Go Gators - National Champions 2008

Although we really would have loved to go to the game in Miami, with Trey in our lives that was not a possibility so we decided to have a party to watch the game and to celebrate Jimmy's 32nd birthday. What a wonderful birthday present to watch the Gators win another national championship!!

Treybow practicing for the big game

It is not a game without plenty of friends and food

Megan C and Ellen

Todd and Ken

As you can see Trey really enjoyed the game

Colorguard Reunion

Yes I know some of you may be shocked to hear it but in high school I was on the colorguard - for those of you who do not know the terminology those are the girls that twirl the flags in the marching band. After 14 years and with the help of facebook, a few of the girls got together for a reunion over the holidays. It was great to see everyone and catch up and hopefully it will become a more regular event.

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2009!

Trey Loves Bathtime

Bathtime is Trey's favorite time of the day - literally when we just start walking up the stairs and say the words bath he starts giggling and bouncing in excitement. Thought we would share a few pictures as there is nothing more adorable than a naked baby :o)

Trey's First Christmas

Anyone who knows me knows that I love Christmas - Jimmy lovingly calls me the Christmas Nazi - but I have to say that the joy of Christmas reached a whole new level this year with Trey to share it with. It was so much fun to decorate his room, shop for him, watch him open presents, etc. It was a whirlwind couple of weeks but somehow it all managed to get done and I think that Trey enjoyed his first Christmas and I know that Jimmy and I did.

Trey's Christmas Tree - a pirate theme of course!

One of Trey's many Christmas outfits - this reindeer one was courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa and Trey looked like such a big boy in it.

Trey's first Christmas present - Megan O and Amanda came over for a movie night and we had our annual Christmas get together - Trey loved the shiny bow and was more interested in it than in what was inside the package

One of our many Christmas celebrations was with our neighbors - here is a picture of the Elberon babies, Brad, Taylor and Trey - it was so cute as they all had on their striped Christmas PJs and were just checking each other out.

Look Mommy, isn't Taylor pretty?

Trey's first Christmas morning - Look Mom and Dad, Santa came!!

Man this tissue paper tastes good

I really like my stacking cups and check out my slippers - oh and did you notice that I am doing a pretty good job of sitting up all by myself.

For Christmas breakfast Trey got to try bananas for the first time and they were a big hit.

Trey's big boy Christmas outfit - how cool do I look?

Look everyone, I got How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Christmas Dinner with Nana, Papa Steve, Aunt Wendy, Grandma and Grandpa

With Grandpa

The day after Christmas we traveled to North Tampa to have Christmas with Great Aunt Paula, Great Uncle Ryan, and Cousins Justin and Logan - here is Trey and Daddy - as Paula pointed out there will come a time when Trey will not let his Mom dress him in a sweater vest :o)

Logan was nice enough to share his Rays cowbell with Trey and Trey thought it was awesome!!

Hanging with Nana and Papa Steve - a great end to a wonderful Christmas week!!

Tampa Girls

The Tampa Girls at our annual holiday fondue party at my house - a great time of year to be thankful for such great friends!!

Happy Six Months Old

Trey got to spend the weekend of his six month birhtday shopping in Orlando with Mommy, Nana and Great Aunt Paula. It was supposed to be Dad and Trey's first night alone but Dad was sick so off Trey went with the girls.

For six months we also tried drinking from a cup for the first time as Trey has never really liked the bottle so we are trying hard to get him to get liquids in other ways.

Oh and we also love to play with our feet!!

My First Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Bradenton with Aunt Wendy and Wendy's roommate, Chevy. Nana had just gotten back from Guatemala so she came also but Papa Steve was bringing the boat back with crew so he spent Thanksgiving in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

Nana and I spent the morning watching the Macy's Day Parade and making our first baby food for Trey. Many of my Mommy friends had told me that purees were simple so I decided to give it a shot and they were right. In honor of Thanksgiving we started with pumpkin and butternut squash. As you will see below the butternut squash was a real hit.

Unfortunately Thanksgiving weekend we realized that Trey had caught a bug and we ended up in the doctors office on Monday morning and found out that Trey had bronchitis and an ear infection. The little guy was a real trooper as you would never have known that he was that sick but we spent the next week at home on a nebulizer which was not fun.

Trey's teachers made him his Indian headdress at school so we picked up Nana from the airport in it to give her a good laugh.

Trey did not find the Macy's Day Parade as exciting as Mom and Nana

Hanging with Mom and Dad

Hanging with Nana

My first taste of butternut squash - Yummy!!

Clearly my first veggie was a hit.

Napping with Dad on the Hammock

A shot of my first two teeth

Week Twenty-Four in the Life of Trey

Yet another week of not many pictures but this week we broke our second tooth (the bottom right front). The second tooth was a lot less painful for both Trey and for Mom and Dad. The first tooth kept us all up all night but the second one only resulted in a few cries in the middle of the night but Trey went right back to sleep.

Trey absolutely loves to stand up and would be happy if someone held him in this position all day long.

Week Twenty-Three in the Life of Trey

Well it seems that the weeks are getting busier as we are taking less pictures and just spending more time treasuring every minute with our little boy.

Watching the Gators beat South Carolina with my Dad

Trey's Grandma bought him an early Christmas present, a bouncer, and Trey loves it as it allows him to stand up (his favorite thing to do). This is the classic "what Mom?" look. You will also notice the drool on the chin and the soaked shirt, a sure sign that we are teething.

I love this new toy - thanks Grandma!!!

Week Twenty-Two in the Life of Trey

Week Twenty-Two was a big week...Trey really fell in love with his feet and also broke his first tooth (the bottom left front tooth). It was also a big week for Mom and Dad as one of our oldest friends, Tara, got married and another, Ellen, turned the big 3-0 so we of course had to celebrate that as well.

Man these feet are amazing entertainment and they are attached to me which is great for Mom and Dad as I have a built in toy to occupy me.

Hanging with my Dad

The Tampa Girls at Ellen's Surprise 30th Birthday Party - we had a great time and welcomed Ellen, the baby of the group, to the 3-0 club.

Jimmy and I at Tara's wedding
The reception was at the Don Cesar on St. Pete Beach and it was a blast.

The new Mr. and Mrs. Gutman

The Pi Phi Girls - Jessica, Tara, Kiera and I

With Jessica and Joe - it was so nice to see them although I felt bad for them as Trey decided to break his first tooth that night and we were all sharing a two bedroom suite at one of the hotels on the beach. It is a good thing Trey is so cute so that they had to forgive him.