Trip to the zoo

So we finally had a beautiful Monday to go and have a fun family activity. David and I decided to take the boys to the zoo. The weather was perfect, in the mid 70s, the zoo wasn't very crowded and we all had such an awesome time. I even think Carter enjoyed the fresh air and being outside. It was so amazing to me taking Trent to the zoo about 7 months from the first time we went. He actually knew what the names of the animals were, what most of them "say" or do and had a great time looking at them all! I think his favorite part was the bugs, snakes and lizards. It was also very cool to go to the Dallas Zoo instead of the Fort Worth Zoo. I have heard from so many people that the Fort Worth Zoo is better but I think they are both very fun and different. One thing I really liked about the Dallas Zoo is that it had a wonderful Children's Play Area. They had a slide and tunnels and a little stream of water that kids were playing in. I would love to go back and let Trent spend more time there! One of the highlights was feeding the bearded dragon (see video). Trent was the only kid in the discovery house so he got to feed him a few times and LOVED it! He also got to pet a bunny in the barn area. After several attempts to pick up the bunny we had to move on. They also had a white alligator there. It was very cool! Trent asked to go swimming with him...we of course said no :-) Another amusing part was the larger lizard (I'm not sure of his official name) but he kept crawling up the window and Trent got really scared he was going to come out to get him. Then as we walked all through the zoo Trent started collecting sticks (this child loves sticks! I have to make him leave them by the door or they would be all over our house!) It was actually so funny to me that we had so much going on yet he still stopped for sticks. Funny little guy! Overall, it was a fun but exhausting day. I'm so happy we finally got the chance to get out of the house and do something on one of our last Mondays together!



Coloring a gorilla mask in the discovery house













The lizard that scared him












The bunny he kept trying to pick up!

First Giggle

After Carter started smiling David has worked very hard to get him to laugh. He has found his tickle spot on his thigh (just like his brother)!! We tried to get it on video but of course when you pull out the camera it's not the same first laugh but you get the idea :-) I'm sure we'll have more giggles to come!! I love it!

2 months old

Yesterday we took Carter to the doctor for his 2 month check up. He got some shots and boy he did not like that at all!!! I don't think I've ever seen him so angry. Other than that everything went really well. The doctor said it was fine to go ahead and let him cry himself to sleep (of course only after he's fed, burped, changed, etc) so we'll be working on that soon. I'm hoping it goes as smoothly as Trent did but am very worried because he LOVES to be held! He will fall asleep in your arms and the second you put him in his bassinet he's awake. It's so interesting seeing the differences in the boys even at such a young age. They are just very much their own little people. There is one thing that is almost identical...their measurements! Trent was 14 lbs and 24 inches and in the 90th percentile. Here is Carter's measurements:

Height: 24 inches-90th percentile

Weight: 13lbs 13oz-90the percentile

Head: 16 inches-75% percentile

Happy Easter!

This has been a very fun Easter weekend! We started off coloring eggs on Friday at my brother in law, Steve's house. The kids had a really good time dying the eggs and thank goodness we had a lot of eggs because Trent was very quick to drop them in, pull them out and ask for another one! Today we went to my sister in law's parent's house for Easter again. As always, we had a really good time. Trent always enjoys playing with his cousins and his little buddies Carson and Logan. It was hilarious because the three boys all had the same shirt on, not planned!!

Here are some photos from Easter:

Trent opening his Easter basket





























All of his goodies!











Brodie playing with Carter. Such a great cousin!!!



















Look at all of those eggs!!!










Trent & Logan opening their eggs











TROUBLE!!









David caught a really good little video of Trent finding eggs. As you can see, he had a blast! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

SUPRISE

Trent's imagination is growing everyday! He pretends to be different animals or he'll make me foods or cakes in his little kitchen. It's also so funny to see the simplest things entertain him. Carter and him received a package from Grandpa Bob & Grandma Ginger yesterday. In there was an egg with some candy in it. He kept opening the egg and acted like it was something new when his candy fell out again. He's too funny!!!!

8 hours

We see the light at the end of this sleep deprived tunnel! Carter slept from 1am to 9am the other day!!!! YAY! He has been averaging 5-6 hours at night but this was our first 8 hour stretch. Hopefully I can get him on a somewhat routine for night by time I go back to work. I'm so sad that I only have a little over 3 weeks left but am fortunate that I was able to take 12 weeks off. It's been so nice having this bonding time with Carter, the play time with Trent and just time with David. We just have such different work schedules that we rarely get so much time together and it's been great.

Fun with Friends

Since I've been on maternity leave it's been so nice having a family day. With David and my work schedules being so different it's hard to find a full day for us all the be together so right now it has been Mondays. Unfortunately with our crazy weather in Texas some days are cold, some are warm and some are windy so it's hard to make plans. Yesterday we wanted to get Trent out of the house to play but since the weather was a bit cold we took him to the mall play area. Trent was super excited his little friends, Carson & Logan could meet and play with him too! All the boys had a blast run around, climbing, sliding and yes, they even crawled around pretending they were dogs! Here are some more pictures from all of the fun yesterday.

Conversations

Everyone tells you to write down the things that your children say so here are some of my recent conversations I've had with Trent lately.

Friends
We were leaving my brother and sister in law's house one night. Trent had fun playing with his cousins and the twins, Carson & Logan.

Me: Did you have fun with your friends Carson & Logan?
Trent: Had fun with Carson & Logan! What friends?
Me: Friends are the people you play with that make you happy. Do Carson & Logan make you happy?
Trent: Yeah, make me happy. Carson & Logan are friends.
Trent sat in the back quietly for a minute then he said. "Ma Ma, car's friends too"

I just had to giggle because cars do make him happy!!

The Gym
At my gym the have the Kids Club where they watch your kids while you workout. I took Trent up there yesterday thinking he would have fun playing and getting out of the house. I dropped him off and he was really upset and kept saying "I don't want to play!!" I know that sometimes he has trouble with the seperation so I checked with the girls there that it was ok for me to leave because I knew he would be fine in a little bit, well so I thought. I go back and he's just sitting there with big tears in his eyes waiting for me! I asked the girls if he played at all and they said he did but just started looking for me again. We get in the car and I start talking to him about it.

Me: Did you not have fun at the gym?
Trent: No. Not fun.
Me: Did you miss me? Were you sad?
Trent: I missed ma ma.
Me: Did you cry?
Trent: I cried. I sorry ma ma.
Me: It's ok!! You don't have to be sorry!!

My heart just melted!! Sweet little guy!!

Four Generations

Last week David, Trent, Carter and I went to David's grandparent's house for lunch. Trent had a blast playing with all their toys and Grandpa Mike and Pee Paw. Mee Maw wanted to get a picture of all the boys, four generations of Jones'. It was extremely hard catching Trent for this picture; I just don't know how you get a good posed picture of a 2 year old, especially our very active 2 year old. Then I figured it out, put a M & M dispenser in front of him! I know this does not help with the active part but when you have great grandparent's, you get a little extra spoiled :-)

What do you do with two buckets?

Answer: Put them on your feet and walk around!