I love to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas...

A couple of weeks ago I came in the kitchen and saw Trey eating a full on apple.  I thought he must've used his amazing houdini skills to get it, and immediately tried to take it away (tried, because this kid has an amazing grip!  He could've won the battle if it had gone on much longer :).  Dale heard the ruckus and came in and admitted he gave it him.  Oh.  Nice.  So, now Trey's most favorite activity in the world is eating an apple.  In fact, tonight I caught him with an apple core and I couldn't figure out where it came from.  At first I thought Dale gave him an apple to eat until I noticed how nice and brown and old the apple core looked...ew.  Then I realized Trey went dumpster diving in Dale's garbage can in the piano room.  Yuck!  Time to find a new place for the garbage. 

My apple eating machine. 

Hip, Hip, Hooray for Baby Trey!

Our little Trey bunny L-O-V-E-S to be praised.  He grins when we say "Good boy Trey!" and claps his hands when we call out "Way to go buddy!"  He shouts YAY when we say it first :).  We've been trying to deter him from using "NO" which has been a frequent visitor in our household the last few weeks, by giving him constant praise when he does something we like.  Is it working?  Absolutely!  I guess only time will tell for how long though :).  Other than saying "NO" Trey hasn't really said many new full-on words.  He sure gets brownie points for trying though...ba is ball...shhh is shoe.  It's been fun to see that he actually understands what we're telling him, even if he still struggles communicating back.  He will go get his shoes, help put his toys away (if we praise him :), pick out a book for us to read to him, and sometimes stop doing something if we tell him to stop, or when we use the N word.  He sure knows how to make us happy!  We love this kiddo!   

Trey and his daddy...we LOVE it when he says "daddy"...it's super high pitched and pretty much adorable :)  

 I thought it was funny they're making the same face in this one :)

Lions and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!

This year I shopped early for Trey's Halloween costume and found the cutest little tiger costume I'd ever seen.  Up until I found it Trey was going to be a monster.  Even he loved the tiger costume though...at least he did the first 5 times I made him try it on :).  I just couldn't get enough of him waddling around in it.  The tricky part was deciding what Dale and I were going to be to match him for Laura's annual family Halloween party.  We ended up as "Lions, and Tigers, and bears, Oh My!"    

Trey on Halloween night...we went to Carl's Jr. for dinner...yummy french fries! :)

On our way to trick or treat!

Enjoying the loot :)

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!