Sinuses

Trevor has had a cough for about a month so we took him to the doctor and guess what? He follows after his Dada and has a sinus infection. Back on Zithromax :( But when he's on antibiotics he can have what he wants for dinner. Tonight he requested a waffle. So he also takes after his Mama who often has breakfast for dinner. Or at least wishes she could have breakfast for dinner!

A little of this, a little of that....

Our little 20 month old is quite a hoot these days - and how is he already 20 months old?!?!? Trevor is all about Mommy these days, doing anything and everything that she does. Mommy's little helper even does vacuuming:

And even seems to enjoy it! Maybe we don't need our house cleaner after all?

At what point do we tell him that it's not actually hooked up?

Trevor is big into two fisting these days. Popsicles aka 'pops' in Trevor language. He loves these things!

On Saturday Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky came up so that Mommy and Daddy could finish their car shopping. Grandma Jeanne, like Grandma Pauline wasn't afraid to get comfy in Trevor's house!

So what car did we end up with? Well after searching high and low and thinking pretty seriously about a new Explorer (since we know Sara only drives Explorers!), used Altimas (Brian doesn't like the new body styles), used Maximas, and a used Mercedes we finally landed on a used BMW 530. We got it for a great deal - not too much more than a used Altima and we LOVE our new car. Trevor too - ask him if he likes his new car and he shakes his head and says yes!

The other thing Trevor says yes to is a smoothie most every weekend morning. He hops up on his step stool and helps Mommy and Daddy make it. And of course, big boy has to have it in his big boy cup and on a regular chair, not his booster chair. Is 20 months too young to start the stubbornness of 'terrible twos'? :)

Pockets and phones

Just two of Trevor's favorite things these days - pockets and phones. He carries around his own phone and 'answers' it when he hears one of our cell phones or our home phone go off. When he's done talking, back in his pocket it goes. Where does he get this stuff? :)

Sunday Fun Day!

Dada wasn't feeling so hot still on Sunday so he quarantined himself in the basement all day and Trevor and Mommy had a fun day together! It started with breakfast with our neighbor Katie and her 4 month old Mac. We planned to walk but since the heat index was over 100 at 9am we drove instead to a local breakfast spot. Trevor did not disappoint and downed a piece (or two?) of bacon and an entire huge piece of french toast. Actually, that's not it...our chunk also enjoyed some of Mommy's chocolate chip pancakes. Surprised we got out of there without getting some dessert too. Trevor wasn't shy to lead Mommy to the dessert case and point and say cake as well as say 'mmmmmmm'. Our boy loves his sweets (yep, definitely Mommy's son!)

When we got home we ran some errands, including taking Dada to Target Clinic where he was diagnosed with a sinus infection :( After a brief nap in the car, Trevor was raring to go but since it was so hot outside Trevor and Mommy had a day reminiscent of the days when Trevor and Mommy were home together all day. There was no toy left alone - we played and played and played. And laughed and laughed and laughed. We both needed that day!

When it was time for a different activity Mommy asked Trevor what he wanted to do and he headed to get his step stool. Yep, Trevor wanted to cook and Mommy had a surprise for him - his own kid-size apron!


He's such a good helper with stirring. The funniest thing he did was smell to see what additional spices we need. He knows so much just from observing!!



What else was on tap for the day? Oh yes, stickers. Trevor loves stickers. He likes peeling them off the sheet and sticking them on another sheet. Or his nose. Or Mommy's arm. Or Trevor's paws. Wherever!


He also spent a good 30 minutes buckling and unbuckling his booster seat buckles. He was so proud of his latest accomplishment! Check this out Mommy!!

Concentrating so hard!!

Thanks for the fun day Trevor! And the reminder that laundry, picking up, bills, mail pile, and who knows whatever other distractions there are can wait. Time with you is irreplaceable! Xoxo!

Waseca Fair

On Saturday we braved the 105 heat index and attended Sara's 15 year high school reunion down in Waseca. The first event was a family picnic held at a park by the lake - which was great because the breezes off of the lake helped keep us somewhat cool. After that we headed to Sara's parents because it was simply too hot to go to the county fair but it was nice to hang out before heading back to Waseca to eat at Sara's favorite place (and where she used to waitress) - Yellow Mushroom pizza. By the time we were done with that it was 7pm so the 5 of us headed over to the fair to see some animals and what not. First up, overheating cows:


Second, an overheating sheep:


Trevor was all about holding Grandma Jeanne's hand and wanted to hold Mama's too!!

