More Attempts to Catch Trevor Smiling

I did a little better this time:

Vacation

This past week, we went on vacation to Panama City Beach. Mommy, Daddy, Jordan, Trevor, Nana, Auntie and her boyfriend, Lucas.

Auntie and Trevor before dinner on Sunday night:

We discovered that Trevor LOVES the ocean. We would sit him out on the balcony in this travel swing (a genius invention, by the way) and he would listen to the sound of the ocean and be perfectly content:

We didn't want Trevor to get too much sun, and obviously, Daddy wasn't interested in working on his tan, so this tent worked well for one day (it was kind of flimsy and blew over and was out of commission the rest of the week).

Lucas bought Jordan some water guns. I decided I could live with water guns, but he knows he won't be taking Jordan hunting.

Jordan was quite the putt-putt golfer. He even got a hole in one!

Auntie and Trevor again:
Lucas feeding Trevor: We went to the outlet malls in Destin and they had a really cool playground with a pirate ship:

Much to mommy and auntie's dismay, Jordan has decided he is scared of the water. It got worse every day. He wouldn't even go in without someone carrying him and you had to have BOTH hands on him. Mommy and Auntie were both fish when they were little and were swimming on their own at this age, so I'm not really sure what to do about this fear. Below, is a huge accomplishment. On the last day, I got Jordan to sit on the steps by himself and play with is boat. I cannot even describe the amount of coaxing this took.



Daddy and Trevor:
Jordan wearing his Big Brother t-shirt and playing by the fountain at a local restaurant:

Trevor and Nana. Isn't Trevor hansome in his little outfit?
Mommy and Daddy at dinner:

More of Trevor with Nana and Mommy:

Auntie and Jordan:

I know this picture seems random, but it shows how easily entertained kids can be in the midst of the all the crap we buy them. This mound of grass Jordan is standing on provided at least an hour of entertainment. He and auntie ran up and down it (along with 10 or 15 other kids) until Auntie just couldn't run anymore:

Trevor

Trevor has finally started smiling and laughing (which has really helped Mommy's sanity in the midst of all of the reflux problems). I tried to capture it on camera, but didn't do a very good job. Here are some cute pictures anyway.

Local Celebrities

Daddy and Jordan have their pictures on a local LexTran bus! Daddy works for the United Way and they are advertising this year's campaign slogan "Live United" on a local bus. They took a lot of pictures of employees and local individuals for the campaign and both Daddy and Jordan made the bus. They are also on other promotional materials. Notably, Trevor and Mommy had their pictures taken too, but didn't get "published" . . . ..

A week in Somerset

Daddy was at a conference in South Carolina last week, so the boys and I went to Somerset to stay with Nana. This seemed like a really good idea because she would be able to help me out. What I didn't consider was that while I would have help at night, Nana would be working during the day and where I usually have just Trevor at home with me (because Jordan goes to school/daycare), I would have both boys all day. It was a challenge, but luckily, Papa is retired now and Nana has more toys at her house than we have at home. And there's a waterpark in Somerset!

It was a great week and Jordan and I got to spend some good Mommy/Jordan time. We went to see Kung Fu Panda for Jordan's second trip ever to the movie theater and we went to the waterpark twice. This was really important because he's been acting out and needing a lot of attention lately. I know that's normal both at his age and with the introduction of a new sibling, but frankly, I'm ready for it to be over. I hate feeling like we're constatntly disciplining him.

On Tuesday we visited Papa. Jordan loves his golf cart. As a matter of fact, he calls him, "my Papa with the yellow golf cart." I think that between the visit on Tuesday and the time Jordan spent with Papa on Thursday morning while mommy got her hair cut, he probably rode the golf cart 7 or 8 times.

As I said, there are lots of toys at Nana's house. This includes outdoor toys. Incluing THREE different kinds of basketball goals. No kidding. See for yourself:

And for our visit, she bought a pool:

The waterpark in Somerset is SO cool. I really wish they had this when I was a kid. Here are some pictures of the park and of Jordan playing with Jane Ann, the daughter of one of my best friends from high school: