Pumpkin Patch

This year we took Trey to a pumpkin patch.  We were so excited!  Trey didn't share our enthusiasm.  All he wanted to do was run laps around the outside of the patch.  I had to pick him up and place him inside a grove of pumpkins and then quickly take a picture so I could get some with him even near a pumpkin.  We decided the first pumpkin he picked up would be the one we bought him.  By the end of the night we had no pumpkin.  He finally decided he enjoyed knocking on them, but wouldn't touch them other than that :).  I ended up getting him a tiny little pumpkin that fit in his hands.  He tried to eat it like an apple :).

15 Months

Random facts about 15 month old Trey:

* He says a few words...mama, dada, hi, bye, cookie, ow, no, dadu (thank you)...there might be a few more, I just can't think of them right now.
* He hits his head on something (usually the tile) at least once a week.  He's always got a bruise on his forehead...sometimes 2.
* He can hear a bag of treats being opened from about a mile away, and he comes running.  He especially loves Flipz.  It makes it really hard to sneak them.
* He hates having his diaper changed.  He turns into the wiggliest kid alive when he even suspects it's new diaper time.
* He won't play with his toys, but loves to play in the drawers in the kitchen.  Especially if there are forks or spoons involved.
* One of his favorite past times is pulling all of the books off the bookshelf.  Yay for mommy and daddy, who have to constantly put them away :).
* He likes to play in the garbage.  Our garbage pail has now taken up permanent residence on top of our kitchen counter where it's out of reach.
* He has started throwing tantrums to try and get his way...NOT FUN!
* Whenever we get him out of his crib the first thing we hear is "HI!"
* He's got 8 teeth, with 4 molars making their way in.
* He loves the "5 Little Monkeys" chant.  Especially when the doctor says, "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"  He gives a huge grin.
* He will do anything to make us laugh.  Then once we do, he'll fake laugh with us.

We absolutely love having this little boy in our lives.  He brings us so much joy!

He's always pulling out the oven drawer and putting things in it.  Then he decided it would be fun to play in :).

Happy Mama

Does your kid ever do things that just make you smile?  Trey does so much right now that melts our hearts.  Our absolute FAVORITE is when he says, "Hi!"  Lately he is so into "Hi" and "Bye".  A couple of nights ago I was putting him to bed and as I was walking away I hear this sweet little high pitched "Bye!"  LOVE IT!  Some of the other phases I don't love so much...like the taking everything out of my drawers...and opening all of my cupboards...and climbing up on me on the couch, then climbing down.  Then up, then down...you get the picture.  But then I see that sweet little face, and those sparkling blue eyes, and I just have to smile.  Dale said it best tonight: "Who can get upset when he looks at you with that face?"  I'm so grateful to be a mom to this sweet kiddo!  

Celebration

This year Dale and I have made all sorts of financial goals, and we have been working super hard to meet them.  This week we hit one of our goals, and as a reward we decided to spend an entire day having FUN together.  We started off a little rocky.  I thought for sure we had Trey's shoes in the diaper bag...no such luck.  We also forgot the stroller.  If you've ever had a 1 year old you know what a monumental mistake this is.  There was no way we were going to make it on our day of fun without it.  So, we hit up the Wal Mart in Provo for a pair of shoes and a stroller...and some blueberries, because right now Dale is super obsessed about blueberries.  No joke, we go to the store at least 4 times a week to get them.  If you want to be Dale's best friend, buy him a carton of blueberries.  He will love you forever :).  Our first mini vacation destination stop was at the Riverwoods.  I'd never been there before. They were having the Chalk the Block celebration, which was really fun to see.  Some random people gave us their chalk, so we participated too...check out our amazing artistic skills :).  

Trey following in his Daddy's footsteps and chowing down on blueberries :)

Our amazing chalking skills:

Before

 During

 After

The real artists

We bought Trey a balloon dragon, thinking he would love it.  He did not...and it ended up being the biggest pain for us to tote around.  It was the worst $5 we ever spent.  Finally I gave it to a random kid we passed by.  He was thrilled, and so were we.

Dale found a new love while we were out.  It's called "The Texas Twister".  It's some kind of fresh fruit mixture.

After the chalk festival we hit up Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point.  Apparently Trey is still a little young for it...he just wanted to run down the sidewalks...couldn't have cared less about most of the animals.  He did have a brief encounter with a very friendly colt, and touched the goat because we made him, but other than that he didn't even notice they were there.  

 Dale made me touch the goat.  It smelled awful.  

He found a stick.  Of course.

 The friendliest colt I've ever met.  We have the cutest video of him licking Trey :).

 I love this mischievous smile :)

After the farm we were starving, so to end our day of fun we went to Olive Garden for dinner.  FYI, the peach chicken is fabulous!  Great day!  Now we can't wait to meet our next goal!

Labor Day Part 2

After going to Brigham City for our delicious peaches, we took Trey to the Farm Splash Pad in Riverton.  At first he wasn't so sure about it...it was a little scary.  But then he found a stick, and everything was much more exciting after that :).

 Pure Joy!

Warming up with dad!

Ooh, a stick!

 Mmm...yum!

 Hmmm...I wonder if my stick will fit in this neat hole!

 Wow, it does fit!

 A stick and a hole, this is SO MUCH FUN! 

I may have had to secretly get rid of the stick to get Trey to play in the water some more :).

What a great Labor Day!  Love these boys! :)

Can it get any better?

This year we spent our Labor day devouring delectable Brigham City peaches.  It was kind of a last minute trip, but a great one!  We missed the actual Peach Days Celebrations by a day or two...I'm pretty sure Dale would argue that the best part of the trip is the peaches anyway, so it didn't matter if we missed all the Peach Days hoopla.  I on the other hand love the hoopla...so next year we'll do our best to make it :).  We did try out a new place to eat...but we were not impressed.  I don't remember what it was called...but once I do I'll post it so no one else will have the same misfortune of dining there that we had.  The food wasn't bad...but the service was awful.  We almost left several times.  But we were hungry.  And we had a hungry, fussy 1 year old with us.  And if we left we would just have had to wait again somewhere else.  So we sat and waited.  And waited.  And waited some more.  FINALLY the waitress brought us our food.  Honestly, I'm not sure if the food was actually good or if it was just that we were just incredibly starving from waiting so long that it tasted decent.  We decided from now on we will only eat at Maddox during Peach Days, where we know we are guaranteed a quality meal (and next time we need to have the Millers and Hymers come with us :).  Trey loved his peaches as much as his daddy.  He downed his peach faster than I could eat mine!  He is his daddy's son! :)  Our boxes of peaches are already gone (we got 2)...we are thinking another trip to Brigham City is in order.

Waiting for his first peach!

Yum!  We had to strip him down...he had those peaches everywhere!  Look at that face...pure joy!

 Don't talk to me...I'm eating!

P.S. Dale informed me the awful restaurant is called "Bert's Cafe and Grill"...don't eat there!