M I C K E Y M O U S E

I got Trace a new cup and gave it to him on Saturday morning. It is a Mickey Mouse sippy cup. The child has not put it down ever since. It went to and from Target on Saturday and today he went to Miss Beth's house to visit (and to snack!). Needless to say Trace Loves Mickey Mouse!!!

Where have we been.....

The BEACH!!!!
its hard to walk in sand...

but I can do it!

sweet baby!

Mommy and Trace

My beautiful girls (Laura 14, Leah 13, Sami 11)

Grandma and Trace

Aunt Michelle and Trace

Aunt Kristen and Trace

Running on the beach

Hanging in the shade with mommy

Two hand fulls of sand and Leah

relaxing after a great meal....

getting ready to surf!

outside!

Aunt Michelle and Trace riding the waves

We had a great time at the Beach with Aunt Kristen, Grandma, Aunt Michelle, Laura, Leah and Samantha! We missed Daddy so much! Trace LOVED the sand throwing it, eating it, running on the beach everything. He loved being with all of his ladies! I loved getting to spend so much time with him.

Happy 4th of July!

Fireworks!!!!

Daddy working hard on our fireworks!

Look mom! Its a big wheel

I think I need one of these!

See Daddy, it has all kinds of buttons

chilling on the 4th of July!!!

==Of course, I failed to get a family picture :( ==

What are these things mommy put on my feet....

seriously, does she expect me to walk in them....

there is something between my toes....

mommy you are so silly.....

: )



We had a great 4th of July. We relaxed all day and went to our friends house for a cookout around 4:00. They had lots of little ones and friends over. The weather was perfect and after the cookout the fireworks began. Trace went down to sleep around 8 so he slept through the fireworks again this year... Most of the little ones were pretty scared them so maybe it is best that he sleeps through them till he is a little bigger. Today we took him to get a much needed hair cut. No pictures since the hair cut.... this week Trace and I are headed to the beach! It will just be Trace and ALL of his ladies... Grandma, Aunt KK, Aunt Shell, Laura, Leah and Samantha... I'm sure no spoiling will take place!

Off to Grandmas

Trace was not impressed with the pool Grandma got him.
my blocks are wet!

Aunt KK!

Mommy and Trace

ready for college...



John was out of town so Trace and I headed to Grandma's house a couple weeks ago. We spent time with Grandma, Grandpa Ed, Aunt KK and Grandpa too.

I didnt do a very good job taking pictures with everyone.

bawll

company....what company?

We had a GREAT TIME with Aunt Michelle, Laura, Leah and Samantha.... However... I didn't get my camera out... I know, I know. And of course Michelle took probably 200 pictures and tons of videos but I forgot to download them to my computer (which was my plan) So I have no proof of them being here. They picked up Trace from school on Tuesday just after his lunch... Spoiled him rotten until I got home then I fixed turkey burgers for dinner. Trace spent Wednesday with the girls till I got home from work around 1. I noticed he felt a little warm and turns out he was running a fever of 101. I panicked a little as it eventually went up to 102.8 later in the evening. Aunt Kristen came over to have dinner with us on Wednesday so he had plenty of ladies to love on him. Turns out he is getting both of his top eye teeth along with 2 others on the bottom. Needless to say he was pretty pitiful on Thursday. I did take him to the doctor just in case. His ears looked great so he either had a little virus or just running a fever from the teeth. The girls stayed till just after lunch and had to go home. :( Trace and I were both very sad to see them leave. We loved having them here! Trace did ok at school on Friday but then got another high fever so I picked him up. He was SO pitiful when I got there. Laying on the mat on the floor sweating. I felt so bad. I kept him on Tylenol and Motrin all day Friday night and Saturday. He didn't sleep very well Friday night. I think his teeth were really hurting but Saturday night was much better. Sunday Trace, Logan and I went to the park to see Trace's former teacher Mrs. Lavine. It was great to see her and she got to love on Trace for a bit. We met her at the park early Sunday morning.

We are ready for a new week, hoping those teeth don't give him too much trouble...

Happy Birthday Baby!

Chris Martin (ColdPlay)
John and I at the concert

getting one last hug before we leave!

Happy Birthday Baby!!! I love you!!!!!

Yesterday was John's birthday... Trace and I had a great time spoiling him this weekend. He played golf with friends on Friday and it was a beautiful day for them! Saturday we relaxed and played with the boys before heading downtown for the Snow Patrol & ColdPlay concert. I bought the tickets back in March and surprised John once we got downtown. We ate on the roof top at Baileys on Broadway and walked over to the concert. We had a great time and really enjoyed being out. The weather was perfect for walking around and sitting outside for dinner. Aunt KK kept Trace for us so a special THANK YOU to her!

Trace is slowly becoming our wild man! He is ALL BOY! but is still such a sweet heart. We are super excited because Michelle and the girls are coming to stay with us this week. It will be a quick trip (coming in Tuesday and leaving Thursday) but we are SO excited. They are going to keep Trace home and play with him. Hopefully I will be able join them some too.

Notice to all... Trace said "K K" today!!!! Sorry grandma but it's true....

I hope John had a nice weekend and is able to enjoy a few more days in his birthday month... He is a great daddy to my sweet baby boy and we love him very much.