Weekend!

We had a wonderful weekend filled with friends! On Friday night we tried out a new babysitter and went out to dinner with our neighbors. We only recently met our new neighbors but they have turned out to be fast friends. Katie and Erik are their names and they are a hoot! Their only downside is that they are Packer fans and have been proudly flying their freakin' Packer flag outside their home since the Superbowl. Being the fun people we all are, we anonymously sent them an article on how Packer Backers should behave in Vikings country. Well, Katie posted it on Facebook and boy were their friends worried about the neighborhood they moved into. Those Packer fans are so guilable!! But, Katie and Erik knew it was us and thought it was hilarious!


After dinner at the nearby Sunshine Factory (where Sara used to waitress during grad school) and a quick stop for homemade "BTS" cake (for the baby of course - Katie is pregnant and due St. Patrick's Day), we came back to our house to play Wii! We got very into Just Dance and we are sure they are home practicing now for a rematch!

On Saturday night our friends Erin and Dan came over for dinner. Erin and Dan were not afraid to get on the floor and play with Trevor. In true Trevor fashion, he kept asking Erin to read books which she gladly did!

The Wii game of choice that night was Guitar Hero and they picked it up very quick! We had some tough battles going on!

15 Months!

Trevor turned 15 months old on Friday! The lucky boy got to celebrate with some shots at his doctor's appointment the day prior but he took them like a champ and only shed a few tears (Mommy too!). We learned he still has fluid in his ears (going on 3 months) so we were referred to a peds ENT as a potential tubes candidate. So, we'll see what happens. And he's on antibiotics again - #8 for our little guy :(

His stats:

Weight - 25 lbs, 2 oz (59th percentile)

Height - 32.3 inches (85th percentile)

Head - 18.8 inches (67th percentile)

It's amazing to see how much his weight keeps increasing!! He used to be in the 40th percentile but our guy likes to eat! Case in point when we had lunch with Aunt Annie on Friday - even the waitress commented!

We recently got out the tunnel and tent that Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Steve gave him for Christmas. Trevor loves it! Our dining room is becoming Trevor's toy area but that's okay, it's nice to see him playing and loving life!

Treats!

Instead of Daddy and Grandpa Steve, now Randle's treat guy is Trevor. Every morning Trevor walks into Randle's area and points for the treats.


Then he usually taunts Randle for a while walking around with the treat in his hand.


Until Randle says enough is enough and goes in for the treat. Trevor's hardest part of this is letting go of the treat but he does pretty good when you ask him to let go of it.


Even without an actual treat Trevor will stand next to Randle, squat down and pretend to give him one. It's funny! It was even funnier at our ECFE class...when we sing 'Old MacDonald' the teacher always uses different animal hand puppets. Well, Trevor walked right up to the horse, squated down and pretended to feed it a treat. He continued to do this for the cow and pig as well. Too cute!!

Big Boy Cup

Trevor has decided that he's over his sippy cup and prefers a big boy cup. He's so observant - this all happened after he diligently watched Mommy drink from a glass. He threw his sippy cup down and pointed for where his stash of glasses were. He then did the milk sign and the rest is history!

He drank it all up and didn't spill a bit - well, minus the milk 'moustache' he had after finishing!

So Sad

Trevor has been just a mix of emotions lately (is there a full moon or something)? One minute he's happy, the next minute sad. One minute he's laughing and playing, the next minute he's frustrated and throwing the toy to the ground. Oh my!!

We were even able to capture an example of what we are talking about - here he's playing in his house having a great time...

...and the next he's so sad :(

Oh, Trevor, it's not so bad :(

And as soon as it started, it's pretty much over :(

Randle wasn't sure what to do, so he went to his hiding place - underneath the chair. Boys!

15 Month Pics

We took Trevor's 15 month pictures a little early because of our photographer's hectic schedule and we love the sneak peek she gave us. Could our little guy be any cuter? (Coming from non-biased parents of course :)) And she captured these when he was a bit of a grump because of teething. His 4 molars are all in, now all of his "I" teeth are coming in at once. Poor guy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!! Trevor thanks everyone who sent him Valentines but he's wondering where all the candy is? Not yet buddy!!

We were just looking back on pictures of Trevor from the past 14 months and where does time go? Here he was last Valentine's Day!

Warm Weather Sledding

It was a balmy 40 degrees today so we took full advantage and took Trevor sledding at the park across from our house. At first he wasn't too excited - probably because he was overheating in his snowsuit while inside the house - but once we were outside he was a happy boy!


A happy boy who couldn't stop smiling!



