Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
We have Godparents!
A lot has been happening and I feel like I'm too busy with work and Ace that I rarely get time to update folks. Well, it will be easier to update everyone now because for my birthday I got a handheld video camera and a new digital camera. I'm one lucky girl! I'll be uploading pics and video like crazy!
Well, we have asked Matt's good friend from college Michael Markovich to be Ace's godfather, he has happily accepted. We'll refer to him as the GodMarko. I decided to ask my dear lifelong friend Heather Brisso to be Ace's godmother. I asked her to dinner and had Ace wear a onsie that said 'Will you be my Godmother?'. It was perfect because I had Ace wearing a hoodie over his onsie so it was covered when Heather got to the restaurant. I sat him in his car seat on Heather's side of the booth and when she showed up, Ace was chewing on the zipper. I asked her if she wouldn't mind taking it off of him and she did and then started reading the onsie. I'm glad she didn't look at me, because I was bawling like Ace does when he's got a tummy ache. Of course when she looked up she had tears in her eyes and happily accepted as well.
*Side note: Heather and her twin sister Hallie and I started calling each other 'bunny' about 5 years ago. It's stuck ever since.
We have ourselves a GodMarko and a GodBunny! Ace is such a lucky little man to have so many people love him and us.
At the restaurant before Heather showed, Ace was excited!
I tried to load the video... it didn't happen, I will upload as soon as I figure it out!
Well, we have asked Matt's good friend from college Michael Markovich to be Ace's godfather, he has happily accepted. We'll refer to him as the GodMarko. I decided to ask my dear lifelong friend Heather Brisso to be Ace's godmother. I asked her to dinner and had Ace wear a onsie that said 'Will you be my Godmother?'. It was perfect because I had Ace wearing a hoodie over his onsie so it was covered when Heather got to the restaurant. I sat him in his car seat on Heather's side of the booth and when she showed up, Ace was chewing on the zipper. I asked her if she wouldn't mind taking it off of him and she did and then started reading the onsie. I'm glad she didn't look at me, because I was bawling like Ace does when he's got a tummy ache. Of course when she looked up she had tears in her eyes and happily accepted as well.
*Side note: Heather and her twin sister Hallie and I started calling each other 'bunny' about 5 years ago. It's stuck ever since.
We have ourselves a GodMarko and a GodBunny! Ace is such a lucky little man to have so many people love him and us.
At the restaurant before Heather showed, Ace was excited!
I tried to load the video... it didn't happen, I will upload as soon as I figure it out!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
It's been a while and there's a first for everything!
Boy it seems like it's been forever since we've updated folks on what's going on in our lives! Where do I start?
Ace is still growing like a weed and I couldn't be more in love with this little face. He's been experiencing a lot of firsts in the last month. Of course the cute little things like blowing bubbles with his mouth, recognizing and smiling at mommy and daddy, and 'talking' in his sleep (seems like he's a chip off the old block!), but what's even more exciting is Ace's first baseball game, concert and airplane ride!
Matt was so stoked when he got tickets from work to take Ace to his first baseball game. It was a beautiful sight watching a dad take his son to his first game and sit and explain every single baseball term. We were lucky enough to get some great seats along the warning track. We got to be in the shade and be really close to the game. It was such a relaxing time and exciting to see Matt cheese from ear to ear with joy. It made my heart happy :)
After the game we decided to go to the Taste of Colorado to watch Boyz II Men! I'll be honest, we didn't stay because it was a mad house and not the best place for a baby. We got to listen to one song, barely see the stage and my pits flowed like Niagara falls, but I have to admit, it was special to me. My first concert was Boyz II Men with my mom when I was like 13. Someone will appreciate that fact someday, it sure wasn't Matt, poor guy was not having it! We came home and Ace slept through the night, poor little man was all tuckered out!
The very next day Ace took his very first airplane ride. We went to visit Nana, uncle Jesse and our cousins in Washington. Ace was the perfect child! Slept the entire time and ate when he was supposed to in order to avoid ear poppage and one cranky baby. I was so proud of him! We stayed with Nana 3 nights and went to visit her and grumpop's cabin on Lake Kachess. I thought I would go crazy with no TV or internet, but it was extremely calming and exactly the 'break' I needed before returning to work. We took Ace to Leavenworth one day, a first for me too! What a beautiful little German town! We walked around, shopped, ate and even got to put an everlasting stamp on Leavenworth itself. The cafe we ate lunch in collected dollar bills that people wrote on. I wrote one for Ace and taped it to the wall (picture is below). I thought it would be cool for him to see where he was spending the day when he was 85 days old :) The last two nights in town, we stayed with uncle Jesse! Friday night we went to the Puyallup Fair with Nana, uncle Jesse and the twins. What a fun experience that was! It was opening weekend and the first time the twins were tall enough to ride any of the carnival rides. We found out that Jude does not like the mini roller coasters or the rides that go up in the air. I got to hang out with them, eat gummy bears, scones, strawberry short cakes, BBQ, sausages, popcorn and all of the things you should and should not eat when partying with 3 year olds. We had a blast and I'll never forget the way their adorable little faces lit up at the sight of rides, lights, horses, the petting zoo and food. I felt very special to be a part of that night for them. Something I'll cherish forever! The next day we got to have brunch with Lane, Priscilla, Laila and Lane Jr. It's amazing how their babies have grown, not babies anymore! After that, Ace and I got to hang out with Lisa, the twins and Cade, Allison and Rylee. We went to lunch, went shopping and went to the park. Afterwards we went to dinner at Shad and Lacey's and hung out with Tuff. We are so blessed we got to see so many of our family members and have Ace meet his extended family. We were two busy bees, but worth every minute!
