Monday, December 10, 2012

Oh TWO-dles! Trace turns 2

How is my sweet baby 2? I honestly feel like I was just pregnant with him. He is growing up so fast and having Peyton has made me worried that I would miss out on so much with him, but he would never let that happen! Trace loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so that was the theme of his party! We had a great time celebrating with friends and family! We were worried the weather wasn’t going to cooperate, but it ended up being a nice day.

 

My birthday boy!

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The Invitation

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The sweets table! My awesome sister Laurie did an amazing job on the cake and cupcakes!

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I made Mickey Mouse chocolate covered oreos! A staple at all of my kids parties!

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We served some great food and drinks! The kids LOVED the Mickey Mouse straws. (my floor however, did not!)

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I found these super cute Mickey Ears at Wal-Mart! saved me a lot of time of making my own.

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Thanks for Stopping By! Goodies by the door for all to take!

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Even sister wore some mouse ears!

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Sweet Tayven loves Mickey as much as Trace! She looks like a little Mini Mouse in this picture.

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The big boys!

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Time to sing Happy Birthday to the sweetest and craziest little Flores around!

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Make a wish!

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Present time!

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A chocolate mustache is the sign of a good party!

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Thank you to all the friends and family that came out to celebrate Trace’s birthday! We love you all!

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Trace is 2

How did you go from 0 to 2 so fast! Everything about you my little friend is fast! You have accomplished all milestones early and I am beside myself that we are celebrating your 2nd birthday! You are my stubborn little tornado! We are learning everyday how manage you. You can be super sweet and kind one minute and quite the stinker the next. You certainly have your pre-school teachers fooled! You are spoiled by all of the teachers. You are incredibly intelligent and I think that’s where a lot of frustration comes from. You know exactly what you want, but just can’t communicate it all the time.

Your Stats:

  • Weight: 27.1 lbs (33%)
  • Height: (11%)
  • Diaper: Size 4 (working really hard on potty training!)
  • Motor Skills: You have exceeded most kids your age! You can jump with both feet off the ground, skip, kick, throw and aim accurately!
  • You can get yourself dressed most of the time
  • You have a large vocabulary which should become more and more clear as you get older. (Dr. Ingraham was very impressed)
  • You love to sing the ABC’s and can anticipate a few of the letters
  • You can count to 5 assisted
  • You are starting to recognize your colors when asked
  • You know everyone’s name
  • You are right handed
  • Love to color
  • Love to sing (you hum all day long)
  • Favorite phrase right now “You mean <insert name>”
  • You think all animals make the growling sound except for elephants and monkeys (even Santa growls…)
  • You still love sports of all kinds. You watch endless amounts of football, baseball & golf with your Dad
  • You love your new scooter (but you call it a bike)
  • You can drive Trenton’s power wheel tractor like a 5 year old!
  • You are difficult to get to sleep and you hate to nap
  • Right now all loud noises scare you (including 18 wheelers while we are stuck in traffic)
  • We thought seeing the shuttle fly by would be a cool experience when in reality it tortured you.
  • You love hot wheels and all cars for that matter. You take them everywhere
  • You are all boy

Love at first sight!

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Only a couple of days old!

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1 year old

Look at those curls!

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2 years old

Who is this kid! You have changed so much in 1 year!

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UH Game – 2002 Conference Champs Honored

October 27, 2012 UH honored the 2002 Baseball Conference USA Champions and my sweet husband was one of the players that year. Gene and I were going to make it a day date, but our little man decided to join the festivities! Trenton had a great time playing with all of our college friends kids. It’s so fun to see our kids grow up together, much like we did in college! We made many life long friendships and hope our kids will do the same. We had unlimited food and drinks thanks to the H Association. This is the athletic alumni association that we are apart of. They really take care of the former and current players!

Trenton was pumped that his Daddy bought him a new UH hat

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I love this kid! We had a blast hanging with him all day. Kind of forget what it is like to only have 1 child!

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Crystal and I married close friends! We are lucky to have such a great friendships!

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Crystal, Becky and me!

Becky really pushed for Gene and I to start dating. She liked me a lot more than his current girl at the time! It was fate (and Becky Crain) that brought us together 10 years ago!

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View of the field!

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If you look REALLY close in the upper right corner you can see the lump of guys. The players all took their sons on the field!

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Classic moment! Trenton could not believe he got to go on the field. That’s one proud Daddy too!  IMAG0722 IMAG0723

Go Coogs!

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Lot’s of Daddy bonding time

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I love this picture. I can’t wait to show him when he is 18! He looks so little compared to those big football players!

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My love! Spending some time on the field that we enjoyed many awesome football games at! 10 years with this man and I love him just the same!

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2002 Conference USA Champs!

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Me, Lanae, Torie and Ally

(Ally is another recruiter for Gene and I to start dating)

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Sean and Gene

Sean is probably the most genuine person we know. I can’t wait to celebrate his wedding in a couple of months!

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He just loves our boys!

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We were killing the other team so we came outside to enjoy time with our friends!

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Stadium nachos are a MUST!

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