NEW Blog...

Okay, so we've been on a 5 month break from the whole blogging thing, but we're back and hopefully I can keep the new one updated. I could list several reasons why I have put off making posts on my own blog (new baby, new house, new camera and haven't figured out how to upload pics, etc., etc.), but check everyone else's regularly. However, the primary reason I've not updated this blog is every time I sign in and decide to, I feel overwhelmed at how far behind I am and I never know what to do with this one being primarily about/for just Presley. So, I've created a new blog for our family in general...

www.pokludafamily.blogspot.com

We'd love for you to check it out, but I must warn that it is still in the works of being put together.

Quick update...

We have been pretty busy with the holidays approaching very quickly (parties, get-togethers, shopping, etc.) and the house being close to move-in status and getting ready for that. We are hoping to move sometime next week, hopefully! We'll see. Although we are just "fixing-up" an older home, it almost seems as if we are building from scratch with all the choices and decisions that have to be made and things to be picked out. It's fun at times, but a little stressful at others too. However, the thing that took the longest with this deal was just waiting to close...the fix-up work has actually been really quick. I'll just be glad to be out of the apartment and have a yard for the kiddos to play in, no hammering during nap times, and be able to run out to the car without loading up the entire family to go get one thing.

We had a sonogram last Friday and everything looks great...it is definitely a girl...and just one. (I've been having crazy dreams that we are either having a boy or twin girls...yikes!) She is weighing in at 5 lbs. 5 oz. which is about 50% percentile. They said it looks like she has quite a bit of hair too, but that's what we thought with Presley and she still doesn't have much, although it's definitely been growing more the past few months. :) Speaking of Presley, she has been under the weather the last week with pink-eye and some virus...no fun! But thankfully it looks like she is on the road to recovery and hopefully will be well just in time for all the excitement of the move, Christmas, and a new baby sister.

and we're back...

Yes, I realize that I have not posted in almost 3 months...things have been crazy around here and we have not had Internet access in the apartment until recently. I don't think I ever realized what a blessing it is to have daily Internet access. Anyhow, here are some recent updates with us:

1. We just closed on our house this past week (after having in under contract for 2 1/2 months now) and hope to move in within the next 2-3 weeks! Yay!

2. We are scheduled to deliver our 2nd little girl on Jan. 2...I cannot believe in just a short month that we will be a family of 4!

3. Presley is becoming more precious and sweet with each passing day. Every day it seems that she is learning something new or amazing us with something. She is so much fun and such a sweet blessing!

4. We took a spontaneous trip to Florida back in October. We lost our camera while we were there, and although we have bought a new one, I have not yet figured out how to download and post pictures from it yet. (I hope to get Jonathan to show me this week)

So, that is just a small glimpse of the big things that have been going on with Team Pokluda. I'm so sorry...I feel like I have missed blogging about so many things, but instead of trying to catch up on all the past stuff, I think I'm just going to try to pick up from the present and vow to be better moving forward! I know I always say that, but I really am going to try (as long as I have a computer and Internet to do it with). :)

Also, Happy Thanksgiving!! We have so much to be thankful for and I truly feel so blessed for so many things!!!!

18 months...today!

Can you believe my mommy can actually get a bow in my hair these days?

(although it doesn't stay very long usually)

...and little clips. :)

I cannot believe our sweet little girl is already 1 and a half years old!! She has grown so much over the past 18 months, but sometimes I don't even realize it until I look back at pictures or look at myself holding her in the mirror and notice that her feet hang almost to my knees. She is such a loving, considerate, compassionate, caring, gentle, and usually very obedient little girl. She makes my heart melt several times every day by the way she acts and reacts to situations, the way I see her nurturing, motherly characteristics come out when she's playing with her babies, and by her sweet words and thoughts that she is expressing more and more fluently every day! She is truly a bundle of love and joy and we are so very grateful for the sweet blessing that she is in our lives!! Thank you Lord for such a precious gift!!

If you check our blog regularly, you know that I am really bad about posting regularly. I keep telling myself that if I ever get caught up on "old news" that I'll vow to stay up to date and that it will be easier to just post the day by day things that I don't want to forget. So, here is a little of what's been going on in our lives (with pics) over the past couple of months, and hopefully it will get us caught up (besides me posting some pics from our Cali trip this summer...which I hope to have up by the end of the week)...

