Week Fifteen in the Life of Trey

For some reason it seems that I am spending more time hanging with my little man and less time taking pictures. This week was my last week at home with my little man and so I savored every minute of it.

Trey threw Megan O a surprise 30th birthday party.
Here is the birthday girl with Ellen, Elise and Marilyn.
This week was a week for parties and Trey hosted a party for the Florida vs. Tennessee game. Look at the proud dads with Trey and Finley.

Miss Claire with her Mom Tammy and Amanda - I cannot believe how big she is getting and that Trey will be that big before I know it.

Jeff, Ellen and Megan C - we forgave Jeff for wearing that other schools shirt

Miss Finley expressing her Gator spirit :o)

Look at the proud Mom's and look at how big Mr. Trey is. Finley is six months old and Trey outweighs her by at least a pound. Taylor is a month younger than Trey but she is gaining on him.
Check out that shirt - Hold on Gators....Treybow is coming!!

In preparation for my going back to work, we went in to the office on Sunday to get things ready. Here is Trey in Mom's office chair.

Look at Me!!

The little man rolling over!!

Week Fourteen in the Life of Trey

This week was another big week for milestones. It is amazing how much one little boy can change from day to day. This week Trey also officially turned 3 months old. Since you do not go to the pediatrician at three months, based on our scales we think that Trey weighs about 15 1/2 pounds. He is still a big boy and my arm muscles are getting a workout every day.

I had to take a picture in the frog towel as it is just too cute.

Ellen gave me this catepillar for my shower and now that Trey can sit up a little more on his own I thought these would make for some cute pictures.

This is a kick toy to teach cause and effect - when Trey kicks it the toys spin and make noises. He figured out really quickly what happens when he kicks it and it entertains him for hours.

Trey rolled over for the first time this week (I am going to post a video once I can figure it out). This is a picture of the little man smiling at Mom after he rolled over - he was so proud of himself.
This week I had to go to some meetings and so Trey had babysitters for the first time, Nana and Papa Steve. You can see that Trey and his Papa Steve got along just fine.

I don't know why the blog has turned this picture sideways but I cannot get it to go the right way - Trey finally really likes his big boy swing and he also loves his monkey.

Watching Bucs football in my bumbo seat.

Happy Three Month Birthday Trey!

Happy Three Months to the cutest baby in the world!!
Mom and Dad are so blessed to have such a wonderful baby who makes us laugh and smile every day!!

Week Thirteen in the Life of Trey

Apparently I slacked on taking pictures this week. Trey continues to be a happy boy who discovers more things every day. This week he really discovered how to use his hands and he now loves his Taggie blanket and shoves those tags right into his mouth (along with his fingers).

On Saturday we took Trey to Gainesville for his first tailgate. My law firm hosts a tailgate each year and Trey was the hit of the party. We did not make it in to the game as it was a late game and Trey was ready to go home, but we had a great time.

As you can tell Trey really enjoyed the gator experience.
I wish I could sleep anywhere like that.

Megan O drove up with us and Trey loved playing with her while Mom and Dad set up the tailgate.

Week Twelve in the Life of Trey

I cannot believe that we are already on week 12....

This week Trey has slept at least 9 hours a night each night and I am loving that. He really loves his crib and manages to scoot himself all over the place (he has some major leg strength).

Helping Mom with the laundry. This week Trey has also started to get more independent and no longer requires Mom or Dad to hold him all of the time. He has really gotten content to just sit back and watch Mom and smile.

This Saturday was Trey's friend Claire's 1st birthday party. Unlike my nephew Dylan, Claire did not like her cake and wanted that sticky stuff off her hand immediately.

Saturday was also Trey's first Gator game - UF v. Hawaii. Trey got all dressed up for the game and watched Tim Tebow and the Gators cream Hawaii, 56-10. GO GATORS!!

Trey loves his orange ball.

Last Step

I finally finished the last step in Trey's nursery - a wall of pictures. The pictures turned out awesome. Our photographer, Stacey Larsen really has a gift with babies. The process was a pain but the final product when all of the pictures and shelves were up was worth it.

Week Eleven in the Life of Trey

Week Eleven was just more of the same - best baby in the world melting his Mom and Dad's hearts with his cuteness. The smiles come all of the time and Trey loves to talk and tell Mom stories.

Team Captain

Trey and Dad

A Special Wish

I just wanted to wish my Uncle Rory a very Happy Birthday.
I love you and miss you Uncle Rory!!

