TIME OUT

I need a time out...How in the world has it been almost an entire year since I've blogged? Can someone please push pause for just a little while? An entire year of updates on our family that I've missed. A year since I have put my creative skills to the test (ha!). I guess it is too late to dwell on not blogging about the past right?! Moving on...

Life is kinda crazy right now and we all need a break! We are spending the weekend in Austin and I am counting down the minutes until we leave. And I haven't packed yet, which means I have exactly 15 hours to do laundry and pack. And I just found out that Brian may have to work all night so that he doesn't have to work tomorrow. He usually works 60 hours a week and it is getting really old...

Preston is 21 years months old! His vocabulary has grown to probably more than 100 words, I've lost track. He repeats EVERYTHING we say and his father has taught him cool phrases like "Ah nuts", "Peace out", and "Babaganoosh" amoung others. Thankfully other colorful words have not been said within ear shot of Preston ;) Brian has taught him to throw a baseball, hit a ball off a tee and hit a golf ball. I'd say we have quite the athlete :) And Cliff Lee better watch out, he is an up and coming south paw.

September is my favorite month! COOLER temperatures and my birthday month!! Although I'm not that excited about the number I will be turning...My nephew Mason will be born sometime this month, it's a waiting game and I can't wait to meet him. Glad I will have him around so that the baby fever goes away for a little while ;)

The next post will not be my scattered brain throwing stuff on the page, there will be some thought that goes into it. Maybe...

Hope everyone has a fabulous Labor Day weekend!

Update on us

We have been soo busy and I haven't got to blog as much as I want to :(

We switchen Preston to organic 2% milk over the weekend and he LOVES it! As if there were any doubt he were a Cordell, his love of milk confirms it. I have read everywhere about weaning to whole milk so when our pedi said 2%, I was so flustered about the shots I didn't ask him why. But my smart husband said it's probably because he has acid reflux and it is lighter on his tummy. The nurse said sometimes they also recommend it for babies who are chunky (which I don't think is the case, Preston is not that big).

Preston had pizza for the first time last night at his Aunt Laura's house and he scarfed it down. He is the best eater and I am so thankful that he isn't picky. I seriously could put anything edible on his plate and it would be gone within 10 minutes. However, he also learned that our dogs anxiously await the crumbs or sometimes huge bites of food and so he likes to sweep his arm across the high chair tray and laughs when they scurry to get the food on the floor.

I have developed a huge obsession for cutting coupons. I can't get enough! I am trying to remember that I am not saving money if I buy things I normally wouldn't but I think I have done good so far. I was so excited the other night when I saved $20 bucks off my $55 purchase at Target! I follow Collin's blog http://www.hip2save.blogspot.com/ and she seriously rocks at showing you how to get the best deals and sometimes even FREE stuff. 

Preston is pretty much walking everywhere now. He barely crawls anymore :( My baby is growing up so fast! He is so stinkin cute and so much fun, I can't get enough of him! He is getting into everything and we had the whole house baby proofed with the exception of the cabinets and FINALLY this weekend Brian got all our cabinets locked up. Now we don't have to chase Preston out of the kitchen and it takes a weight off my shoulders knowing he is safer.

We are still going through the huge stack of books, clothes and toys Preston got for his birthday and I am having so much fun playing with all the new stuff he got. He loves all his push and ride on toys, he has 3 different ones and pushes them all over the house. He is such a smart little boy and it takes about 2 seconds for him to figure out something new.

Yay it is time for Thanksgiving and I am so excited to travel to OK and East TX to see our families :)

Preston's 1st birthday bash

We had Preston's 1st birthday party yesterday (during the Cowboy/Packers game I know) and it was one crazy successful birthday bash!!! We had about 55 of our family and friends over for hotdogs and other ballpark fare and to celebrate Preston's 1st year of life! Our house was packed!!! I never expected THAT many people to make it, but I am so grateful for each and every one that did :) I decorated the house in a baseball theme and had red and blue streamers and balloons all over. Brian and his dad cleaned out the garage, dropped a cable line from the attic and set up a TV so all the football fans could come celebrate Preston's birthday without missing the games. It actually worked out very well considering we had so many people there and it helped to have an extra room to split up the people.

