Trevor's Birthday Party!

We celebrated Trevor's birthday this past weekend.  He was NOT a fan of his cake.  He's actually had cake before (he's so the third child!) and loved it, but he wanted nothing to do with this cake!

 He was a tired boy after the party, and went to bed as soon as everyone left.  The next morning he woke up with a smile on his face, and was ready for presents!

He kept staring at his new sippy cups.  I think he was trying to figure out why there was no milk in them!  At one point, he actually tried to drink from the cups - while they were still in the package!  Silly boy.

 He's rolling in the money now!

 He had a great birthday weekend.  Thanks to everyone who helped him celebrate his first birthday!

Trevor is ONE!

I can't believe my sweet baby is ONE!  What a fun year it has been!  He is so close to walking now...he just has to let go.  He loves to give his brothers kisses and will drop EVERYTHING if he sees someone playing with a ball.  He loves to play 'catch'.  He gets into everything...every drawer, every cabinet, anything within his reach!  He's so tall too, that we really have to watch where we put things.  The other day he pulled a placemat off of the KITCHEN TABLE and knocked down everything that was on that placemat.  Seriously, I did not know he was tall enough to reach things on the kitchen table.  He's in the 98th percentile for height, so I guess I should have known better!  He doesn't sit still very long now, so it's hard to get good pictures of him.  Here he is before he woke up - possibly the only time he is still!

 Birthday Boy!

 My favorite boys!  (Dylan still has an orange soda mustache from the ballgame the day before!  He did take a bath, but it wouldn't come off...must have been a good orange soda!)

Go Cards!

Today Dylan, his friend Grant and I headed to the ballgame with their school.  The older kids (and a few of Dylan's friends!) were singing the National Anthem before the game started!  The weather was absolutely perfect!  Here are the boys when we finally got to our seats.  They were so excited for their nachos...I think because they knew that after nachos came cotton candy!

 Here's Grant helping some random lady (I assumed she was part of the St. Paul crowd, but it turned out she wasn't!) start the wave!  

 We found a friend!  Jayden, Grant and Dylan.  Such handsome young men!  (Never mind Dylan's orange soda mustache.  LOL)

World Bird Sanctuary and Lone Elk Park

Today we headed outside for some much needed fresh air!  We saw lots of fun birds at the World Bird Sanctuary. 

 

Trevor is getting so big so fast!  He was tall enough to peek over the cage and check out the bunny.  He thought his brothers were pretty funny when we were taking pictures of the cake too!

  Then we headed across the street to Lone Elk Park.  Jackson was super chill taking pictures by the cake, in Scott's sunglasses and with the elk in the background.  

Seven bison...

and lots of elk!

 

Zoo and Turtle Park

Today we wanted to get out and run, so we went to the Zoo and Turtle Park.  Jackson really wanted to see the elephants!

 He also enjoyed watching the seal in the seal tunnel.

 Trevor really liked the fish!

 The boys had fun climbing on all the turtles at the Turtle Park.  

St. Patrick's Day!

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day at the lake with Mama and Papa.  Although, when we woke up in the morning, it looked more like Valentines Day!  Look at all those red pajamas!  Everyone was pitching in and making yummy cinnamon roll pretzels!  

 We tried to get some fishing in, but the fish just weren't biting.  It was a little too chilly for them.

 The lake was so low that the boys had a rock beach to play on.  They found lots of little shells, an old toy that Buddy lost in the lake, and some dead fish, yuck!

Now we're all in the right color, and ready for the parade!

 Trevor was having so much fun.  He's really into "Peek a Boo" and "Soo Big" right now. 

 And he gives lots of kisses!

Trevor - 11 Months!

This little guy is such a bundle of joy!  Now that he is (FINALLY!) feeling better, he is the happiest thing ever.  He is always laughing, exploring and having a great time.  He has started playing peek a boo, loves giving kisses and hugs and does a little bit of furniture surfing!  (although sometimes he forgets to move his feet.  HA!)  He loves clapping and is trying to figure out the whole waving thing.  He loves to play ball and he has lots of buddies in this house that will play ball with him.  :)  There is definitely no shortage of love for this little man!