My Christmas present from Trey...

I got my Christmas present from my little guy early this year. Last weekend he finally started giving us kisses!! I am so excited. I kiss him lots on the cheeks & hands & blow him kisses when I am leaving to go to work. He started hugging a few months ago but never would kiss.

Now he is holding up his hands for us to kiss & then will kiss the top of my hand. He has also kissed my cheek a couple of times which was especially sweet. I can't describe the joy I feel when he hugs & kisses me. Its one of the best feelings in the world. He also has started sqeezing us when he hugs us. I want to stop time & enjoy him at this age longer. He is so close to being 2 & acts so grown up sometimes. Not to mention that he is sooo tall!

Today he napped for 3 hours! He is fighting off a cold & didn't nap much this week at daycare so I tried to make sure he got a good nap to catch up. Plus we were going to Zoolight Safari tonight so it worked out well b/c he was up very late for him. Lots of "ights" to see as Trey calls them. Photos to soon follow....it was beautiful & the weather was good for it. He still does NOT like Santa though.

Trey will one day be a grown man & I often wonder what he will do, where he will live, if he'll have children & how many, & how often I will see him when he's all grown up. I can't really imagine it b/c he still has so much growing to do. I want him to enjoy his childhood & have wonderful memories to carry him through life. Christmastime is a very special time & will be one of those memories...

I'm so glad to have Trey for all my Christmases now! Kisses & all!!

Santa...

We were warned, read about, saw it happen, but didn't want to believe it...that 2 years old cry when they see Santa....

We stood in line to see Santa at the Galleria a couple of nights ago(new Santa this year) & Trey was fine until I placed him on Santa's lap. Santa told him he like his shoes and Trey burst in tears! I couldn't believe it-our little man who never mets a stranger & has not been afraid of anything it seems. The photos are in between a cry & a tiny smile only b/c I tickled his belly & jumped back. Not his best photo op for sure!

Santa at least has on a Santa suit this year unlike the one last year that wore a plaid vest. But he is a "thinner" Santa w/ no Santa belly! I heard that the mall hired him to show the kids a healthier, thinner version of Santa. Christmas is about a lot of things but being health-conscious is not one of them-it originated as an indulgent feast to prepare for the brutal winters. So he was an ok Santa but I object to the mall boycotting the original jolly Santa! Interesting parallel that Santa is associated w/ both-guess he needs all that extra fat for surviving the North Pole!

Maybe next year Trey will be more "jolly" when he sees Santa & can tell him what he wants under the tree.

Another peanut butter lover is born!

We decided to let Trey try peanut butter last Sunday even though he's not quite 2. But w/ the holidays coming up & nuts everywhere, I decided it would be better to try it now while we're at home instead in out of town. Luckily, no reaction occurred other than the universal one to peanut butter-lots of "ummm" & "more"! He was licking it off a spoon & reminded me of the scene in "Meet Joe Black" where Brad Pitt's character tries it for the first time. Love at first lick!!

The best part is now he can have PB&J sandwiches!! Easy, protein (which he doesn't like a lot of), & fairly cheap.

Downstairs...

In the mornings when I go up to get Trey, I tell him we are going downstairs. Yesterday he said "downstairs" when I started to walk down w/ him before I said it. I said "what did you say?" & he said "Let's go downstairs"! I was amazed. He has been saying Let's go for a week or so b/c this is what I tell him when we're ready to leave home. But he put them all together for a little sentence! Very exciting.

He is sleeping late again today in this dreary rainy weather we are having-again! Good for sleeping though.

Trey's latest words...

Trey saw Elmo on TV today & exclaimed "mo-mo"! He said this a few weeks ago in a store when he saw the new Elmo Live doll. I thought it was a fluke but apparently that is what he calls Elmo. He is getting the live doll for Christmas so I'm glad he has taken an interest in mo-mo! He also is calling TV "t-t" in an attempt to say TV when he's trying to wrestle the remote from us.

He pulled my toenails today & I squealed in mock pain. He loved the noises I was making so much that he giggled louder & more than I've ever heard him do. It became a fun back & forth.

