Trent 11 mos

Trent is 11 months old today and, I can't believe there's only one month left till he's a year old! This past month Trent has been crawling at faster speeds and has figured out that he can pull himself up on his knees. I have also found him standing up in his crib! Another thing Trent has recently learned is how to eat with his baby fork. This he figured out all on his own and gets upset with me when I try to help :) So when he's having a hard time getting food "stabbed" on his fork, then he just reverts back to using his fingers. He finds enjoyment in playing with Katie and Tys and, is always so happy! As Katie would say "We love you 'lil buddy"!!

Trent's first haircut

I took Trent to my cousin, Amber, yesterday for a much needed haircut! He was pre-occupied with his snacks the whole time and did great! Tys also got a trim but, he screamed the whole time so I didn't take any pictures of him :)

I just went in to get Trent from his morning nap and found him standing up in his crib!! He was pretty proud of himself!

Party weekend

Yesterday was lots of fun as we had two birthday parties to go to. First, in the afternoon Katie and I went to her friend's, Hannah and Sarah's party. Then, that evening we partied it up with our Filipino friends and, celebrated Melody's birthday. There was LOTS and LOTS of yummy Filipino food, singing, dancing and laughing with friends! The birthday girl, Melody (center) with Corkie and, someone that I don't know!

Tys spent his evening sneaking apples from one of the many food tables....

Precious and Edna

Roxanne and Trent... he was spoiled and held the whole evening by his many Filipino aunts! He came home with balloons tied to his overalls and lip stick kisses all over his cheeks!!

Katie and Precious having fun on the dance floor!

I love Jera's pose in the background!

Then, after church this morning we went with a bunch of friends from church to the pizza parlor, where we celebrated Rodney, Precious and Jeff's birthdays!! It's been the weekend of birthdays!

Babies

Yesterday Katie arranged all of her babys around her baby brother... he was enjoying it!

Corker Tys

Tys is convinced he's NOT a "corker"!!

It's been a while since I've posted anything but, I've been out of town so I have a good excuse :) Mom, Trent and I went Christmas shopping in Boise from Saturday - Tuesday and, had a great time! This is my yearly event where I take all my saved money and go shopping for days... no kids! Last year I was pregnant with Trent and, this year he was able to go with me again. He did so good! He was charming everyone in the stores, catching cat-naps wherever he could (poor baby didn't have time for his regular naps!) and just went with the flow of things. I was also able to go to the movies with my friends, Marie, Meredith and Stacy... it had been 3 years since I'd been to a movie! And, mom and I took my little brother out to sushi, Texas Roadhouse and coffee for his birthday (I guess we celebrated his birthday all weekend) I got lots of shopping done and, was ready to come home Tuesday so I could see my awesome husband and wonderful kids!!
Here are a few pictures of Trent... he is always entertaining us with his many facial expressions. While in Idaho Trent began saying more words: mama, dada, baba, papa and "top" for stop If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!

I'm a little shy sometimes....

I'm so happy to be crawling now and getting into everything my mommy says is a "no-no"

"grrrrrrr"