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!

Say Cheese!

We have a budding photographer on our hands. He is really into taking pictures with his camera these days. He'll walk right up to you and look through the view finder to line up the shot. Then click - he snaps his photo!


Say cheese!

I can fly!

Weeeeeeee! Trevor loves wearing his overalls given to him by the Winke's because it means he can fly!


Look Mom - no hands!


Oh Trevor, you make us smile! And your laugh is contagious! We can hear you giggling just looking at these pictures!

Baaaaasssshhhh

Trevor's fifth word is bath - or baaaaaaaaaaash - and he says it frequently. This kid likes to be clean or he just likes splish splashing. Often he is heard banging on the baby gate to upstairs while yelling baaaasssh and if we go upstairs he walks right into the bathroom and tries to climb in the tub. Some nights he gets his wish:

He's pretty close to getting his one leg over the edge - yikes! It may become bathtime every night! Poor guy one night wanted a bath (and was actually getting one that night) but we first had to go in his room to get his clothes off. Boy did he throw a fit!! He wanted his baaaasssh! He kicked and cried and whined for his baaaassssh until his clothes came off and we headed for the bathtub. He is one determined little boy. But that's okay, at least he's a clean determined little boy!

Running Away

Trevor is on fast track these days, not just walking but almost running. He's quick!! And he is always on a mission to get to where he wants.

So much so that he often is running away from the camera when he sees it. Most of our shots this week look a bit like this:

He even grabs his Skip-It and heads to the back door like he wants to go out like Randle. He doesn't really want to run away, does he? :(

Well good thing our little guy can always be bribed with food. He is a good eater, although lately he isn't such a fan of vegetables (can you really blame him? He is his Momma's son!). But we still give them to him at each meal except for breakfast so eventually he'll get back to liking them.

Speaking of food, Trevor is very good at telling us what he wants with his signs. It's amazing how well he can communicate. Here he is doing please (swiping hand across chest):

And here he is doing eat (putting fingers up to mouth):

Trevor even has a sign for Skip It! He is very proficient in all done, water, more, Dada, book, and diaper. Yep, you read that right. Trevor apparently does not enjoy being in a poopy diaper so he tells us when he needs a diaper change by tapping his hands on his hips and then giving us the please sign. It started while we were in AZ - he would come to get one of us, grab our hand and walk us to where we changed his diaper - and every time he had poops! Now he'll come to us and do his sign and we know what to do! Is he self potty training already? Who knows but we're borrowing a little potty chair from Jeff and Dawn to see where it goes!

A Little of This, A Little of That

This might be a record for the fewest amount of pictures taken in a week by Mommy and Daddy but we did capture a few that tell the story of Trevor happenings!

One morning Trevor was having his milk out of his sippy cup while kneeling on the ground and lost his balance and tipped forward. He cut the inside of his lip and was bleeding and bleeding. It eventually subsided and a big old fat lower lip was left. You could see the cut on the inside of his lip. Ouch!


He certainly likes his car that he got for Christmas. He climbs in quite often hoping that someone (maybe Randle?) will take him on a few laps around the house.


Trevor is quite the helper these days. His specialty is socks - not folding them though. He much prefers taking them out of the laundry basket and then putting them back in. He isn't afraid either to climb into the laundry basket if needed to grab a sock!


On Thursday he was all about having Mommy take a picture of him on the point and shoot camera and then getting the camera so he could see the shot. This went on for at least 20 minutes. He must have been satisfied with this picture because it was the last one in the sequence!


On Saturday one of Sara's friends, Kelli and her boyfriend Travis came over for brunch. Travis's daughter Majesta was in tow as well and thank goodness since we made a lot of food and that girl can eat (a girl after Sara's heart)! Majesta and Trevor were fast friends so we hope to see the three of them again soon!


On Sunday we went over to Brooke's house to celebrate her 3rd birthday. We enjoyed yummy cake made by Dawn and Lauren. It was so good that the birthday girl and our little guy couldn't take their eyes off their cake for a picture!


On Sunday afternoon, Jim, Annie and Sam surprised us by stopping over. Sam really enjoyed Trevor's playhouse so we all gathered around in the fun!


Trevor was especially cuddly with his Aunt Annie. We're looking forward to seeing them again next weekend for dinner. Today's visit was just a quick one!

Trevor's 1st Medal

Trevor sure has been enjoying his time crawling around, climbing and flipping at the Little Gym. Here you can see him crawling up some contraption with his friend Livia in the background. Thanks to her Mom Rebecca for snapping the pics since someone (um Mommy) was unprepared for the big day!


Well, in Mommy's defense she didn't know it was award ceremony day at The Little Gym since it was only our 3rd class but Trevor received his first medal like a real champion! Up on the pedestal and everything!



Yay Trevor!! We're so proud of you and can't wait to see what you do in the next session! Another twirl around the bar maybe? :)

Time with Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky

So after Trevor and Mommy's few extra days with Grandma and Grandpa Hillins, we got to spend a little time with Grandma and Grandpa Roslansky...and Sara's Uncle Don who is also in AZ! Trevor and Grandma Jeanne loved spending time in the backyard soaking up the warm AZ rays!


Trevor and Grandpa enjoyed time together at a nearby park. Big boy loved going down the slides.

He even went down the tunnel slide all by himself. After he went down he turned around and looked up as to say, what did I just do?!?!

That ride may have given him a battle wound because we noticed a little ouchie on his chin afterward. :(

He also loved riding these little horses - rocky, rocky! From this seat, he also had a view of all of the little boys playing tag before their football practice. Our little guy wants to grow up way too fast.

He gave Grandpa a good workout going from horse to horse as you can see in this photo. He just got on this horse and he's already pointing and wanting to go on the other one. What a little stinker!

Then Trevor spotted some doggies and that had all of his focus until we left. Well, until he decided he wanted to climb up the ladder like the big boys were doing. Not yet bud, not yet!

One day Mommy, Grandma Jeanne, and Trevor headed to the Phoenix convention center for an Expo they were having for the marathon that was in town. It was a good outing and Trevor got to see lots of characters. He's already into the Simpsons - Daddy is so proud!

He can't quite figure out what to think of Charlie Brown...

But he really got a kick out of Snoopy - big surprise given how much he likes dogs!

Our last night with Sara's parents was filled with a wonderful steak dinner and a gorgeous night weather-wise and sunset-wise. At 6:30pm it was still 70 degrees - absolutely perfect - only wish we could have stayed a bit longer!

Sara went a bit overboard with sunset pictures but it was too pretty not to. So feel free to scroll down quickly past the seven pictures. Otherwise, if you want a larger view just click on the individual picture :)

It should be noted that these were in time order as well. It just kept getting better and better!

Trevor and Mommy sure had a fun time - it was hard to leave - but we have many special memories in our hearts and mind that we can pull out when needed (like when it is below zero in MN!)

One of those memories is on the last walk Trevor, Mommy and Grandma took. Mommy was pushing the stroller and Grandma was walking beside it. Trevor reached out his hand to take Grandma's hand and together they walked/rode hand in hand. It was too cute and he did it more than once! Only wish we had our camera along to snap a picture!

And how cool is Daddy for surprising Mommy and Trevor at the airport? The balloons were a hit with baby Trevor! Cool Dad of the year award goes to Brian!