Family Day 2015

Its been another year with our little man officially a part of our family.

Its a day that we play hooky and just be together.  

We had the perfect weather so we chose to go to the zoo this year.  

Then we went to the mall and did a little playing and shopping.

Then to build-a-bear workshop wear Tristan picked out (adopted) a puppy to love.

We put in 3 hearts (one for mommy, daddy, and Tristan) and made a wish.

I know its bad luck to say what you wished for but I've 

never been very superstitious...I wished for more days like this and 

for our family to grow soon.  

Dump Trucks and Bulldozers

This kid is so into 

transportation and construction vehicles right now.

It's the topic of play, conversation, book requests from the library, etc.

It's amazing but he nows the difference between

a cement mixer and a garbage truck.  Or an excavator vs a trencher...

And so on and so forth.  

Just simply driving down the street is exciting because you never 

know when we might spot a "tanker truck" 

or a "flatbed truck"

His little brain is a sponge...

and right now it just so happens to be soaking up all things boy!

love is in the air

I know this post is extremely belated

but I have had computer difficulties and now

that it's working well enough for me to upload pics I 

just had to go back and upload these from February.

Happy Valentines Day 2015

Easter Celebration 2015

Here comes peter cotton tail, hoppin down the bunny trail...

He even "hopped" into Shopko!

We had a lot of fun dying eggs this year.

This Easter was filled with a whole lot of Jesus 

and a whole lot of joy, joy, joy, joy 

down in our hearts.  

The weather was beautiful 

and time spent with family rejuvenated our souls.

And lets not forget that Easter represents new life

and new beginnings as we celebrate the arrival

of our newest family member.  

Finally a boy cousin for Tristan.  

Soon enough they will

be best buds.

Happy Easter 2015!

Bye Bye Paci

Before Christmas we got rid of paci (pacifier). 

It was intended for naps and bedtime but more and more Tristan

was sneaking it out of his crib and had it with him while he played.  

Well one day he lost it and we couldn't find it before nap time.  

But lo and behold he fell asleep without it.  

That's when I decided he didn't need it anymore.

I told Tristan that it was gone and I think that the Paci fairy came and took it.

The only problem-now that its lost I have to find it before he does...

I looked and looked with no success.

Again he went to sleep just fine that night without it.

The next day Tristan and I were playing and we both spot the pacifier at the same time.

It was in the front seat of one of his trucks.  

Immediately we both reach for it.  I got to it first and instinctively tucked it into my pocket.

Then I look into those sad puppy eyes and say,"oh the paci fairy must have brought it

back so you could say one last good bye.
I let him have it and let me tell you it resembled something like an addict taking
one last puff or drag or whatever.

After a while he takes it out to do something else and I sneak it into my pocket.  Later, I threw it in the garbage along with a couple other ones that were left so they wouldn't show up again.
He forgot about it and didn't ask about it for days.  

Then finally on day 2 or 3 (when mommy was at work) he asks daddy, "where paci is?"  Daddy explains that its gone.

to which he replies,"Oh, mommy tooks it."  

(Great!  Now he's going to have to explain his resentment of his mother to his therapist some day)

It's been weeks now without paci and he still tells daddy that mommy took paci in her pocket.

:(

(He wasn't buying the paci fairy story one bit)

Since then he has found security in 3 random stuffed animals.  

They are with him for every

nap and bed time.

They include a teddy bear (which Tristan calls a tummy bear), a monster, and a zebra.  

You can take the paci away from the boy but he'll just find something else to cling to.

(At least the dentist will approve of the stuffed animals.)