Lots of fun Christmas events coming up soon...Trey is almost 2 & they say that's when they want nothing to do w/ Santa. We plan to take him next week when I'm off to have his photo made w/ Santa @ the Galleria & I'm hoping he proves to be the atypical child who's not scared of Santa or shy around him. We'll see...I should get our Christmas photo cards tomorrow featuring, who else, but the little man! I can't wait to see them!

Trey's Turkey Day

Trey had so much fun at the grandparents house last week that he has slept until 9am Monday. Then went to bed before 6pm & slept until 9:30 yesterday! That is a record. Today he is back to his usual 8am wake-up call. I have been loving the extra sleep!

Trey ate ham & turkey during Thanksgiving! This was amazing since he usually snubs all meat. We worry about him getting enough protein so we were glad to see him eating Grannie's ham & turkey.

Damages done at grandparents house: broken coffee pot, broken coffee cup, broken ceramic cat, & broken container for honey. That's all we know about for now! Luckily, Trey escaped unscathed in all these incidents but needless to say their house is not child-proof or at least not Trey-proof! I told him Grannie will not want us back at her house. But of course they were just glad Trey wasn't hurt. What a little tornado he is!

Christmas Time!

Our tree is up! I'm so happy that's done & we're way ahead of our usual Christmas crunch schedule. Trey got to run around & see live reindeer at Pine Hill Tree Farms in Tarrant. Ruben & I were the "elves" that put up the tree & decs after Trey went to bed that night. Luckily, Trey has not bothered the tree much at all(knock on wood) but did seem impressed w/ it the next morning. Sampson is happy because his favorite nap spot (under the tree) is back.

Famous last words...

No-No, NO-NO, NO-NO!! Trey has started "no" finally in the last couple of weeks & it has quickly progressed to an emphatic NO-NO!! repeated over & over. Of course, he is only mimicing what we have said over & over to him to tell to stop doing something!

This weekend he started saying "me-me" over & over. We think he is referring to himself or saying it meaning "mine"! He says it when he wants something or if we're tryng to take it from him. Such as the toy kitchen set he was playing with the other day-everyone in Pottery Barn Kids got to hear him scream "me-me" over & over as I carried him out while attemptng to push the stroller-very embarrassing! I think my idea to get his own chair for Christmas is a hit though since I could barely drag hm away from it.

Other new words...knock(he knocks while saying it), truck, dog (vs calling them all cats), "poc" meaning pocket, chair, hair, eyes, nose, blue(for blue colored M&M), color for crayon coloring, socks...& my favorite "oh no" for when something won't do what he wants! His vocabulary has exploded in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Its like he suddenly realized everything has a name & he wants to learn it.

We put up our Christmas tree this past weekend...photos to be posted soon I hope. Trey & I are in Florida now at the grandparents for Turkey Day.

Trey and Daddy

We went to BabyGap the other night & it was Ruben's first trip :)) He found so many cute things for Trey & a matching hat for Daddy. They look so cute together! And the stripy I Love Dad PJs are very cute. I told Dad, no more trips to the Gap w/ you! We bought way too much...early Christmas gifts??!!

Ok, you asked for it...here it is!

Trey's shiner! The bruising has come in & looks just pitiful. I want to buy him a shirt that says "No, my parents don't abuse me, I'm just a wildman!" & have him wear it everyday until it goes away!

Trey's black eye

Trey zoomed off the couch & hit the coffee table tonight like he's done too many times before w/ us both sitting on the couch. Unfortunately, tonight he tagged his left eye just below the eye on the outer corner. He promptly developed a goose egg the size of a marble & it started turning black & blue a few minutes later. It looks so bad & painful! I was so upset b/c at first I thougtht it was his head, then I saw the bump sticking out so far, & he was screaming. But then I got really upset b/c I realized his Christmas photos are the day after tomorrow! He has an oh-so-cute outfit picked out & now we can capture his 1st major bruise at the same time-that's just lovely! We may have to bump that photo a few days or he may have to wear some make-up, a little concealer, a little foundation never hurt a baby boy :))

I just breached the silence of his nursery to check on him (as I often do after a head injury just to satisy my urge to check) & also to check out the developing rock of gibraltar on his face! I told Ruben it will be a great photo to send all the family & folks who don't see him much. Ruben laughed & I told him to expect a visit from Children's Services.

