May in Pictures

I have been a BAD blogger! Life has been quite busy, and I have gotten behind. So here's a bunch of pictures from the month of May (and a couple from the beginning of June). I missed posting for Mother's Day and Roger's birthday, so those are included!

Dancing on Mother's Day

More dancing!

Riding the carousel

Looking like a baby king in his royal cloak

Snuggling up to Grandpa D

Checking out the forrest in our favorite "Melmo" sweatshirt (although he's been pronoucing it correctly as of late)

Having a bath with Cookie and Grandpa P

Chowing down on a "bapple," one of his favorite foods

At the park, sitting in the dinosaur playground

Exploring the park

Losing my cool shades and wearing my favorite sweatshirt AGAIN (can you imagine?!)

Special treat - watching some Elmo during lunch

Venturing up the hill by the park

LOVING all of the cars at Grandma and Grandpa D's house.  Cars are an absolute favorite!

Happy Birthday to Roger from the Pretekin men (Zach, Michael, and G!)

18 Months!

A little over a week ago, Graham turned 18 months!  I can hardly believe our little man is half way through his second year of life!

Blogging Note: I realize that I am VERY behind on the blogging.  This past month has been life-changing for the Pretekin family.  The biggest thing that has come out of the last month is that I will not be returning to my job as a teacher in the fall.  I will be staying at home with Graham, focusing on soaking up all of the time I will get to spend with him.  We are also putting our house on the market in hopes that we can get a decent offer and move into something a little more spacious with the ultimate goal of growing our family.  Big changes are ahead! 

And again

Here is part 3 in the "Cracking Up" series...


Cracking Up 3 from Jenny Pretekin on Vimeo.

Face Time

Look at the little man mugging it up for the camera!

Love

I love this little face.  It makes my day, every single day.

Zoom, Zoom to a New Room

Several weeks ago I decided that I wanted to update Graham's room.  When I was pregnant and putting his room together, I definitely made a big effort not to make it too babyish, and while the decor was still fine, I wanted to do something that I felt fit him and his personality.  So what did I choose to do?  A car-themed room!  Anyone who knows our little man, knows that he LOVES cars and trucks.  I decided I was going to repaint the room and add my own mural on the back wall.  I wanted the mural to look somewhat kiddish - not too professional or fancy looking, which ended up working perfectly with my painting skill level.  I also found an awesome rug and a new rocking chair (we never got a rocking chair, we just used an old office swivel chair, which just wasn't cutting it anymore) at IKEA and new sheets (on which the room was based) at Pottery Barn Kids.  I printed out and colored some pictures online to help complete the artwork on the wall.  The only thing missing is the red curtains (which my mom is shortening) and transportation-themed knobs that I ordered from Etsy.  I am pretty happy with how it all turned out.  Here are some pictures of them almost finished product:

Cracking Up - The Sequel

Here is Graham completely cracking up.  Who knew a laser pointer (for the cats) could be so hysterical?  This is the sequel, to remind yourself of the original, go to this post.