Ashley Rolls Over!

On Sunday night Ashley surprised all of us - herself included we think - by rolling over. She rolled from her back (right side) on to her tummy.  This is right after it happened.  She's so proud...and surprised :)  What a big girl!

Trevor was so proud of his sister!  He wanted her to keep doing it over and over but it wasn't a repeat performance...for now!

Children's Museum and more!

Since Friday is really the only day of the 'work week' that Sara and kids have the whole day to do something we are spending the next few Fridays with Nana and Papa Steve before they head back home (or as Trevor calls it 'their Minnesota home with the big stairs).  This past Friday's outing was to the Phoenix Children's Museum.  Well, some of us met there at the designated time....others of us went to the Wildlife Zoo by mistake.  You can guess who went where :)  In the end though it all worked out and we spent a lot of fun time together.  

Ashley was not a big fan of the bumbo and mirror area for kids her age.  Probably because it was so loud in this area where the older kids could climb and play!

Trevor had a lot of favorite areas (and we didn't even see everything) including the foam rollers hanging up and down that you could run through them, the play grocery store, the mailboxes and of course the ice cream stand:

After playing we walked over to a nearby eating area for lunch outside.  Before heading out we made sure to snap a picture of Trevor and Papa since Trevor was wearing his I Love My Papa shirt.

That evening Grandma Pauline and Papa John came over for a shrimp and pasta dinner.  Of course we didn't get a picture of Trevor and Papa John in his special shirt this time :(  but there will be lots of other times we're sure!  We did though get a picture of Ashley and Papa John:

As well as Grandma Pauline and Ashley!  Too cute!

On Saturday we headed to Pebble Creek where Sara's parents are renting a house and enjoyed the beautiful day at their pool.  Trevor had been waiting and waiting for it to be sunny and warm on a weekend day so that we could go and this day was just perfect.  Blowing bubbles showing off his swimming skills...

...and having the time of his life!

Ashley had a little time with Papa Steve before getting in on the swimming fun too!

Like my cute hat from Lauren, Brooke and Leah? 

Our little model in her new two piece swimsuit!

We brought along Trevor's float thinking she'd like it too.

Not the case at all!  (Probably because she's a bit young for this - Trevor didn't use it until he was 8 months old)

Our little princess much preferred being held in Daddy's arms in the pool!

Don't let me go Daddy!

See I like this!

Can't wait to do this all summer!!

After swimming we headed back to the house and had some spicy brats for lunch before Trevor took his nap and Ashley showed off her tummy time skills.

So much tummy time caused her to poop right through her outfit!  Onto a new one.  So wore out no more energy left for lifting up that big melon :)

It's too bad poopy pants pooped through her purple outfit because both grandkids would have been wearing 'I Love Nana' outfits for this picture!

While they all went to their church, we stayed behind and grilled them dinner.  What a perfect way to end such a fun dinner.  Even Ashley was wore out from all of the fun!

Trevor's 1st Dentist Visit

 Trevor had his first dentist appointment last week and boy was he ready for it.  We'd been talking about it for quite a while so he was excited when his big day finally came!  Plus how could you not like a place that had ipads and space stuff in the waiting area!

Yep this chair fits me just right!

 I could get used to having a TV on the ceiling!

 The hygienist did such a good job explaining what she was doing and what the tools were for.  

 When the next hygienist came in and used the tools Trevor was prepared.  He opened wide and did whatever else she asked him to.

 Ahhhhhhhhhhh....

 This dentist thing is a piece of cake!

 After his cleaning we had to wait quite a while for the dentist to look him over so he was a bit antsy to get out of there.  He wasn't the most willing participant to open wide, bite down, etc. for the dentist because he had done it so much before.  He still did great and earned his balloon and tokens for the toy vending machine.  Sure wish we had dentists like this growing up!

A few days after his appointment he got a piece of mail from Shutterfly with a picture of Trevor and his dentist (similar to the one Mommy took above).  Pretty good customer service!  Trevor is already talking about going back there in 6 months.  Crossing our fingers that all of his dentist visits go this smoothly!