And giggling down every "hill"

And doing the more sign along with please (such a polite happy boy)

Trevor thought it was extra funny when Daddy fell in a snow bank:

But once his cheeks got cold, he got a bit serious. How do they get cold anyway? There is so much cushion there!

And Trevor certainly did not want Randle in his picture! "Get out" he seems to be saying!

And then Mommy got to pull Trevor around. She didn't go nearly as fast as Daddy but Trevor didn't seem to mind!

3, 2, 1...zoom!

Even Randle got in on the fun, running across the snow to where we were. He looked more like a rabbit hopping along!

Trevor's New Feats!

Trevor scored some crayons this week and thought they were the greatest thing since sliced bread so he is busy coloring lots of pictures!

But they also make great cymbals. He may be a drummer folks!

Trevor has definitely been paying attention in his Little Gym class. Just today Mommy caught him trying to do a somersault!

Then he got down and couldn't stop laughing. He was so proud!

And he's been busy practicing his skills ever since. If you ask him to do a somersault he assumes the position and waits for someone to flip him over. Forget drummer, maybe a gymnast instead?

Miami 2011

We were lucky enough to go to Miami again this year and it was just what we needed - sunshine and warmth - unlike last year when we barely got to spend time at the pool! Trevor is definitely a great traveler and loved not having to pack (or wear) a jacket while we were there. The day before we left Trevor was diagnosed with a double ear infection (booooooo) but the meds kicked in right away and he had no problem with the flight.

Daddy worked Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning but with no group dinners planned we got to eat dinner together every night and even had one lunch together. Yum, pizza!


On our walk back to our hotel, we spotted a toddler playground. Of course, T thinks he's older then he is and had to try crawling up the slide after watching older kids do it.

He very much enjoyed the sun on his face!

He chased the other kids around, hoping they would include him in on their fun!

On Thursday evening Trevor twisted our arm and got some ice cream! Not that hard to do considering Mommy and Daddy love pretty much any sweet treat! He is a big fan too!

On Friday Trevor took a three hour nap by the pool. Doesn't he look comfy in his Target (red and khaki) outfit? Gotta support Dada!

We stayed at the Epic hotel, which was like paradise! This was the view from the balcony in our room.

Our room was on the 24th floor:

No surprise here that Trevor took full advantage of the pool! He is such a water baby! It will be even more fun when we don't have to worry about his ears so much and he can blow bubbles, dunk his head, and float on his back. But for now his floatie is just fine!

Trevor even had the opportunity to have storytime pool-side! Books, sun, and warmth - what else could our little guy want?

Trevor and Dada had a lot of great bonding time on the trip which is so fun to see. Mama's boys even had matching faux-hawks!

On Saturday we headed to South Beach and Trevor enjoyed his fun in the sun, well mostly he was all about the sand. The $2.99 sand toys we purchased across the street was well worth the cost!

Yes Mama? You are blocking my sun!

Wait, there is water here?

Bring me to the water Dada! But why isn't Momma coming?

There were some washed up jellyfish on the beach so it was better to be carried!

Trevor got very, very good at pointing out airplanes to us. He'd hear one, look up, find it then point and announce airplane (sounds more like airpaaaaaaaaaaane) to anyone who would listen!

So, like always we took way too many pictures at the beach, but how could you not with this cutie?!?! Now if only we learned editing software we could take this guys head out of our otherwise good photo:

Two happy beach buddies!

Come play with me!

And one of two family shots from the trip :)

Our last night there we took full advantage of the nightly wine happy hour (yes, they really had one hour of free wine!) and Brian's coworker Jon took our other family shot from the pool deck where happy hour was.

Our little guy was a bit bored because they didn't have kiddie cocktails but soon he was going from group to group to say hi. He really knows how to work a room!

That evening we went with Jon and his girlfriend Katie to a Brazilian Steakhouse for dinner. It was awesome! Jon and Katie like entertaining Trevor with their fun phone games. Who had the better game? Definitely Katie - he loves pretty girls!

Here our big boy is enjoying one of his last bedtime bottles. We purposely waited on weaning him from this bottle until after we went to Miami because we wanted the bottle for the plane and why rock his bedtime routine when we are far from home?

Although he was a rock star sleeper the first three nights, his last night was less than stellar. He was running a little fever and had his last molar popping through and woke up crying three or four times. Here we were worried that the LA Clippers player staying next door was going to be loud during the night - in reality Trevor probably kept him up! What can we do?

But in the morning, our little guy was all smiles as we got to spend our last day in the pool. Do we have to go back to the cold he seemed to say. Let's just stay here!