Yes, it's been awhile but to my defense Jason has been hunting a lot and takes my card reader to check his game cameras.. so without being able to upload my pictures, there's been zero blogging! But I'm back and with lots to catch up on.. Presley- she is now walking!!! she takes a couple steps at a time then falls, but the record is 15 steps- she's crazy. She now has 4 teeth, and is finally saying DA DA, ma ma, and all kinds of interesting noises, she has started this new thing where she grinds her teeth and it drives me crazy, it's like nails on a chalk bored and makes me cringe! We got her Halloween costume this week, she is going to be cookie monster- I know what your thinking, Cookie monster isn't very girly, but trust me it's adorable.. Jason- like I said he has been hunting and had a couple rodeos to go to so he was gone quite a bit this last month but now he is home and we love it! Me- Obviously my life isn't very exciting, I do pretty much the same thing everyday- Take care of Pres, cook, clean, laundry... But I have been going to play volleyball twice a week and I love every minute of it! So that's all we have been doing and I'm going to try and not disappear from my blog for a month!!

P.S. Taking pictures of Presley is difficult.. She won't sit there and as soon as you put the camera up, she stops smiling.. so here's the best we got..

nine months

We went to the doctor today for Presley's 9 month check up.. She weighs 17 lbs. 11 oz. ( 40%) and is 28.5 in tall (90%).. It's crazy to me that she is 9 months old because that means that we have had her as long as I was pregnant with her and it's gone by so unbelievably quickly. She has gotten sooo good at crawling and is super fast! Her new favorite thing is to do stuff that she knows she is going to get in trouble for because she thinks its funny- like crawling over to sugars water bowl, gets there, then she turns and looks at me, I tell her no and start going for her, then she starts laughing and dumps it over.. she does not like to be held and wants down all the time, still LOVES other little kids.. she loves climbing up the stairs ( I just have to somehow teach her to go down them) she sleeps really good now- 10 hrs at night and 2 naps during the day.. She looks so much like Jason it's crazy, the only thing she got from me is her eyes.. She has such a fun and loving personality.. her best friend is sugar, I don't know how I would entertain her all day without her.. I am so very grateful for such an amazing little girl, I am most grateful to her because she has changed me so much- she has taught me a love that I could never explain, she has taught me sacrifice and patience that I would have never been able to learn otherwise, she has given me a light and joy in my life that was always missing before I had her, and has given me a happiness that I never knew was possible. I love my little Sweet P and just want her to stop growing so fast!

27

It was Jason's Bday last week.. He turned 27.. My mom watched Pres while we went to eat and saw Captain America- It was sooo good.. then we came back out to Logandale and had cake and ice cream with family out here

Yes, I am so proud of myself.. I have actually been keeping up with my blog, my mom is still in Georgia so I have to post for her to see what Pres is up to.. we'll see what happens when she come home in two weeks!!

Alivia came out to Logandale and stayed with us last night and I had so much fun.. Jason was gone at a roping so Me, Alivia and Pres had a fun little girls night.. Presley loves Alivia and was so happy for her to be here, anytime Alivia would go up the stairs Presley would start crying because she thought she was leaving..



This is now Presley's new favorite thing to do.. pulling up on everything! All she does is crawl around and find new things to pull herself up to stand.. she is crazy and is doing so much new stuff all the time

Salinas

Jason's favorite rodeo is Salinas, CA.. but unfortunately every year he never has much luck there.. until this year, They won it!!! it was the most exciting win because it's always been Jason's dream to win it, so it meant so much to him. They roped amazing and placed in 4 out of the 5 rounds and won the average by 1.5 seconds.. the buckle is beautiful, it's made out of solid gold and is awesome..
http://www.prorodeo.com/Story.aspx?xu=3073.. here is an article on prorodeo

Presley playing with the buckle, she loves how shiny it is



Last night I was getting Presley's stuff ready to put her to bed, and Jason started yelling for me, I go in our room and Pres is giving him all kinds of kisses, it was the cutest!! her version of kisses is sucking on your face!!


This is Presley's favorite thing to do, she crawls after sugars toys then holds them until sugar comes and steals it from her, then it starts all over, she loves it



Jason and Randon went to Salinas alone and let me tell you, Presley missed her dad, she has been so excited ever since he came home.

*Presley has found her bows, that is why they are rarely on her any longer, as soon as I put a headband on her she reaches up and pulls it off..

Motherwell

We went and spent a week at the ranch in CO and had such a fun time.. The guys would go out everyday and go shooting and scouting while the girls went for walks, cooked and hung out.. Dusty and Deena were up there with their 4 month old baby, Ethan, It was fun to get to see them because they live in TX and since were not rodeoing as much we don't get to see them that often and this is only the second time we've gotten to see ethan.. Anyways, it was lots of fun, and Presley did pretty good on the 10 hr. drive!



Audrey and TY

Jason and Pres playing, She LOVES her dad


Ethan

8 months

Eight months yesterday.. She is starting to do so much so fast!! She has they Army crawl down.. and I know my days are numbered until she is truly crawling.. she hates to be held now that she can get around by herself.. everything goes in her mouth!! its awful because she finds the littlest things like pennies, and toothpaste caps and everything else you can imagine. She loves being home and in her crib.. we've been out of town three times in the last month and she sleeps terrible in a pack n play!!! she wakes up all night and only takes little cat naps.. so we are home and I love it because now I can get some sleep!! She is now loving playing with other kids.. She loves her cousins.. She has found her head bands!!!! I rarely put them on her anymore cause she just rips them off.. so she always looks like a boy! She's a pretty good eater, She eats any baby food I give her. She gets more fun every day and we love her to pieces!!