Sunday, May 22, 2011

1st Birthday Parties!!

Wow, what a week of celebrating! What a lucky birthday boy to get three festivities!


We started the celebrations on his actual birthday by going to the Children's Museum. Luckily, cousin Eli and Aunt Michelle were also in town that day, so they got to come along with us!

Birthday boy at Children's Museum


At the water station


Of course you have to get your face painted on your birthday!






Always good times at the Children's Museum!


Then later that night, we went over to Uncle Trav, Aunt Bridg and cousin Lincoln's house to have a birthday BBQ. G'pa Danner also happened to be in town that day, so got to come over for the festivities as well!

Birthday Boy


Mama & birthday boy


One of many attempts at a cousin picture :)


Not sure what to make of our singing :)




G'pa & T Man


Then that following weekend, we had his 1st Birthday BabyQ with all of our closest friends and family. Grama & Papa even came down from Issaquah for the festivities and we got to do more celebrating!!

Cupcakes, cookies and cake pops galore :)


Pics of his friends and family over the past year


Do you think there are enough goodies?? I think I may have overestimated...


The birthday boy (not loving the birthday hat :)


Little T & Uncle T :)


The "playroom" was definitely a busy place!








One of three attempts at a pic with all of them looking at camera/smiling. Oh well, we'll get it one of these days!


Starting to open gifts




Loving the new wagon - a gift all little boys must have! Thank you Uncle Nate & Aunt Christie!


Birthday cupcake!

Digging in!



T Man with all his ladies!


More of his birthday guests!


Beautiful sunset at the end of a fun birthday party!
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Happy birthday, my sweet Tristan!!

I cannot believe we are already here. My sweet Little Man is ONE YEAR OLD today!! What a year it has been. He has changed our lives for the better - so much more than I ever realized. Here is a look back over the past year...


T's birthday


1 month old


2 months


3 months


4 months


5 months


Halloween w/ cousin Lincoln


6 months


7 months


8 months



9 months (yes, we recycle outfits :)


10 months


Easter in Palm Springs


Cinco de Mayo at the Zervis'



11 months







Happy birthday, sweet Tristan!!!
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

1st birthday present!

T Man was so excited to see the UPS man drop off his first birthday present the other day! It was the perfect gift for his first present! Brian's parents saved Brian's first toy truck all these years (31!) that he also got for his first birthday. In with the box was also a letter (similar to his first teddy :) and a picture of Brian with the truck. SO precious! I couldn't believe how excited he was to open this gift!











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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Mother's Day weekend

I guess you could say Mother's Day really started on Thursday when Brian watched Little Man for two days so that I could go away with my staff for a faculty retreat to Astoria. As hard as it was to leave him for two whole days and one night, it was really nice to connect with all the amazing teachers at my school. Especially since I don't get to see them as much this year now that I'm part-time. During those couple of days, I realized how fortunate I am to work with such great people at such a wonderful school. I am also thankful for my generous husband who pretty much took two days off work so that I could go on this retreat.


Truth be told, this is actually a picture of a photograph we were given at the retreat - I can't take credit for it! I wish I would have gotten some pictures to document such a great couple days!

Then on Saturday night, Brian also watched T Man so that I could join all of the ladies at Lawrence's for a "girls night in". It's a rarity that 10 of us can find a weekend that works for everyone (we missed you Jenna!) A lot of wine and pizza were consumed as we all stayed late night, laughing while playing games. And since seven of us were mommies, a very special thank you goes out to our hubbies for letting us have a mommy's night out - it was a great segue into our Mom's Day! And I'm so bummed I didn't pull out the camera to capture this night!

And then on Mommy's Day, I was treated with breaksfast in bed by my cute little men. I was also given these sweet cards and was surprised that even Bella & Brody remembered, too! It was an overall nice and relaxing day!



(Not sure why these pics are upside down and sideways - trying to work on it...)

It's hard to imagine that this time last year was our due date. I remember waking up that day thinking, "this could be it!" We spent the day walking around the waterfront hoping to get things moving. It's funny to think that he still had another week before he was ready (and even then wasn't really ready!) What a difference a year makes!

I can't believe how lucky I am to be a mom to such an amazing little boy. He has blessed my life in more ways than I could ever describe. Being a mom to him is the most inspiring, exciting and fulfulling thing I could ever do. Each day gets better and better - thank you, Tristan, for being apart of our lives! You are the best gift I could have ever been given!!
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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Yard work

T Man's favorite thing lately has been to watch Brian mow the lawn. The living room (or more recently, T's playroom) window is at the perfect height for him to barely peer over it's ledge to see what is happening in the outside world. If the neighbor's garage door opens, he alerts me there is action across the street. If someone walks by with their dog, he pounds on the window trying to get their attention. He's become the nosy old lady neighbor who knows everyone's business. Between he and Brody, I now know more than I need to about the neighbors.

One day when we (finally) had a little sun, Brian recruited Tristan to help him clean up the front yard. He had so much fun crawling around and moving the wheelbarrow. Just starting him early!







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Thursday, May 5, 2011

!Cinco de Mayo!

Last weekend, we went to the Zervis' for their 7th (?) annual Cinco de Drinko fiesta. This tradition started well before we all had kiddos. Now that little ones are involved, it definitely made this year's fiesta a little different! Even though the Zerivs ninos were away for the night, Tristan still insisted he be apart of the festivities. We know we only have a few years of him joining us before a babysitter is a must, so we're trying to take advantage of this age!


Taking advantage of Park Zervis - loving their new play structure!




Of course a pinata is a must at a fiesta! But there's a reason why 8 year olds have them at their parties and adults do not - spinning with eyes closed after a few Coronas while holding a bat just doesn't sound like a good idea!


Uncle Sam and Tristan. I'm going to have to keep my eyes on these two.
Sorry again for the picture quality. Still holding out for the iPhone4 - just throwing it out there for anyone who is listening :)

Thanks again, Zervisssss (or Zervi, as Lawrence calls them!) Always a good fiesta!
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