I was so busy scurrying around trying to make sure everything was PERFECT and make sure everyone was eating and drinking and had places to sit that I really didn't get to visit enough with everyone. A few kids from Preston's daycare came and he had fun walking around and playing with them.

It was music to my ears to hear all those people singing happy birthday to my sweet baby and he loved the attention. We blew out the candle on the cake and I made a very special wish for Preston ;) Preston got to dive in to his first cake and he loved it!!! Of course his smash cake was a baseball and he pretty much ate the entire thing. After a quick bath in the sink it was time for the best part...PRESENTS!


We opened the presents, Preston sat in his daddy's lap while I opened the massive pile of presents. I think we were opening presents for about an hour and a half and I KNOW people got bored but I was opening as fast as I could! Preston is one lucky kid, he got so many cute clothes, toys, books, puzzles and more that I think we will have to add on to the house to be able to fit it all. I am so grateful for each and every person in his (our) life and just want to say a big thank you for being so sweet to him!
 
Preston was one amazingly behaved little boy, he didnt cry once and even with all the people there, he didnt get scared. He was happy go lucky the entire time and after sleeping from 9pm to 10:30am and then from 12pm to 3pm, he was well rested! I was so proud that everything went as planned, with the exception of the cake drama (a big thanks to my hubby for driving 150 miles to pick up Preston's birthday cake <3).
 
Happy 1st Birthday Preston Scott :)

Happy 1st Birthday Preston Scott Cordell

Exactly 1 year ago today, my sweet darling Preston was born!


(More to come...just had to post this at exactly 3:42 pm) : )

My baby is officially a toddler

I am soo proud of Preston...my heart is filled with joy when I watch him walk!! I always knew he would start walking before his first birthday but I can't believe that time is here already! He is such a quick learner, I love watching the determination on his face and seeing that look of accomplishment after he walks to me. Here are a few videos we took last night and tonight of him. Tonight is also the first time he was able to stand up without pulling up on anything!







Trouble maker!

A week of firsts

It was a busy week for Preston! He used a sippy cup all week at day care, he went to his first Dallas Mavericks game, it was his first Halloween, he went to the park for the first time and swung on the swings and he took his first steps! Way to go little man!

These are the cups he likes so much, since they have a straw it makes it easier for him to get the milk out. Plus he doesnt have to tilt his head back at such an unnatural angle which means he will stop falling backwards when he is trying to drink!

We had fun at the Mavericks game, even though they lost the home opener. Preston loved watching the big scoreboard and staring at the lady clapping her clapper all.night.long in our ears. It was also Brian's first game but it hardly counts as we were both so busy keeping Preston occupied we didn't even watch the game...good thing they were free tickets LOL. And I refused to buy Preston a $50 jersey even though they were so cute...I am too pratical for such purchases!

I wanted Preston to be a cute little pumpkin for his first Halloween, his daddy wanted him to be something a little more manly. SO Preston got two costumes this year :) He got dressed up and we went to a fall festival at his school, it wasnt that exciting since Preston was so young but Brian and I did get to meet a few of the other parents so that was nice!

I took Preston to the park by our house, it is actually sad that we haven't been before considering we have like 5 parks within 5 miles of our house. He loved the swings and swang for about 30 minutes...I can see lots of visits to the park in our future :)

Last but not least...Preston has started walking!!!!!!!!!!!!! He took his first step on October 30th and by November 2nd, he was taking 4-5 steps at a time and by the 6th he is a walking machine! He practices over and over going short distances and he has gotten really good at it. I am adding all the walking videos to the next post, this one is too long so look there now :)

Way to go Preston, we are so proud of you!!!

Preston's first step?!

I put a question mark in the title because I am not sure if this counts. Preston was all dressed up in his pumpkin costume Friday night and we were getting ready to go to the fall festival at his school. I was video taping him and all of a sudden, he pulled up on our chair, let go, stood there for a few seconds and then took ONE step, with his right foot, stood there another second and then sat down. He hasn't done it again since, but I am so counting that as his first STEP :) Way to go Preston!!! Oh and excuse my voice, I was WAY excited...just hit the mute and watch it.