We had Trey's one year doctor appointment last week and when she said, "Do you have any concerns you'd like to talk about?" I said, "Ummm, yes, NAPS!" I don't know if Trey is getting readjusted to being home full time (although one would think he'd adjust by now), going through a growth spurt, recovering from our trip to California (although we've been home for almost a month), or teething, but he has been fighting the nap like crazy. It can make for some really difficult days. Today was the first day in what feels like forever that he took both naps in his crib without any crying. Amazing what a difference that makes in my mental health during the day.
Trey has been on the move and currently is not really interested in any of his toys. All he wants to do is crawl from one end of the house to the other, pull himself up on furniture, and stand at a variety of spots around the house. His newest interest is to try and climb from the couch, chair, or bed to the side table and pull anything and everything off of the table. I told him today I'm okay with him pulling off the coasters and books, but the lamps need to stay.
Trey finally discovered the bottle caps.
I can't believe it took him this long.
Helping Mama "organize" the tupperware is one of his new favorite activities.
Sarah Long came up last week to visit with her son, Curtis. Trey and I spent the day over at Sarah Kopplin's with the two of them, Zander, and Kai (Sarah Kopplin's sons). It is such fun to spend time with two of my favorite people and our children. I can't believe we are this old.
Zander (6.5 years), Curtis (3 years), and Trey (13 months)
Randy has rediscovered his float tube and has been using it the summer. And not only for fishing...
Trey likes it too...
One of the things I am loving about Trey right now is that he is starting to establish his preferences and make his opinions known. This, of course, is a positive AND a negative. One of Trey's favorite things is the dog's water dish. Last Friday when we had the Withycombes over for dinner, Trey discovered the outside water dish and I let him go to town. Needless to say, when I finally picked him up, he was absolutely soaked.
My boss Lee Ann gave me this wonderful Elmo basket for Trey. I don't know what it is about Elmo and babies, but he can't get enough. I think it's the eyes. Sarah calls Elmo "baby crack". She might be right.
I have really grown to love vegetable gardening and over the past six years have found a lot of joy in it. However, the past two years I have become a total slacker. I was shocked when I went out to the garden after book club on Wednesday night and discovered that there are actually tomatoes on my plants. Shocked.
I'm trying to take advantage of my full time mom status and do things with Trey during the day that we won't be able to do when I'm working. On Monday we went to the zoo. Since we have a membership, I was able to just be there for a short time. We saw the giraffe, the hippos, the tiger, the lion, the zebra, and the elephant. What I loved was while I was showing Trey the hippos, he was completely fixated by the bolt on the windowsill, and while I was trying to get him to look at the giraffe, all he wanted was to get in the pond.
On Tuesday Trey and I went on an adventure and went to the beach sans Randy. We went to stay with our friends Adam and Jenny and their two girls. When I came home I told Randy that I don't realize how much he does to help until he's not there. It was exhausting. (Although I find myself using the word "exhausted" or "exhausting" a lot this summer whether Randy is around or not.) Trey had a great time on the beach, and the weather was absolutely fabulous. I think my favorite parts of our short trip were watching Trey on the beach and enjoying gin and tonics with Adam after Trey went to bed.
Here is a short video of Trey crawling on the sand. He loved digging into the wet sand and finding little pebbles. I was really impressed that none of it went in his mouth.
Now, one of my absolute favorite moments of the day is first thing in the morning when Trey is lying next to me in bed drinking his bottle. When we are at home, I'm often in a rush to get up and vacuum, get my coffee started, etc. but when we are away (or sometimes at home) I love the cuddlefest. On Wednesday morning, when Trey woke up and started making his noises in the pack n play, I leaned over the top from the bed and said good morning to him. You should have seen his eyes open wide with shock that I was in the room. It was awesome. Then after he ate, we cuddled and giggled and he was so sweet. Just reminds me how lucky I am to have such a loving boy who loves his mama.
This was after attempt #3 to put Trey on the sand and he wanted no part of it. We went up to the sidewalk and I sat on the bench with Trey in my lap drinking from his bottle. He was so relaxed and mellow and cuddled into me. I sat there and thought, "Yes, naps are hard. Yes, he's fussy and whiny. Yes, you wish Randy was here. But, Kristin, just sit here and enjoy the damn beach and ocean and sun and love of your son." Sometimes a reality check is a good thing.
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