I'm dreaming of a "Fite" Christmas..........

Christmas 2010~Preston's First Christmas & in our new home!

Christmas morning-it snowed!

Our new home!

Living room tree



Bonus room tree



Some of Preston's presents from us!



With his stocking Christmas Morning!


He likes his new "sleep" music Cd! lol

His new play mat Santa brought! And elephant rocker!

Houston is helping Preston with his presents...

My lil' elf

Tired....early morning to see what Santa brought

1st Christmas present from Auntie Em!

At Mana & Papa's Christmas Day

Something special happened on Christmas Day........Preston started CRAWLING while we were at Mana & Papa's house! It was so sweet! He started crawling for my cell phone! But of course ....I forgot to get any pictures of it..... :(

Trip to see Santa for the FIRST time!

Here is Preston before we left the house...we had to get a good picture of his new shirt that DeDe got him! (Which was made by Tadpoles and Tiaras~Lindsay Dickerson)

We took Preston to see Santa for the FIRST time and he did GREAT! Not a big surprise to us...he really is just so easy going and will let anyone hold him!

Of course.....when picking where to take him to see Santa I had something totally different in mind than Matt, but we went with Matt's choice! lol We went to Bass Pro Shop!! Matt had been dying to go since they had reopened it after the flood and his thinking was that we could look for some camo stuff for Preston while we are there, too! Come on Kristen, you love to shop! So needless to say we went, but we DID NOT get any camo outfits! :) But we did really enjoy spending this precious memory with Preston!

~December 2010~

I can't believe it.....time just keeps on passing us by........Preston is 8 months old now!! WOW!

Here is Preston "enjoying" his first shopping cart experience at Target!

8 months old- got a little messy with his dinner...YUM sweet potatoes!

We had to get into the Christmas spirit and wear a little red and green! :) Mommy's favorite time of year! We can't wait to share in the special moments of Preston's first Christmas!

SNOW DAY.....FUN DAY!

Preston's FIRST snow!! We had so much fun enjoying it with him!

Thanks Great Grandma Fite for the snow suit!! It kept me very warm!

Preston's "snow angel"

Tired lil man.....

Preston and Daddy playing in the snow with Houston...

The first sign of snow...can't really see the flakes dropping in the picture, though :(

Preston's FIRST Turkey Day!

We drove to Alabama on Thanksgiving Day to see my Dad's side of the family.......

Pictured are: Jude Hollins, Elise Morell, Max Thelen, & Preston Fite

You know my family....always planning! They wanted to get a "Hollins" great-grandchildren Christmas card photo while we were all together for Thanksgiving!
Pictured above is the FIRST time Preston met his cousin Max, who was named after my late grandfather Max Elvis Hollins, Sr., they loved eachother instantly....or should I say loved looking at eachother.....they were very amused!

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Preston playing with his Uncle Jason at Aunt Melody's house in Alabama!

Preston and Jude with their Great Grandma "Mana"at my Aunt Pam's house in Hermitage, on the day after Thanksgiving!


Later, Thanksgiving night we really wanted to try and make Matt's Dad's side of the family's Thanksgiving on our way back from Alabama.....and we DID! We were able to surprise them all...they had no idea that we were coming! They were so excited to see Preston!

Here is Preston playing with Matt's Aunt Karen and cousins: Kara, Kirsten, Kameron, & Karissa

NOVEMBER 2010

Preston had his dedication at church this weekend--November 7, 2010

We had lots of family who were able to join and share in this special time with us in dedicating Preston to the Lord! We chose a "life verse" for Preston--"I can do all things through Christ who stengthens me" Philippians 4:13We thought this verse was PERFECT for Preston because of all he has had to overcome and the Lord has helped him on that journey...and we hope he will continue to help Preston and us in raising him and being the best parents that we can be.

Love Auntie Em!


Love Great Aunt Faye and Uncle Eugene!

Preston is 7 months old!! I can't believe it...time is just flying by!

He tried carrots for the first time....YUMMY! he loved them! Can you tell?

We have found for a little boy that had such a hard time eating in the beginning and being on a feeding tube for so long....he sure does LOVE to eat!! I guess he is just making up for lost time!

~BOO~ Happy Halloween!

This picture was at the very end of the night~we had a little sleepy caterpillar!

Preston's FIRST Halloween!

Preston was a cute little caterpillar for Halloween! I thought he was SUPER cute, Daddy on the other hand wanted him to be something more manly...but I said he can do that when he is older. So here are some pictures that documented our Halloween experience! We didn't reallythink he needed to go to houses in the neighborhood at such a young age.......so we just drove to family's houses and trick-or-treated there! And we stopped by my Great Aunt Faye and Uncle Eugene's church's "trunk-or-treat!"

At De De and Z Z's house--where we ended the night!

At Mana and Papa's




At Grandpa and Grandma's

Where we started our night--at Aunt Pam's


At our house before we left! Made Daddy snap a picture!! :)

Fall Fun~ First trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

October 2010

We decided that we would take Preston for his first trip to the pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins for his first Halloween! YAY! This was SO much FUN! We are defintely going to make it a family tradition for years to come! We went to Honeysuckle Hills Farm in Springfield, TN ....they had so many fun activities for children! I can't wait till Preston is older where he can actually enjoy them! We did enjoy watching some "pig races" and saw a pumpkin get launched out of a cannon! Mommy and Daddy really enjoyed our family time!

Mommy's little pumpkin!