3 Months, Father's Day, and Nursery

My baby's three months! This post is a little late. I seem to be a little behind in the posting. My sister, Sabrina, is now living with us while she is taking a couple of classes at BYU. We've been having a lot of fun. It's nice to have someone around to go out with or to hold Derek while I take a shower or nap. She's really good with him and Derek loves his Aunt Bree.


Here he is on the 3 month mark:


He's such a little doll. His laugh is mesmerizing. I could listen to it all day. He's growing so fast. He is into the 3-6 month clothing and can no longer fit into any of his 0-3 month clothes.
He's also become a drool fountain. Drooley drooley baby. He soaks his clothing and mine. He puts everything in his mouth. We think he might be teething. It's hard to tell because he's always so drooley.
He's becoming more responsive and playful. He smiles at his mom and dad and is genuinely excited to see us. I LOVE that. He's even started to do this thing where he doesn't want anyone but me. I am very flattered, most of the time. Today, he wouldn't stop crying so we spent about an hour swaying on the porch watching the rain. It was the only thing he wanted to do. It was enjoyable but would have been even more so if I wasn't so exhausted. I think he's going through another growth spurt because he wants to eat more frequently than usual. That means mommy is tired.

Tyler had his first father's day! Here is Tyler opening his presents:

Derek and I got him a couple of belts and a shirt that says, "Not now, I'm watching the game!" We also made him an origami dress-shirt card in primary with the reasons why we love him.

That night we went over to Tyler's parents house for dinner and we took this picture of four generations of Prestgard men:

Reed, Tyler and Derek, and Wayne Prestgard

In the last couple of weeks, I've been working on Derek's Nursery. I'm not completely finished. I still want to add a few finishing touches, hang a couple of cute kid sayings, and fix a few things. I'd really like a changing table instead of a guest bed, but, for now, here is the nursery:

It's my favorite room in the house. I love the wall colors. My wonderful husband has painted that room twice now. I was originally going to put the nursery in the other room but changed my mind after Tyler had painted what was going to be the guest bedroom. This room started out pink (when we bought it), then it was "Pooh Corner" green and now it's the beautiful yellow and blue color. The blue wall is my favorite. I love it. I love the bedding and decor theme (Nojo Jungle Tales). I also love the LOVE picture frame that Tyler got me for Valentine's Day last year. I love how well the picture Katie Carroll Wilson painted for me fits the room. And I really love the embroidered poem my Grandma made and am so happy my mom gave it to me. That hung in my mother's house when I was growing up. I love that saying:
"Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow
So quiet down cobwebs...
Dust go to sleep...
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep"
It's nice to be reminded to cherish the moments with my baby and to not worry so much about my mess of a house.

Laughing Peanut

A Couple of Weddings in California

Labor day weekend, Tyler and I traveled to the CA to attend a couple of weddings. We left on May 21st and drove to Lake Tahoe for Jessie and Johnny's wedding. I had so much fun in Tahoe. I got to see a bunch of friends that I haven't seen in years! Some of my very favorite people were there, including Neva, Jessie's mom, who was like another mother to me in high school. She had me laughing most of the time. How I've missed her. All the "bros" were there as well. That was kinda fun to see the group back together again. Bob didn't even recognize me when he walked past the first time. It's been awhile. They're a good group of guys and I'm glad that I got to chat with all of them for a minute or two. It was also good to see Justyn again and hear about her life. She brought her roommate, Cara along, and she's a pretty cool girl. She danced with Derek. It was really cute.

The wedding was beautiful. Jessie looked gorgeous. I've always held Jessie in high regards but she's really grown into a beautiful person. She's giving, accepting, and still just as fun as I remember. Johnny's sure a lucky man. Jessie looked so happy. I was looking at her and thinking that I've never seen her so happy. She had this look of pure joy on her face. It was incredibly touching and cute.

I did feel a little bad because I was in the wedding party and kept disappearing to feed Derek. I was worried about how the little bug would do, but he did really well. He slept most of the time and was generally happy when he was awake. Tyler was amazing at keeping him happy. Everyone loved his tie onesies that his Aunt Shanda made him. Thanks, Shanda!

Here's a picture from the reception:


We left Tahoe right after the reception so that we could get into Tehachapi before midnight. About an hour into our drive we came to a minor complication. They closed the highway because of a fire. We sat there for three hours.
Here we are sitting in the parked car:


We finally made it to Tehachapi. My Aunt Roxy and Uncle Ron were in town and we went to breakfast with them, my mom, and Woody. The girls then went to Bakersfield to buy some supplies for the wedding and the boys went home and relaxed. That night Tyler and I were treated to dinner by Woody and my Uncle Ron, they took us, my Aunt Roxy and my mom to the County Club in Bear Valley. Good food and good company. What more could you ask for?

The morning of the wedding we had lots to do. I made the bouquet and arranged flowers, directed the caterers, and we narrowly escaped a disaster involving ants and the cupcakes. The wedding was beautiful. My mom looked really happy and that was pretty awesome. I have a new step-dad! The ceremony was performed by Bishop Haub and it was really beautiful. I'm just so glad that my mom is happy. We're happy to welcome Woody into the family.

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Austin!

We hung out another day in good ol' Tehach. It was good to be around family. We went to lunch the next day with my dad and sisters. Then we went to Bakersfield with mom and Woody to look for a new car. We bought one! We now have a black, 2006 Volkswagen Jetta. Thanks for the help mom, dad, and step-dad! I forgot to take a picture of it. It is wonderful.

The next morning we went home with our routine stop in Las Vegas to visit with my grandparents. It was my grandma's birthday! It was Derek's first time meeting his Great Grandma and Grandpa Walker. He adored them. He was all smiley and charming.

To sum it up we had a great Labor Day weekend.

Hopefully Soon...

I haven't updated in awhile but not without reason. Baby and I have not been feeling well. We developed another case of Thrush. Well, I don't think it actually ever went away. We were just starting to feel a little better when we both caught colds. The last couple of weeks have been really hard. Derek and I spent the majority of our time alternating between sleeping, eating, and crying. We're feeling a little better now and things are looking up. So I'm ready to do some updating, but I really wanted to include pictures and my pictures are on my computer. My computer is at a Mac specialty store. It wasn't recognizing the battery and the case was cracking. My AppleCare took care of it and I got my computer back on Friday. I tried to connect to the internet Friday night and my computer freaked out. It wouldn't connect to or even detect any wireless networks. Then it started to ding like it was booting up and then shut off. So it's back at the Mac doctors. I will hopefully have it back soon and I'll put pictures up and give a real update.