Beach Buddies

Today our good friends the Brewer’s invited us to play at their family beach house. We couldn’t think of a better way to spend this beautiful Saturday, so Trenton and I packed up our chairs, swim suits and snacks and headed to Galveston. We are so lucky to live so close to the water. It is a fun and free mini vacation any time we want! Brady and Trenton had a blast! Trenton was scared of the water, dirt and just about everything that we were around, but soon warmed up once Brady showed him the ropes. Brady is a real deal beach bum! Thank you Kim, Jeff and Brady for inviting us to play! We can’t wait to do it again!! Maybe next time there won’t be a swarm of mosquitoes!

Beach bum Trenton enjoying a granola is his new chair!

Brady waiting for the right moment to steel Trenton’s seat…

Feeding the birds was hilarious. Trenton did not understand why he had to throw it in the air! He wanted to feed the birds straight from his hands!!

 

Kickin’ back with a little bit of watermelon!

Brady showed Trenton how to load sand mud from the dump truck to the mud hole!

A little mud bath!

HELICOPTER!!!!!

Brady’s grandmother showing them how to make dribbles with the mud…poor thing got more than she bargained for jumping in a muddy hole of water with these two! I think splashing and throwing mud is not what she expected! Mr. Jeff kept filling up the hole with water because they would splash it all out!!After a quick shower on the outside shower, we headed inside for some lunch and quick play time. Trenton and I had to head to a birthday party so we said our goodbyes, packed up the car and headed home to pick up Daddy! As we were driving I noticed that Trenton got very quiet so I peaked in the mirror to see if he was asleep and this is what I saw:

HAHAHAHAHA! I guess he was totally over the sun by this time!!

As I mentioned earlier we had my niece and nephews birthday party. They had a waterslide, but there were too many big kids so we didn’t let Trenton get on. Instead he jumped on the trampoline! He did awesome (when no one else was in there)

Memorial Day Weekend

What a busy weekend we had! Thursday was my birthday so we celebrated by taking the boat down to Kemah. My sister came out to watch Trenton for us so we could have a night alone! We ended up taking some friends with us and had a great time. On Friday we just kept it low key and decided to order pizza and stay in. Trenton loves bubbles and his new thing is to keep a stash of bubbles in his fort! We go out there everyday just so I can blow bubbles and he can try to catch them! Then he slides down and off we go to something else! 

Wondering if he can blow big, big bubbles like Mommy!

  It must have been a long day at school!Slugger making sure Trenton gets off safe!

For Christmas Santa brought Trenton a train table with all the tracks! Normally he tears the tracks apart and plays cars, but lately he has wanted to play with his “Choo-choo” Since that day he plays with it non-stop. Which is nice because Santa was starting to wonder if he/she made a bad gift choice or not. Every little boy LOVES trains so I am happy to see the tracks getting some use! 

Saturday morning we got up early to get the back yard in order! We had a crawfish boil planned for my birthday on Sunday so we needed to clean up. The hot tub was in bad shape, but once Gene and Trenton got a hold of it, it looked brand new! Our plan is to teach T how to swim as much as we can in there this summer! When we aren’t at Gretchens!

Trenton filling it up!

Dad, how long is this going to take? Trenton decided to take a seat once he realized how much he was having to fill up!!After the yard work and naps; Gene and I took the boat out with our friends Joe and Gretchen. We had a sitter once again and were able to enjoy the afternoon KID FREE!

Handsome couple on our new boat!

Crawfish! OMG! Talk about a crazy day. We woke up to gorgeous weather! I took Trenton to the store with me while Gene ran to get the crawfish. When we walked into Wal Mart the weather was amazing. When we came out I think a mini hurricane blew in! WOW! All that hard work in the back yard for nothing! We moved the party to the garage!

My brave son helping with the crawfish!

Boys will be boys! The kept a “pet” crawfish….who later escaped

I know it seems like this weekend never ends, but really it was nice to be off. Like a mini vacation! We enjoyed brisket and pool time on Monday at Joe and Gretchen’s. Trenton was  extremely a little scared of the water UNTIL…..drum roll please….he slid face first into the water! Now before you turn me into CPS, I will have you know I was right there to catch him and we made it seem like so much fun that we couldn’t keep him out after that! Well he has learned week 1 of water babies for FREE. He can climb out on his own, kick his feet, blow bubbles and lay on his back! And my favorite, most hilarious part of the WHOLE day was when Trenton decided to run around with the goggles on his face! Holy Moly this kid is a hoot! He never seizes to amaze me. He can always make me laugh and I hope everyone else will too. This picture will be used for many future purposes: HS Football/Baseball banquet, Wedding….I think I might frame it and keep it around for girlfriends to see!!!

