Marietta's Fourth of July Parade

To kick off the Fourth of July weekend, Mommy and Trenton attended Marietta's 4th of July Parade in the Square while Daddy golfed. We are usually downtown at the Peachtree Roadrace on the morning of the 4th when the parade typically occurs. However, because the 4th falls on a Sunday this year, Marietta held all their patriotic events on Sat. So, this was not only Trenton's first parade, but Mommy's first time seeing Marietta's 4th. Lucky us because Marietta's parade was a blast! The weather was perfect, our family and friends joined us, and the floats were pretty neat to watch.

My first parade....hooray!!!

Trenton had a good time watching the parade with Mr. Justin.

We are thankful for our soldiers.

Sawyer and Hudson slept through most of the parade, but we were glad they could join us.

Trenton watches more floats with Aunt Jacquelyn and Uncle Brad.

The antebellum ladies

Trenton had a blast at the parade!

Playing

Trenton is full of life and we love it. He loves playing (or watching at this stage) other children. Hudson likes to come over and help out with Trenton. He knows exactly how to check on the sleeping baby on the video monitor and loves holding Trenton.

Recently, we have realized that Trenton is infatuated with faces. When nursing he always reaches up to my face and grabs my lips. Sometimes he reaches up to the nose, but he tends to stick mostly to the lips. Then, we always play a game we created called "Getcha" with Trenton. It is when we kiss all over his cheeks making funny noises. He giggles like crazy and grabs your face with his hands in excitement. Now he plays the game back. His version consists mostly of covering you with slobber, sucking on your face, or gnawing on your chin. It is really funny and definitely gets he laughing!

Hudson loves to hold Trenton.

Trenton loves playing with faces.

Trenton getting Daddy.

Oops....got the nose!

Trenton doing one of his favorite things, motorboat, with his mouth.

And giving Daddy a shower of spit in the process.

Houston....We Have a Tooth!

While watering the flowers, Mommy made a discovery. As Trenton grabbed her finger to chew on it, Mommy felt Trenton's first tooth! We knew it was coming at some point, but it is finally here. The little, sharp edges were a dead give away to what lies ahead. It looks like two other bottom teeth are close (you can see them right below the gums) but this one has poked its way through. Congratulations Trenton!


Gnawing on his hands......


Drooling like crazy......


Can only mean one thing....teeth! If you look closely, you'll see Trenton's bottom left tooth popping through his gums.

Mommy & Daddy's 2nd Anniversary

Today was Mommy and Daddy's second anniversary. Mommy and Trenton met Daddy after work at Genki to have dinner. During the day, Mommy and Trenton had written Daddy an anniversary poem, and we were excited to give it to him. Daddy loved it!

Dinner was eventful. Little Trenton has become quite social and tonight was nothing from the ordinary. All we could do was laugh when he'd squeal in excitement. It seems that once he gets started, it takes a little bit for it to stop. Also, we quickly learned that sushi and a baby don't mix. It is probably one of the most difficult dinners we could have chosen. Nevertheless, it was fun to have Trenton there to celebrate the occasion with us.

Towards the end of dinner we had to take turns standing with him. He was becoming antsy to go to sleep. He is used to having a quick 30 minute nap around 6 and then going to bed between 7-8. It's just the routine he established early on. Well, the environment of the restaurant prevented the nap from occurring during dinner because Trenton was so interested in what was going on around him. So, when dinner ended at 7:00 (yes, early dinners these days!) Trenton was beyond ready to sleep. Before we could get out of the parking lot Trenton was fast asleep in his car seat.

We put him in his crib immediately once we got home and thought that maybe he'd wake up in an hour or two ready for his dinner. Not this boy! In his clothes from the day, a diaper that hadn't been changed since before dinner, and without dinner himself, Trenton was out to the world! He looked so peaceful laying in his crib that we couldn't bare to wake him.....we aren't bad parents, I promise! It wasn't until 6:30 the following morning that we heard a peep from him. Guess date nights wear him out!


