Hanging with Friends

As Trey gets older it is so much fun to watch him play with other kids. He loves every minute of it and could not be happier than when he is around other kids.

Playing in the pool with Brad

Trey's birthday present came a little early - a pirate ship sandbox and the kids love it!

Trey's first bath with someone other than Mom and Dad - while Jimmy fished in a fishing tournament, Hannah and her Mom, Missy, hung with Trey and I.

Mothers Day

My first Mothers Day was a very special one. We had brunch with Nana and Grandma and then spent the rest of the day just relaxing as a family.

11 Months and a Birthday Party

Trey spent his eleven month birthday celebrating his friend Brad's one year birthday. At eleven months Trey is a speed demon on his knees and is cruising from furniture item to furniture item. He loves to stand up and laughs all of the time. With his walker train he can cruise around the house. He also has mastered the art of getting all the way up the stairs in the house (with close supervision of course). He eats everything in sight and especially loves to eat whatever Mom and Dad are eating.

Crawling around at the birthday party trying to chase Ava.

The birthday boy, Brad, eating his cupcake.

Trey loves to play with Ava and Brad's car. We put Brad and Trey in the seat together and push them around the house and they love it!

Dressed Up and Dressed Down

The last weekend in April was a very busy weekend. We started the weekend off with a visit from our friends from Atlanta, John, Ashleigh and Elle. Saturday was the Kentucky Derby and we went to a party at Ellen and Jeff's new house. Sunday we headed to Apollo Beach for Finley's Baptism. A great weekend spent with friends!

The boys dressed in their Cuba Havera shirts at the Derby party -

what a handsome pair they make.

The kids were more excited to play with each other than to watch the Derby. Trey loves the older ladies and so he was so happy to see Claire and Belle.

We were so happy that we got to share in Finley's Baptism as it was a very special day.

All dressed up for the church service. As always Trey was a flirt and spent the entire service flirting with all the ladies sitting in the rows behind us.

Check me out - Mom just could not resist this tie and amazingly I did not mind wearing it.

Trey's First Easter

For Trey's first Easter we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa's. It was so much fun to see Trey crawl around the house and to watch him investigate all the goodies the Easter Bunny brought.

Trey's Easter Basket

Wow Mom - the Easter Bunny is pretty cool!!

Grandma and Grandpa gave Trey a train for Easter and he loves it. He gets so mad when we stop pushing and so we have to hide it from him until we are ready to push for a long time :o)

10 Months Already?

Trey celebrated his ten month birthday on April 8th. It is amazing how much he has grown in the past few weeks. He has started crawling and is pulling up. He is eating everything we put in front of him and is really working on his words. He says Ma-Ma and Da-Da and hat and cat. He waves high at everyone (especially the ladies) and loves to give kisses. He throws the ball back and forth with Mommy and still loves bath time every night. Trey is still a cuddler and it melts my heart every time he snuggles with me.

Happy 60th Birthday Papa Steve!!

Last time we were in Napa Valley was in November of 2007. I had planned the whole trip and found out shortly before we left that I was pregnant with Trey, as a result there was no drinking wine for me. This year my Dad turned the big 6-0 and to celebrate he wanted to head back to Napa Valley. So this time with Trey in tow (out of the belly instead of in the belly) we headed to California and I am happy to say that I tasted plenty of wine.

Trey did really well on the flights out to California but by the time we got to the house that we were renting in Napa, he was tired of being confined. We put him down on the floor and apparently he was determined to get moving and crawled for the first time. It was awesome to see him go and he was so proud of himself. A big moment for the little man!!

Frog Hollow House - the house we rented - it had a huge redwood in the front yard.

DAY 1

We started the day at Opus One where we go to taste wine that we will never buy at $200.00 a bottle. It was good but not the best we had that weekend.

The wine barrels at Opus One

Trey crawling around on the grass at Opus One - he loved being able to get around and check it all out. I am in love with his plaid pants - orange and blue of course.

After Opus One we headed to Silver Oak's new winery in Napa (the old one burned down). We all love the wine here and the servers were extremely friendly and generous with the wine allowing us to taste several varieties.

The wine snobs at Silver Oak.

It was the end of Mustard season in Napa so you could still the mustard seed flowers all over the valley - the yellow flowers everywhere made for beautiful scenery while we were driving around and awesome pictures.

We ended the day at Vine Cliff where Jimmy and Dad went on a private tour while Mom and I stayed in the car with a sleeping Trey. The grounds at this winery were gorgeous!

DAY 2

We started our second day with a tour at Beringer. Here is the Beringer mansion which has been turned into a tasting room and gift shop.

The family next to some of the old wine barrels at Beringer.

That afternoon we went to Duckhorn and Plumpjack.
Here is Trey at Plumpjack with his wine.

Our last winery of the day was ZD Vineyards - the view from this winery overlooking the Valley was gorgeous.

Right across the street from the house that we rented was an awesome park so we took Treybow over for his first ride in a swing. As you can see he had a great time.

Trey also got his first ride down a slide with Mom - he was not sure what to think about it but Mom had a good time.

Day 3

We started our third day out at Whitehall and then moved on to one of Jimmy and Dad's favorites, Franciscan.

A picture of the fountain at Franciscan.

A picnic lunch at Folie a Deux - it was a gorgeous day and the picnic grounds were perfect.

Trey enjoying playing with his water bottle among the flowers that were in full bloom all over the Valley.

We ended our day at Mumm Napa with a champagne tasting outside.
It was the perfect ending to our time in Napa.

Jimmy and I at Mumm.

Trey loved riding with Nana on the scooter.

Day 4

On our last day in California we spent the morning walking around downtown Napa and then headed back towards San Francisco. We made a stop at Muir Woods on the way back since the last time we tried to go it was pouring down rain and we were walking around in ponchos.

The last time Jimmy and I got our picture taken in front of this redwood Trey was in my belly. Here we are with our little man - how much things have changed in a little over a year.

The whole family at Muir Woods.

A view of the Golden Gate bridge from one of the lookouts.

Trey after a long day of hiking in Muir Woods.

Trey's First Time at the Beach

Our neighbor, Todd, is a pilot in the Air Force stationed at MacDill Air Force Base. A few weeks ago, he, Patty, Brad and Ava invited us on base for an evening at the beach. Trey was not sure what to think at first but he loved the sand and the surf (a true Florida boy).

Building a sand castle

Not so sure what to think of the water at first....

Ok I like this Dad! And yes my shirt does say "I Get My Muscles From My Dad."

Watching the sunset - it was a great evening!!

Nine Months Old - Can You Believe It?

So hard to believe that Trey has been out in the world as long as he was growing inside me. Some of Trey's tricks are giving high fives, waving Hi and Bye and clapping his hands. He goes from sitting up to rocking back and forth on his hands and feet in the crawl position. He is working on pulling himself up and he loves to play catch with Mom.