Daddy's the Best!

While Daddy was in China he surprised Mommy and Trevor by sending cards to both Grandparents' houses (timed for when they would be there) and hiding one at home. They made Mommy and Trevor VERY happy!! What an awesome Daddy!

Yay! Daddy's Home!

Daddy arrived safe and sound from China yesterday around 3pm. Mommy and Trevor went to surprise him at the airport, which we did, just not outside International arrivals like we wanted to :( Apparently it only takes 5 minutes to deplane, get luggage, and go through customs when flying business class. But, that's OK Daddy was surprised we were at the airport, he thought he was about to take a taxi home.

We even made a sign for Daddy which lots of people commented on at the airport "how cute"!


Waiting anxiously in his Vikings jersey....Daddy had been wanting that to fit Trevor and it finally did so Mommy put it on baby Trevor as another surprise!


Together again!


Trevor was VERY happy to see Daddy! (Mommy was too!)



Daddy brought home lots of goodies for Mommy including designer handbags and jeans and jewelry. Trevor even got a little kimono outfit that he might wear for Halloween. Can't buy any toys over there because of safety concerns. Poor Randle - he didn't get anything!


Daddy's all messed up time wise so he's sleeping right now (1:15 in the afternoon) after not sleeping much last night. His body still thinks it is 2:15 in the morning. Hopefully he'll get adjusted soon so we can hangout more, but we did have fun walking to JJ's Clubhouse for dinner last night. Trevor also enjoyed showing Daddy all of his new tricks!

Some Recent Favorites

Here are some recent favorite pics of our little cutie. He's changing so much everyday. Right now he is really into any type of bottle - Mommy's water bottle, Daddy's beer bottle - whatever it is he knows how to put it in his mouth (don't worry we take the beer bottle from him before that happens), but it is so neat to see that he knows how to do that from watching us.


He laughs, especially when changing his clothes - that left arm must be ticklish although last night he laughed when getting both arms out. He rolls all over. If we put him in one corner of the room soon he's moved to the other side. He LOVES watching Randle and fusses a little if Randle moves when he tries to pet him. Today Trevor grabbed and pulled Randle's ear and fortunately Randle didn't care, he just stood there and took it.

He's so proud that he can finally reach that bunny that's been out of reach since he was a newborn. He grabs onto it and swings it around while kicking his feet!

Trevor enjoys taking his socks off and putting them in his mouth. He has to feel everything. Today he was fascinated with Mommy's cereal box. That's didn't quite fit in his mouth. Most of all, he loves people. He watches their reactions and mimics them - facial features and sounds. He's a riot and quite the flirt with pretty girls. What do we have to look forward to? YIKES!

Last but not least he's constantly putting his head back to see what's behind him. It's precious when he does it while sitting on your lap. He looks back and instantly looks comforted. You know because of the little smile he gives you.

5 Months

We can hardly believe Trevor is 5 months old - where does the time go?!?!?

Crawling! (No, Not Trevor)

Our little nephew Sam is 8 months old and has been crawling for weeks so Sara had to go see the little bugger. We hadn't been able to get together with Jim, Annie, and Sam because of illness at their house and then illness at our house then Easter then China/Arizona but glad we finally got together even if it was sans Brian. Sam is such a little cutie!!

He doesn't like green veggies...can you blame him?

On the Road Again

After spending a week with Grandma and Grandpa Hillins, Trevor and Mommy spent the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky. We had a fun time. Trevor loves being the center of attention and put on a good show once again.

He loved just hanging out with his toys on the floor...

...even if it did exhaust him!

Mommy LOVES this photo, it just makes her smile looking at his laugh and how happy he is!


Grandma Jeanne would twirl him around dancing, which he enjoyed.

She could get him talking and laughing like no other. They would have "conversations" for 15 minutes or so....he would make a sound then Grandma Jeanne would make it and he'd do it again. He also had her trained for everytime he would kick his feet down, she would jump, so he'd do it again. Precious memories!

And Grandpa Steve had fun holding and chatting with the little guy.

He's growing too fast though...he looks like a little man in this photo! And yes, teething does bite!

Trevor's BFF

Thank goodness for Skip It! Our friend Meredith gave Skip It to Trevor at Sara's baby shower and who knew how attached he would be to this cuddly blanket!
Trevor got very used to napping in his swing with his Little Giraffe blanket that is also super soft and has silk around the edges. He would grab onto it, put it near his face and be instantly asleep. So when we went on vacation we knew we didn't want to take the Little Giraffe blanket given its size but we thought of Skip It since it had the same textures. Thank goodness we brought it since the textures on it are Trevor's comfort. In one second, feeling it would calm him down.

Now it not only goes everywhere in Sara's diaper bag but it also is Trevor's BFF in his crib. He now sleeps with it at night (and as we try to get him to nap in his crib rather than his swing). It's amazing how once he feels it, he has a little smile and is relaxed.

