Trey's First Easter (Weekend)

Saturday was a pretty awesome day.  It started off with a dude coming to our house to run a water line to our new fridge!  This was followed by Neel & Suzi delivering our new patio table, setting it up, and joining us for lunch.   Then Cory's rents and Mark, Becky & Lucas came to our house to paint easter eggs (which never happened even though Cory made a dozen hard-boiled eggs and a painting kit was purchased).  

This was the first visit that the boys remotely paid attention to each other which was cute. 

The boys in deep conversation … 

Trey is still not doing the best with solids but he does enjoy Blueberry Pomegranate Greek Yogurt bars.  So for a special treat, the boys each got a bar to enjoy.  Lucas didn't seem to love it the most, but he kept going back for more. 

Trey's first birthday is coming up (crazy!) and Cindy and Lori bought him an awesome Radio Flyer wagon.  We brought the boys out for a ride.  Lucas was super into it.  Trey was ready to pass out (which he did about 3 minutes after this pic was taken). 

We wrapped up the day with some time down at our beach.  Trey LOVES playing in the sand.  I can't wait until we have a warm day where we can play in the sand AND go into the water! 

On Sunday we went to Jimmy & Barbara's for a little more Lucas time (and brunch)!  The boys were pretty indifferent about their baskets.  Hoping next year they show a little excitement!

Our next Easter stop was at Neel & Suzi's.  Trey was pretty tired so we took him around the farm to try and put a little pep in his step.  As you can see from the next few photos, he could give a crap (as usual) ….

Soon after our delicious meal (Thanks Suzi!), Trey really started enjoying his time (but of course I didn't take any pics). He used their chair to walk around the house, giggled at himself in the mirror, chased the cat around, etc. etc.  It was super cute. 

Big thanks to everyone who made Trey's first Easter pretty freaking fantastic! xo xo 

Trey Being Trey

Trey is OBSESSED with the dog's toys.  Even though Trey has toys galore in the living room, he gladly crawls over to the dogs toys to play.  He is particularly obsessed with Buckley's kong.  It is the one thing I try to keep out of his mouth because Buck eats his dog treats out of it every day.  Trey doesn't understand the concept of glass yet so he spent quite a bit of time trying to get to the kong from beneath our dining room table. 

Today he opened up a drawer and found a ball of twine.  That seemed like something he needed to play with for quite some time. 

He did start to slight panic when the twine got stuck on his ear lol. 

Although not nearly as much as he freaked when I had the NERVE to put a bib on him. 

Love my little man!

Baby Proofing Baby !

As Trey gets older we continue to have to childproof around the house. Today was the first time that Trey was old enough to have an interest in "helping".  He made sure that Cory correctly strapped the tv to the tv stand.  Then he made sure that the cabinet locks were being installed properly.  I think Cory really enjoyed all the help (or hated it hence why he kept saying "come get this baby" - but we will never know!)!

Snow - Sleet - Snow

So today, after about 10 inches of snow fell, I decided it was time for Trey to get out and enjoy snow for the first time ever.  Luckily for me, my sister accidentally left one of her kids snow pants up when she came to visit in December.  I put Trey in these size 4 pants and used hair ties to keep the bottom of the legs closed since his legs only went down to the knee region of the pants.  Ghetto but effective. 

I plopped Trey in the snow and he didn't move a muscle.  He didn't try to play with the snow.  He didn't try to look around. He was very stoic lol. 

The dog, having never had a friend in the snow, didn't know how to handle such an exciting time lol.  He barked like mad and tried to climb up the snow to get to Trey. 

I moved Trey a little lower and Buckley quickly leaped on him.  Sniffing him and pulling at his hat and gloves lol.  It was as though he had NEVER seen Trey before in his life. 

Trey in the mean time continued to be unsure how he felt about the snow. 

And Buckley continued to circle and bark. 

We only ended up staying outside for about 5 minutes if that.  But Trey did show happiness towards the dogs reaction so that was good.  As far as the snow was concerned, he could have cared less. 

My little trouble maker. 

