The Mota Family

Friday, May 23, 2014

Easter 2014

This Easter was so much fun! Preston actually understood what was going on this year and learned the true meaning of Easter through Resurrection Eggs. It was fun introducing him to the Easter Bunny (which he was not afraid of), doing fun Easter projects at home with him and coloring Easter eggs as a family. This year was also Miss Kelsey's 1st Easter! She was so cute in her little dresses (yes she had multiple Easter dresses). We joked that it would be like the Grammy's and she would have wardrobe changes throughout the day. She didn't actually end up wearing them all, but it was fun. Easter morning we woke up to see what the Easter bunny brought, went to church, went to the park for a while to let Preston play, went back to our new house for Easter egg hunts, BBQ with Stephen's family and since it was raining, we ended the day with some indoor confetti eggs! It made quite the mess, but it was fun! The Easter bunny brought Preston a Knight costume, he is really into dressing up like a "brave knight", so he was thrilled! He and Kelsey both got lots of other goodies, they are a little spoiled. Although my family wasn't with us this year, I talked to everyone and felt so blessed knowing all of our family is in good health and doing well! So thankful to have such a wonderful family, here in town and around Texas!

Resurrection Eggs

Sweet girl ready to meet the Easter Bunny

Easter Projects with Preston

Time to color eggs

Serious work

So proud

Pinterest inspired cake I made

The Easter Bunny came!

So excited!

My cute kids!

SO SWEET!

Look what I got!

A little park time

I found one!!

Mimi and Kels, matching

Preston loves his Mimi and Papa

Egg Time!

Brave Knight attacking momma

Preston LOVED the mess!

Kelsey wasn't so sure!

Friday, April 11, 2014

Mimi's Birthday

Last month we got to celebrate Mimi's birthday! We had a wonderful dinner at PF Changs and then went back to Steph and Gene's for some cake and gift time. Preston always loves to help blow out the candles and open gifts. Here he is again in his "no shirt" phase. He's hilarious! He is at such a fun age! It was a nice little celebration with family. Heres to another wonderful year for Mimi!

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Kelsey Meets More Family!

A couple of weeks ago Kelsey got to meet all of her cousins (Riley, Kaylin and Kinley), her Aunt Shelly and her Pops! They came in for a few days over their Spring Break and we were SO excited!! They got some extra special snuggle time with our sweet girl, Preston got some much needed play time with his wonderful cousins and we all got some time to do some catching up! Riley is a pro with babies now, he held Kelsey, helped push strollers and really entertained Preston...they are buddies! Kaylin, loved holding and feeding Kelsey, she was super sweet with her and also had lots of fun playing with Preston! Kinley was ALL about her baby cousin! It was pretty cute. She would walk around saying "baby, baby, baby!" and if Kelsey cried she would run over there to see what was the matter. It was adorable. I hope these two are super close! All the kiddos had a blast! The adults spent some time relaxing, went out to a couple of fun meals, took the big kids to a trampoline park and then took all the kiddos to the zoo on a beautiful day! We had a wonderful visit, just wished it could've been longer!

Proud Pops

Aunt Shelly, Kaylin and Kinley meeting Kelsey for the first time

Kaylin holding her baby cousin

Two sweet Girls

Lovin on that Baby

The Girls

And boys

Pops and his grandsons

Kinley holding Baby Kelsey

She LOVES her Baby Cousin

SO SWEET

Oldest and Youngest Cousins...LOVE

Preston Attacking Pops and Riley with his Nerf Gun

Pops feeding Kelsey

Good Times

Cousins at the Zoo

Cheese!

Kelsey's 1st Month

Hard to believe our baby girl has already been with us for a whole month! Time flies! She has been such a wonderful baby. Steve and I keep thinking we are going to jinx ourselves if we talk about what a good baby she is, but she truly is a wonderful little baby. Like her big brother, she's a sleeper! This girl eats, fills diapers and sleeps like a little champ! We have actually had to wake her up to eat. So needless to say, we've got it good (so far)! The only time she cries is when shes hungry and waiting for her bottle to warm up or when we give her a bath (which she's starting to kind-of like). Preston has been a wonderful big brother!! He calls her "Baby sister" or "Baby Kelsey". It's really cute to hear him in his little voice say things like, "It's okay baby sister, I'm right here!" or "Mommy, show baby sister my toys!" He has also learned how to work her swing and always wants to be the one to turn it on for her! He's precious! So far my favorite thing Kelsey does, aside from sharing her sweet snuggles, is flex her little feet when we feed her, it's adorable. As soon as she starts eating, those little toes go straight up to the ceiling. It must be a full body work out to get down that bottle! =)In her first month she's also been very alert, looks at everything and loves looking at lights. She's also started smiling and recognizes mommy and daddy's voices when we talk. She's loves hearing big brother! As soon as Preston comes around she grins ear to ear! This month Kelsey also got to meet her cousins, Aunt Shelly and Pops (another post to come) as well as our good friends, Kyle, Kristina, Awbrey, Kendall, Z, Nikki and Charlie. Lots of fun meeting all these new faces!! All in all, we have loved our little bundle of joy so much and are so very grateful to have our sweet family. Still hard to believe we are now a family of 4!! Life is wonderful! GOD is SO good!