Trey was so tired from 3 days of playing with the grandparents,staying up late, & missing naps that he still went to sleep soon after his dive. But not before he ran into a wall & bumped his forehead! Craziness at the Vuittonet household tonight!

Fun times!

Trey has had so much fun w/ the grandparents the last few days! He has given them a run for their money though. It has been fun to see them interacting & also to see someone else have the same battle of wills w/ him that I go through. He has learned the word "no" in the last few days & says it in quick succesion "no-no, no-no" for emphasis!

So Papa & Nana got to play w/ Trey, Ruben & I went to dinner & a movie(ate @ Heads & Tails & saw Pride & Glory), & I feel like we gained a whole new room in our house! Ruben & I cleaned out our bonus room(for about the 5th time in the past 7 years!) so we know have work spaces again. I filed paperwork that dated back to December '06-you guessed it-the month before Trey was born! The horror!! The good thing was some of was so old I no longer needed to file it. Now I have a space to work on Trey's photo albums & memory book which is almost as behind as my filing!

Trey's 2nd Halloween

Trey had a ball at the pumpkin patch. We took the train in Calera to their pumpkin patch. Trey could not stay away from the huge orange blow-up pumpkin! We did get a few other shots of him but most were of him facing the huge pumpkin.

For Halloween he dressed up as a pirate & we went to a Halloween festival at Kendra's church. Trey had so much fun. Then the next night he went to a Halloween party.He hated the hat but luckily forgot all about when he got there & started playing.

He was so worn out from all the Halloween fun he took a 3 hour nap yesterday!

More words!

Trey has had a surge in vocabulary this week! He has said "trash" when we walked by the large trash cans at Wal-Mart, "phone", "car", "paste" for toothpaste, nose (he can point to it for awhile now but just said it the other day when it was running), Na-na for Grannie, "eyes", "off" (as in I want this costume off!). He also says hot & cold but gets them mixed up sometimes.

He also loves to point out that the "baby" in all his photos needs "shoes"! I like to see his cute little (ok, not so little!) feet in photos so I leave him barefooted. He keeps pointing to the framed photos we have hung in the dining room & saying shoes, shoes, over & over.

All children are babies to him, I realized today. We saw a group of kids walking across the street & he kept saying babies. They were about 4-8 yrs old. I told him they were bigger babies than him.

His latest trick has been stripping his pajamas off in the morning before I get upstairs to get him from the crib. And yesterday (on the coldest morning we've had yet this fall) he was completely naked! The diaper & all. Little stinker was just grinning at me! They need to make PJ's that zip up the back!

Trey's words...

door, key, light, juice, shoes...these are just a few of the words that have been flying out of little man's mouth the last few days. He seems to have a new one every couple of days & is really amazing us w/ them. He pronounces light as "ight" & points at the light in the ceiling.

He said door to Ruben Sunday when they were backing out of the driveway. He pointed to the garage door & said door, making Ruben realize he was leaving the garage door open. Ruben called me at work to tell me & I couldn't believe it!

Other words: thank you(he first said it as "tink you" just after a year old, now it has somehow evolved to "thanking ya".

He turned 21 months last Saturday & is quickly approaching that 2 year old milestone that seems impossible for me to fathom. That age is definitely not a b-a-b-y anymore-shh, don't let Trey know! I want all the time holding him & rocking him to sleep I can get. Before he's a little boy handling frogs or heaven forbid a sullen teenager!

I have been slacking(as one of my friends pointed out!) in keeping this blog up to date lately. Life has a nasty way of getting in the way sometimes. But lots of holidays are coming so I need to get back to it.

Trey is well & in Atlanta...

Trey recovered fairly quickly from his blisters & rash. And is sleeping later & later each day which makes me very happy!

We are in Atlanta this weekend & will be travelling home to Florida next week due to a death in the family. Trey's Uncle Frank (Ruben's younger brother) that lived in Atlanta has died this week. It is a very sad time for us & we are sad for Trey that he will not know one of his 2 uncles. Since I am an only child, Trey won't have aunts & uncles on my side. I had so many uncles & aunts since my father had 6 brothers & sisters plus my mom's side.

Trey senses something is up but he's having a good time anyway. He is getting to see so much at his very young age. He has been to Chicago, Atlanta twice this year, Panama City, Memphis, & of course Florida. We are staying downtown Atlanta so lots of skyscrapers for him to see. I think the first big city I went to was Orlando when I was 6.