Week Ten in the Life of Trey

I cannot believe that I am writing about Trey's tenth week already. With every passing day I am amazed at how Trey changes both physically and socially. Every day I think that there is no way that my little boy can get any cuter but each morning as I am greeted by his smile I am proved wrong again. Trey is talking and smiling all of the time and has started really paying attention to his toys.

Playing with his rattle - he loves to attempt to put it into his mouth.

Trey's second cousins Tommy and Bobbi and his great aunt Tina came to visit this past week. Trey had a great time with them and cannot wait for them to visit again.

In his pirate outfit

Future Gator in his orange and blue

We really like our bathtime now and I just had to take a picture of him all wrapped up in his towel as he just looked so precious.

A great picture of my sleeping baby

For our ten week birthday Mom and Trey got to hang out with Courtney and Finley while the Dads went fishing for the day. Here is a picture of Trey and Finley. Can you believe that Finley is three months older than Trey - he really is a big boy, huh?

Getting a kiss from Mommy

Week Nine in the Life of Trey

This week was a big week for us as we officially turned two months old on Friday. To celebrate our two month birthday we got to go to the doctor for our check up and first immunization shots. Trey and I were both crying during his shots (I absolutely hate needles and seeing my little boy in pain) but we both survived. Trey received a rave review from the doctor for being a very healthy and happy boy. Trey is still on his way to being the next Tim Tebow with the following stats:

Weight: 13 pounds, 14 ounces (95th percentile)
Height: 25 1/4 inches (95th percentile)
Head: 16 1/4 inches (95th percentile)


This week was also a big week for us in terms of development milestones (see pictures below).

Trey has been able to hold up his head since day one and is finally holding up for long enough to go in his bumbo seat - we are going to have him sitting up in no time :o)

Trey has really started to take an interest in his toys and is starting to grab onto the various toys attached to his play mats.

A picture on our two month birthday - check out that smile and our awesome outfit which Trey's Great Grammie gave to him.

Week Eight in the Life of Trey

Trey's eighth week was a very busy week. We started off the week in Jacksonville Beach so that Jimmy could work in the office (the actual company office instead of his office at home). We took Trey into the office and everyone loved him of course. On Monday night we went to dinner at my favorite place in Jax Beach, Cruisers, and had dinner with our Jax friends Mike and Aaron and Dana and their daughter Laila.

Trey's surf outfit that he wore to Dad's office which is right on the beach so it seemed only fitting

One of Trey's future girl friends, Laila

Trey fell in love with Mike instantly and curled up on his shoulder and went to sleep

Check out the sweet whale outfit courtesy of Ellen

On Tuesday we headed through Gainesville where we picked up our friend Allison so that she could attend our girls night out. Thursday night Allison and I headed to Melting Pot and Jimmy was left at home to watch Trey on his own. The boys had a great time hanging out together and although I missed them terribly, I am not sure they missed me.

On Friday Allison, Trey and I traveled down to Bradenton to have lunch with my old college roomate (and a friend from high school) Meredith and her son William and mom Sandy. It was really great to catch up with Meredith and her son William is precious. On Friday night, Eric came to pick up Allison and I am going to miss her company this coming week.

On Saturday night my twin, Cara, came to visit Trey for the first time and she fell in love instantly with Mr. Trey's big cheeks. Cara and her husband Wade have finally tired of Miami and are moving back to Bradenton. I am so excited as that means that we will get to hang out on a regular basis and Jimmy is excited to have a new fishing buddy (so Wade if you are reading this get ready).

Trey with his "Aunt" Cara

Today not only was it Trey's eight week birthday, but it was also Grandpa Ellis' birthday. Not only did we have those birthdays to celebrate but also this Wednesday is Grandma Ellis' 60th birthday, so to celebrate we had a late lunch at Cheesecake Factory. Trey decided to use the opportunity to take a nice long nap in his carrier.

After such a busy week, it will be nice to just lay low this coming week. We are going to try to put Trey in his crib although I really do not want to as I like to be able to look next to me in the middle of the night and see that precious face. As I have said a million times already I cannot believe that my baby boy is growing so fast.

Happy Birthday Grandpa and Grandma

Can you believe I am 8 weeks old?

Girls Night Out

It is only fitting that my first night away from Trey would be with my best friends here in Tampa. Five of our group of nine have July birthdays (4 turned 30 this year) so we decided to celebrate our July birthdays at the Melting Pot. Although I missed my little boy, we had a great time and I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends!