Good Deals

Can you believe Christmas is six weeks away?! I bought my first few gifts this week at Kohl's. I recently started shopping at Kohl's, because they have great deals on toys and other fun stuff. I opened a Kohl's card about a month ago. {This is a big deal, because I didn't have any store credit cards.} Mike was not very excited about my new card, but he's changed his tune a little after seeing how much money I've saved. Yesterday, I spent $129 and saved $126; and I got $20 in Kohl's cash. Isn't that fabulous? Most of the stuff I bought was already on sale, and then I saved an additional 20% off everything, thanks to my card. If you haven't been to Kohl's in a while, I'd encourage you to check it out. {I am not promoting a credit card, but Kohl's has great deals even without the card.}

You might also want to check out Wal Mart's grananimals shirts. They are $3.00 in the stores, and Trent's have held up very well. I bought him lots of turtlenecks to wear under longalls, and I recently bought a couple of the long-sleeved shirts to monogram. Check out this cute shirt the little man will be sporting around Christmas time.

10 months

Trent is 10 months old today! Here's his newest trick...

Look at the face of concentration.

He's becoming such a big boy! He has finally started holding his own bottle {two months before he's supposed to give it up.} We're having so much fun with him, but I'm pretty sure we're going to have a strong-willed child on our hands. {I have no idea where that came from, haha!}

Mama D and Daddy G kept Trent last Saturday, so Mike and I could go to the Alabama-LSU game. We had SO much fun spending time with great friends! The game was pretty awesome too:) I tried to get a picture of the two of us, but it didn't turn out. Here's one of the girls...

Ribbit Ribbit and Advice

Meet Mr. Trenter, the Frog. We didn't go trick-or-treating this year; but our friend Jackson turned one on Saturday, and Trent wore his costume to the party.

Trent had so much fun at the party and loved Jackson's playroom. {Mindy, you really should blog about that awesome room!} He especially enjoyed playing with the Busy Ball Popper, and Jackson was sweet to share with him. I was happy to see that, since he's getting one for Christmas:)

The picture above was obviously taken at the beginning of the party, as all of the munckins are wearing their headpieces.

After the party, we went to see Mama D, Aunt Tracy and Trevor. Of course we took more pictures! I'm sure Mr. Frog and Mr. Pumpkin will enjoy many Halloweens together!

This last one was taken last Friday night, but I just threw it in, since he's wearing a Halloween outfit:)

Now that Halloween is over and Thanksgiving and Christmas are rapidly approaching, does anyone have any advice/recommendations/ideas regarding what to get Trent for Christmas and his birthday? His birthday is two weeks after Christmas. {Note to self: try to get pregnant in the summer next time, ha!} If you know of anything a one-year-old needs or loves, please let me know!

Pumpkin Patch

Monday was my sister's 26th birthday, and we took a family trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We had a great time, and I know Tracy's favorite part was her birthday dinner at Jacks- HA!! There are not many places to eat in the middle of nowhere, and they have amazing french fries:)

Trent loved the hayride. He laughed the whole time. He also laughed at the horses, until one got close to his face- then it wasn't pretty. Trevor slept through most of the fun, but we still included him in lots of pictures. Hopefully the pumpkin patch will become a new tradition.

Shoe story

I honestly never thought much about shoes for Trent. I figured when he started walking, we would buy him some shoes. However, my parents certain family members have been talking about shoes for months and even bought him a pair of cute boots. Unfortunately, Trent has a super fat wide foot, and we couldn't get them on his feet.

Last week, Mike and I took him to buy shoes and came home with a pair of those cute white shoes little boys wear to church. I was excited about him wearing them to church last Sunday... until I tried to put them on him. It was IMPOSSIBLE. I spent 15 minutes trying and gave up because he was crying, and I was sweating. I took them back and got my $50 back. {That was another surprise to me... $50 for a pair of shoes for a 9-month-old?! I don't spend that much on my shoes, and my foot isn't growing anymore!!}

Since it was cold today, I was determined to find him a pair of shoes tonight. I decided to be practical and buy him a pair of casual shoes, since he will probably only wear them to keep his feet warm. {I'm fine with socks for crawling around inside.} We went to a children's shoe store, and they were very helpful. {He wears a size 4 wide, and the cute white shoes were a size 3; no wonder they didn't fit!} We came home with these. Here's the little man modeling his new shoes...

He looked so cute in the shoes, that I decided he needed to try on the hat I bought him today too. He wasn't so sure about it...

He told me his jeans were uncomfortable, so we put on pajama pants...

And then he decided to get brave, and I had to put down the camera.

3/4 of a YEAR

Trent is nine months old {actually nine months and four days, if we're getting technical}. He is pulling up on everything and crawling around everywhere.

Here's some information about our little guy at 9 months:

- His Jeep walker is by far his favorite toy. He will not stay in the Jumperoo anymore, and he'd much rather be exploring than contained in anything.

- Crawling over things/people/dogs is a favorite activity. It made us nervous the first time he crawled over Bailey, but she didn't seem to mind it. I think she actually preferred it to his usual paw-grabbing.

- He's currently transitioning to formula, and thank goodness it is going extremely well. Yes folks, after nine months this mama is no longer a milk machine. My goal was six months, and I made it nine- mission accomplished:)

- He has one tooth. We keep thinking we're going to see more, but this one has been standing solo for a few weeks now.

- He's eating 24 oz of food and drinking 28 oz of milk each day. We're starting to introduce "people food," and he will open his mouth for anything. {Although sometimes it comes back out!}

- He was 29 inches long (75th percentile) and 24.1 pounds (90th percentile) at his 9 month check-up. He cried as soon as he saw the nurse and screamed during his finger-prick, after the nurse informed me that most babies don't cry during the finger-prick, HA!

Best Buds

This happens most days at our house. You can see Mike's feet in the background; he was supervising. Trent loves Bailey! She likes him too, especially when he drops yogurt melts on the floor.