Not much exciting news to post but thought I should post that he is well since my last post was about his HFMD.

HFMD & other tidbits...

We found out today that Trey has Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease(HFMD)-sounds much worse than it is! Its a virus that causes blisters on those body parts & a rash on the legs.I saw the rash as I was getting him out of the care at daycare today.It explains why he hasn't been eating much lately & why he has been waking up so incredibly early-according to the Dr. His Dr. wasn't in today & he saw a Dr. I haven't met. I was at work so Ruben took him. Poor little guy! The worst part is they can get the blisters in their mouth/throat making it painful to eat or suck a bottle (yes, little man still gets his bedtime bottle of milk w/ rice cereal!) Trey's symptoms started at the beginning of the week so hopefully he will begin to feel better over the weekend.

Sampson had to be taken to the vet today for a large puncture wound on his head (near his left ear). He got major antibiotics. They said it was from fighting w/ another cat. Ruben got to make the rounds today between the vet & the pediatrician. We need to be able to get life insurance on that cat for all the $$ we've had to invest in him this year. Trey's copay was much less than Samps!


Cooler weather is seeping into the early mornings around here...fall is coming! Which means more trips to the park for Trey and fall hayrides/pumpkin patches! Can't wait. I'm debating on what he will be for Halloween.

I am determined to stay ahead of the holiday season/schedule this year. I guess I'm doing my New Year's Resolution early. I learned my lesson last year! No dozen out of town trips, no waiitng to the last minute w/ a little one, no handwriting of Christmas cards! Life on a planned schedule seems so boring but its very efficient. If I can pull this off, I may finally be on the correct path to being a better, more sane mom-but no wonder most moms seem so controlling & stodgy!

In happier news, Trey turned a whopping 20 months old yesterday(Sept. 18)! So hard to believe. Mainly because that's only 4 months away from 2 years old! It sounds so different to say "my baby" vs. "my 2 yr old".

Trey Goes Greek!

We took Trey to the 36th annual Greek Food Festival downtown this afternoon. It was hot & loud but he had fun. He liked the greek chicken & rice & the pastichio(my fav). He really liked the music & watching people dance. He wanted to get on stage w/ them! We had a good time & saw some people we know.

I survived my first experience w/ Kid's Market today! For you Moms, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. With my friend Kendra's help, I contributed enough stuff to sale that I get to "priority shop" in a couple of weeks. Its very exciting but very OCD w/ the rules & oh, did I mention the rules? Not to mention standing in line twice today in the humidity to get the elusive high # to priority shop. And all this for a chance to buy gently used baby clothes for ultra cheap! Trey will be quite the well-dressed little man!

We leave tomorrow for grandparents where Trey will wow them with his new tricks.

My Blonde Day...

I feel like I had a "I must be a blonde" day! (No offense to all you blondes out there!) I took Trey to Kindercare for the afternoon and planned on running a bunch of errands. Its like looking at a buffet-your eyes are bigger than your stomach & your to-do list is much longer than any amount of time you have. That's on any given day for me. But today was special in that I kept making stupid mistakes that cost me time & a parking ticket :(( I also got hustled by 2 guys on the street while attempting to dash into The Kirklin Clinic (one followed me to my car & tapped on my window while yelling "Ma'am" at me, I got in the car & the door locked just in the nick of time!) This was around 2pm so not in the evening at all. Trey was safely tucked away at daycare, thank goodness!

I told Ruben I was done making decisions for the day because of the way my day went. Then Trey managed to run across the couch & fall off bumping his head hard on the floor. All right at bedtime. So I am upstairs now blogging & then tiptoeing into the nursery to check on him. I hate it when he bumps his head(which has happened all too much) but especially at bedtime!

Trey & I are going to the grandparents in Florida this weekend to celebrate Grannie Phillips' (my mom) 65th birthday. We are staying several days next week to be there Tuesday on her birthday, so Ruben is not going with us. I wish he could go. Trey will be giving Grannie her photo frame that we made at Ceramic Creations. She will love it!

