Week Seven in the Life of Trey

I cannot believe that I am already blogging about the seventh week of Trey's life - time is going way too fast!! This week Trey continued to talk and develop his smile. Words cannot explain the feeling a mom gets when her little one smiles at her. This week we also gave Trey his first bottle and it was an experience - I think milk went everywhere but in his mouth :) This week ended with Trey's first real road trip - a trip to St. Augustine for his cousin Dylan's first birthday party. We had a great time and I was so happy that Trey got to meet his Uncle Rory, Aunt Kim and Cousin Dylan before they left for Japan for a year.

Trey and Daddy - two handsome boys!!

Trey's Party Outfit - he apparently does not like hats

Look at those cheeks!!

The boys

The birthday boy and his cake

The cake was so good that Dylan started licking it off all body parts

Where did my cake go?

At the party we got to see Jenna, Brad, Savannah and Landon Martin - here is Jenna and Savannah - Trey cannot wait for a play date

After the party we met up with my sorority sister Jess and her husband Joe for dinner at Harry's in St. Augustine - we had a great time and it was so good to see them.

Trey's first night in a hotel - the Casa Monica

On Sunday we got to spend the afternoon with Kim, Dylan and Rory - here is a picture of Trey with his Aunt and Uncle

The future trouble makers - so many adventures to be had together in the future

There is that smile - it melts Mom's heart every time!!

Inspiration

I saw this on my friend Jenna's blog and thought it was awesome and had to post it. I love to read!!

A Literary Meme, courtesy of Yes, I Must Be Crazy.
Here's how it works:
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline (or change the color of ) books you LOVE
4) Reprint this list in your blog so we can try and track down these people who’ve read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

The premise of this exercise is that the National Endowment for the Arts apparently believes that the average American has only read 6 books from the list below. Like Jenna I am a book horse and I love to read anything and everything! This list and exercise have inspired me to get back to it.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (Reading now with Trey)
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Week Six in the Life of Trey

This week was a busy week for us. On Monday we went to the International Mall with Tammy and Claire. On Tuesday we spent the day moving everything out of Mom and Dad's bedroom as for some crazy reason Mom decided now would be a good time to get the room painted. On Wednesday we went to the Ellenton outlet mall with Nana as we had to get Trey out of the house due to the paint fumes. On Friday we went to Nana and Papa Steve's again because Dad was in a golf tournament over the weekend so Mom and Trey spent the night with Nana and Papa Steve who are leaving for Guatemala so we wanted to make sure they got some quality Trey time. On Sunday we went to a BBQ at the neighbors and all of the Elberon Street babies got to hang out together (Trey is six weeks old, Brad is eight weeks old and Taylor is two weeks old).

The biggest news is that Trey is starting to coo and also to almost smile - they are both the most adorable things ever and Mom's heart bursts every time she hears one of those coos or sees one of those smiles. I am going to try and get a picture of the smile.

Getting ready to go to the outlet mall - Dad loves this fish outfit.

Wearing our nautical outfit from Mom and Dad Uliano - we went to eat dinner at the yacht club and figured this was the perfect outfit.

Hanging out at Nana and Papa Steve's

This is Trey on his six week birthday - check out those socks!! I cannot believe that he is six weeks old already - time is flying!!

Week Five in the Life of Trey

Trey continues to grow and I swear that each day he weighs another pound - Mom's arm muscles are getting pretty big. Each day his face gets even more lovable and those cheeks get pinched and kissed all the time.

Trey in his bouncy seat - he is not sure whether or not he likes it.

This is Trey's first real bath since his umbilical cord finally fell off - he did not like the first one as you can see from the picture but the second went a whole lot better.

This is Trey's favorite bib as it is from his Uncle Rory - we cannot wait for Trey to meet him. Mom has learned that Trey needs a bib every time he is in his car seat otherwise his outfit gets spit up all over it by the time the car ride is over.

This is Trey's rock star onesie that his second cousins Logan and Justin gave to him - love it!!

Another sleeping picture just because they are too adorable!!

One Month Doctor's Visit

Well we had our one month doctor's visit yesterday and we officially have a big baby boy. Trey's stats are:

Weight: 12 pounds, 4 ounces (off the percentile charts)
Height: 23 inches (95th percentile)
Head: 15 3/4 inches (95th percentile)

At this rate he will be taller than his Mom at age 5. The doctor said that Trey is doing great and is a very healthy boy for which Mom and Dad are very thankful.

Trey the Model

We had professional photos taken of Trey when he was first born and the photos are now available for viewing. If you want to check them out go to www.stacylarsenphotography.com and go to the client proofing page. Our password is ellisnb. We also had pictures of my pregnancy belly taken as well and that password is ellis. Stacy did an amazing job and we are going to have a hard time choosing :o)

Happy One Month Birthday Trey!