Daddy's anniversary poem


chop sticks + baby = a challenge


Opening champagne that we saved from our wedding night. (Last year Mommy was pregnant so we postponed the bottle until our 2nd anniversary.)

Summer Sunday

Sundays seem to be such relaxing family days for us. We went to church this morning and realized that Trenton is not so much of a baby anymore there, and it is getting harder to keep him with us at our seats. He is so interested in what is happening around him, and it's not so easy to settle him into sleep like it used to be. He never cries luckily, but he was fully awake for the first half of the worship service. Mommy was on the edge of her seat thinking Trenton was going to start "talking".....which still consists of screeches and squeals, most of which we usually love to hear. We spent much of the first bit of the service in the soothing room right outside the sanctuary "playing" because Mommy was afraid that he'd get loud sitting in the pew. He finally wore himself out playing about halfway through church, and we were able to join everyone else as the sermon was starting. He slept soundly from then until the car ride home getting a nice 30 minute nap in. As soon as Trenton learns to sit up on his own, I think we are ready to utilize the church nursery. He'll probably love watching and playing with all the other kids in there.

After church our friends Angel and Peter brought their little boy, Will, over for lunch. The boys were really cute together. Will is a couple months older than Trenton so we could see all the fun activities that lie ahead. It still amazes us that so much happens in no time at all. Will sits, crawls, has seven teeth.....Trenton can't sit by himself yet, wants to crawl, and is still bares all gums. It won't stay like this much longer, though.

We spent the evening at Home Depot. Mommy and Daddy are looking to spruce up the yard and patio area. Trenton fell asleep in the stroller soon after getting to the store. Mommy and Daddy spent some more time browsing the store thinking he'd wake soon, but he was out like a light. Daddy needed to run another errand but we didn't want to wake Trenton. So, Mommy stayed in Home Depot walking the aisles and pushing Trenton while he slept....wish we had a picture of this! :) Nevertheless, it was a nice, cool walk compared to the hot 'lanta weather. Thirty minutes later, we were calling Daddy to come get us. Finally, Trenton was awake and Mommy was tired of getting the weird looks. It was time to get out of there. The things you do for babies! :)


Will and Trenton. Trenton's favorite toy lately is his foot. He constantly is holding it!


Angel and Will


Mommy came home and got a kick out of Daddy wearing the bjorn, his coordinating outfit, and the fact that they were "tending to the crops" (or watering the flowers but Daddy won't call it that!) Trenton loves spending time with his Daddy.


Trenton is all grins about being 24 weeks old!

Pool Party Bike Parade

Gardenside had their annual pool party today. To kick off the pool party, they held a bike parade for the kids. Since Trenton wasn't old enough for a bike, Granna and Mommy decorated his stroller so he could join in the fun. All the kids rode around the block and had a great time.


Trenton is ready for the bike (or stroller) parade.


The supper club kids are ready! From left to right: Mac, Trenton, Nia, Miles, Jack, Kate


Mommy and Daddy are ready to walk in the parade and push Trenton.


Trenton loved watching all the kids!

Tomatoes and Hummingbird!

All our watering in the bjorn has paid off! Our first tomatoes turned from green to red this week! Trenton and Daddy picked them after work, and Mommy and Daddy had them with our dinner. Now, we look everyday to see if we have new tomatoes turning red. We can't wait to see more ripen and go pick them!

In addition to the tomatoes, our gladiolus are blooming nicely. Each morning around 10:00 we see a hummingbird in our backyard sucking nectar from the blossoms. He travels from flower to flower before zooming off. (We'll have to take a picture on it the next time we see it and add it to the blog.) Daddy says we can hang a hummingbird feeder now that we know they are around our house. This is exciting! Who know what else we might see?!


Our first two red tomatoes.


Daddy and Trenton pick the ripen tomatoes.