Anyway now its almost 10 o'clock at night and we are waiting to be hit with our second round of snow.  It's sleeting right now and our lights keep flickering so we are crossing everything that the power doesn't go out (although I filled a bucket with water so we can flush if it does!).  If it does go out, there will definitely be a family slumber party in our bed … Trey and all !!! 

Followed by a Fantastic Lil February

Shortly after we got out of the hospital, Trey became a full fledged crawler which was super exciting … 

Well as of Super Bowl Sunday (2/2), we have a stander!  Cory and I were cooking in our kitchen with our back to Trey.  When I turned around, I was shocked to see Trey standing next to the kitchen table!  About two days later, Trey built up the courage to stand up on EVERYTHING.  Couches, tv stands, toys, people, Buckley (he's attempted a few times but Buckley isn't having it!), etc. It has been fun to watch him explore. 

Another exciting development happened yesterday (2/9).  Trey finally started to babble!  He has been a quiet boy which had me a little concerned but since yesterday he has not stopped saying ba ba ba!  Sometimes he gets a little ma or da noise out so we are waiting on the edge of our seat for him to finally address us by our proper names! 

I love seeing my little chunk of lamb develop.  It has been a pure blasty blast.  Welp off we go to his 9 month appointment.  Maybe the dr will have pointers on getting this kid to finally eat solids! 

A Horrendous 2014 So Far !

On New Year's Eve (Tuesday), we took Trey to the doctor because he had a cough.  We were given breathing treatments to do with him at home which he took like a champ.  On Wednesday and Thursday Trey started having fevers which I was rarely unable to get below 101.  So that was frustrating but the dr. said it was ok and that the fever will come and go.  On Friday we woke up to 8 inches of snow and a baby who was having trouble breathing.  We brought Trey in to the dr as soon as the office opened.  They tested his oxygen levels and they said he was doing ok and that we should continue treatment with the baby as usual but to bring him back the following morning. We were also prescribed oral steroids (which he would throw up repeatedly at home:-( ).  We also did a breathing treatment while at the office … my poor sick baby …

We brought Trey back to the dr. on Saturday as promised. He was then diagnosed with a double ear infection!  Rather than give the baby more oral meds which he would just throw up, we chose to do injections.  Three shots in a row. His Saturday and Sunday shot were uneventful and his ears were clearing up nicely.  

On Monday, Cory went back to work, and I brought Trey in for his third and final shot.  He sounded very congested so the dr wanted to retest his oxygen levels.  Unfortunately, they were low.  We did a breathing treatment and retested his levels.  They were still low so the dr. decided it was time to admit my baby boy to the hospital …. my heart shattered into a million pieces.  Cory raced home from work and we met at his parents before heading to ORMC to admit my lil babe. He was promptly given an IV tube, a security bracelet on his ankle and a mini hospital gown. 

Trey's oxygen levels continued to stay low after stronger breathing treatments, so he had to be fitted with oxygen tubes.  Everything that happened completely destroyed me.  I found it hard to even hold him because I felt responsible for everything that was happening and I wish I could take all his pain away. 

My little man resting after a long day of treatments …  Seeing my son like this was one of the saddest moments of my life. 

The one nice thing about living in Orange County is that we had plenty of visitors to help cheer us up.   My mom's best friend Lori is actually a respiratory therapist at the hospital so she would come in and give him treatments his first day.  On days she wasn't working she still stopped by.  My brother works in the hospital so he made several appearances as did his wife (and her dog Bear!!). It was great spending time with us.  We had a lot of laughs with them which was SO needed.  Cory's parents were also great about visiting us (and bringing us food/pillows/blankets, etc.) and we even got a visit from Cory's Aunt and Cousin.  My mom and sister were also constant phone companions.  I needed all of them so much as I was a total uncontrollable crying mess.

After two VERY long days and nights in the hospital we were told the good news that we were going to go home!!  By 1 all of Trey's tubes were disconnected and we patiently waited for his discharge papers.  By 2 we were OUT !!  

Trey is still not 100% but we are starting to see his old self more and more.  Today he was smiling, laughing and crawling like mad.  Love that baby boy so much.  Very happy to have him (and all our friends and family!!). 

We Have A Crawler!