Big Boy

Trevor is growing so fast - too fast for Mommy and Daddy but it is exciting to see what he's going to do next. Last week he started pulling himself up onto things. Mommy first saw him pull himself up on his music table when she was in the kitchen. It's lucky she looked that way at the right time because she got to see him army crawl over to it, reach up with his arms, tuck in his legs, and pull himself up. He was on a mission and he did it! He looked over and smiled and looked to say 'hey did you see what i just did?' Yes, we did! Good job Trevor!

Trevor's 9 month photos

We had Trevor's 9 month photos taken last night and we just got a sneak peek from our photographer. So cute and we couldn't have asked for better weather!

Happy Birthday Sam!

Our nephew Sam turned one on Monday and he had his birthday party on Sunday. It was great to see everyone and watch little Sam tear into his smash cake made by Auntie Sara. He had no problem getting right down to business.

The theme of his first birthday party was 'wish upon a star' and everyone in attendance wrote down wishes that his Mommy will put in his scrapbook. What a cute idea!

Can he really be one? It doesn't seem that long ago that we got the call that Annie was going to the hospital with contractions and then us sitting at a restaurant getting the text that Samuel was born. Oh yikes that means Trevor will be one in about 3 months. Where does time go?

Jim and Annie have a great playset in their backyard and Trevor got his first swing ride. He didn't really care for it so it was a short ride.

Towards the end of the evening, towards the boys' bedtimes Grandma Jeanne was reading them a book. Sam then gave Trevor the heisman (arm straight out) which Trevor did not appreciate. Doesn't Trevor have the cutest sad face? :) And Sam is like, what?!?!? Did I do that???

Trevor's 1st Official Haircut

Trevor got his first haircut from a stylist (besides Mommy and Daddy last night)! He did great! He was one mellow fella, allowing the lady to cut away. Piece of cake for our little guy. Well, it did help that there was a TV for him to watch while she was cutting.

Here is his before picture (yep already watching TV):

During (still watching TV):

We considered doing a mohawk but it made him look too old so we'll do that when he's 2 or so :)

And the after (Mommy stop blocking the TV please). So it's a bit shorter and all cleaned up. Mommy and Daddy took a scissors to it a few weeks ago which resulted in crooked bangs and a mess of a line over his ears. Much better now! Such a handsome boy!

Lazy Dog

We haven't been taking many walks these days because it is too hot and humid but we tried to take a little one yesterday and apparently it was too much for lazy Randle. He's done this before too but he just stops walking and hops right into the underneath part of Trevor's stroller. Lazy, lazy, lazy dog. And this was after like 6 blocks. Wonder what passersby think of a dog riding in a stroller?

That Ear!

That left ear is a bugger....it's caused our little guy to have another ear infection. Sadness. Mommy just knew it after a few days of tugging and rubbing his ear, moaning in his sleep, and less talking that the ear infection monster struck again. The doctor said it was so bad we were going right to the strongest antibiotic, Augmentin to clear it up. Ick. This is the same drug that Trevor wouldn't take in April. However, at that point he wasn't eating food so hopefully this time we can mask it in his food and be good. Cross your fingers for a speedy recovery for baby Trevor....who isn't so much a baby anymore. 30 inches long and almost 20 pounds!

New Toys

We had another wonderful weekend filled with friends, relaxing, and food. On Friday night we had dinner at our friends Erin and Dan's house and enjoyed much laughing and yummy steaks grilled on charcoal (love, love, love charcoal!!). On Saturday we ran a few errands before Trevor spent some time in his pool in our backyard. He loves splish splashing!!! On Saturday night we went to our friends Andrew and Deb's house. The boys watched the UFC fight and the girls chit-chatted. And we all enjoyed BTS (aka Better than Sex) cake which was an instant flashback to our time at grad school. We hadn't really had it since then and had to look up the recipe - we used to have it memorized since we had it so often when seeing Deb and Andrew! At both friends houses Trevor was a great sleeper so Mommy and Daddy could enjoy time with their friends.

Mommy noticed that she didn't take a lot of pictures in the past week (whoops!) but here are the few that she did snap!

Trevor is VERY into looking at pictures of familiar faces. He stares intently at his "Who Loves Baby" book. Sometimes it even looks like he's pointing!


On Saturday evening Deb and Andrew gave Trevor some of their kids' outgrown toys. Trevor really took to the musical stage toy...so much so he wore himself out being a rock star!


On Friday during the day Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Steve came up to see baby Trevor. They brought with them a little rocking chair that Mommy and Uncle Jim used when they were kids. Trevor loves rocking back and forth. He smiles and chats with himself and laughs and laughs and laughs. We may use this as a prop in his 9 month pictures that are scheduled for later this month.

One thing we forgot to mention about this weekend was our visit to a local splash pad. It's a little water park that has water features and sprinklers for kids to play in. Trevor had fun not only playing but watching the other children...so much so that Mommy and Trevor went back today. He was so tired after our outing that he came home and fell asleep eating!

Vote for Trevor

Our photographer is having a cutest baby/child photo contest and of course we entered our cutie! Please vote for him by going to her fan page on facebook and become a fan. Then go to the photo contest album and say "vote" as a comment under Trevor's picture (he's one of the last pictures). Thanks everyone! And if you want to tell your friends to vote for Trevor too we'd owe you :)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Minneapolis-MN/JM-Photography/173316994248?ref=ts

Where Does He Learn This?

Maybe Trevor has seen Randle walk through the bottom of our living room end tables because he surely didn't learn this trick from Mommy and Daddy. Gosh he's so stinkin' cute!!!

Kelly-Hannon Family Reunion

We spent the past weekend in Okoboji, IA for the Kelly-Hannon family reunion. It was a bit bittersweet this year without Grandma Kelly there, but it was nice having everyone together. Trevor got to meet a lot of his extended family!

The weather couldn't have been more perfect - it was great pool weather and Trevor took advantage of it in his new floatie.


Our little guy is quite the water baby. He spent time in his floatie as well as floating on his back. Love how he is all stretched out with his feet crossed. Comfy?


Trevor received a lot of attention from all of the relatives, especially all of the ladies. This picture seems to capture that well :)


It wouldn't be a Kelly-Hannon family reunion without eating every few hours. It's quite ridiculous how our whole weekend is planned around meals but what do you do? YUM!


And here is the clan with Aunt Alice Hannon front and center. She is Grandma Kelly's sister and it was great chatting with her even if it was a bit tough because of the resemblances to Grandma Kelly.

After celebrating Aunt Alice's "Almost 90th birthday" we headed down to the lake to snap a few pictures. Thanks Anne!

Speaking of "almost"...Sara's Aunt Alice (aka Double) was playing with Trevor and said that she's almost Trevor's Grandma and it stuck. Trevor sure loved the attention his "almost Grandma" was giving him!

Trevor was one tired camper. By Sunday late morning he was passed out in his Daddy's lap. It's hard putting on a show for all of his family members!

After leaving Okoboji on Sunday early afternoon we headed to Lakefield where both of Sara's grandparents are buried. Since we didn't get to go to her Grandma Kelly's funeral (you may remember that it was the day that Trevor was born) we decided to have our own little funeral for her. When Brian was little he used to put pin-wheels at the site of his Grandpas' graves so we decided to start that tradition for our family.

We miss you very much Grandmas! Thanks for watching over our family every day and every night!