Mommy gave me my first pedicure the other day!

She wondered if I was too young, but I saw her painting her toes and really wanted my done...I even sat very still with my toes pointed out the entire time.

2 of my favorite things these days include: DANCING and HATS!

...oh, and of course "pretend" talking on the phone.

If you catch me on a good day, I even enjoy really talking on the phone, with someone on the other end.

PLAY DATES! Oh, how I love playing and getting together with other friends (and mommy REALLY enjoys it too!) ...

Earlier this summer we went to the Addison fountains with my friend Carsen and her mommy and daddy...it was so much fun, although it was too cold that day to get in and I really wanted to!

These are my friends, Anna and Elle. They came swimming with me one day and then we all got to play in the bathtub together to wash off before dinner.

Almost every week, we get together with my buddies Collin and Jackson! We always have so much fun, and our mommies do too!!

This wasn't actually a play date (Parker is not quite old/big enough), but mommy and daddy got to babysit baby Parker the other night for Aunt Ali and Uncle Marshall. We all loved it! They got to experience a little taste of life with 2 (which they think will be a little overwhelming at first) and I got to experience having a new baby around...They say I'm going to be such a great big sis!!

I love my mommy...

...and my daddy SO much!!!

Daddy and I get our workout each day by doing push-ups!

Mommy and daddy decided they might try to start potty training me to see of I liked it or had any interest before the baby comes (they even bought me my very own "little" potty that I love to PLAY with)...as of right now I've had NO success, but I am beginning to tell mommy while or after I have gone in my diapee.

short sentences...

Okay, so they're really short, but mommy is amazed and excited and that I've started putting 2-3 words together to make some very short sentences. It started the other day when I saw daddy's car sitting beside mommy's and I pointed, saying "Daddy's car", then daddy was pretending to sleep and I pointed, saying "daddy sleep" and imitated him snoring, but I also like to say sentences with "I like...." as the starter. The other day mommy and I were at the store and as she was picking out some apples, I kept repeating "I like apples", "I like apples." I also like to put on hats and sign "hat" while saying "I like hat". Mommy and daddy think it's so cute, but what do I do that they don't think it cute...we'll I better not answer that right now, I'm sure I could think of a few things. :)

It's a .....

This morning mommy and daddy went to mommy's doctor to in order to have a sonogram to verify that I will be having a baby SISTER in January. We are all really excited! They actually had a sonogram 5 weeks ago and the dr. told them that she was 95% sure they would be having another girl, but today it was confirmed with 99.9% certainty! Mommy and Daddy are praying for another little girl as sweet as me!!

Here are just a few cute pics mommy thought she'd post since it's been soooo long:

Obviously, this picture proves how long it's been since mommy's posted...I would so not be wearing pants in this summer weather, but I do still LOVE to wear my sunglasses outside...mommy loves it when I squint my eyes and say, "bight (bright)", "sunnnnnn" and point when I don't have them on.

I LOVE to drink out of a straw, especially when I get to share out of the same cup with mommy! :)

hiding in the pillows on the guest bed with my bear

At our old house, I loved sitting on the bottom stair, esp. while eating my snacks...mommy and daddy were always amazed that I would never go above the first couple of steps unless someone was with me. They pray I always obey as well as I do "most" of the time.

I know, I know!!!

Okay, so I've been MIA for the past couple of months...we'll on my blog any way, but we have some really good excuses. Here is a quick summary and mommy promises to post again really soon with more details and pics...

1. On mother's day, mommy and daddy surprisingly found out that they are expecting another sweet little baby, which means...I'm going to be a big sister!!! Yeah!!! Shortly after finding out, mommy got really sick (almost everyday for the next several weeks she had morning sickness!). :( yuck! However, we learned that daddy could really pick up the slack around the house when he needed to; and thankfully now she is feeling sooooo much better! :)

2. With being pregnant, sick, and exhausted, mommy has been napping whenever I do.

3. We sold our house the beginning of July, moved into a really cool apartment for 3 months, and hope to find a new house before our lease is up!?

4. We've been traveling quite a bit, with it being summer and all...


More detailed posts and pics coming soon!!!