Bond Family Blog

We had our first Easter celebration today. It was a lot of fun to watch Preston get so excited about everything. I didn’t think Preston would be interested in dying eggs, but he loved it! He would put the egg on the spoon and then Ryan would drop it into the cup. He wanted to keep doing it over and over again. He cracked the last egg, so of course we had to eat it! I don’t think he really liked it, but he wanted to keep trying it so that’s good.

Preston had a lot of fun running around the backyard picking up the Easter eggs. He was even more excited when he figured out that there was something inside. He wouldn’t put the egg in the basket until he had gotten another one. He always wanted one in his hand. We finally got him to come inside and eat the “candy” from his eggs. Afterwards he didn’t want to eat his dinner. After dinner he went straight back to the eggs. I guess he is a real kid who loves his treats!

Last year Preston was 6 days old on Easter. Here is a picture of Preston inside his basket last year. He has grown up so fast!

Happy Easter everyone!

Preston is so lucky to have family in so many places. We will be in Utah on his actual birthday, so we got to celebrate his birthday a few weeks early at home. We had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party. He loves to watch the show and to dance to the Hot Dog song. Preston of course got spoiled with LOTS of presents! We were happy to have almost all of his family here, including his second cousin Haydenn.

Before the party started Preston was in a really good mood. He had woken up from his nap and came out to see all of the balloons that we had decorated with. He was so excited that he kept running from one ballon to the next. It was almost as if he knew something was about to happen.

Preston loved opening presents. He loves putting things into each other, so we probably spent as much time taking the presents out of bags as we did putting his presents back into the bags. He got lots of new books and toys and clothes.

Preston wasn’t so sure about the whole cake business. He kept looking at me to make sure it was ok for him to eat it. He finally started eating some of it after I got him a fork. I guess I haven’t given him enough sweets or let him eat enough messy things with his hands.

All in all  I think it was a great party and I had a lot of fun planning it. Thank you to everyone who came and brought such thoughtful gifts. There is no question that Preston is a very loved little boy!

Life has been crazy here in the Bond home. Sorry I haven’t blogged much recently, but I did want to mention two things. First I have really been struggling lately with what to make for dinner. I don’t know why it is so hard for me to think of new ideas and what to cook, but it really stresses me out and I sit and worry about it all day long. One day I found a website that gave me all of the answers that I needed. It did cost $12 for the first three months, but it paid for it’s self in the first week because we didn’t go out to dinner at all. If any of you are interested please follow this link and explore the site and see if it is something that would work for you. (Plus I get points if you sign up through my link. )

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The second exciting news that I wanted to post was about our house search. In the beginning of January we started looking for a larger house. We couldn’t find anything on the market and ended up coming across a few new home builders. After going back and forth with a couple of builders we have finally found a plan that we like. We signed a contract last week with them. It is contingent on them being able to purchase the land for us at the price that we can afford. We are hoping to have a final answer by the end of this week, but we are very excited to be building a house together for our future family.

I know this is almost a week late, but Happy St. Patrick’s day!!! My mom sent Preston a cute shirt and hat to wear. He did not want to have anything to do with wearing the hat, but he was happy to play with it. The only green thing I made this year was green rice krispy treats. Preston was happy that I shared a little with him.

I can’t believe that it’s been 11 months already, but alas it has come. Preston continues to grow each and every day. Just this week I feel like he is doing so many more things. He is walking a lot better and faster. Last night he walked all the way into his room got a book, brought it out to Ryan who read it to him and then he walked back to his room and got another book and brought it back to daddy. He did it again tonight when Grandma and Poppy were here. I’m so excited that he loves to read! It’s amazing how much he knows how to do. He also has started to put objects into containers. He loves to open things and find something new inside. He has learned how to push the buttons on Scout (his personalized dog that sings to him). He can push buttons down on toys. Ryan has been working with him on playing ball. Sometimes he rolls it, but he also tries to throw it.

Preston hasn’t been too excited about baby food the last couple of weeks so I have started trying to make more dinners that he can have some of. He is so excited to eat dinner with us now. He gets his own bowl and fork (Which both normally end up on the floor by the end of dinner). I think his favorite new food from this week is plain ground beef. Go figure.

Another big thing that we have been working on this week is weaning. I still have mixed feelings about this, but it was time. Preston has been a real sport about the whole thing and takes the bottles just fine. It’s been almost two weeks since we started the process and we are almost there. After making myself really sick (not on purpose) and having to go backwards a few steps we have made it. The last time Preston nursed was Wednesday morning. We have all lost a little sleep in the process as Preston is now getting up at 5:30 am. I can’t wait for the time change to see if that will help him sleep a little later.

We love you Preston!