Special Delivery

Trevor got some mail yesterday! Grandma Pauline and Grandpa John surprised Trevor by sending him some postcards from New York City. Trevor seemed to think it was pretty cool, like "are these really for me?" So we read them and then they went where everything he loves goes...in his mouth. But Mommy saved them before they got too wet so we could put them in his scrapbook.



Thanks Grandma and Grandpa H!

Weekend of Family and Friends

What a fun weekend Mr. Trevor had once again. On Saturday afternoon Jeff, Dawn, Lauren, Brooke and Leah came over and celebrated Brian's belated birthday. It is amazing how much Leah changes every time we see her! And Saturday was a special day because Jeff and Dawn asked Sara to be Leah's Godmother. Of course!!! Sara felt very honored to be asked :)

Brooke was all about Randle again...even giving him hugs any opportunity she could. We're sure Randle didn't mind the attention one bit. At least he was getting some!

Saturday evening, after a quick change of plans, Grandma Jeanne, Grandpa Steve, and cousin Sam came to our house while Mommy and Daddy went out for dinner with some friends downtown. Sam (who is 3 months older than Trevor) showed us his mad walking skills. Oh it was so cute when he was walking toward you, love that feeling.

On Sunday morning Trevor enjoyed reading the paper with Mommy. Well, reading is a bit of a stretch. He more crinkled it up, sucked on it, crawled all over it. It sure made him a happy boy!

Sunday afternoon Jim, Annie, and Sam stopped over while running errands in the neighborhood. Jim and Annie had spent the night at a B&B in Stillwater (where Brian and Sara got engaged) for their 3 year anniversary! Annie, Sara, Sam, and Trevor even got a short walk in before the rain came. Oh and how we forget Randle's escapade. We heard a knock on the door and saw a lady and her two kids standing there. She said, "Is this your dog?" And yep, it sure was. There was Randle looking all proud that he escaped from the backyard. Apparently the little girl spotted Randle by our driveway and was like "Mommy, there's a dog with no human." Lucky us that Randle is back home.

After they left Trevor and Mommy packed up the car and headed to the Lake Harriet band shell for a concert with friends Stephanie (far left), John, and Elise. Their neighbors Sarah, Kai, and kids were there too. It was the perfect night for music and ice cream. Trevor was pouting because Mommy didn't share her ice cream!

Trevor Cam

Trevor continues to army crawl around especially for Dada and the videocamera. Such a little ham we have on our hands! The best part is the last few seconds. Stay tuned to see Trevor's tonsils!

Trevor's Army Crawl

We tried to capture Trevor's army crawl for all to see. Didn't get the best footage, but it gives you an idea of how he currently gets from place to place. He chases his "move and crawl" ball everywhere. We're starting to think he needs some knee pads!

Surprise Visit!

This morning Grandpa H called to say that they would be having a two hour layover at the Minneapolis-St Paul airport on their way home from New York. So Trevor and Mommy went to see them. Trevor almost instantly recognized his Grandma Pauline and got all excited, waving his arms and begging to be taken out of his stroller. With Grandpa it took a bit longer but when he came around he was very happy to see him.


Trevor is definitely in a Mommy phase. If she leaves the room, he cries. If someone else is holding him, he's searching for Mommy. While it is cute, we're working so that he is comfortable with other people.

He's also having some tough days and nights because he has two more top teeth coming in...that's right...he now has two on the bottom and four on the top making their way in. Ouch! No wonder he is a bit cranky and not his normal happy, smily self. Last night he was up for half an hour crying but at Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky's house he was up, well Mommy lost count it was so many times. The Hyland Teething tablets (thanks Katie!) and gel teething toys that you put in the fridge seem to help him with the pain but we do use Tylenol once in a while too. Poor guy, we just keep telling him that everyone has to go through it, but it's worth it because with chompers he can eat steak someday!

Trevor and Mommy Getaway

Daddy has been putting in really long hours at work so Trevor and Mommy thought it would be fun to have an overnight at Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Steve's house and that's exactly what we had..a lot of fun.

We spent a lot of time on the floor watching Trevor do 360s on his hands and knees as well as army crawl. He can get from point a to point b with no problem but he uses his hands to pull the rest of his body and legs along. Sometimes he pushes off with his toes. He's still very into books. He'll do his best to crawl if a book is waiting at the other end!


