What a weekend!

On Saturday morning Sara's past manager from Target came over with her family for breakfast.  They were in town for vacation and we feel so lucky that they chose to spend part of it with us!  Their son Tristan is just a few months younger than Trevor and those boys hit it off!  A few times during our time together we'd notice that the house would go quiet where the boys were so we'd check on them and they'd always be just fine.  Usually playing or sometimes it was Trevor trying to coerce Tristan into jumping on the bed or sofa!  What a stinker.  When Mommy wanted to take a pic of the two of them playing Trevor said he would say cheese but wanted his eyes covered.  Seriously, a stinker!!

After nap, Trevor headed over to Sara's parents house for his first AZ sleepover with them.  He had so much fun having special time with them.  They got him a new scissors and he enjoyed showing off his cutting skills!

He soaked up the sun while reading (in a laundry basket - what a goof!)

And they made Mommy a early birthday cake before heading back to our house Sunday late morning! Trevor's favorite part was definitely the sprinkles!  

Luckily for Sara they found a dairy-free cake mix and frosting so that she could eat her own cake.  Although we're pretty sure she'd eat it anyway.  Ashley could deal with a little gas :)  Anyway, it sure turned out pretty and Mommy really liked the card Trevor made for her too!

 Trevor was pretty proud of his creation!

 Mommy and her kiddos - a perfect birthday party indeed!

 Trevor wanted to put every single candle in our house on the cake so it was pretty lit up!  Good thing he helped Sara blow them all out!

The weather here really is quite gorgeous now - not too hot and not too cold so we spend a lot of time outdoors.  Trevor insisted that Daddy assemble his other house so we keep this one in the backyard for him to play.

 Ashley as usual slept through the fun!  Lately she's been holding her hands together when she sleeps in someone's lap or in the swing.

When she woke up though she was ready to show off her skills in her office to Nana and Papa Steve.

 Sunday afternoon after nap we had our neighbor Annastyn's birthday party to attend.  Unfortunately Daddy had to go into work but Sara headed over there with both kiddos for an evening of fun.  It's funny how everyone wants to hold the baby so it felt like Sara really just brought Trevor over to the party.  They broke a pinata:

 And got to eat the yummy cake her Mommy made for her.  It sure is nice to have such fun neighbors - that also have kids our kids age!

Trevor Rash

 Trevor has another rash and is itching like crazy!  Poor guy....it's hard to sleep when you are so itchy so we've been giving him Benadryl as well as putting on the steroid cream from his last rash.  Sara took him to his pediatrician who said it was 'contact dermatitis' from touching something and should go away on its own soon.

Mommy and Daddy can't help but wonder if it is from the chlorine from the pool or from his new swimsuit or the sunscreen or new vitamins or who knows....we just hope it goes away soon so that he gets some relief. 

Girls' Lunch

Nana Jeanne, 'Clancy,' Ashley and Mommy met for a little girls outing at the Biltmore resort in Phoenix on Monday. 

What a beautiful day for an outdoor lunch!

Ashley was a good baby during lunch.  We think she too enjoys girl time!  Gotta soak up these times together before everyone heads back up to the frigid north!

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 :)