It's the Simple Things

Trevor is very easily entertained these days as you can see. Not sure why we even invest in toys when he seems perfectly content with exploring and finding his own entertainment.

Wow this springy door stop thing is pretty cool. It even makes noise!

Ah, this door helps me keep my legs nice and toned!

I can chase a cool-whip container like no other. I can even worm my way through obstacles!

What Mommy - I'm not doing anything :)

8 Months Old!

We can hardly believe that 8 months ago our son was born. Where does time go? He is such a joy in our lives and love every second of having him around. Both Mommy and Daddy often say "I love you" to him spontaneously throughout the day and sneak him a little kiss.

At this point Trevor is very into opening and closing doors as well as pulling the door stops so that they make noise. He is very good at feeding himself Cheerios, even using his pinchers rather than his whole fist. He loves to eat and still prefers green veggies over anything (especially meat - have you tried that stuff - ICK!) He's so proud standing next to his music table (rather than play with it on the floor) and army crawling to wherever his little heart desires. He's talking more and more, still a lot of screeching sounds but more boo, goo, moo, doo sounds. He has 2 bottom teeth in and there are four on the top making their way through. The way he's drooling and chewing on everything we think there are even more coming in!

Como Zoo

On Sunday afternoon we decided to head over to Como Zoo since Daddy hadn't been there yet. Before we head out though Randle always has to go outside to do his business. Well while he was out there Trevor army crawled his way to the door. Trevor's look is priceless, like "hey are you going to let my doggie in or what?"


On the way to the zoo our tired camper passed out. Look at how he's holding on for dear life to his car seat (is Daddy's driving that bad!??)


While we were at the zoo we got to see the Sparky the Seal show. Like father, like son :)

Trevor was very into the seals and enjoyed watching Sparky's family for a while.

Trevor was pretty wiped after a few hours at the zoo but allowed us to check out the Japanese gardens. It was so peaceful and quiet back there.

After the zoo we hit Snuffy's malt shop to indulge in some malts. YUM!!! Note to self that we need to get some malt powder so we can make them at home. Or we'll just have to go to the Como Zoo more and make Snuffy's part of the tradition!

Flugtag

On Saturday morning we packed up and headed over to Harriet Island in St. Paul to see the Red Bull Flugtag event. We got there before a lot of people and found prime seating on a little hill directly across from where the apparatuses take off from.


However, this little hill also blocked the much needed breeze on the 90 degree day and Trevor (as well as Mommy and Daddy were overheating) so we packed up and decided to just walk around or find a cooler spot. Trevor was able to cool down in a little fountain area designed for kids and it is just what our little guy needed.

Soon afterwards, the event was set to begin. Skydivers (aka crazy people) opened the event.

There were 30 entries all trying to fly off the 30 foot deck and beat the world record of 197 feet or something like that. Most went a bit like this one:
Good approach:
Nose dive:

Crash:

But there was one that didn't crash and kept going and going! It even beat the world record! Too bad we didn't get a picture of that one!

Trevor was less than amused so we stuck around for about an hour after it started before heading out to get something to eat at Boca Chica since Sara had been wanting to try it and we were in the neighborhood and Brian was craving Mexican food (when isn't he?)!

Trevor is at such a fun age. He has quite the little personality. If you have met him you can almost hear the sounds he makes with each face Yay a book..eeeek!

He's so serious when it comes to reading!

Can you read it again? Please? Eeeeek again!

The other thing he is very into at restaurants is water. He loves water! He gets so excited when he sees a straw and then again after he takes a sip!

Torchlight Parade

On Wednesday night we checked out the annual torchlight parade. Yes, Trevor was up way past his bedtime considering the parade ran from 8:30 - 10:30 PM, but he loved it and we didn't stay the whole time. He was in bed by 10:00 (only three hours late)! He went in his pajamas and really took in the sights. He seemed to like the marching bands the best although we think he was secretly sneaking in waves to all of the beauty queens on their floats!

We've been enjoying introducing Trevor to new things and like a champ he is up for the adventure. Up next for this weekend...dinner at Matt and Chandra's, Flutag flying contest (not really sure how to describe that one but seems pretty cool), Como Zoo, and possibly back to the Lake Harriet bandshell with Stephanie, Jon, and Elise! Ah, summer, we love you!

