Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween from our little cutie! When Daddy went to China this past year for work he brought Trevor back a kimono outfit which he wore on this special day. We call him our little world traveler or ex-patriate :)


We started the day by surprising Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky and ringing their doorbell to trick or treat. They thought we were going to do a video call with them but instead they got the real deal.


Trevor wasn't so sure about the hat but seemed to be comfortable in the rest of the outfit. Heck, it was like pajamas!


Trevor thought his candy holder container that he borrowed from Grandma and Grandpa R was pretty cool. He shook it up and down and spun it to the best of his abilities. See the smile behind the strap?


After a quick lunch we headed back to the Cities and went to see Sam the frog. Trevor finally got Sam back after the "fishy" picture by taking Sam's candy. Sam's like, yo - is someone going to do something about this?


Sam sure made a cute frog!

We then went over to the girls' house to trick or treat. Lauren was a cat, Brooke was Belle, and Leah was a snowman. So cute!

Dawn's Mom was in town so we were able to capture a picture of all of us....Randle (our little pumpkin) too!

Back at our house we greeted trick or treaters. And we literally mean we because Randle and Trevor didn't miss one kid.

Happy 1st Halloween Trevor!! Can't wait until next year when you can eat some candy!

A Day of Friends

We had a fun day of friends on Saturday starting with seeing Sara's cousins as well as Jim, Annie, and Sam. Katie, Mike, and girls recently moved into a new house so we got to see them and enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Trevor and Sam were all about Katie's piano. Do we have future pianists on our hands?

Check out how yummy the lunch was - Trevor was saving his pulled pork sandwich for later! :)

On Saturday evening we headed to our friends, the Hase's, home for a get-together with them and the Crains. 6 adults and 5 kids makes for a fun time. The kids played really well together and the adults had no problem chatting the night away! Here is Trevor and Samuel Hase who is 7 and a half months old:

And here they all are: Gabriel, Anna, Charlie, and Trevor:

A Day in the Life of Trevor

Ah, it's a rough life Trevor has...starting with the gate that got put up so Trevor couldn't practice his mad crawling up the stair skills. Such a mean Mommy and Daddy :)

Well, maybe just maybe I can escape through the cold air return vent?

I give up and boy could I use a nap. It's hard being 11 months old!

How about a little play time with my little kitchen. Who wants some eggs and cheese?

Nah, this kitchen is way cooler when I knock it down and crawl over it.

After my nap, I'm ready for a little TV. Now how does this remote work again?

Enough TV, let's see what Mommy and Daddy keep in their kitchen cupboards!

Hmmm...this looks like something Mommy doesn't want me to have. Well, too bad, it looks pretty neat-o. Let's see if my arms can reach it. Yep, success!

On to the favorite part of my day. Reading!

After the academic stuff, I'm ready to play ball. Who wants to catch?

Yeah! Daddy's home. Want me to sing you a tune? No Dada, I don't want to play catch right now!

11 Months Old!

Mr. Trevor is 11 months old! And you can see who is happy about it! Yep, our happy boy! He's at such a fun age (okay, well, they all are!) but boy is he on the move. He now crawls up on all fours and is constantly opening drawers and doors that he shouldn't be in. Time for some more baby proofing! He walks while hanging on to your hand and finally said mama! Mama, mama, mama is music to Mommy's ears! He likes to roll the ball back and forth with Daddy as well as tossing his toys on the hardwood floor and crawling to where it landed. Trevor will let you know what he wants by pointing and has no problem throwing things to get your attention and let you know that is not what he wants....such as certain food on his high chair tray. Lucky that Randle is always nearby ready to be called in for clean-up duty! He also does the milk sign when he's thirsty and seems to relish in the fact that he told us what he wants and we get it for him. Wonder what sign will be next? The way this kid eats it will probably be more!

Surprise!

On Monday Daddy surprised Mommy and Trevor by coming home for lunch - first time ever! After Mommy got over her shock that it wasn't an intruder trying to enter through the garage (although Sara's Mom was here so she would have been the protector), we enjoyed lunch and Daddy and Trevor had some playtime.

Daddy works downtown, which is a five or so minute drive from our house so hopefully he surprises Mommy and Trevor again sometime!

Happy Birthday Randle

Randle is officially the oldest member of the Hillins household - 6 years in dog years, 42 years in human years. He has a pretty good life here (when he isn't eating blinds) and his special day was no different. He was treated to a cake shaped cookie on the special day plate.

He went to town on his treat. Didn't really come up for air until he was half way done and we took it away to save for another day.

Of course, Trevor was feeling a little left out (who doesn't like cookies) so we gave him a cookie of his own.

Happy birthday Randini-the-weenie dog!