Grandma has a special sparkle/light up ball that Trevor was fascinated with. He and Grandma spent a long time rolling the ball back and forth to one another!


Grandma also gave him a special treat - some water from a water bottle. He knew just what to do, as you can see. Open wide and then some of it made it in his mouth.


Before we left Trevor got to take a bath in the big boy tub. A few minutes into it he seemed to understand what water was about and really splashed around. He also liked watching the water being poured down. Note this pic was taken before he got his face washed...he's not saving the sweet potatoes and booger for later :)


So it looks as though Trevor will only take big boy baths from now on. It sure was fun to see him explore this new medium. He's just getting too big!

Really?

This is what Mommy thought when she turned around one day to see that her son was taking her shoes out of the cubbies. Really?


She wondered if he was really bored or what but it turns out he just really likes shoes because the next day the same thing happened, but this time he was on a mission to check out more styles and colors.


Mommy is glad he likes shoes though, she'll have a shopping partner for life that way :)

Boat Time!

Jeff, Dawn, and the girls invited us out on their boat today and we got out before the rain came, thank goodness. Trevor wasn't so sure what to think about the boat and the waves at first. He might have been overheating though because boy was that sun hot!

He really wasn't sure about the life jacket since he really didn't have much room to move, but he survived. Isn't he a cutie in his swimming trunks and hat? We could just eat him up!

Trevor definitely prefers the warmth of his baths to the coldness of the lake water. Uncle Jeff and Daddy didn't take a gradual approach in introducing him to the water (ie dunked him right in) so there was no chance of him floating in his floatie this time. He wanted out as soon as we tried putting him in. Poor Trevor just screamed and screamed! But then Daddy held him out of the water and Trevor was instantly comforted.

After fun in the sun and water we headed back in just in the nick of time. We felt raindrops while we were loading up the car. Well, that and we had some tired campers :)

Happy 4th of July!

Trevor enjoyed celebrating his first 4th of July. We kept it pretty low key though. We went to church service in the morning and then did a last minute trip to the horse track. Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky were there and we decided to join them. Trevor was ALL about Grandpa...even fussed a little when he was taken away from Grandpa (precious). We think this picture captures Trevor's look of adoration well:

Maybe he was so fascinated with Grandpa Steve because Grandpa was teaching him how to stick out his tongue:

Whatever it was, Trevor wanted Grandpa's undivided attention and let him know it by reaching for him when he wasn't looking. Grandpa, pay attention to me please, forget about those horses:

Trevor is doing a wonderful job sleeping at night (12 hours non-stop) but has decided that long naps are no longer something he feels like doing. He does take 2 or 3 one hour naps a day but he will do anything to prolong staying awake. Such as this pic where he is trying very hard to watch the horses racing (note he had to bring along his little stuffed horse that the Nelson family gave him :))

But it didn't last long, the next minute he was out:

A little Italian and some more baseball

On Friday night we joined Jim, Annie, Sam, and Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky for a little Italian food at Buca. Yum! The boys did very well during dinner, we feel really lucky that we can still have peaceful outings.

Grandpa Steve got his turn holding Sam and giving him his bottle. It was neat to see the way Sam was looking at his Grandpa. He loves him! Grandpa gets a little nervous when holding either Sam or Trevor. He always calls himself the "C team" (parents are the A team, Grandma is the B team, and by default he is the C team) so when Sam or Trevor gets fussy Grandpa instantly says "uh oh, he wants the A team." It's kinda funny!


Trevor was jealous of seeing Sam on his Daddy's neck at the petting zoo, so Trevor got his turn in at the restaurant.


On Saturday we headed to another Twins game. This time with Jim, Annie, and Sam. It was 90 degrees and 100% humidity (okay, maybe both were exaggerations but it was hot and sticky). Once again, the boys did great! Sam even took a nap right on his Mommy! Trevor fought his nap and instead just wanted to people watch and have Uncle Jim fan him.

After the baseball game (well more like after we left after Tampa hit a grand slam to give them a 8-4 lead), Trevor, Sara, and Brian headed to Kieran's Irish Pub and enjoyed some adult beverages on their outdoor patio since by 6:00pm it was a lot nicer to sit outside. We hit the downtown Target too before getting home and getting sleepyhead ready for bed. He definitely smiled when looking at his crib tonight. He was one tired camper!