakness horse races on the TV behind me....do we need to call 1-800-BETSOFF?

Tomorrow mommy gets to go to work for a couple hours and then daddy is going to Lazerfest? Who gets the better end of that deal??................but mommy has Thursday and Friday off!!! Grandma is going to Colorado for my cousin Andrew's graduation! Congrats Andrew, sorry we can't be there!

Overwhelmed with a prescription of Vicodin.

Do you ever have those days or weeks where you just feel like you are drowning? There are too many things to do, too many things to think about and you are up at night trying to remember and organize everything that needs to be done? I'm there!
I think a majority of it is work....trying to fit 10 hours of overtime into a week when I already feel I hardly see my baby as it is, is difficult! And the work is exploding all over my desk, too many loans to close and not enough time and people yelling and borrowers upset....it just won't stop. I'm also trying to lose the last of my 'baby weight' before vacation (hence the family weight loss challenge!) I've been trying to work out after Presley goes to bed but even that is hard with everything else I need to get done after she goes to bed. I hate coming home to a messy house, after leaving a messy, stressful cubical but somethin's gotta give!
The weekends seem to keep filling up with more and more stuff, but then I'm still trying to find times to work on the weekends! But there are the family things we want to do on the weekends too.
Then I go have my abnormal skin cells removed and 6 stitches and a prescription of Vicodin later, I've been told I can't lift anything (including Presley) for 3 days! Tell me how that is going to work? I have to lift her to get her in and out of the carseat! I can't pick her up to hug her or put her to bed? and I was told that I can't workout for 10-14 days! I'm going to try to still walk on the treadmill (unless the weather decides to get nice sometime soon?), I think I'll be ok doing that, but geez!
I know my stresses really aren't all that important in the grand scheme of things, but it's all making my head spin. I've needed a hair cut for about 2 months, but even finding time for that is a challenge....hell finding time to go to the bathroom at work is difficult! It's not healthy to work and live like that!
Deep breath, calm down, eat a Kit-Kat and everything will be ok! Good-night!

Another weekend gone by....

Saturday morning I got up and went to work early, to get a head start on the 10 hours of mandatory overtime that is starting for us.....of course they don't want to say 'mandatory', they tell us they want us to work a 'minimum' of 10 hours of overtime....it's all the same to me.

Presley and daddy went garage saleing, so jealous I couldn't join them!

We had a busy afternoon getting ready for our Mothers Day lunch at my parents house for Sunday and that evening we had to travel over to ole Earlham for cousin Ava's 1st birthday party! It was so nice to see the Goodrich side of the family and expose Presley to all of her cousins. She isn't used to having that many kids around and she seems to get a little overwhelmed, but is is good for her. Overall she was pretty good, especially considering she didn't go to bed until 9 pm!
However, she did sleep until 8:30 Sunday morning! Man, that was a nice Mothers Day surprise! Then we all went to my parents house for a nice lunch, we can home and Presley napped, Steve did yard work and I watched 3 hours of Intervention! It was a good day. I was a bad mommy though, I didn't get my camera out all weekend! I'm super sad about it now!

My family started a weight loss challenge last Monday. Me, Steve, mom, dad and Holly, for 2 months. The winner (determined by % lost) gets a gift card to somewhere and the loser has to mow the others' yards! I'm going to post our weight loss on here, so I feel that I have someone to answer to if we don't lose anything. I don't want the blogging readers to think we aren't trying!
Week One weight loss: Jessica 1.8 pounds and Steve 1.3 pounds........so far, so good!

Happy Mothers Day to all!

Dear Presley,
How much has changed in this last year! Last year at this time, I was wondering what they heck we got ourselves into since deciding to have a child! You worn us out, you pushed our patience and you made us realize how hard being a parent really is (and you were only 3 months old!). This year, we finally realize how lucky we are to have such a healthy and happy baby! You have us tied around your little finger and you are completely aware of it. You don't say much, but your smile melts our hearts so it doesn't matter. I have a feeling if you start talking, you'll probably just talk back! :)
I am lucky enough to get to spend this Mothers Day with 2 of my favorite girls, you and Grandma. We are both lucky that you have such a wonderful Grandma, she takes such good care of you even though she spoils you rotton! She goes out of her way to make all of us so happy and I hope that we are all making her proud and happy too. Girls don't realize how much the love and need their mom's until they become mothers themselves!
Presley, thank you for making me feel like such a lucky mommy.
Mom, thank you for being such a great role model of what a mother should be. We love you! Happy Mothers Day!

15 months!

Presley Pie is 15 months old today! Gosh, where has the time gone??
She had her check up today and is about the 80th percentile for weight at 24.5 pounds and is 62nd percentile for height at 31 inches tall. We got the ok to change her to 2% milk and overall the doctor said she is growing and learning perfectly!
Our baby:

• had her 4th ear infection last week, not too shabby for 15 months!
• sleeps like a champ, usually close to 12 hours a night!
• loves Baby MacDonald....which is the only thing she'll sit down and watch. But is really beginning to like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny and Imagination Movers.
• still only has 6 teeth, eventually she'll have to get more!
• still doesn't say much...every once in a while we'll get dog, bye-bye, hi, mama, dada...but nothing consistent....except nah (no), that one she knows all too well!
• wears size 18-24 month clothes, her top half needs a size larger than her bottom half!
• still loves to eat, she can eat a meal in 15 minutes easily. At daycare, Amelia eats her food piece by piece and Presley stuffs it all in her mouth as fast as her little fists will go....and then she'll want to grab the food from Amelia's tray!
• is becoming a total Daddy's girl! I'm not taking it too personal, yet.
• loves books, baths, animals and being outside!
• is slowly getting the nickname 'Tank' b/c she walks over or on everything in her way, pushes other kids out of the way, take whatever toys she wants from them. In other words, she gets what she wants when she wants it! :)
• thinks she winks, but really she just squints up her face similar to her cheesy face.

Presley, you are the apple of our eyes. Our world revolves around you, and we wouldn't have it any other way. We love watching you grow and learn! You are a challenge and a joy to our lives. I'm excited and nervous to watch you grow into the little girl that you are becoming. You are stubborn and active and funny and freakin adorable! We love you Presley Grace!

Lions and tigers and bears....oh my!

So we decided to take the day and head over to the Omaha Zoo. My parents and Samantha were able to join us, so it was nice to have them along! It was the perfect day to go to the zoo! Presley did not nap on the way there like we had hoped she would, so we thought we were in for a very grumpy baby. However, she was wonderful! She was tired, but she never whined or cried. She enjoyed all the animals and just laid back in her stroller and took it all in. This child will never just fall asleep in her stroller, no matter how tired she is. She can't miss out on anything!
Here is Grandpa, all ready for his safari!
We got some great pictures of the animals, most of them were active and entertaining. We could've spent all day watching them!

This orangutan was making kissy faces and smiling at us!

We did get Presley out of her stroller near the end of the day (we knew if we got her out, she would never want to get back in!) We rode the merry-go-round (which she wasn't too fond of), tried to pet the animals at the petting zoo (which she was afraid of) but she loved this water display.....probably her favorite thing at the zoo........figures it isn't an actual animal! ha!

We left the zoo about 4 pm, she hadn't slept all day.

It took her less than 10 minutes to fall asleep once we left. Poor thing. She was a trooper though!