Our Day at the Zoo

Today Trevor and Mommy went to the zoo with their friend Stacey and her two cuties, Evie and Eli. Well, actually, Stacey's Mom was there too for a little while and it was so great seeing her. Sara hadn't seen her in like 20 years!! Seeing her brought back a lot of memories of slumber parties at Stacey's back in 7th grade (one memory that sticks out is she let us have brownies for breakfast because brownies have eggs in them and eggs are a breakfast food - love her!). It was rather toasty at the zoo today but it didn't keep us away, nor did it keep the animals indoors.

Around one of the trails they have a sprinkler to help cool. No one in our party used it but we were able to capture a pretty cool pic. Who doesn't like little rainbows?

We spent some time in the zoo's playground. Eli was enjoying watching what the bigger kids were doing and even took his turn on the large mouth bass rocker.

Sara loves to see little Eli because she is reminded that Trevor will be doing what he is doing in just a few years. He is sure a cutie!!

Miss Evie was all about the cotton candy. She let her Mama know just about every 5 minutes that she was going to get the cotton candy that she was promised and her Mama did not let her down. After lunch she carefully selected the bag she wanted (which she later told Sara was the one with the most pink cotton candy in it)! Boy did she inhale that cotton candy. It did not appear as though she let any of it dissolve on her tongue, rather she took a bite, chewed quickly, and swallowed as fast as possible so she could get more and follow the same routine. If there was a cotton candy eating contest, we're sure she would win!

Eli ate his a little more daintily. He's lucky he got any before his sister took it down! Side note, Sara bets she was the same way as Evie as a little girl....especially with sweets...yes, any sweets.

After lunch we headed over to the jumpy water. Trevor wasn't interested in it whatsoever, but Evie loved it.

She twirled, sprayed, stomped, and played til her heart was content. Eli was more like Trevor, not too interested (well, don't blame him, the water was a bit cold even on the hot day). But he did enjoy taking his Mama's hand and walking all around the jumpy water.

Thanks Stacey, Evie, and Eli for a wonderful time. Can't wait to get together again soon and yes, Miss Evie, we won't forget the special crackers :)

Finally -- Milk Carton Boat Races

Brian and Sara have wanted to see the annual milk carton boat races for the past 7 years and finally on Sunday we got our wish! It was just as neat as we thought it would be. Who ever thought of making boats (that do float) out of empty milk cartons? Crazy!!


We brought a picnic blanket to lounge on and some lunch and hung out. It always looked like it was going to rain, but never did. It actually was a bit cool in the morning but then warmed up as the day went on.

Mr. Trevor really enjoyed his snack container from Nicci and Mike. He could stick his little hand in the top and fish out his baby crack all by himself!


He is very into putting his hands in your mouth. It's like he's trying to figure out how sound comes out!


Could more teeth be coming in for our little 7 and a half month old? He's chewing on everything! Even the lens cap to our camera!

Jeff, Dawn, and the girls stopped down to see the races for a little while too. It's always good seeing them! Lauren really enjoys holding Trevor and she does a great job holding our little tank!

After we got home it was quite warm and sticky so we inflated Trevor's new pool. He loved it! He was all about the ducky and splashing. Not even minding when he got his face wet.

Just lounging in my pool people, carry on!


Hey, what's out here? We're note sure if he liked the little flipper or if he was going for the grass. Whatever it was we had a wonderful weekend and will put many special memories in our memory bank....we'll especially have to pull them out in the dead of winter!

Children's Museum

On Saturday Sara went to her good friend Chandra's baby shower. One of the gifts we gave her was a pair of soft, high heel crib shoes - they were a big hit! Who wouldn't want a pair of leopard print shoes? We can't wait to see baby girl H (aka Trevor's future girlfriend) wear them!


After the shower, we headed to the Children's Museum in St. Paul. We got there just 45 minutes before it closed so they let us in for free, which was nice because we really just wanted to check it out to see if there were things that Trevor would like and of course there were!

They had an entire room for babies his size and Trevor went right for the area with a lot of mirrors. Even mirrors on the floor! Trevor and his vain self were in heaven!


So many fun textures and things to play with!

Then we found the water table and there was one just the right size for baby Trevor. He loved playing in the water and splish-splashing!

And then we found another area with you guessed it - mirrors! Ah, pure joy for our little guy! But this one even had a bar that he could stand against and act all proud. He even did a few tiny scoots to the right. Please, oh please let's not walk for a few more months kid! We can barely keep up with you crawling everywhere!

When we left the Children's Museum the weather was a bit iffy so we headed home. It looked to have cleared up so we headed out for a quick dinner at a nearby restaurant. Mommy and Daddy shared a pizza and baby Trevor ate his sweet potatoes like a champ. Seriously, could he open any wider? He loves, loves, loves to eat....especially anything green!