Tre is 21 Months Old

We are quickly approaching age 2! Tre has become more energetic (if that's possible) and loves to have fun. He is so much fun (and tiring all at the same time). His verbal skills are growing by leaps and bounds. I never expected it to be so vast a vocabulary, but it keeps growing by the minutes. He can say so many words I can't even begin to explain. He pretty much copies everything we say to him and some things he hears out in the world. Makes me think, you should always watch your language in public because you never know what little ears are listening. Hehe. He has started to like the word NO a bit more and enjoys having his breakfast like a big boy (sitting in a chair rather than his high chair).

Wednesday, March 10th we hung at the house with Jammer in the morning, Jammer went work while Tre was sleeping and then after nap Tre and I went to our friend's house for a little play date. It was lots of fun and Tre loves playing with his friends.

Thursday, March 11th Tre had his first day of "preschool", I posted a separate blog post for it so if you didn't read it yet or see the videos, you can see the post here.

Friday, March 12th Jammer and I took Tre to the puppet show across the street. It was nice to have Jammer there because Tre loves to run around and I was able to hold our place in line while he ran around with Tre. Much easier! This puppet show was Billy Goats Gruff which some of the kids weren't so happy about, the troll's voice was a little loud, but Tre just sat and watched. That afternoon after Tre's nap we went over to our friends house to play. Lots of fun!

Saturday, March 13th Tre and I hung at the house. My friend Lisa was in town picking up some of her Tessa May postcards from the printer. After she got done down there she came over to our house to visit with us.

Sunday, March 14th Jammer had the day off and due to the time change, Tre had woken up at 8:30 (7:30 before time change). So we decided to seize the opportunity to take him down to Balboa Park since he'd be taking his nap much later than normal and went to the Model Railroad Museum down there. Tre LOVES trains so we thought it'd be fun for him to see a bunch of trains. It was a beautiful day and I've never really done the Balboa Park thing, it was cool. I was happy we got there early because when we left it was much busier. Tre liked the trains, but it was a little difficult for him to fully enjoy it because the trains are propped up and so he could see them we had to hold him up to look. If the trains weren't fast enough he would get impatient, hehe. But when it was time to go he was not happy about that so we knew he really liked it. After nap we decided to hang at the house for a bit and then go to dinner at Shogun. It was YUMMY! Then after dinner we had enough time to go to the grocery store and then home to get Tre ready for bed.

Monday, March 15th we took Tre to the Hullabaloo concert at the Encinitas Community Center. This is the 2nd time I have taken him as a toddler that walks around and it doesn't seem like he is enjoying it yet. He sits with us and sort of watches (I think just taking it all in), but then he decided that he wanted to run around and tried to take off out the door, so I think we'll wait a while before taking him back. After the show we took him to Moonlight Beach Park where of course as soon as he realized the ocean was there, he wanted to go straight for it. It was a beautiful day but we didn't have a change of clothes for him so we decided to head home as it was getting close to time for Jammer to get ready for work. Tre took a short nap and we hung at the house, had lunch and that was pretty much it. I took this video of Tre and I playing soccer in the hallway, he loves to kick the ball up and down the hallway, click here to check it out.

Tuesday, March 16th I took Tre to the Escondido Children's Museum that morning. He had SO much fun and I really enjoyed the place. It was our first time checking it out and had so much fun little things for Tre to do. He was running around having a blast. Then I brought him home for his nap and after nap we hung at the house until Jammer got home from work. We had our taxes appointment that night so we had to get Tre down for bed and then my neighbor Rachel watched the monitor for us so we could go have our fun appointment. Hehe. We almost thought we were going to have to drive separately because Tre wasn't quite ready for bed so as I was getting ready to leave and Jammer ended up coming out of Tre's room in time to come with me.

Wednesday, March 17th I took Tre to a local fire station up the street from our house. My play group had planned a morning meet up there. The kids looked like they had lots of fun, Tre was running around a lot and every once in a while something would catch his attention, like the fire hose, the steering wheel, the ambulance, etc. But all in all it was a fun visit. After that we went to the beach to meet Jammer who was at Grandview surfing, however, after hanging there for about an hour we ended up leaving. Jammer said he didn't see us, we were actually running around on the beach and I guess he was looking for us on the stairs. Oh well. As we were waiting for Jammer to get home from surfing Tre had a little incident where he was climbing on a chair and before I could get to him to get off he slipped and fell off, bumped his head and actually ended up cutting it. I didn't realize the cut until the back of his head started looking really red. Luckily he was okay, just nicked it and after giving him some Motrin and Daddy coming home, he was all better. He is such a tough kid! After Tre's nap we met some people from our play group at Aviara for a little St Patty's Day park play date. The kids ran around and had fun.

Thursday, March 18th Jammer and I took Tre to preschool class. It was cool for Jammer to be there because he was able to take pictures of everything for me. It's always nice when I am not the photographer all the time to get in some pictures. After preschool class we went down to the park next to where Tre's class is and played for a bit, then went and got smoothies on our way home. After nap we hung out.

Friday, March 19th I took Tre to the puppet show at the library across the street. This one was a little bit different than the others are. They had a ventriloquist puppeteer do a special St Patty's Day puppet show. Tre wasn't quite as interested in it as he is the actual puppet shows because the woman did a lot of the acting for the show and had her puppets and secondary parts, I think he was expecting the traditional puppet show so I had to take him to the back of the room to let him sort of wander a bit and every once in a while something would catch his attention. When the show was over we went to the Children's Garden, then home for nap. After nap we hung at the house until Jammer got home from work.

Saturday, March 20th Jammer had the day off so we could head up to OC that afternoon, get our hair done and be at my parent's for our gender determination appointment the following morning. We hung at the house in the morning and then Jammer surfed while Tre napped. After Tre's nap we got Tre ready to go and headed up to OC. There was a bit of traffic so it took us longer than we would've liked, but finally got there. Tre was quite the task to put down for bed that night. Jammer initially tried but after a little while Tre was still screaming at the top of his lungs. He has had a harder time adjusting to new places when it comes time to sleep. I went into the room and talked to Tre for a bit and then ended up rocking him for 15 minutes which was killing my stomach but he was so happy laying on my shoulder and I was singing to him that I couldn't just stop. Finally I was able to lay him down and sing to him while he laid down. He would pop up every so often to check to make sure I was still there and eventually fell asleep. We were going to try and let him cry it out, but his screams were more scared than just fighting it so I figured it would time well spent to ease his nerves.

Sunday, March 21st we woke up and got ready to go to the ultrasound appointment which was scheduled for 9am. My sister Ashley came with us, my parents followed us there and my sister Jill and her fiance Damon met us there. I was so excited that they were able to share in the excitement with us, it meant the world to us that they were able to make it. For those that hadn't heard yet, the results of the gender determination ultrasound can be found here. After the appointment was over we went to Polly's in Yorba Linda for breakfast and then back to the house to get Tre ready for nap. While Tre was napping my Mom, sisters Jill & Ashley and I went to David's Bridal so my sister Jill could try on wedding dresses. So exciting! I was so happy to be able to be a part of this experience. She looked BEAUTIFUL in every dress she tried on. After that we went back to my parent's house (my niece and nephew were there since my sister, bro-in-law, and 2 other nieces had to be in Vegas this weekend for a soccer event), hung out, ate dinner and then got packed up and on our way back home.

Monday, March 22nd Tre slept a little longer in the morning because of the lack of sleep he had from the day before (not a good nap & not a good night's sleep) so he needed to catch up. Then we hung at the house and put him down for nap before Jammer had to leave for work. When Tre woke up from his nap I got him ready to go grab some food and then stop at the grocery store. After that we came home for our nighttime routine.

Tuesday, March 23rd Jammer had the day off. We took Tre to Aviara park in the morning. I went to look at a potential soccer class for Tre that they have there while Jammer played with Tre at the soccer field. Unfortunately, the times I was given were wrong for Tre's age group, so I was only able to watch their 2 1/2 to 5 1/2 year old class. After Tre's nap we went to Costco (starting to become our regular thing on Jammer's day off, hehe) and then when we got home we went down to our neighbors house and Tre played with their son Liam for a little bit until it was time for us to get home because I had my board meeting for our HOA and Tre needed to get ready for bed.

Wednesday, March 24th we were supposed to go to an Easter play date but unfortunately the hostess had to cancel due to work related stuff. But luckily one of the Moms that was going to attend the play date decided to offer her home as an alternate option so after Tre's nap we went over to her house for a fun play date.

Thursday, March 25th was a busy morning. Tre and I had his mommy & me preschool class where they did an Easter Egg Hunt for all the kids and then straight from there we went to La Jolla to visit my friend/jeweler Lawrence. My engagement ring (which was made elsewhere) broke at the base of the band and I needed Lawrence to take a look at it and fix it for me. We got back to the house for Tre's nap and then after Tre's nap we hung at the house until Jammer got home from work. My friend Lisa was going to come to our house that night to watch the monitor so Jammer and I could go to the movies. So Jammer got Tre down for bed and then we got ready to go across the street to go to the movies to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D. It was nice to get out for a movie together.

Friday, March 26th we hung out in the morning at the house. And then after nap we went over to my friend Allison's house so Tre and Cole could play.

Saturday, March 27th I took Tre to the Carlsbad Flower Fields for Kid's Day in the morning. It was fun for him to run around. It was a warm day so it was nice to be outside. Just before it was time to go Tre got to play soccer with these dogs that play soccer. The company was called Soccer Collies. Tre had so much fun but it was getting close to nap time and he started to get upset easily if the ball didn't come to him quick enough so it was time to go. After nap we hung at the house and played ball in the hallway (where he LOVES to kick the ball back and forth). Then Jammer got home from work to have a little time with Tre before bed.

Sunday, March 28th I took Tre to Rock'n Sprouts for their model search photo shoot. We hung out there for quite a while. Tre played with their cars & trains table and then we got his picture taken and visited with some friends, then back home because I had a baby shower to get ready for. Jammer went surfing while Tre and I went to Rock'n Sprouts so he could stay home with Tre while I was at the baby shower. It was my friend Lori's baby shower and was a cute shower at that, it was great to see all of our friends and get some girl time in. I got back from the shower and Jammer had taken Tre to the pool with some of our neighbors. Then we got ready to meet our friends/neighbors at La Costa Grill for happy hour. Fun day!

Monday, March 29th we hung at the house in the morning and then after nap (a good 3 hour nap) we went to Sunset Park in San Marcos. Such a bummer though, we had hoped that the spray grounds would be working when we went there but they weren't. So Tre wandered around the large area, mostly interested in a father/son playing basketball at the courts and watching a kid skateboard.

Tuesday, March 30th we had a baby shower/play date in the morning. We were a little late because Tre slept till 9am. He had woken up a few times throughout the night so I think he needed to catch up on his sleep. Teething was what we suspected since he is getting his 2 year molars. We get to the party and there is a lot going on. Tre started to act a little weird and a bit whiney. His actions were totally out of the norm, especially when he went to the door and asked to leave. He never asks to leave a play date, I'm usually having to tell him it's time to go. I bring him home and put him in his jammies and we hung at the house until it was time for nap. After nap he seemed to be okay but then after drinking his smoothie he threw up. Poor little guy, we ended up staying home and relaxed. That night I had a Mom's Night Out planned with some of the Moms from my play group, we went to Shogun. It was a fun night out.

Wednesday, March 31st Jammer worked the late shift so we all just hung at the house in the morn, our little dude was not feeling so great so he just wanted to chill. He woke up late since he had woken up 4 times throughout the night dry heaving. Then 3 hours after he woke up he was ready for bed again, even requesting to go take a nap. He took a good nap and then we hung at the house so our little man could rest. He made it through the rest of the day without getting sick but then about 2 hours after he fell asleep he had thrown up in his bed and then again sometime in the early hours.

Thursday, April 1st was a good day for Tre as far as no throwing up. I decided to keep him home from Mommy & Me preschool class just in case. I had a doctor's appointment at 2:30pm and Jammer had an interview at 1pm (within Verizon) so we were pressed for time on who would be here to watch Tre. I needed to leave by 2pm and as it quickly approached and Jammer wasn't home yet so I ended up calling my neighbor to watch the monitor while Tre slept and Jammer got home about 15 minutes after I left to take over responsibility. Tre slept for 3 hours. I got home and we went to get some pizza down the street, then back to the house. Tre had little bites of bread from the pizza and some cheerios (which has been a staple in his diet these past couple days, cheerios, not the pizza). We got all the way to bed and then he started to fuss a bit when I laid him down, so I don't know if the fuss got his tummy all worked up or what, but he threw up in his bed, just a little bit, but still. He did end up waking up around 3am until 4:30ish and crying and just wanting me to be close, I held him for a bit and then laid him down and rubbed his back, then as he started to get sleepy again I ended up sleeping on the floor next to his crib for a bit to shush him each time he would cry for me. Long night, but no throw up. YAY!

Friday, April 2nd was our play groups Annual Easter Egg hunt that I had coordinated. What a GREAT turnout it was!! So many people from our group showed up, it was so much fun. Tre even started to grasp the concept about picking up the eggs and keeping them, mostly handing them to me and I would put them in his bag. Lots of fun though and it was a beautiful morning! Tre then went down for nap and took a long 3 hour nap. Wow, 3 days in a row! After nap we had to take my car to the dealership to get some things fixed. Then on the way home we stopped at Jammer's new store (he just got transferred to Del Mar from La Jolla, today being his first day). From there Jammer drove with Tre and I drove Jammer's car so Daddy & Tre could have some boy time. We got home, did the nighttime routine and called it a day. Here is a video of the Easter Egg Hunt, click here to see it.

Saturday, April 3rd I decided to do a separate post for this to show come comparison pics and stuff. To see this post you can go here.

Sunday, April 4th was Easter, click here if you missed the post when I posted it.

Monday, April 5th was a rainy/gloomy day. Which was probably a good thing considering the LONG day Tre had yesterday. In the morning my friend Nicole came by to visit with us. She was visiting from Oregon, so it was so great to see her!!! Then after Tre's LONG nap we ended up just hanging at the house until Jammer got home from work.

Tuesday, April 6th we took Tre to the Botanic Gardens in the morning. We decided to stick to the side of the gardens with the train and that kept Tre happy the entire time we were there, which was great for us because we weren't having to chase him around the whole place. Think I found my new favorite location to take him when we go there. After nap Tre and I had to go down to the dealership and pick up my car. So after leaving the dealership I decided to pick up In & Out and bring dinner to Jammer since he was working the late shift. Tre was SO excited to see his Daddy, he practically screamed Daddy when he saw Jammer come out of the store.

Wednesday, April 7th Tre and I hung at the house, we played some games in the house and stuff before nap and then Tre took a good nap and we waited for Jammer to get home from work. Then we all walked over to El Caribe Mexican place across the street for dinner and then to the grocery store.

Thursday, April 8th we had Tre's preschool class in the morning. I had a bad case of morning sickness which has yet to officially go away, most often it occurs at night but if I wait too long to eat and didn't get enough sleep then it sometimes hits me in the morning as well. Went to bed late due to some work I had to get done and then had a restless night's sleep. Anyways, after coming back to life after the morning yuckiness we went to preschool class, then back to the house before nap time. Since Tre woke up an hour earlier than he normally has been waking up I had hoped he would go to bed a little earlier than normal but he went down for nap at normal time however did take a good 3 hour nap. YAY! After nap we went over to my friend Allison's house so our boys could play. It was nice to have a back yard to play in so I didn't have to chase Tre around, I still wasn't feeling 100% so this was a nice way to get Tre out but not too exhausting for me. The bigger this belly gets the more I wish I had a yard for Tre to play in! When we got home Jammer had gotten home from work so he met us at the garage and we ended up hanging out front of our house so Tre could play with the neighbor girl, Selah who Tre adores playing with whenever he sees her he gets so excited and yells her name. While we were on our way to Allison's house Tre was counting and I thought I'd try and get it on video so here is Tre counting to 15, click here.

Friday, April 9th I took Tre to Cottonwood Park in the morning. It was a bit busy, but I think he had fun running around. His friend Cole was there too so they would play as well as roam in their own directions. After Tre's nap we hung at the house and waited for Jammer to get home from work. Then did our nighttime routine.
Happy 21 Months of Life my little Tre!!!!

Here is a collection of pictures from Tre's 20th Month of life:
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