New 'School'

Trevor came home from his Petsmart school last week this across his neck:

Teachers said it was from another kid dragging a jump rope across his neck.  Ugh!  Not sure what really happened, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back so to say to move him to a different school.  Luckily, a few weeks back when Sara and Trevor went to the minute clinic north of them they noticed a Primrose Academy being built not too far from their house.  They went to an open house and immediately knew that was the place for Trevor.  Plus Primrose's are in MN so we're familiar with them and have had friends take their kids there and loved it.  The school is set to get their certificate of occupancy soon and plan to open on March 11 so we will be making the switch.  Plus they have a firetruck playground equipment so Trevor is super excited and he has been saying for quite a while that he didn't want to go to 'red/blue' school anymore so now is the time!!

Ashley's 3 month professional photos

We had Ashley's three month professional photos taken and here are the sneak peeks that the photographer posted to her blog.  We couldn't be more happy with the pictures.  We're kind of kicking ourselves for not having her take Ashley's newborn pictures but her studio is about 45 minutes away so who knows if it would have worked out when Ashley was just a few days old.  Oh well!  We love these pictures and can't wait to see the rest of them!  We signed up to have the rest of Ashley's first year pictures taken by this photographer so more to come :)

Dad's Day

 At Trevor's preschool they had Dad's Day this past Saturday.  What a fun treat for Daddy and Trevor to spend special time together!  Trevor 'shaved' Daddy:

They made handprints and binoculars and went on a bear hunt. 

 They packed a lot into their 2 hours of special time.  And this just cracked us up.  Trevor said that he likes to go to Chuck E Cheese and Costco with his Daddy when asked :)

Lots going on!

Trevor had his first friend birthday party for our neighbor Addison.  It was held at the Play Factory at Desert Ridge Marketplace and what a fun place to have a party!  They played, had yummy pizza and cake then played some more.  Needless-to-say Trevor had a long nap after that!  He's already talking about having his birthday party there.  Nothing like planning in advance Trevor :)

Ashley is still all smiles.....

....although she can have a very serious look to her as well.  Would love to know what she's thinking!

She is also teething.  She's already feeling the pressure to keep up with big brother apparently because they are on the same teething schedule.  He started drooling and having his hands constantly in his mouth at 3 months and his first bottom tooth poked through at 5 and a half months.

We broke out Sophie to help with the teething.  She seems to like it!

With Ashley sleeping so much during the day it gives Trevor and Mommy a lot of time to play when he's home!  He was so impressed that Mommy could put his matchbox car ramp together (um so was Mommy) so we had fun racing!

Trevor is very into Legos especially the kit ones.  He had been building them with Daddy for the most part but when he opened one of his gifts for pooping on the potty and saw that it was a Lego dump truck he just had to have it put together immediately.  Luckily Mommy loved Legos as a child (and still does) so she put this together in no time flat.  Trevor was so happy to know that both Mommy and Daddy can build Legos with him!

On Friday night we once again headed up to Cave Creek to check out the bull riding.  We've come to really enjoy our Friday tradition.  We saw the most interesting bull ride - the guy stayed on for over 8 seconds and this bull kind of went after the rider so he jumped the fence.  Then the bull spied the rodeo clowns and kind of charged after them so they hopped over the fence.  Then this bull just stood in the middle of the ring glaring at the crowd so as to say 'who else wants some.'  You could just see in his eyes what he was thinking.  Shortly thereafter though he was led back in the corral without difficulty.  

In between bull riding sessions they have kids riding sheep.  This one kid got on a sheep that just shot out of the cage and the kid held on like no one's business.  He definitely got a prize - longest sheep ride ever!

Now that Ashley is 3 months and has great head control we brought out a new toy for her...her office!  Just like her brother her favorite thing is the turning wheels.

We also got out the Bumbo that our good friends the Crains gave to us once their kids were done with it.  She isn't so much a fan right now but we'll see!

Ashley is very into grabbing onto things.  One of her favorite toys at the moment is this blue shaker ball.  She gets her proud face when she grabs it and shakes it.  She is definitely very inquisitive and seems to be focused on figuring out what everything is and does!

Success

Ashley is doing better and better at taking her nuk.  She really is good at it before a nap or bed when being rocked.  It definitely soothes her.  Hopefully the streak continues!