7 months

On the 25th of January, Trenton was 7 months old.  We attempted a little photo shoot but he was more interested in trying to get out of the chair.  He is ready to be on the move.  He has mastered sitting up and this has made him one happy boy.  He is able to see more of what is going on now.  He rolls or uses his arms to drag his body across the floor.  He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth all the time.  He will be crawling before we know it.  I wish I could slow time down because I have a feeling he will be into everything before we know it.  Time to put those baby gates back up.  We are still working on the sleeping issue.  It will get better for a few days and then back to only sleeping 2 hours at night.  We are trying to stay more consistent with a schedule which means staying home a lot more.  Kind of hard when you have two little girls involved in a lot of activities.  Trenton has decided that baby food is not all bad.  So far he has had banana, avocado, pear, apple, blueberry and peas.  Apple and pears are by far his favorite.  He still would rather nurse than eat baby food.  I know I say this all the time but we love this boy to pieces and are so glad that he completed our family.  His sisters think the world of him and want to hold and play with him all the time.  He squeals and smiles big every time his daddy gets home from work.  And I know he loves me because the minute I turn my back to walk away he is crying and wanting me to hold him.  I am trying to stop and cherish more of those moments since time seems to be flying by.

 After the photo shoot and getting dressed we had some fun playing in his room.

We love you Little T!

Trip to Kansas

Last weekend the kiddos and I made a trip to Kansas.  This was Trenton's first overnight trip anywhere.  For the first months of his life he would scream while in the van and we just decided not to travel.  I decided it was time to give traveling a try.  Hadley was out of school that Monday for MLK Day.  We left Saturday after Hadley's basketball game.  Mike stayed home to get some projects done.  The kids were great travelers.  We only had to stop once and Trenton slept all but 30 minutes of the trip to Kansas and the trip back home.  If only he would master sleeping away from home and we would travel a little more.
When we got to my Mom's we picked her up and headed to my Granny and Grandpa's.  We had a great evening of playing,talking,eating and looking at slides.
Jillian and Granny Jean.

 Hadley brought one of her workbooks and was working with Lady on it.

 Lady and Trenton playing together.

 Grandpa Kirby, Granny Jean and the girls.  Don't you love Hadley's snapbead crown?

 Grandpa reading to Jillian.  I love this picture.

 The next day we spent hanging out with Lady.  We had a relaxing morning and Jillian played us a few tunes.

 Hadley loves to hold her brother all the time.  She is such a big helper.

The girls and Lady being crazy on the couch.

 My little man and his smile.

 Avery came down for the afternoon and evening.  We loved seeing her.  The girls could not get enough playing at the park with her.

 We had another relaxing morning on Monday. We also got to go to a birthday party for my friend Laura's little boy, Barrett.  I didn't have my camera for that.
Trenton got in some more cuddle time with Lady.

 Jillian did too.

 Me and my kiddos before we headed home.

 We had one more visit to make before we left.  We went to my Grandpa Sisson's.  He got to meet Trenton for the first time.  Trenton was very excited to meet his Grandpa-Great.

 We had a great trip minus the lack of sleep.   Maybe we won't wait 9 months between trips next time.

6 months

Trenton turned 6 months old on Christmas Day.  Unfortunately he was sick again on his month birthday.  Hopefully he won't be sick when he turns 7 months old.  Trenton continues to change and grow each day.  His personality is coming out more and more each day.  He seems to be a much happier baby these days.  If we could just get the sleep thing figured out we would be good to go.  Oh and maybe get him to open his mouth for the spoon when we try to feed him.  He wants nothing to do with baby food.  As soon as he sees the spoon coming towards his mouth he clamps it shut.  He has also figured out how to spit it back out at mom as soon as it goes in.
Trenton can roll with the best of them these days.  He has figured out how to roll to what he wants and can get to things pretty fast.  Just this week he has been trying to army crawl and will probably be doing that soon.  He has also figured out how to put his binky in his mouth on his own.  He is very interested in toys and is able to "play" a little more these days.  He is starting to sit up for a few seconds on his own.  He is still quite the Mommy's boy and I wouldn't have it any other way :)  There is something about a mommy and her little boy!
When we went for his 6 month check-up he weighed 15 pounds 6 ounces and is 26 1/4 inches long.  He is growing but is by no means a chunk.  We like to call him small and mighty :)

Here are a few pictures from our photo shoot.  Poor sick baby wasn't in the mood for pictures.  You will see at the end how I knew he was done.

Month of December Part 2

In December part 1, I left off at Christmas day.  The day after Christmas started off with a trip to the doctor for Trenton.  He just wasn't acting himself and was pulling at his ear.  Sure enough he had a double ear infection.  Poor guy had 2 ear infections in one month.  After we finished at the doctor and got medicine it was time to get home for our visitors.  Grandpa Kent and Grandma Terry came for visit.  The girls didn't think they had opened enough presents the day before so they got right to opening more.

We decided to go bowling that afternoon.  We had so much fun.  It was the girls first time bowling and they loved it.  They keep asking when we can go again.  Trenton was a trooper and spent most of the time sleeping in my arms.  Here he is ready to venture out in the cold.

Grandma and Hadley waiting their turn.

Hadley's fan club cheering her on.

Daddy teaching Jillian about bowling.

Hadley trying to decide what color of ball to use.

Me and my little man.

Mike and his mini-me.

Grandpa, Hadley and Trenton

A couple of days later we had more visitors.  Mike's sister Tammy and her family came to visit from Maryland.  They were visiting Mike's mom in Kansas and drove down to see us for the day.  The girls could not wait for cousin Thanasi to get here.  They had a great day playing together and the adults had good visit as well.
Tammy and Tony

Thanasi, Jillian and Hadley (this is the best picture I got of the 3 of them).

Trenton hanging out with Granny.

His shirt says is all :)  Not really, he is a great kid and the girls wish they could see him more often.

Auntie Tammy brought Jillian a fun Hello Kitty game.  Everyone had a good time playing or watching the kids play. 

I think that finishes up our month of December.  I don't have any pictures from New Year's Eve.  Mike and the girls when to some friends' house for the evening while I stayed home sick.  It was a busy and fun month.