In a nutshell, we've had a wonderful year. Trey is thriving and is a happy, healthy, (naughty), SILLY, nutty little monster! We're STILL working on potty training, although I admit, I am not very aggressive about it. I feel like as soon as I start to be, he will progress faster. We started just after he turned 2. My goal is to be potty trained by Christmas- we'll see! He loves to make trouble and messes and then come tell me about them, just to make sure. His favorite things to say right now are "I be right back" and "one second...". Apparently he has been listening to his Mommy. He loves to run, definitely not walk, and never be confined to a stroller again, which is exciting to say the least ;) Halloween was super fun because he started to "get it" this year. He was a very adorable Curious George and did a great job with the trick or treating. He went up to everyone's doors, mostly all by himself, and said "please" and "thank-you" (maybe with some subtle prompting). The best moment of all was when he looked at one lady, took the Nerds out of his bucket and tried to give them back saying, "I don't like it, don't want this". Steve and I could only laugh. We had a small scare at the beginning of October when he fell and sliced his forehead open on a step in our family room. It led us to the ER and to 7 stitches (just like his Mommy when she was 2). He was so brave and such a trooper, we were more scared than him! As you can tell, I hardly stop talking about my boy and LOVE being able to be home with him all the time!
Steve and I are doing great as well. Work is going well for him and he's staying busy, which is great. His companies seem to be starting more projects and have lots more work to do, which, thankfully, means more work for him. :) I had a great 30th birthday this year, courtesy of my wonderful hubby. We started on Wednesday night with a Tigers game at Comerica, then off to Mackinac Island (where I had never been before) for Thurs, Fri and Sat. On Saturday we left the island and made it back to GR in time for dinner with both our families and then my own personal GRBarCrawl and party bus with all our friends! It was SUCH a fun weekend and I am so thankful always for such an amazing husband. I've also been trying out new things this year. I've joined a Bible study for women at our church, which has proved to be quite interesting and insightful for me. I'm really loving it. I also joined a local MOPS group with some neighborhood girlfriends/moms. It is fun to meet other ladies/moms in the neighborhood and enjoy a little alone time. Trey actually loves going to the childcare area (they have TWO train tables!) which makes it easier for me to leave him for a couple hours.
It has been a BUSY, BUSY year, but as always full of good times and good people. So, hoping to have some more postings in the near future, but I'm not making any promises :)
Here is Steve and I on Mackinac Island. This is towards the end of our bike ride around the island, which was so fun and the PERFECT locale for our Schwinn Lakeshore Cruisers :)
When Trey turned 2 in June, we had a great "friend" party that was (hopefully) obviously ELMO themed. He thought it was amazing. Especially because those Elmo balloons hung around until AUGUST!
Here's our little Frankenstein and the cutest little Curious George you'll ever meet. Apparently he was ready for Halloween all month long!
