Trevor's 1st T-ball game!

Trevor had his first t-ball game and boy was he excited!!  He looked so handsome and sporty in his gear!

Before the game they had team pictures.  Once we get the official one we'll post that but for now Photographer Brian got this great one!

After pictures at their practice field we drove over to Reach 11 by our house where they play their games.  These aren't your ordinary t-ball fields.  These are like no other...it's like astroturf, not real grass or dirt.  Wow!  The kids did some warming up.  Good fielding buddy!

And throwing!  Look at that arm :-)

And then they called out each player for an introduction!  Here Trevor just got called and took his place in line.

 

And then they played the Star Spangled Banner as part of the opening day ceremony.

Papa John and Grandma Pauline came out for the big day.  Here Coach Papa John is giving him some pointers as he was on deck.

Then our guy got up to bat! Nice form buddy!

Run, run, run!

He's a fast one so he made it to first before the other team could throw him out (ha, this is t-ball people!)

 

He was so proud!  And we were so proud he didn't pull his Daddy's move of running to third instead of first at his first t-ball game!

They rotate positions but no matter the position Trevor was always in ready position!  He's got that down.

Back up to bat!

And running home!

Teamwork and good sportsmanship is highly stressed and our team did a great job of both!

They got 2 full innings in and then it was time to say 'good game' to the other team...

...and their own team.  So glad we got Trevor involved in t-ball! 

But the day wasn't done!  After that we headed to the park for Sophia's birthday party.  She always has extravagant parties and this was no different!  Every detail was thought of for a Frozen party, her Mommy is a planner!  Trevor loved having his face painted with an Olaf and snowflakes.

After that one of his friends from school, Claire and her family came over for dinner.  Claire's Mom is also our pharmacist so it was fun to see her outside of Target and the family outside of school!  We'll be getting together again for sure!

Ashley Owie

Ashley woke up in the middle of the night saying 'owie' but it wasn't until Mommy asked her in the morning where her owie was did she point to under her arm and Sara gasped!  There was a huge lump.  This picture doesn't even do it justice. 

We got a morning appointment to the pediatrician and after a very thorough examination he determined it was some sort of trauma.  A 3cm by 2cm huge bruise.  He asked Ashley a series of questions like 'did this happen at school or at home' (Mommy was horrified that he suspected she or Daddy did something but he did have to ask).  She answered 'home' (ugh) but when asked how she clearly said 'woof woof bit me' (ugh).  Although not totally out of the question it was highly unlikely Toby would do that.  Plus Ashley blames woof woof for everything.  Who painted on the wall?  Woof woof.  You get the drift. 

But Ashley was at daycare/school the day before and Mommy didn't remember seeing an incident report so after leaving the peds office we went straight to school.  The Director was in shock because she'd never seen something like that and didn't know how it happened.  We asked her new teacher (she had just transitioned rooms that previous day) who after some time seemed to remember that Ashley came up to her crying while on the playground but after a quick look over didn't see anything (she was wearing long-sleeves that day) and she stopped crying pretty quick.  What a tough girl!  So they determined that she probably fell off the little trike and hit the handle bar just right to cause such an injury.  The doctor wants to see what happens over the next two weeks and if it's still there then we'll have to ultrasound it to verify his diagnosis.  Poor girl.  Please say prayers. 

What We've Been Up To

We have been soooo busy, too busy to update the blog...so you know it's busy because we like to document everything for the annual book that gets printed out.  But slowly and surely we will get the blog updated and we will continue living this wonderfully busy life!  First up, Ashley is quite the big girl now.  Wants to do everything and anything like setting the table, making salsa, flipping pancakes on the griddle (with help of course).  She's in such a fun stage again!

She is also very into coloring and stickers.  Anything princess of course!

The two kids together are hilarious.  While at another dr appt for who knows what at this point brother started biting his arm and sister copied him.  She will do anything brother does.  Crazy kids!

Ashley also loves reading books to us.  She enjoys being the teacher just like at her school!

On President's Day our clubhouse held an afternoon of activities for kids.  Ashley was at school but Trevor was out of school so we brought his friend Jack and checked it out.

Last year we car pooled to La Casa with Jack but this year Jack is in Kindergarten so we car pool with his sister Claire instead.  You can tell these two have missed each other.  Even with everything going on these two were inseparable! 

What a treat!  Sprite!

Ashley's favorite store!  The bow store!  Bow was her third word and she insists on wearing one every day so of course this would be her favorite store.  Mommy will never forget how she grabbed her hand and said 'Mommy sit' so that we could have a tea party together!  Our first tea party!

With Brian still sick Mommy took the kids down to Nana and Papa Steve's for the day before they left for Australia for 3 long weeks.  En route we of course stopped at our favorite donut shop!

Such big bites!

 Trevor was so looking forward to swimming so even though the weather was freezing Mommy took one for the team and went in.  We had a lot of fun but BRRRRRRRR

Later on the sun came out and Trevor enjoyed his spritzer in Mommy's wine sippy cup just lounging on the patio.  Such a rough life ;-)

And we said good-bye for this year to his new favorite cactus 'ninja happy face'

Let's see...what else...Trevor loves to play with Toby.  More like antagonize Toby.  See what he's doing here?  Strapped Toby's favorite toy to his remote control truck and zoomed it around the house for Toby to catch.  At least Toby is getting exercise we guess!

Ashley playing DJ with all of her little laptops.  She loves playing the ABCs and singing and clapping along!

Back to the doctors office.  Again, can't remember now what this trip was for (grrr) but Ashley wanted to bring her version of an 'i' something.  ilaptop LOL

Both kids eat the peppermint tic tacs like they are going out of style.  Seriously, aren't they spicy?  Not for these two!  Crazy kids!  Love them to pieces!!

 Oh and we can't forget the big moment where Ashley finally risked riding on the side of the cart like big brother!  Again, crazy kiddo!  She was so so so proud!

Father/Daughter Dance and Daddy Day at La Casa

Daddy has had quite the special time with his little cuties.  First up was their first Father/Daughter dance at our clubhouse.  We went over to Bobby and Julie's beforehand for dinner and so that the girls could get ready!

So precious!

  Kisses for his princess!  She appears less than impressed but she normally smiles :)

Her first flowers from a boy!

She wasn't a big fan of having it on her wrist but she put up with it!

Selfie!

The girls were so cute together in their sparkly dresses!  Best friends these two!  But don't tell Trevor because he loves Remy just as much!

Sparkles!

Why does she look so old in this picture??

Our pretty girl! 

And then the four of them were off!  Don't the Daddies look so proud? Love!

But of course we got one quick pic outside too.  And then they really were off to the ball!

From what we heard Ashley danced the night away!

And had lots of smiles and fun!

Picture perfect!

And more dancing and eating brownies!  A night for the memory banks for sure!

Daddy wasn't feeling well for the Father/Daughter dance but mustered up the energy that night and again the next day for Trevor's Dad's day at La Casa.  His last Dad's day there.  Tear :(

The thing Trevor was most looking forward to?  Shaving Dada's face!

Such a fun activity for the boys!

Camping?

Building an AZ snowman!

Drawing and painting!

And hanging out with his #1, Jesus!  We are so blessed that he goes to a Christian preschool.  Good life lessons happening there on a daily basis and we are convinced that he may know more bible stories than us at his young age of 5!!

And has become tradition they stop at McDonald's on the way home for a late lunch and some Father/Son play time!  

Such wonderful memories for both kiddos and their Dad.  Now we just need him to feel better!