Trey's hi-jinks & accomplishments today...using his Da-da's electric toothbrush, chewing a tiny piece of bubblegum(he loves it!),putting his shorts on & getting it right(they were the stretchy knit kind), & following my instructions when I told him to close the doors on the entertainment center-that was more amazing than any of the above since he seemed to know what I was telling him to do & then actually did it!

Tomorrow we plan to take him to the Greek Festival downtown. He can't eat the baklava yet(nuts & honey, his last 2 off-limits things) but I'm sure we'll find something new for him to try. Maybe grape leaves!

Trip to Memphis

We went Labor Day weekend to see our friends, Edwin & Candace, & their munchkins. William is 3 1/2 yrs old(our godson) and Anna Bowen is 13 months. Trey had so much fun playing with William and running around in their yard. He got to play in a sandbox, ride on a motorized jeep, and play with their dog(a collie mix). He had a blast!

The Memphis Zoo was a lot of fun except for the heat. Trey liked seeing the animals & being outside a lot of the day. I think he liked seeing the sea lion the best because it swam right up to the glass & hung out. Trey threw his sippy cup down & the sea lion tried to bite it.

Trey got a stuffed panda bear as a souvenir. He also liked seeing the panda bears. It was his first trip to the zoo. We have to visit our zoo once the weather is a little cooler!

Memphis Zoo

The giraffe family....



Tell me this doesn't make you laugh w/ him...

Candace, Miss Anna Bowen, Trey, & I at the end of a very fun but very hot day at the zoo...

Testing...1,2,3...photos

This is my 1st time to upload images directly from the camera to the blog...will it work?? i hope so. Then I can give my blog eyecandy! I think its working....Isn't he adorable?! Oops I uploaded one photo twice.

Trey's Day in the rain

Trey was loving the rain & kept pointing out the windows. He would squeal as if to say "something big is happening!" It wasn't fun for me to get him into daycare in the rain, but we managed without getting drenched.

I got a wonderful surprise when we got to daycare today. Trey's first teacher from his infant class is now his teacher in his Two's class! I am so thrilled! Trey loves Miss Anna & we really like her too. He hasn't been at daycare in over a week and the last week he was there, we thought there were too many kids in his class. Now they have split them into smaller groups and have him in the younger group with Miss Anna. The report I got this afternoon was that Trey didn't nap-no doubt he was too excited about seeing Miss Anna!

The other report I got today was that no nap today made for a cranky, sleepy baby boy this evening for Daddy. Ruben said Trey was out by 6:30! Asleep on his chest & snoring! He woke him for bedtime milk & that was all she wrote...he's such a good sleeper (Knock on wood somewhere quick!) I truly think I have his pediatrician to thank for that-he taught me how to teach Trey to sleep at night. It was a very tough 12 weeks but well worth it. Not always a napper though-just like Mommy!

Just a couple more days until we get Trey's proofs from the photographer's. They usually come in on Wednesday so I'll probably get them on Thursday, but at least by Friday.

We're heading to Memphis on Friday for Labor Day weekend to see our friends, Edwin & Candace, from home. They have a 3 1/2 yr old, William (our godson) & a 13 month old Anna Bowen. Trey will have so much fun playing with them & in their big, FLAT backyard! We'll want to stay after seeing him play "outside" which is his favorite.

18 month old photo

Ok, so you're right-this is not Trey! But it is the cute outfit he wore in his photos today. It goes great w/ his blue eyes. I hope they turn out well. He kept wanting to run off the set. He did smile in several though. I will have the proofs in about a week. Our photographer doesn't post them online like I've seen. I wish they did. But the photos always turn out great.

The Sun Has Come Out...

Do you ever think your baby & you are somehow linked still? ESP,pyschically,whatever you want to call it. I know it sounds crazy & I've never believed in any of that. But Trey & I seem to be magically connected in a way I can't explain. If he is napping & a thought even crosses my mind about him waking up(usually thinking I hope he sleeps longer so I can finish what I'm doing!) he will wake up within seconds of my thought. And I'm in another part of the house. In the mornings, he has been sleeping to 8am or at least 7:45 for the last several months(a true blessing!). Today we are going for his 18 mon. photos at 10am so I set my alarm for 7am so I could get dressed before he got up. Well, guess what time that little stinker woke up?! 7am-but before my alarm went off! How of all days does he do that? It seems too coincidental to be chance. And,trust me,I always sleep until he wakes up!