To close out his incredibly long blog Trenton had his 2 year check up today! I was super surprised to learn that Trenton has grown 4 3/4 inches since October! He has moved to the 94% on height (36 3/4) 75% on weight (31.6 lb) and 100% on head (20 3/4 in). We have a glimmer of hope that he is not going to be a small fry! He is such a healthy kid! His pedi office said they are happy/sad they don’t get to see him any more because he is never sick!

I love having a 2 year old when.....

.....we are in Academy and he hands the cashier his snack to scan and he says "Thank You" and when she ignores him he says with such sass "You're Welcome"
.....we are in Kroger and he throws a screaming fit because I won't open the cheerios, goldfish, cookies or juice that he feels he should have RIGHT NOW! Then have to have my husband come get him because someone might call CPS because I left him in the frozen food aisle screaming!
.....he wants to push his toys around the living room and politely (ha) tells me "Excuse You" because he must, must, must go behind me. (we apparently don't have enough space for him to roam)
......he bites me on the shoulder because I am trying to carry him, his bag, his bag of toys and a stroller down the stairs at the baseball field and I am just not moving at his requested speed - while he screams and yells NOOOOOO....
......he laughs straight to my face and totally disregards my request for him to pick up his cars off the bleacher floors before someone slips and falls
......laughs when I pick the cars up OVER and OVER and OVER again

Sorry I had to get those little vents off my chest! I hope everyone loves having a 2 year old as much as I do and can't wait for them to be 25! JK! I love him and we have good days and bad! Terrible Two's are here and Horrific Three's are coming so I keep telling myself it could be worse! I love my baby and hope everyone got some giggles from my little Trenton-isms (stole your phrase G)

Mothers Day Weekend (Picture overload)

Saturday morning my friend Kim was nice enough to have us over for an early play date! We had such a great time playing with Brady and Cooper! We were upstairs in the playroom when Cooper thought that tickling would be fun. Well I decided to join in the fun and then the boys took it! They rolled around on the floor and dog piled each other and giggled “tickle, tickle, tickle” in these sweet high pitched little voices! Brady’s was the best and Kim has got to capture that on camera. It is so great that our boys are growing up together!!

Brady, Trenton and Cooper rolling around!

DOGPILE!PEEK A BOO I see you!!

Cooper had a busy day with it being Mother’s Day weekend so he had to leave to meet up with some family for lunch. Trenton and Brady were ready to play outside so out we went. Brady decided to water the plants and Trenton which led to us stripping down the boys to their diapers and playing in the sprinkler! Mrs. Kim got Trenton over his fear by running through them with him! YAY!

Here he goes!

 

Our boys are dedicated to the game…Can’t go anywhere without their bats!!!

Mom, can I join Brady in the sandbox?!? Ha!

 

Take me out to the ball game…Ha! JK

Mother’s Day at Houston Zoo

I began my morning with Gene getting up with Trenton while I relaxed in bed. Then he made us breakfast, we packed up and headed to the zoo!

Last year we started a tradition with my family by spending Mother’s Day at the zoo. We always have so much fun. My parents, sister’s family, younger brother’s family and my younger sister all met up to spend the day with some wild animals! We always have fun and it is nice to pack lunch, drinks and walk around seeing all of the animals. Trenton was so awesome! He knows all of the animals and their sounds. He was super excited to see the animals.  We took his wagon and saw all that we could see.

Daddy and Trenton

Trenton climbed through the tunnel all by himself!

It was such a hot day. Trenton and Daddy are taking a rest before we move on with our journey!

 

Trenton watching the elephants

The Mama and baby elephant are holding trunks! How sweet is this. Happy Mother’s Day to her! She deserves it too! The Mama and baby were rocking back in forth the whole time. Just like we do with our babies!

Running

to see the lions!

Daddy showed Trenton how to take the water and pour it on his head and neck to stay cool. Boys I tell ya!

 

Petting zoo….antibacterial soap shortly after!

   Mommy, Trenton and Daddy

 

Joseph, Mom, Kymberly, Me, Laurie

My family (missing one brother!)

 

Acting goofy!

I love his laugh sooo much!

We wrapped up our Mother’s Day by taking out our new boat. Limited pictures as we were learning a lot about 2 year olds and boats! Trenton actually liked it once we got going! He is going to be tubing in no time! We are definitely boat people and I know this is a good investment. It was a nice end to an awesome day!

Daddy and Trenton driving!

LOL! He looks like a turtle…he didn’t seem to mind!

I want to say that I am lucky to have so many great Mom’s in my life. My Mom is incredible and it really wasn’t until I became a Mom that I realized this! My sister is super Mom and my sister in law is pretty good herself. All of these women have so many different qualities that they add to our family! I am thankful everyday that my parents are still married and are so involved in all of our kids lives! I also have to give a special thank you to my Mother in Law. She is a pretty great woman herself. Her patience astounds me! I am lucky to have her in my life…she did a pretty awesome job in raising my hubby! To all of the Mom’s out there you are blessed to be called a Mom and I learn so much from all of you! Thank you for being a part of my life….even those of you that don’t really know me!