What's New with Trevor?

Every day, numerous times a day we say how blessed we are with having 'baby' Trevor in our lives. We can't imagine life without him. These days he is not such a baby at all. He is Mr. Independent. No more baby food for our little guy. He will only feed himself big boy food. And eat is an understatement. He eats and eats and eats. He could easily sit in his high chair for over an hour shoving food in his face. And he will eat anything. There is not one food he won't eat but favorites seem to be apples, blueberries, turkey hotdogs, noodles, carrots, peas, chicken, potatoes, peaches, and pears. Every morning better include a blueberry eggo waffle or you will hear about it!


He is very into puppets. He first saw them at music class and laughed and laughed and laughed so one day at home he tipped over one of his toy containers and was digging around. Low and behold he finally surfaced with two finger puppets in hand and couldn't be any prouder. These finger puppets are his new BFFs.

Books continue to be a favorite though - above any toy or puppet. He will sit and read quite a few times a day. We can hear him reading the stories in his own words to Randle, his imaginary friends, and his angels. It is so precious. When reading a story to him we are amazed how he knows when to turn the page. He can point to a few things on pages when asked...especially cow, dog, flower, and girl.

Trevor is all about kisses right now. If you ask for a kiss he'll lean in and open his mouth on your face. However, more often if you ask for a kiss he'll put his forehead on your cheek and just wait for you to give him a kiss. It's precious!

And as we all know from the last video he loves his block sorter. He is getting really good at it too!

Such a Smart Boy

Trevor has really taken to putting objects into boxes or toys and has recently discovered how to use his shape toy. Check out our little smartie pants :)

A Week of Fun!

On Monday, our nephew Sam's daycare was closed for in-service so Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Steve watched the little guy. Well, until Grandma had to meet up with some of her girlfriends so Grandpa brought Sam to our house and Sara and her Dad watched the two boys for a few hours. Whew! That was more exhausting than it sounds with Sam moving in every direction, but oh so fun! One of the cutest things the boys did was when Sam hopped on Trevor's dump truck and Trevor tried to push him!


Trevor was all about Grandpa Steve on Monday. Even bringing Grandpa books for him to read!


We were all very excited for Monday Night Football this week since the Vikings played (hence Trevor in his jersey), but we were also excited for MNF because Daddy grilled yummy ribs. Hey Daddy, those ribs ready for us yet? Bring them in please!


Trevor is very, very into eating his own food and does not like when someone tries to feed him baby food so he's been having big boy food at each meal. He especially loves turkey dogs and cheese. He sometimes will even finish his peas and carrots!


On Friday, Jeff, Dawn and the girls came over and we all had a lot of fun! It was good to see everyone as we simply don't see them as often as we'd like and Trevor was soaking up the time with his female cousins. Have we mentioned how he loves Aunt Dawn? Precious!

Lauren is such a good big cousin and really enjoys playing, reading and cuddling with Trevor. She even saved him from crawling down the stairs after the basement door was left open. Thanks Lauren!!

Brooke was all about doing somersaults and Randle! And Leah was all smiles. She even rolled over! It's fun watching her grow and change. The girls, Trevor, and Sam are growing up too fast though!

Stillwater Engagement Anniversary

Trevor, Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Steve survived their overnight together. Trevor slept from 7:30pm until 7:00am without a peep - good job Trevor!! We hear they had a fun time together with lots of reading, playing, walking and cuddles. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa R!

When we got back from our downtown getaway (after a very yummy brunch at Key's Cafe) and loaded up the car we headed to Stillwater - the city where Brian proposed 7 years ago on the day! We hit a pumpkin patch first since the weather was once again absolutely gorgeous. So gorgeous that Trevor had to squint from the sun in most of the pictures!

Hey! This pumpkin is my favorite!

Our little pumpkin!


This pumpkin patch had a petting zoo as well and Trevor was no scaredy-cat this time! He reached out to pet the little goats as well as a cow. After petting the cow he kept saying "moo" for a good 15 minutes. All that singing "Old MacDonald" has definitely paid off!

After our pumpkin patch fun we enjoyed some time at the spot where Brian proposed. It was nice to see the beautiful Fall leaves out, just like they were seven years ago. It seems like every wedding/anniversary weekend is beautiful. Well, except last year when it snowed but we're going to call that an anomaly :)

Our little guy is quite the poser!

He's got the model pose down:

He rolled around in the leaves thinking it was the funniest thing ever. Can you just hear his giggle in this picture?

And finally, a stranger took a family picture for us. One shot was it after numerous attempts to take one without success with a tripod. Stillwater will always have a special place in our hearts and it will continue to be a tradition to go back every year for our anniversary!

And the perfect end to our fun weekend was time on the slide. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!