Trent's Jake and the Neverland Pirates 2nd Birthday Party

I have no clue where the past couple of months have gone!  September was a blur and October is nearly over.  I, once again have neglected my blog.  I have been busy pretty much every single day for the past few months.  I have had a "bonus baby" at least two, to three times a week since September.  Life has been crazy! Taelyn and Trent are at a fun stage in life.  Trent just turned two on October 10th and as of October 20th, Taelyn hit her 3 and a half year mark. 

As of Trent's two year check up, he is now 29 pounds, 35 1/2 inches tall, 60th percentile for height and weight.  He is putting together three and four word sentences. ( I was worried for a while because he wasn't talking much at all) He is ALL BOY!  He loves playing with cars and trucks.  He is obsessed with Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  He loves wearing hats and wears one pretty much everyday. Just like his Daddy, he has a love for the Dodgers. 

The weekend of his actual birthday, Todd and JJ went to Dallas for a Cowboy's football game. 

 Obviously, Daddy was having a blast!

 Silly Daddy

We were crazy busy with different activities and parties this year that we had to have Trent's birthday Party 10 days after his birthday. We started planning, oh, about three weeks before the party.  I was totally not in the party mood this year, but we pulled it off.  Once it was all said and done, I am so glad we had a great party and everyone enjoyed themselves.  I sent out a Facebook invite and text message, (so tacky, but hey, it did the trick) There were so many people here.  This year, I decided that I was not going to go all out like I usually do and cut costs anywhere I could.  I didn't do the decorating like I would like, I didn't pay much attention to detail, I just kept it simple.  I figured, as long as there is good food, good people and fun things for the kids to do, it will be a success, and boy was I right.  There were hardly any decorations and I don't think anyone even noticed. 

I made well over 100 cookies, and there were NONE left over 

Father and son

 

 Eddie got into the Pirate spirit

The play room was packed to capacity

The Jumper is always a hug hit

Trent took the first hit of the pinata 

 Braxdon

 Taelyn

 Tylia

There were so many kids! After every kid had a shot at the Pinata, I gave it a go!

I have to note, I was quite proud of myself because I knew EVERY SINGLE kid's name!

 It was a scramble after we opened the pinata

 It was a struggle to get a family picture, this is the best we got :(

 Taelyn wasn't feeling the picture, so she ditched us and we got a good one of the three of us

Happy 2nd Birthday, Tank!

I really have no clue how many people were at the party, I just know it was an amazing turn out and my little man was showered with love.  He had so much fun! I do know we have the best family and friends anyone could ever ask for!

Bunch of Random Updates

~Trent was super sick for about a day and a half with a fever of 105.9.  He was acting as if nothing was wrong.  If he wasn't burning hot, I would have never known he was sick.  I took him to the doctor and they told me, it was Roseola, after observing him for the following week, I don't think he was diagnosed correctly.  He was fine right after the initial day. He never got a rash, or acted as if he wasn't feeling well. 

~Taelyn got a fever of 104.5 about three days after Trent.  It lasted about 12 hours.  She was fine as well.  Whatever virus they were fighting, it came and went quickly!

~We went to Yucaipa Regional Park with some friends

 ~Trent started gymnastics at My Gym

 Little monkey swinging from the rope

 ~Taelyn started Ballet and Jazz. This is Trent watching her.  For some reason, all I have is videos of Taelyn from class, no pictures :(

 

Grammy and Grampy came for a visit.  They brought Taelyn a puzzle

 Grampy getting some Taelyn snuggles

 Trent got his hair cut.  He did really well.  We gave him some grapes and he sat perfectly still. 

 

Trent looks like such a big man with his hair so short.  His little baby curls are gone :( 

 

~We went to visit Todd's Aunt, Uncle and Cousins in Costa Mesa, this was one of the two pictures I took

 This is the other picture I took that day.  Trent with his cousin's helmet on

~We had a yard sale last Saturday.  Obviously, Trent was super helpful

 ~Tylia, Taelyn's bestest friend, came over for a visit after the yard sale.  I think they are ready for football season

 When Tylia left, we went to the Drive-In Theater with the cousins to see Planes

~For about a month now, Taelyn is no longer a thumb sucker!!!  You have no idea how happy I am to report this.  I despised the fact she sucked her thumb.  Not only did she suck her thumb, but she also would bite her nails.  I was going crazy trying to think of ways to get her to stop.  I used every trick in the book, lemons, hot sauce, gloves, tape, I even used Mavala Stop (really bitter tasting nail polish) That didn't work.  One day we were at my mom's house and Taelyn asked her to paint her nails and so my mom said that if she stopped sucking her thumb and biting her nails, she would paint them every time she saw her... by golly if that didn't do the trick! Taelyn stopped that very second.  Her desire to have pretty nails and toe nails outweighed her desire to bite and suck her thumb.  She has amazing will power for a three year old. 

~For the past four days, I have been feeling pretty crumby.  I don't know what is wrong with me.  I am tired ALL. DAY. LONG.  I wake up tired, I feel like I am a zombie for the whole day and as soon as the kids go to bed, I crash.  I have zero energy.  I am light headed with a nagging headache that won't go away.  It's not like a migraine, more like a throbbing feeling in the back of my eyes that is never ending.  I would like to go to the doctor, but unfortunately, I don't have anyone to watch my kids while my husband is at work.  Being a stay at home mom, I don't really get any time away, so I sit in a funk, trying not to lose my patience with my kids, who seem to think I am a human jungle gym, I drive them to their various activities, and just soldier up because I have no other choice.  They don't understand that I don't feel well.  Like every season, this will pass. 

