Our weekend fun

This weekend Trent and I stayed very busy! On Saturday afternoon we made a trip to the pool with some of his little buddies. They had fun in floating around the kiddy pool since it was shallow enough for them to reach and some what walk around in. We also went into the big pool, which I think scared him a little bit because he clinged on to me so much I barely had to hold him!! Overall, he really enjoys the water, whether it's bath time, the pool or the lake. He absolutely loves splashing around. Then today one of my girlfriends and I went to check out this place in Frisco called Wiggles. It's a place for all aged kids and they have slides, play areas, bounce areas and a section for babies 0-18 months old. In that area they had foam type blocks to stack and a mini slide and area to climb, some chairs and table but Trent was the most entertained chasing around the bouncy balls with the some of the other kids. He did continue to work on his walking and would take a good 3-4 steps around before falling.

Baby Steps...

For about the past week Trent has been standing by himself; he'll pull himself up and then just stand for a minute or so before he falls. Sunday and yesterday he kept trying to make step attempts but would just fall over, so last night when I got home from work David and I sat on the floor to see if he would take a few steps to us and boy did he!!! He kept going back and forth to us a few times until he got too worn out. I'm just so happy that we both could be there to see him do this for the first time even though I'm sure this is just the beginning :-)

July 4th

For Trent's first July 4th we went out to our sister in law's parent's house. We had a really good time! During the early evening we all just hung out, the older kids played in the lake while the babies had fun playing in the bounce house. They didn't fully understand the concept of actually bouncing in it but still had fun just hanging out. After it finally got dark some of the guys put together a wonderful firework show for everyone. All the babies did great with the fireworks, except Trent. After crying for the first couple of minutes he finally calmed down and started some what enjoying them. Of course everytime one went off he would cling to David or me like no tomorrow!!

Play Room

One of the best parts of now having a home is the extra room! We have made our second living area into the play room and Trent and our friends kids love it! Lately, Trent will go in there and just start playing by himself with all of his toys. The other day I found him in the corner of the room behind his exersaucer just playing with the toys on it. Today we put together the ball pit my sister in law is letting us borrow and he was already playing with it before I had it fully together!!

Two little teeth...

After months and months of teething Trent finally got two little teeth on the bottom!! He's gums have been swollen on and off since he was about 2 or 3 months old and even at his six month check up the doctor predicted they would be out in a couple of weeks but not until a few days ago did we see them break through. It is amazing how well Trent slept the next few nights after getting them but we know we have many more teething pains to go through until he's finished getting them all.

Summer Fun

In the town of Little Elm, every Friday night they have a mini concert at the local lake. People bring their kids, dogs, food and just hang out and have some fun. I took Trent into the lake for the very first time and boy did he have a blast!! As soon as I put him on the "beach" area he started crawling around in amazement by the new textured ground. Then I brought him into the water and he loved splashing around and even tried crawling in the water! I knew how much he loved bath time but I sure didn't think he would take to the lake like this. It was so much fun watching him in this new environment and love it. By the way, to the people who have seen how he puts EVERYTHING into his mouth, yes he did eat a little bit of sand :-)

(Sorry the picture is blurry but I didn't have a camera so a friend of ours caught the moment with her camera phone)

9 months old

Yesterday Trent was 9 months old and he had his check up. Height is 93rd percentile, weight is 75 percentile and his head is 70 percentile for his age. The doctor was really impressed with his milestones and all around behavior. He is now fully crawling, pulling up and walking around furniture, he's starting to wave hi and bye and just the other day he stood up with out pulling up on anything! The last few months have been so awesome with Trent. He has such a personality coming out and is so much fun!

Breakfast and naps

This just made my day! While I was at work David sent me an email telling me how Trent fell asleep while eating his waffle for breakfast. Attached was this picture! This kid sure has a tough life :-)

Good Times and Bad Times

It amazes me how such wonderful things, like my sister graduating high school, can happen and then right after such sad things can happen. My grandma passed away May 21st and it was extremely difficult for my whole family! My sister and I were really close to my grandma as we would spend at least a month every summer in Indiana visiting her and our other family there. My grandma was one of the main reasons we developed such good relationships with our cousins and I just cherish so many memories that I had with her. Out of the sadness of going back to Indiana for her funeral was the positive of seeing my family again and spending some time with them. It was so nice getting a few days with my sister and her new baby, Braden. As my grandma was the glue for my cousins and me, I hope the same thing for Trent and his cousins. When things like this happen it makes your apperciate every person in your life so much more!

(I wanted to include the picture of Grandma with Trent from Thaknsgiving. I'm so greatful she got to meet him a few times.)

Graduation Time

During Memorial Day weekend my little sister graduated high school. It was so nice to be around the family but extremely sad to see my little sister graduating!! I'm very proud of her though. She's been accepted to Texas Tech and I just know she will do great things with her adulthood!!