Sweet Family

This weekend we headed to Boerne for a wedding for our good friends Jake and Torie. Gretchen was kind enough to watch Trace for us so it was just the Flores party of 3. This is the only picture I took of our family and I look less than great, but oh well. A family photo is rare and although Trace isn’t in it I still love it. Trenton is such a sweet boy and had a great time with Mommy & Daddy!

Best Friends

Between baseball games and swim lessons we have managed to squeeze in some fun! We have the most amazing neighbors. I don’t think we will ever be able to move away from them. Our kids are, in my opinion, best friends! Trenton cannot wait to jump out of the car and go play with who ever is outside. One weekend the Clemmon’s invited us on their boat. It was a beautiful day so we packed snacks (not enough for this crew), drinks, the tube and 7 of the 10 kids and headed to Taylor Lake. Mr. Jeremy enjoyed driving everyone around and we even took some time to go swimming. It was one of the best times we have had this summer and hopefully we will get to do it many more times in the future!

Trenton enjoying his view. He likes this boat much better than his Daddy’s

The Mom’s! Words cannot explain how blessed I am to have met these two ladies. We are always there to lend a hand or egg or detergent…well you get the picture! I remember growing up my Mom would send me next door to borrow sugar from the neighbor and I felt like such an idiot, but I get it now. I understand that neighbors are there for one another and over the last 3 years these women have become 2 of my best friends.

The crew!

Anthony, William, Mariom, Trenton, Scott, Yassmeen & Brook

Taking a quick swim!

William and Mariom (bro & sis) tubing

Brook, Scott, Anthony & T watching the tubing! (I love this picture)

The little ones were a bit more scared, but made a good effort trying!

 

Yasmeen & Mariom (sisters)

How cute are these kids! I can’t believe next summer we will have Isa, Trace & Tayven to add to the mix!

Of course it wouldn’t be a day on the water with our crew without a fish JUMPING onto the boat!

July 4th weekend

We managed to stay pretty busy for the 4th of July weekend! Sunday we headed over to the The Jefferies for crawfish and swimming. They boil the best crawfish and we always enjoy their company! Trenton and Drew (their youngest) play very well together. According to Trenton, Drew is his 2nd best friend! {his 1st best friends are all the kids on the street} It is so nice to have friends that live so close with a pool!

Daddy and Trace swimming

Drew and Trenton having a water fight. Everyone close to the pool was a target!

Daddy is really working hard to get Trenton comfortable with swimming. He did really well after a few times out, but still has an uncontrollable look of fear on his face.

The swimming was too much for this guy so he passed out on one of the chairs

Trenton thought the goggles were great. He would put them on and look under the water at the big boys playing!

All smiles as long as he stays near the steps

This little guy LOVES the water!

He is such a happy baby! He loved sitting on the steps and splashing

Drew being silly

My sweet babies! I just love them so much!

Red Sox Game

I know living in Houston area the title should be “Astros Game”, but we are just not big Astros fans; ESPECIALLY when they are playing the Red Sox. Trenton was so excited to watch Daddy’s friends play baseball. When we got there Gene took Trenton down to say hello to his friend Michael Boerne. He played with Michael in college so it was pretty cute for Trenton to meet him. Trenton was so overwhelmed when we first got there. He said “Wow, that’s a big baseball field”. He kept asking Gene “Daddy we cheering for the Red Sox because the Astros stink” Ummm…well honey I wouldn’t say that too loud!

Taking it all in

Of course we had to get cotton candy (and chicken nuggets, a hot dog and popcorn!)

Daddy and his little boy!

The game was very slow and since the Red Sox were winning I decided to take Trenton to the kids play zone. What a bunch of chaos that place is. Its kids running around like maniacs in a bunch of tubes. You just pray your child doesn’t take a wrong turn and end up on the opposite end of you!

Trenton posing with Astros Mickey Mouse

Pretending to catch the ball!

Trenton insisted on popcorn. He wanted the popcorn that came in this helmet and he ate ALL of it just so he could wear it!

Since it was 4th of July weekend they had fireworks on the Saturday game. Trenton was super excited while waiting and watching the roof of the field open.

How beautiful!

Trenton however was scared and sat like this most of the time!

I would like to give my Mom a huge THANK YOU for watching Trace so we could enjoy a little one on one with Trenton!!

Trace - 8 months

 

Trace turned 8 months old on 6/27/11

• Weighs 17 lbs
• Can sit up
• Crawls everywhere
• Sit up from crawling position
• Pulling up on Toys and able to cruise back and forth on them
• Can Sign – More, Yeah, Milk and All Done
• 2 top front teeth are almost in
• Does “Sweet Eyes” on command
• Has the most contagious belly laugh
• Chases big brother Trenton around everywhere
• Enjoys swimming
• Sits in a bath ring in the tub
• Has the cutest curls around his ears (Daddy hates them and begs me to cut them)
• Took his first trip to Sea World in June
• Words: Dada and Den Den (I think this was is Trenton) still no sign of saying Mama
• Starting to enjoy more table food: rice, potatoes, corn, popsicles
• Changed his baby food from Gerber to Plums & Sprout – he started refusing Gerber and throwing it up. The Plum & Sprout pouches are so easy to feed on the go! He still eats around 3 pouches a day and enjoys 8 oz of formula in between
• Last feeding is at 4:30 – he refuses to eat later than that
• Stands up in his crib (and giggles while looking into the camera)
• New bedtime routine (because of the standing) is being rocked by Mommy (i don’t mind the new routine one bit)
• Still thinks his Daddy hung the moon. He just lights up when he sees him.
• Easy going personality. He spends a lot of time in his carseat or stroller these days attending Trenton’s practices. He doesn’t seem to mind and sleeps through just about most of them
• LOVES dogs
• Throws a nasty fit when he is tired, doesn’t get what he wants or big brother takes a toy away from him. He balls his fists up and just screams. (He gets this from his Dad)

Trace you are getting way to big, way to fast! I cannot believe how time flies and how big you are getting. I love you little brother! 