On the way out (due to our own overheating) we went through the historical society and came across the 'tree' that was in the local McDonald's where Sara grew up. Oh, memories :)

We headed out after that (due to the heat index and Brian not feeling well) so we missed the rest of the reunion activities but that's okay - we had fun at the picnic catching up with old classmates and with the power of facebook it's like a class reunion every day!

Busted

The first thing busted for the week was Trevor's ears. Over the weekend after swimming lessons he developed quite the gunk pile in each ear - yuck. Mommy was on a girls getaway to Red Wing with her friend Erin all day Saturday and part of Sunday and came home to the sight - double yuck. We called the doctor and they recommended starting him on ear drops right away. Not quite sure how the drops would get in his gunk filled ears, but we're no experts! On Monday they still weren't better so we took him in and the doctor got all of the gunk out so he could examine the ears (which Trevor was NOT a fan of - 8 minutes of screaming while Mommy had to hold him down). What he discovered was a double ear infection. Great!! But, the tubes did what they were supposed to and drain the gunk and Trevor was in no pain which was evident when comparing him to ear infections sans ear tubes. So we got a prescription for stronger ear drops that contained a steroid to help reduce inflammation as well as for an oral antibiotic which we were instructed to use if the ear drops didn't help in 24 hours. Fortunately, the ear drops worked and we avoided the umpteenth oral antibiotic for our little trooper.

The second thing that busted for the week was Brian's car. On Thursday we had a sitter so we could go see our favorite band, Cowboy Mouth. Well about the time Brian was to be home, Sara received a call that went like this, "Uh, I'm going to be late, I got in an accident. I'm fine, gotta go" - So 2 hours later we finally were on our way to the concert. What happened you ask? Ducks!! A car slammed on his brakes to avoid ducks, the Jeep in back of that car tapped him, Brian hit the Jeep, and the car behind Brian tapped him. A chain reaction to avoid freaking ducks!! The only car that was really in bad shape was Brian's :(

So we did have a great time at the concert with our friends Jon and Katie but found out this morning that the insurance adjuster is marking his car as totalled. Big yuck. So now after not having car payments for the past 3+ years, we're on the hunt for a new car. Booo....but at least Brian isn't hurt. Cars are replaceable.

The third thing busted this week was Trevor's head. He fell off a chair on to the hardwood floor this morning and got a huge goose egg on his head. His first such owie on the right side of his forehead (the past markings were on his left side). The poor kid just can't catch a break. Given the size of the goose egg we kept him home from school and Daddy watched him in the morning and Mommy watched him in the afternoon. He seems a-okay fortunately. What a hard head he has :(

But after dinner tonight he got a treat at Mickey-D's drive-through....a yogurt parfait which he goes crazy over.

And yes, as if there was any question...he finished the whole thing - no problem!!

Our Own Mikey

Trevor truly is our own little Mikey out of the Life Cereal commercials - he really will eat anything! Tonights feature food was lettuce :) Maybe we are turning a corner with veggies!

One Happy Boy!

We're not sure there is a happier kid on earth. Trevor is always laughing and giggling. He even laughs to himself if no one is around, although we would argue that he's playing with the angels when he does that!

Trevor is all about fun Mommy these days and loves when she gets down to play!


More Mommy!


His other favorite thing right now is a flash light. He loves watching the light 'magically' appear on walls, the floor, the ceiling, his shoes. Ah, to see the world through a child. Sometimes we just stop and take in the moment and smile!


But back to fun Mommy! Trevor is quite the little gymnast - takes after his Aunt Annie! He loves flipping over and doing somersaults!

He laughs the whole time!!

Other big Trevor happenings these days:

- He started saying mine a few weeks ago (pretty much at the same time he started at his new school) and hasn't stopped. Everything is Trevor's and we mean everything. Mine, mine, mine....