Every Mom I know has told me that time flies and I cannot believe how true that statement is as yesterday my little man turned one month old. It seems like just yesterday that I was holding him in the hospital for the first time. It is amazing how much he has grown and changed since that first day but he is still my adorable, good-natured little one.

What outfit would I wear on such an important day other than my gator onesie?

For my one month birthday Mom, Tammy and little Claire took me shopping at the Brandon mall and then we met up with Dad and Scott for dinner at the new Mexican restaurant. Mom is determined to turn me in to a shopper - good luck!!

Week Four in the Life of Trey

We cannot believe that it has been four weeks to the day since our little baby boy was born. The time is going too quickly and with each day our little boy gets bigger. This week we have been interacting a lot more with Mom and Dad and are starting to focus on our toys. Trey and I have been reading the Chronicles of Narnia and he seems to enjoy the story.

Kevin and Katie came to visit us this week

Happy Fourth of July!! Today we were thinking of our Uncle Rory and how proud we are that he is serving our country and protecting our freedoms. Trey cannot wait to meet him!!

Today also marked the day that our umbilical cord stump finally fell off and we have such a cute belly button!!

Another sleeping picture at exactly four weeks

Welcome to the World Taylor

Congratulations to our neighbors, Ken and Chris Wagner!! They welcomed their daughter, Taylor Ann Wagner on July 3, 2008 at 5:49 p.m. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. Trey is so excited to have a new playmate next door!!

Week Three in the Life of Trey

Trey keeps getting bigger by the day and I cannot believe how fast time flies. With each day Trey gets more active and starts making more and more faces and noises.

Here we are in our Number 1 Gator Fan outfit that John, Ashleigh and Elle gave to us. Go Gators!!

This is our favorite sleeping position.

I just cannot take enough pictures of him sleeping as he is just too cute!!

Visiting with our Aunt Wendy (well sort of)

Last Saturday we took our first trip out of the house and went to lunch at Cheesecake Factory and to the International Mall with our "Aunt" Megan O. Mom was happy to get out of the house and Mr. Trey was a very good sport (perhaps he will be a shopper like his Dad).

Week Two in the Life of Trey

It is so hard to believe that Trey is already two weeks old. We spent our second week still in awe of our son. After waiting so long to meet him, I could just stare at him for hours. We are working on getting a routine down which currently consists mostly of eating and sleeping but as each day passes, Trey spends more time awake and alert, investigating the world around him.

This is how we look in our swing - it puts us to sleep almost instantly and lets Mom take a shower and get some chores done.

On Tuesday of last week, Trey met one of our high school friends, Jen Page (now Foster) and her husband Chris - Jen and Chris have three girls and I am thinking after meeting Trey, perhaps Jen will convince Chris they need to try for a fourth :o)

I just cannot take enough pictures of Trey sleeping as he looks so adorable.

Thanks to Nana who took care of me so that I could take care of Trey after my C-section - we would have been lost without her.

Trey loves sitting up with the assistance of Mom and Dad so that he can check out everything around him. His adorable gator outfit came from the Ferris'.

Day Eight in the Life of Trey - June 15, 2008

Today is Trey's one week birthday and Jimmy's first father's day. How cool that I could wake up this morning to my beatiful baby boy and get to wish my husband a happy father's day!

Trey's first Tummy Time

Trey's Aunt Wendy came to visit him again today - he stayed awake for almost her entire visit

Of course after Aunt Wendy's visit we passed out. This is perhaps my favorite time of the day is Trey and I's nap time - he looks so peaceful


Nana and Papa Steve came up for dinner and here is a picture of the Dad's on Father's Day

Day Seven in the Life of Trey - June 14, 2008

Today Eric and Allison came to visit Trey and we had a great time just hanging out and taking it easy.

My first time in my activity gym - I loved the lights and sounds.

Thank you to Uncle Rory, Aunt Kim and Cousin Dylan for recommending this gym as it will bring hours of fun.

Posing with my Daddy in my baseball outfit. Thank you to cousins Logan and Justin for picking it out for me.

Day Six in the Life of Trey - June 13, 2008

Today was a busy day for Trey as today was his first doctors visit and therefore his first trip out of the house.

My first swing ride - I loved every minute of it (as proven by the fact that I slept the whole time)

Thank you to Tammy and Scott for giving it to me

Look at that face - How are Mom and Dad ever going to say no to me?

Getting ready for my doctors visit

At the doctors - as you can see I did not like that. In fact I loved it so much that I peed all over the nurse who was checking my stats. Good thing she had a good sense of humor and was able to laugh about it.
Weight - 8 pounds, 11 ounces (75th percentile)
Height - 21.5 inches (95th percentile)

Sleeping with Daddy - I was wiped out after my doctors visit

Wearing my Daddy's First Mate Outfit

Hanging with Mom (Dad was playing with the black and white settings on the camera)

The Family