Car Milestone

Sara's Ford Explorer turned 100,000 miles on the way down to her parents house. Her old Ford Explorer had almost 200,000 miles on it before she sold it in good condition so let's hope this one runs just as well for just as long!

Welcome Home

After getting home from Arizona and settled in (and after Sara's parents left at 10 pm), Sara went to the fridge to get something to drink and noticed the milk was a tad warm so she felt a few other things and they too were all warm. She opened the freezer and saw that everything was defrosted and warm. YUCK! So she called her parents and without even Sara asking them to they turned around and came back to help clean out the fridge. It made everyone a bit sick throwing out all of the spoiled meat and everything but nothing could be saved.

Sara found a repair person to come over the next day and luckily found out we didn't need a new fridge - just one part and he fixed it on the spot. Whew!! We were a tad worried we would have to shell out a few thousand dollars for a new fridge.

The fridge/freezer does look a lot better though after just buying a few items and moving stuff in from the deep freeze and up from the bar fridge/freezer to get us through until Daddy gets home!

Now we just have to hope the hardwood floors unwarp themselves! They absorbed a lot of water since the ice cube maker section of the freezer was full when we left. The floor underneath the fridge and in front of it were damaged. We have fans running 24-7 now.

And when it rains it pours....as Sara's Dad was going out to the garage to throw stuff away he noticed Brian's car has a flat tire. We'll deal with that when Brian is home though....

Mommy and Trevor's Trip to Arizona

While Daddy is in China, Mommy and Trevor spent a week with Grandma and Grandpa Hillins and had a great time. The time went too fast but it was great seeing Trevor get to know his Hillins grandparents better. We enjoyed taking some walks, shopping, chatting, eating out and in (yummy spaghetti meatballs and fajitas were some favorites and yes, Grandma had a Corona, but out of stemware of course) and playing with toys. Trevor didn't sleep much...he didn't want to miss one thing although he luckily missed the bobcat. More on that later.

He is really into textures right now. Feeling EVERYTHING! He loved grabbing onto Grandpa's nose and Grandma's mouth. Nothing was off limits including Mommy's pasta dinner at a restaurant. In one quick second he grabbed at her dinner plate and was squeezing penne pasta in his hands. Priceless. Check out his adorable big boy shoes courtesy of Grandma and his golf shirt (well actually his cousin Sam's shirt) that was perfect for the pasta dinner at the nearby golf country club.

Nothing was off limits for Trevor's mouth, even the highchair tray.

He was a bit rough with some of his toys. He wrapped himself around this toy like he was gumby.


His legs are so strong - he would kick and kick and kick on his bouncy chair and had to have his feet up on his stroller!


And poor Grandma and Grandpa (well, mostly Grandpa) spent a LONG time trying to fix one of the toys on Trevor's office. No luck, but Trevor still liked it.

Trevor is a plumber :) Such a cute little butt!

He also has been scooting, rolling, whatever it takes to reach out and grab a favorite toy and then switch it back and forth between hands. He also started holding his arms out when he wants you to pick that up, but that's hit or miss. When he does it though, it just melts our heart!

We were able to web chat with Daddy most everyday and that was so nice. Trevor knew his Daddy and liked it when Daddy would sing and talk to him.

Mommy had a relaxing time too! She got a massage from George - she "luvs" George. It isn't a relaxing massage, it actually hurts (as in, George "you are killing me" and he says "tough it out") but it is so worth it. Mommy's back hasn't felt so good since before her pregnancy. We also got one hot tub night in.

And we got to celebrate Grandma Pauline's birthday a little early. Who doesn't love Red Vines and some hair and nails pampering items?

We got some great shots of Mommy and son too!

So, the bobcat.... one day Sara was laying out in the sun in the side courtyard, minding her own business and reading her book. For some reason she looked up and saw a big cat walking towards her. She wondered when the Hillins got a cat or what neighbor had such a large cat. Then she suddenly realized it was a bobcat!!!! And it was 2 feet from her toes.

Her heart started beating out of her chest and not sure what to do she pulled her legs towards her body and sat up a bit and that did the trick. The bobcat did an about-face and jumped over the wall. Sara was freaking out and tried to get into the side patio door but it was locked so not sure if the bobcat was coming back she ran as fast as she could to the other door and quickly locked it behind her. She checked on Trevor who was fast asleep in his crib (like the bobcat was going to go in the house!) then went out to the front courtyard to announce to John and the painters that she wasn't going out there again because there was a bobcat. The painter later said that he saw a bobcat around the same time in the same spot three days earlier. Ick! After that, Sara wasn't so sure about going by the pool by herself and it wasn't so relaxing anymore. Constantly being afraid a bobcat is coming back to have you for lunch isn't fun at all :(