~Yesterday's So You Think You Can Dance is over, so Taelyn is now crawling on top of the laptop, trying to get my attention.  I guess my pity party is over.  Tomorrow will be a better day, I'm sure.  As for today, I think I need to go to Urgent Care.   Until the next time I have a moment to myself....

Nine Busy Summer Days

Last week was a super busy week. We did something EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!  Starting on Sunday of last week, we went to church, had lunch at home, napped and then met up with the Thompson's at Splash Kingdom.  These kids had a blast!

 The Thompson's on the Lazy River

Todd took Trent on the Lazy River (Taelyn didn't want to go)

Taelyn chose to hang out with Mommy

They enjoyed walking on the splash pad

Todd is such a big kid, he was excited when the bucket dumped all the water on him and the kids enjoyed watching from a safe distance

Leaving the park, Taelyn and Trent were holding hands.  I love catching sweet moments like this

Monday: We went to Costco, hung out at my mom's house, came home for naps and when the kids woke up, we went to Victoria Gardens to have dinner with Marco at Lucille's.  Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of our day. 

Tuesday:  We went to the Beaumont Library for a FREE children's carnival.  It was super fun for the kids.  There was a magic show, a hula hooping station

A Play-Doh station 

A table full of Mr. Potato Heads to play with, a bubble making station, snacks, face painting and many other games.  The kids had a great time going from station to station and playing.  We came home for naps and while the kids were napping I started making cookies.  Trent woke up to the smell and came downstairs to join me.  This is what he was doing:

I swear, I spend most of my day trying to keep him from harming himself.  He climbs on EVERYTHING!

I made the cookies to take to the Redlands Bowl to watch The Sound of Music. Our friends and the Redlands Christian Center were ushers and invited us to have dinner and hang out.  Taelyn was being silly with the donation buckets

Of course, Trent does everything his Ate Taelyn does

Silly girls, bucket heads

All of the kids after dinner

Wednesday: We went to Yucaipa Regional Park

My little water Tunk

Taelyn was getting brave and going in to about her neck!  I snapped this picture as she was walking out

We met up with our friends Jessica and her kids (laying in the sand in the background) and Anthony and his daughter Mila (pictured) Carly and Braxdon were with us also, but for some reason, I don't have any pictures of them.  :(

These were the only pictures I took all day, I must have been out of it. 

Thursday: I met up with my friend Lea and her daughter Brooklyn at Story Time at Smiley Library and then we went to Chick-Fil-A and had lunch while the kids played in the play area.  Taelyn traded in her book for some ice cream, as you can see, she was loving it!

After nap time, I busted out the baking soda, vinegar, food coloring and eyedroppers.  This was Trent's first time playing with this and he made a mess, but he loved! This is such a fun and time consuming activity.  The kids enjoyed it, they are working on their motor skills (working the eyedropper) learning colors and learning about the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar.  Of course that is for when they are much older, but I did try to explain how when you put two chemicals together to get a reaction.  They didn't care at all, they just loved the fizz. 

Friday: We didn't go anywhere on this day, but we had lots of visitors.  The kids played outside with Geoffrey in the morning while we waited for Kaleb, our Godson and and his baby sister Kendall. 

My nieces, Maila, Maya, Leah and nephew Allan also came over.  I had SEVEN kids total from 10am-4pm.  The kids all played great together.  The girls played "Dress Up"

Kendall was so cute as Princess Aurora

When everyone left,  I went to Crossfit Covert to get my WOD on.  When we got home, the kids played outside and by bedtime, I was spent!

Saturday: We woke up super early and went back to Crossfit.  After, we ran home so I could shower and get dressed.  We stopped at my mom's house so she could hang out with the kids for a little while.  After we left my mom's house, we went to our friend, Allison's, 8th birthday Luau. 

Taelyn loved the flower head band

Trent has a thing with Hula Hoops

Watching Allison blow out the candles

Trent was playing with the pool toys

After the party, we went home to meet up with Daddy so we could go to dinner with the Thompson's.  We went to Claim Jumpers and after, the kids played outside until it got dark. 

Sunday: We went to church in the morning, then after church we went straight to Loma Linda to visit my sweet Sorority Sister Tekura.  This woman is such a true testimony!  While pregnant, she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and she underwent Chemotherapy, had surgery to have lymph nodes removed on July 20, on July 30, she was told she was cancer free!! Then just four days later, she had an emergency c-section and Lacey Lin is here and she is PERFECT!!! I am just in awe at how she was able to get through this and have such a positive outlook, according to her, it was nothing but GOD, so all I have to say to that is PRAISE HIM!!! 

 Beautiful Lacey

 After the hospital, we ran to Costco for a few things.  I met up with Carly to get a pedicure while Todd took the kids home to nap.  After naps, we met the Sanders Family at Victoria Gardens and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. 

 Trent and his Shenanigans, when we were wrapping up dinner, Todd took him out of his high chair and he disappeared! We all were frantically looking around for him and we heard a faint little giggle, we look over about 10 feet away and this little boy was in the WINDOW!  He is out of control, I swear, I have no idea where he came from! He is always up to something.  He thought it was hilarious that we were having a heart attack looking for him. 

Monday: I woke up and went to Crossfit.  Todd got the kids dressed and ready while I was gone.  They are currently at the movies watching the Smurfs, while I am sitting here writing this blog and watching The Real.  Its a silly day time talk show, but I really enjoy it.  Sorry for this beast of a blog post, but I just can't believe how much we have done in nine days.  I try and stay busy, but I think a day where we do absolutely NOTHING is in our near future, just not tomorrow, I plan on doing the $1 movie at Krikorian and getting my hair done, I'm really excited about my hair appointment.  Summer will be over as soon as I know it, so I want to remember all of the fun things I do with the kids.