Almost 2!

June is here and that means it's Trey's birth month!  The first part of June reminds me so much of Trey being born because of the anticipation of him arriving and then his birth.

Over the past several weeks, it seems like Trey has turned into such a little boy.  I think a lot of this has to do with his language and his growing vocabulary.  It seems like he has new words every day, and sometimes they surprise me.  Yesterday he used the word "carrots" which I've never heard him say before, and every now and then I think he says a few words together but I'm not totally sure.  He has started saying "please" and "thank you" which is the cutest thing ever, and he uses words (most of the time) to ask for what he wants.  I'm excited to spend a lot of time with him this summer to see his language grow even more.

We went to my dad and Sandy's for Memorial Day weekend.  Trey's highlights of the weekend were definitely the chickens and the trampoline.  Mine were probably wine tasting and seeing Sarah Long.  I'm assuming Randy's was his day of fishing on the Metolius.  I love being there for the weekend because it gives Trey and his bapa some quality time together.

Chasing the chickens and ducks

Feeding the chickens

Introducing Trey to the trampoline

So happy!

Kisses for Bapa!

Some Memorial Day wine tasting:

Hanging out with Bapa and Sanny

Everyone's keeping busy while wine tasting

Enjoying the scenery

Family shot

At the second winery we went to, Trey only wanted to sit here.

My DD?

A quick stop at Ninkasi on the way home

On Sunday, Randy went fishing, and Sarah and her kids came to visit.  We went to the Leaburg fish hatchery and fed the fish.  It was so much fun to see Trey with Anna and Curtis.  Love those kids!

Bapa and Trey feeding the fish

Curtis and Trey feeding the ducks

Anna, Curtis, and Trey

Sunday afternoon Trey resisted his nap, like normal, so my dad took him on a drive.  I sat out on the deck and worked on my grading and watched the river.  Not too shabby of a deal, if you ask me.

It's spring time, so it's time to get our garden in.  I decided to wait a little bit to put in the tomatoes and cucumber plants because the last few years I have had to replant due to a cold spell.  I am hoping that Trey enjoys the garden this year and is amazed by our veggies being grown in our yard.  A downside is that he has seen me pull out radishes and weeds, so now he thinks it's fun to pull out other things in the garden too such as the growing lettuce plants.

Trey is very interested in Randy putting compost in the garden.

Boy + dirt = happiness

The beginnings of our 2012 garden.  

Someone really needs to start eating salad around here.

Saturday night was the wedding celebration of some friends of ours.  We got a sitter, went to dinner, enjoyed some adult conversation, and then went to the wedding reception (they got married in Mexico last weekend).  It was so fun to be able to carry on a conversation without being interrupted every 30 seconds.

Randy and Kris

Randy, Kris, and John

Today Trey and I had a great day together.  We went to Dyer's restaurant for breakfast (best banana bread EVER), went to the zoo, and had dinner at Julie and Tim's.  It's a taste of what summer is going to be like, and I can't wait!  

These giraffes were so active.  The zookeeper told me they have just been introduced to each other which makes them more active.  They were even headbutting each other.  It was so much fun to watch them!

I haven't been to the zoo with Trey since last summer.  It was so fun to see him excited about the animals and more engaged with the exhibits.  He came around the corner, saw this, and yelled, "ZEBRA!"  I love that he's more into the animals now and not so much into the bolts on the windows.

It was hard to get Trey away from these goats.

Some hippo butts

This is the first time I saw the polar bear out.  

Don't they need it colder than this? 

Another of Trey's favorite spots.  

He could play in that water all day long.

"Bear!  Grrrr!!!"  That's what Trey said over and over.

Trey explaining to Grady that his shoes are green.

Who's going to blink first?

As excited as I am for summer and spending a lot of time with Trey, I have to admit I am a little bit nervous because the child has this terrible habit of not eating or napping when he's with me.   He eats and naps great at daycare and he goes down fine for his nap with Randy (if I'm not at home), but for me he just refuses food and screams in his crib.  My dad tells me not to worry about it and that I'm "not a bad mom", but I told him I don't think he appreciates how stressful it is.  I'm not super concerned about the food because I know he eats enough over the course of the week, but his lack of eating meals definitely affects his mood.  The napping bullshit is what really pisses me off.  It basically makes it so that I don't have one ounce of a break all day long.  Take today, for instance.  Great day.  Breakfast, zoo, playing, lunch (sort of), playing some more.  Nap time comes and he proceeds to scream his head off for 45 minutes straight before I pick him up, calm him down, and take him in the car to go to Julie's.  Of course, he is asleep five minutes after being in the car.  With gas costing $4.30 a gallon, car naps are not going to fly this summer.  I wish that I could reason with him to just take some quiet time in his crib, that he doesn't have to sleep, just rest and not scream, but I know he won't get that.  I also hate that the process of trying to get him down feels like a giant waste of time, and I hate that he goes from being in a great mood to very very upset in a matter of seconds.  I f-ing hate nap time.  I HATE IT.