Oh, and as far the title of this post...I just had a great surprise when I changed Trey after getting him out of the crib. He was only wet! (Warning:this may be TMI for any non-moms out there!) This would not be such a big deal, but he has had diarrhea for almost 3 weeks and this is the first day he hasn't been exceedingly (change the sheets) dirty. It may not last but I'm taking it as a sign for now! Ruben & I have been sick this week with a GI bug so its been a rough week to say the least. Trey's not sick at least (so he has megawatts of energy!:))

I hope his photos turn out well. I'll post more about it later, for now I need to finish getting him ready to go...see this is why I'm late everywhere! I get too caught up in the moment,then the moments fly by & become mean old minutes & hours!

One last thing-Way to go USA Women's beach volleyball-GOLD MEDAL for USA's Kerri Walsh & Misty May!! Awesome-Ruben & I watched it live last night. AMERICAN PRIDE is a great feeling!

So Trey's off to photos and then lunch with Daddy...what an easy life he has!

Trey turns 19 months old!!

Yesterday (8/18) was Trey's 19 month mark. I usually think of this off & on all day when he turns a new month, even though he is way past the 1 year mark now. But yesterday I was trying to take care of him while in the middle of a nasty stomach virus that kept me up the night before & left me weak as a kitten yesterday-yuck! I went to buy Gatorade mid-day at the Walgreen's (literally on our corner) and the cashier asked me how old he was. I said 18 months out of habit & then was jolted out of my stupor of exhaustion & said- actually he's 19 months today. My day suddenly seemed brighter despite my feeling so crummy. Little man is getting older quick! Well on his way to 2 years old which seems SO hard to believe.

Luckily Trey did not catch it from me but Ruben seems to have a milder version so he's on the couch tonight. I stayed on the couch last night under 2 blankets-chills in August! So I think it was definitely a virus & not something I ate. I hope Trey does not get it.

I felt so bad that Trey & I did nothing special yesterday. This evening we went in the backyard & ran around & Trey got "sprayed" w/ the waterhose which is his favorite water activity. It is finally not so hot outside before his early bedtime of 7pm so we went out. But after being sprayed a few times with no shirt on, he said "cold,cold" & held his arms up to his chest! This is the first time he's said cold when talking about himself. He has said "hot" for a couple of weeks now & in the last few days, he's said cold when talking about a drink. I promptly took him in & got him warm. But at least now I know he can tell me when he's cold or hot! His other new word is "mo, mo" for more. This is usually about food, espeically chocolate milk! He can down 9 oz. & still say "mo".

Trey's latest...and greatest!

Trey managed to put his shoe on yesterday after much effort. He didn't get it strapped all the way but was walking around in one shoe. I was quite impressed! He has been trying to put his clothes on for a few weeks now.

He wanted a Capri Sun yesterday & I told him he would have to sit down to drink it (otherwise he carries it around & spills it on the carpet!). He immediately went to his little table that Grannie & PaPa brought him & sat down! I couldn't believe he actually understood what I said & also that he did it. Now that's progress!

Last night we went to Ceramic Creations in Hoover & made a photo frame w/ his handprint for Grannie's birthday that's coming up next month. I hope it turns out well. I know she will love it. Ruben painted the rest of it while I wrestled w/ Trey to keep him from breaking all the ceramics in the place! Finally we went outside & walked around. Then we sat in the minivan & had a snack. I want to go back & make one for us. It looks like fun.

Our blog

You may have noticed some nice changes to our blog-the pretty flowers & header are all thanks to Ruben who is a computer genius! Its still a work in progress but looks much better than when I started it. Thanks honey!

Now I just need to learn how to upload photos directly into the blog posts and I'll be posting more often. As you may have noticed I'm falling behind again on posting!

18 month old Dr. visit

Trey & I went today for his 18 month well baby visit. Trey did so well when Dr. McCown was examining him! Even the Dr. said he was being good & looked perfect. Much better than his 15 month old exam when he screamed the whole time!

