Visit with the Wagners

It has been forever since I have posted as the past few months have been busy but I am making it my mission to catch up over the next week.

At the end of June, beginning of July, we were so happy to have a visit from our ex-neighbors, Ken, Chris and Taylor. It was also Taylor's 1st birthday and it was so nice to be able to celebrate such a big milestone together!

Babies in the Bath

One afternoon we took Trey and Taylor to the pool at Finley's House - it was Trey's first time at the pool and he loved it!

Ms. Finley in her shades

Mr. Fourth of July

In addition to Taylor's 1st birthday, it was also Trey's and Taylor's friend Avery's 1st birthday and so one afternoon was spent celebrating at Avery's party

Trey and Taylor making themselves at home with Avery's toys

The birthday girl - Avery

Ms. Taylor outside of the Wine Exchange where we went for dinner on the Wagners last night

Trey and Daddy

Trey was so sad to see Taylor leave but we are working on planning a visit to San Diego to visit

Argh Matey - Trey Turns One!

It is so hard to believe that Trey is now a one year old little boy. In order to celebrate we of course had to have a Pirate Party for Captain Treybow. So the day before his birthday we invited Trey's family and friends to Ellis Island. I might have gone a little overboard with the party (I know you would never think right :o)) but Trey had a great time so it was all worth it.

Welcome to Ellis Island!!

Pirate Flags lining the walkway

Enter at your own risk... Luckily we live in Tampa where Gasparilla is a huge pirate party every year so Trey's party got the benefit of some of my Gasparilla decorations.

The goody bags

Jimmy made an excellent rum punch and several of the adult pirates needed a nap to sleep it off so it was fun for adults and kids alike.

I took Trey for a pirate photo shoot a few weeks before the party and used the photos for decoration.

The birthday boy with Mama and Dada

Jimmy and Mini Me

Trey with his best bud Brad

Eric and Allison (with Baby Stockton on the way) and Cara and Wade all came into town to celebrate

Angelina and her Mom, Marilyn (with Baby U on the way)

Avery, Shannon and Scott - Trey misses his friend Avery at school since she moved to a new daycare

Belle and Shelby became instant best friends

Finley looking gorgeous in her party dress

Trey with Aunt Wendy, Grandma, Grandpa and Chris

The Tampa Girls - Marilyn, Kelly, Allison and Elise - this Mom is very lucky to have such a great support system

Trey's pirate cake - not sure if you can tell from the pictures but the cake basically fell apart which caused Mom to melt down in tears shortly before the party but Jimmy calmed me down and convinced me we could just call it the shipwreck cake and it would be fine.

Trey with his smash cake - he was not sure what to think and tried to offer it to Jimmy - it was really cute.

Not sure if I like this - I don't like getting my hands dirty while eating.

Ok so I changed my mind, this is good stuff.

Jimmy just plopped Trey in the kiddie pool to clean him off as what else do you do with a kid covered in blue icing?

Trey and Hannah playing in the pool

Fun in the pirate sandbox

It was a great day and one that Jimmy and I will treasure forever. Trey is so lucky to have such great friends in his life.

Go Rays!!

Chris, Courtney and Finley invited us to go to a Rays game with them a few weeks ago and it was so fun to watch the kids at their first Rays game. Trey had a great time eating game food but it was not so fun when it came up later that night and we were up half the night with a kid throwing up - that will teach us :o)

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.