Time....it goes too fast.

Can you believe it? Our little boy has already been alive for a year!! Where does the time go? Seems like only yesterday were sitting in the hospital, on a rainy and windy day, staring at our new little treasure. He has come so far in that little time. So hard to believe. Something else to ponder is that Karley and I have been together for 14 years as of the end of Sept! Our first date was Sept 29th 1994 back in Helena, MT. Again, where does the time go?
So, here we are, 1yr into Preston's life and so much is going on. Of course Preston got a year older and our house got a little more cluttered with various new toys for him to bang on and spread about. We had a couple friends over with their daughter Mackenzie who is a few months older than Pres and will be in his daycare class. Speaking of that, Pres will be transitioning to a new classroom for 1yr and older kids so we are a little nervous to see how that pans out. So far he has been spending a little time in the new class and having no trouble at all. We are excited to have him amongst older kids to learn but very sad to see him leave the class he was in as we LOVED his teachers. Could not have any better people watching him. Anyway, we made a cake for Pres to destroy but he ended up just kinda poking at it and nibbling here and there. Not as exciting as we hoped but it made the clean up that much easier.
We have also been entertained with Pres' adventures into WALKING!! He is very close to taking off on his own. He has put up to about 8 steps together at one time but sticks mainly to 2-3 then falling over. He is definitely getting the hang of balance and is gaining confidence. He will stand up holding on to the coffee table and then just let go and step towards us without even batting an eye. Sometimes it scares us how this little guy will just throw fear off to the side and go! He has also taken to climbing on things for no apparent reason other than just to get on top. One of his new toys is a little learning table that plays sounds and music. He likes to get on top and just sit there on all fours, looking around. Freaks us out because we won't see him climbing until he is on top. Amazingly enough he has not taken a spill off of it yet.
Over the last weekend, we took Preston to have his one year photos taken. Be on the lookout for those as we should have them back any day now. We had some taken with him in his Halloween costume that are priceless. I don't want to spoil them so you will have to check them out when we get them. We also made a trip up to Dinosaur Park. It's a park up on a hill overlooking Rapid City with large sculptures of dinosaurs. You may have seen it from a distance in some of our previous photos. We decided it was time to check it out up close. Sadly, we did not make it to Bear Country this week. Not sure why, just didn't happen. I apologize to all that were waiting for their weekly dose of bear.
So there we have it, Preston's 1st Birthday seemed like so far away and now it is already in the past. Well, technically, as I write this, I still have about an hour until is ACTUAL Birth moment but you get the picture. Hope all is well with everyone! We hope to hear from you soon!

-Regan, Karley, and 'Big Boy' Preston