He weighed in at a whopping 26 1/2 pounds and was 33 1/2 inches long! I just knew he would be longer, like 35 or 36 inches but still he was 90% on the growth curve for height. He was 60% for weight & 90% for head circumference (no wonder some shirts don't want to fit over his head!) He only got 1 shot today which is a first. It was the 2nd part of the chickenpox vaccine. He didn't cry for very long this time. I was so proud of him!

We've been going every 3 months & now he doesn't have to go back until he's 2. Wow-2 sounds so old! Everything is measured in months now & when he turns 2 it will be in years. Who turned on warp speed after he was born?! The first 6 weeks seemed to last an eternity & now I keep looking for my "baby" & finding a growing little boy! I've heard people say that all my life but experiencing it yourself makes it so real. Boy do I sound old!

When we got home Trey was looking for "Da-Da" & found him soaking in the bathtub reading a book(Daddy's favorite pasttime). I went in the hall bath for a quick minute-during which Trey grabbed random items in the bathroom & threw them at his beloved Da-Da! Then when Ruben put his book down to stop him, Trey picked up his book & chunked it right into the tub!! It was not the start of a great evening to say the least! So it looks like Trey & I will be going shopping tomorrow to replace Da-Da's book. :))

Our weekend...

Trey got a special treat this weekend. PaPa & Grannie Phillips (my folks) came from Florida to visit. He was so excited when they got here, he ran around the house screaming!

We had fun and Mommy & Daddy had some free time including "date night". I got a much needed pedicure & went shopping. Ruben & I went to dinner at Firebirds & saw The Dark Knight. Great Batman movie-Heath Ledger was Brilliant as the Joker. If it had to be his final performance, it was incredible.

I think Trey is teething again-lots of dirty diapers for Grannie to change! :>)) He developed diaper rash from Saturday am to pm. The grandparents spoiled him & he loved it. He cried when they left today and was saying "Papa, Papa" as they were driving off. He hasn't figured out how to say Grannie at all yet.

Ruben grilled pork ribs today & I made brownies so we had a great family dinner. I wish my parents could have stayed longer &/or lived closer. I have to plan a visit soon. Trey loves the huge yard to run around in & the country air where they live.

Love/hate relationship

....I've lost them in parking lots, malls, parks....left them at grandparents & restaurants....boiled them until they were burned & melted....& finally I've run over one!! These were never in my life until Trey came along. What are these things you're wondering??

Pacifiers!!! Or as we affectionately call them...pacis. I'm really beginning to hate them b/c they keep disappearing! At first I loved them b/c they do such a good job of calming Trey & helping put him to sleep. But now they've become annoying. I think I'm declaring war against them soon. I hope Trey's on board w/ that!

6 months later....Wow!

Trey is now 18 months! Hard to believe & I haven't kept up with the blog like I intended. But I want to try again. Trey is on the move all the time now but content to play on his own so that means I have free time! Except when I start doing anything, he is instantly drawn to me & so I will have to blog when he is sleeping-like now!

He is such a great sleeper. Goes to sleep 7-7:30 & sleeps until 8am! He sometimes wakes up before 7am but not often now. Then he naps 1-2 hrs around lunch time.

He is still a very happy baby. I say baby but he is quickly becoming a "little boy" in looks and actions. He climbed into the glider today & did his first flip-flop, somersault onto the couch. For which he was very proud of himself! We have clapped for him so much when he does something for the 1st time or that is hard for him, that he expects clapping everytime. And will clap for himself if we don't clap for him!

He has had his 3rd haircut now. Still has the big BLUE eyes that surprised us all.He says these words now- Uh-oh, kitty, mama, dada, PaPa, bye bye, hello, hi, thank you, car, key, tee tee, poo poo, Ai-ya (his way of saying Angel- the grandparents cat). He is learning his body parts & can point to his nose, ears,eyes,mouth, belly button, & feet when asked. He learns quick.The best thing is he is now giving you a hug when asked. He lays his little head on your shoulder & squeezes with his arms. It is so sweet! I'm trying to teach him how to kiss.

Birthdays are Great!

Trey's 1st Birthday was Friday, January 18-he had a ball! He was sick all week with bronchiolitis & we had to postpone his party but he had fun eating cake at home that night. We let him make a mess & captured it all. It was more fun than watching TV! He loved the balloons I got him & likes the candle on the cake-too much! He tries to grab the fire. Have to watch that!

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