- A week ago 'no' popped into Trevor's vocabulary. But it isn't just a short 'no' it's a long, drawn out 'nooooooo' and it is too cute. And everything is 'noooooooo' - let's read a book, 'noooooo'...let's go outside, 'noooooo'. Then we ask if he means yes and he'll say 'noooooo, yes' It really is too stinkin' cute!

- He has a sweet tooth and loves 'cooks' (cookies) and isn't shy to let you know how much he loves it by saying 'mmmmmmm'. Don't try to tell him there are no 'cooks' because he will lead you right to where they are and help himself!

- When he sees a camera he instantly says 'cheese'!

- He loves helping put on his shoes. 'Shoes' is a very clear word that Trevor says.

- He's started saying 'Trevor' - sounds a bit more like 'Revor' but he for sure knows and uses his name

- Likes to use the potty chair even if nothing happens. He's say 'i poop' and we'll ask if he needs to use the potty. He says 'yes' and runs over to the chair and pulls down his shorts. We take off his diaper and he'll sit for a while. Sometimes he pees, other times nothing. But at least twice a day he wants to sit on the big boy potty!

- Has started putting together 2 word sentences. This mainly consists of 'Please Mama' or 'Please Dada' or 'Come Randle' (where does he get this stuff?!)

- Singing calms all - when he is having a bit of a temper tantrum either leave him alone or sing 'Jesus Loves Me'

- He loves to swim in the backyard - another word these days is 'pool'

- He finds it hilarious to run away from us when he knows we want him to do something or come with us

- He still enjoys having the Christmas book sung to him every night before bed...interesting!

More to Trevorisms to come...he's at such a fun age!

Happy 4th of July!

Trevor wasn't much for taking his yearly American flag picture right after his nap but that's okay. Nobody likes to be taken from their crib mid-sleep!


But it was for good reason - we headed to a pool party at our friends the Flahertys! Trevor loved the pool!


Wait, is that even a little smile we see from our guy who is floating like a big boy?


He actually was all about the swimming so maybe, just maybe swimming will go better next week? We even got out his little pool before his nap and he was dumping water over his head, putting his mouth in the water to blow bubbles. We think we've got a swimmer on our hands!

And a swinger! He loves to swing!


But unlike at the Crains, he wanted to go back to the pool! Weeeeee!

When we got home (past his bedtime) he told us he had to go poop. So he headed right to the potty chair, waited for Mommy to undress him and then he did it - well, not poop, but he peed! He was so proud of his accomplishment. He can't really be potty training already can he? He's growing up way too fast!!

(Nothing like photoshop to be able to post pics like this!!)

So up way past his bedtime he was all about Dada's hat. He says and knows hat so we had to post these fun pictures so in years to come we will look back and hear him saying 'hat' :)

Another Weekend of Fun

Friday night was a bit stormy in MN but that only cleared the way for the most beautiful weekend MN has seen in a long time!



So round 2 of swimming lessons went a lot like round 1 although there was possibly just a bit less crying this go around. He didn't even like getting splashed!


But here is what we think is going on - his ears hurt!! Any time water gets in his ears he pulls on them and covers them to protect them. Poor guy!

And then the inevitable....Mama, Mama, save me :(

So here is when he wasn't crying - when sitting on the float and jumping in. Hard to believe, but he really isn't crying in this picture!

And since he survived the swimming lesson he got a blueberry muffin and a ride in the mall! Back to happy!

He also got rewarded by a trip to the splash pad. How fun is this?

Although our guy must have been water-logged. He much preferred the playground:

Gumby is very flexible as he goes down the slide:

But boy does that blue tunnel give some nice background for a few great pics!

Saturday night we headed to our friends' the Crains house. They were set for the hot weather and the kids had some pool time:

And tabletop smores:

And some swinging! Trevor must swing a lot at school because he hopped right on and knew just what to do!

Hi everyone!

Couldn't get enough swinging!

And we ended the night with squeezes and lots of blown kisses for our great friends!

On Sunday we took a bike ride and stopped for a picnic. Trevor was a big fan of the chips and 'cooks'!

He loves chips so much that on the bike ride home the little stinker reached around the back of the Burley and grabbed the chips. Dada heard him kind of giggling and then saying chips, chips so turned around to see Trevor very proud of himself because he got the chips and was snacking away!