T Ball

In addition to swimming lessons twice a week we have t-ball twice a week. It has been quite the challenge on Wednesday nights to get from swim to dinner to practice! Since we have had no rain and the heat is ridiculous Trenton has been wanting to wear shorts and tanks to practice! How cute does he look in Wolverine Red/Black!

He really does love the game! I can’t wait for next year when he plays Real T-Ball and not Mini T-Ball. Its has been a great learning experience, but I think he is ready for the real deal!

It was picture day last Thursday before the game. I think his pictures are going to look so good. (Yes I am that Mom standing behind the photographer taking my own pictures)

Getting ready to hit a home run!

I love this picture! Sometimes it take a while for the hitter to get set and hit! I guess he got a little tired on this hot day!

Bringing the bat back into the dug out after “scoring”

This one is a framer! I love how the tongue matches his uniform! This picture has so much of his silly personality too!

Swim Lessons

I have learned a very important lesson by watching my first born at swim lessons. I have learned that 4 is way too late to start them. Trenton has always been scared of the water and I simply have just put off swim lessons because we already have so much going on. This year I really wanted him to go because it is important to me that he knows safe swimming. We have decided to go to a very good school called Summers Swim Academy. Everyone raves about it and I now see why. Trenton has a very small class of 4 kids. All of them are equally as scared of the water. He cries a lot during the lessons when he has to swim in the middle of the pool on his bar bells. Gene and I have made it a point to work really hard with him and we are seeing improvements. This week they focused on swimming under water and coming up on their own. I know that by the end of the 12 weeks he will be a little fish. I am going to continue the lessons early next summer! Trace will start as soon as they will let him.

Look how scared he looks

It really does break my heart to see this extremely scared look on his face, but I know it’s for his own good. At lessons on Wednesday I actually said to myself “this hurts me more than it hurts you” YUCK I am my MOM!

Ready to swim with the barbells

Only  a few tears, but Mrs. Tony was there to ensure him he was safe and not going to sink!

We go to lessons on Mondays and Wednesday evenings. Its been a crazy schedule, but I know in the end it was worth it! He will see that too..one day…right?!?

Sea World

One Tuesday night (6/21/11) Gene and I got a wild hair and decided to book a last minute trip to Sea World. We decided that night that we wanted to go on Friday (6/24/11) so the next day I quickly shopped around, booked a hotel, printed tickets and parking passes for our fun weekend. Trenton has been once before, but Gene has never gone! It was so nice to get away for a little bit. We have been working so much and we just feel like the routine of life has taken over! When my hubby says “Let’s go on vacation” I would be crazy to say no!! We bought Fun Passes so we can go back in the future (which I think we are going to do at the end of July!). Since the trip was last minute we took Trace with us. I knew it would be a challenge since it was going to be so hot and he is so little, but he did great! I was awful at taking pictures….it’s hard with 2 kids, a stroller, 2 bags and a million other excited people running around at the park! We also got lucky enough to meet up with our friends the Brewers while we were there!!

Welcome to Sea World!

Trenton is his new shades waiting for the Azul show. This was one of the coolest shows! It has Beluga Whales, Dolphins and Acrobatic divers/swimmers! 

How beautiful is this stage! Divers were diving from those top rafters!

Priceless!

This was a picture after we saw Shamu. I didn’t get a single picture of the show because it was packed, Trace was screaming, so I made my way to the top of the arena so I could cool him off. Dad and Trenton did get splashed by Shamu’s big fin!!

So we live in Texas and it is about 105 degrees now! We headed over to the Lagoon for some much needed water fun!

Daddy and Trace relaxing

Trenton was in Heaven!

Snack break! This frugal Mama packed snacks in one of my bags so we didn’t have to spend money on food.

After Day 1 in Sea World we headed to our hotel, checked in, showered and then headed to dinner. I booked us a hotel a few blocks from the River Walk. We were going to take the trolley, but with all the traffic it was faster to walk!

Daddy and Trenton waiting to cross the street (how beautiful is downtown SA)

We ate at an amazing mexican restaurant Acinar!

Sweet boy hanging out

My boys! Trenton is so goofy these days.

A rare shot of me and Trace!

Saturday after breakfast we decided to head back to Sea World to enjoy the water park for the whole day. Friday we did a lot of the shows and felt like we were in full speed all day. Saturday was our relax and hang out at the park day!

The dolphins. We just missed our chance to feed them. Maybe next time.

Gene was telling Trenton all about the different sharks.

Mommy and Trenton enjoying a push pop

My boys

Sweet boy with his ice water bottle. This was us hanging out while Daddy rode the incredibly scary roller coaster!

Saturday evening the Hill Family invited us to dinner. They have a little boy Trenton’s age and their daughter is a little older, but was the best babysitter ever! Trace fell in love with her! It was nice to catch up with friends and enjoy the great fish fry that they had!

She gave him a balloon and he was in HEAVEN!