Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

Last night Trenton went to his SECOND GreenJackets game. It was HOT, but the heat quickly turned to rain. However, my little man did a great job keeping dry and safe. Here are a few pictures from last night and just the past few days. It is amazing how much he has grown!

I mean it seems like not too long ago I was blogging about him holding his bottle and now he can hold his sippy cup!

Now, that you have fallen in love with this face all over again, in 48 hours, I am asking for your help. I have entered Trenton in a contest at Gerber.com. I am hopeful he will win because it is a 25K Scholarship. So, in 48 hours, check back for the link so you can vote for my baby! I mean, he is the cutest!

Wii are Family!

Catchy title in order to get away with blogging about two totally unrelated items; however, I cannot let a day go by without blogging about our new toy, the Wii. Now, I know plenty of people have one and know about it, but Wes and I are new to it and LOVE it. Now, we are not big game players, but the Wii Fit and I have become fast friends. Wes even loves it. We played with Trenton, Wes cooked (he lost a bet), Wes walked Baxter, I washed my car, and we worked out on the Wii. Now, Wes and I are competitive, but we are trying not to be in this, mostly because I would be devastated after last night, night 2, our stats were this....Sara, down .4lbs, Wes, down 2.4lbs....that isn't fair! However, I told him the results just show me how much he was eating. I am excited for him though. So, Operation Bridesmaid continues. I am hopeful to lose more, but working out tonight will be hard with the season finale of Glee! I will stay dedicated....

On a Trenton note, this morning we arrived at daycare and Trenton saw one of the ladies and got SO excited. At first, my heart broke a little, but then I realized that he LOVES where he is and he is in good hands with the ladies. Trenton is SO much fun these days. I swear he and Baxter can talk to each other. This morning as I was getting ready, Trenton was talking to whoever would listen. In this case, it was Baxter. I was in the bathroom putting on make up and could talk to him, but not like Baxter. I sneak a peek and this is what I find.

Trenton is saying DaDa and all his other noises and Baxter is whimpering and licking his foot. Oh, how these two love each other. I guess that is what they are saying!

What a difference a hospital stay makes....

We had a time at the hospital! Mama was definitely not the happiest or friendliest guest. I did enjoy sleeping on the vinyl couch and the massive scrape I received from the metal wire poking through my vinyl mattress. I did learn that I need to specify for them NOT to put the IV in Trenton's left arm. Bless his left hand loving heart, he couldn't figure out where his thumb was because it was covered by the IV. We made it through, but I was not the nicest guest. I was grateful for all the doctor did to help Trenton, but exhaustion had set in and I was pretty much over staying the night when nothing was done. Another amazing thing is that Thursday night Trenton couldn't sleep, so we were up at 10:30, 2:30, 4:00 and 4:30. No worries, we slept from 4:30 to 6:00! So, needless to say, when they released us, we were GONE!

So, Friday was a complete exhaustive day. Saturday, Wes and I started playing our new Wii and fell in LOVE! Much to Wes's dismay, I am pretty good at Tiger Wood's Golf and even beat him. We also went and bought the Wii Fit on Saturday and started doing that Sunday. BUT, the amazing news is on Saturday, while Wes was golfing, Trenton said "DaDa". I have never seen Wes's face light up so much! He said it once and Wes just looked at me, then he said it again! He has since not stopped saying it, unless we want him to. I love hearing him say it though. I am trying to teach him MaMa, but when I say that he sticks out his tongue and laughs and then says DaDa. I am so excited for Wes though. He and Trenton are like two peas in a pod. I cannot wait to listen to Trenton grow more. Granted, we still can't sit up, but soon we will know subject/verb agreement. :)

While I showed my fanny at the hospital...all to get my son his left thumb, it was all worth it since we were able to hear his first precious DaDa!

procedure day

they just took trenton back. Everyone has been super nice and although I am still nervous, I know he is in good hands. Dr. Borders said he will just look and may put a stent in or may do nothing. About an hour until it is over. Trenton has been doing well, but hungry.

Happy Birthday Trenton, cont.

Blogger and I had a disagreement, so more recent pictures of Trenton will come soon.

he is a big boy now and can do it by himself!

Playing wiht his new alphabet toy early in the morning!
He now sucks in his lips when he is doing anything...precious!

Happy Birthday, Trenton!

My little man is 7 months old today! So, please check Ansley's blog theboatmans.wordpress.com for the medical update, but I have decided to just rejoice in my baby turning 7 months. He is the most amazing miracle I have ever had the privilege of knowing. I understand that he is still just a baby and we have a lot still to do, but I love him so much. So, below are some recent pictures of my precious miracle. Please do keep him in your prayers tomorrow as he goes for his procedure. However, just watching him pull off his socks this morning and being amazed and so proud of what he had done. I cannot wait for him to start sitting up, crawling, walking, and giving me a run for my money! Wes and I are truly blessed and all the joy we get from Trenton makes all the hard times we endured worth every minute!

Trenton around day 2 of life. I was so scared then, but never knew how much a parent truly loves their child until I got to meet him.

Now, I cannot believe how much fun he is!

How the Lottery Changed Our Lives...

Wes and I rarely play the lottery...well, I rarely play the lottery, but Wes...a little more. Anyway, last Wednesday I decided I wanted a scratch off, so Wes went to the store and bought some tickets. We spent $40 that time, but we won $25. We didn't break even, but he cashed in the tickets and bought another $10 ticket. On that $10 ticket he won $100. He called and we were excited. Well, he went again and bought another $10 ticket. I never heard from him, so I figured it was nothing. That day, Thursday, we were meeting for lunch and he brings Heather the ticket and tells her to show it to me. She does and we had won $500!!!! I could not believe it! Even funnier is when Wes pulled up I was talking to Debra and asked why he was here. He was 30 minutes early for our lunch date. Well, she said "Maybe he is bringing you money". My response, "Yeah right!"Clearly, I had to eat my words.

All in all, we won about $600. Well, knowing when to stop, we decided no more. However, that seemed to change come Saturday morning. Wes went to the store and just bought one more and won another $100!

I am telling you, we are done! We can't continue this much longer.

So, like those shows, the lottery changed my life in the following ways...
the taxes on my car were due this month, one less headache
i could shop this weekend without using my debit card AND still have money left
grocery shopping didn't hurt my feelings as much (wouldn't you know I had more coupons this week than any other!)

I would love to tell you that we won the BIG jackpot, but if we EVER did that, I would remain anonymous! So, we are done with our lottery winnings for a while, but it was nice to say the lottery changed our lives!