Sunday 9/11 was the day we flew home. I was nervous because of the 10 year reunion of that horrible day, but Nana calmed my fears by telling me it was probably the safest day to fly. Boy was she right! Getting checked in was no problem, I wasn't too thrilled with the security line. No one told me there was a special line families got to go through, so I stood in line with the rest of the singles for about 20 minutes until I got close enough to notice the stroller and wheelchair on the sign near a line was supposed to me. I gracefully (and by gracefully I mean spun myself into those little rope barriers trying to get out of line) moved myself, Ace and his carseat/stroller combo to the empty line. I got up to the conveyor belt and, no problem, just like before, broke everything down and set it up to go through. I'm holding Ace and before I could go through the metal detector, they made me take off Ace's shoes. Ok no problem. Put those through the detector with the rest of our things. Got waived through and then the damn thing beeps at me. Really? I know I have nothing on my body (or Ace's) to set that thing off. The agent standing in front of me says I've been selected for a random screening. He steps aside to reveal a cubicle sized area, with walls that are complete glass. Sure did feel like a zoo animal I tell ya what. We stand there for 5 minutes while they're hollering for a different agent to come to a 'random'. Meanwhile Ace decides it's a good time to throw up on mom. AWESOME! I'm standing with no burp cloth, baby puke on my shirt, no shoes and hot as hell... so 'no shower' sweat on top of it. We finally get out of our cage and get our 'screening' done. Nothing major, just a swipe of the hands to test for God knows what... all that for that? Yet again AWESOME! We get to the gate and are called to get on, dude who scans my ticket says I can't sit in the isle I'm assigned because infants can't ride in that isle. I go to get my seat changed and THAT guy tells me if the baby is a lap kid, I can be on that isle. Ok great, let's get on the plane. I go to get Ace all set up, and guess what? I can't find his baby Bjorn! I left that thing in uncle Jesse's car! UGH! So I have to hold this heavy boy the entire ride home, which would be fine if he would just get comfortable and stop yelling at me :) We had an awesome time! Daddy was happy to pick us up and love on us for en extra day before I returned to work. More on that later... for now, everyone really just wants to see pictures :)
Ace is still growing like a weed and I couldn't be more in love with this little face. He's been experiencing a lot of firsts in the last month. Of course the cute little things like blowing bubbles with his mouth, recognizing and smiling at mommy and daddy, and 'talking' in his sleep (seems like he's a chip off the old block!), but what's even more exciting is Ace's first baseball game, concert and airplane ride!
Matt was so stoked when he got tickets from work to take Ace to his first baseball game. It was a beautiful sight watching a dad take his son to his first game and sit and explain every single baseball term. We were lucky enough to get some great seats along the warning track. We got to be in the shade and be really close to the game. It was such a relaxing time and exciting to see Matt cheese from ear to ear with joy. It made my heart happy :)
After the game we decided to go to the Taste of Colorado to watch Boyz II Men! I'll be honest, we didn't stay because it was a mad house and not the best place for a baby. We got to listen to one song, barely see the stage and my pits flowed like Niagara falls, but I have to admit, it was special to me. My first concert was Boyz II Men with my mom when I was like 13. Someone will appreciate that fact someday, it sure wasn't Matt, poor guy was not having it! We came home and Ace slept through the night, poor little man was all tuckered out!
The very next day Ace took his very first airplane ride. We went to visit Nana, uncle Jesse and our cousins in Washington. Ace was the perfect child! Slept the entire time and ate when he was supposed to in order to avoid ear poppage and one cranky baby. I was so proud of him! We stayed with Nana 3 nights and went to visit her and grumpop's cabin on Lake Kachess. I thought I would go crazy with no TV or internet, but it was extremely calming and exactly the 'break' I needed before returning to work. We took Ace to Leavenworth one day, a first for me too! What a beautiful little German town! We walked around, shopped, ate and even got to put an everlasting stamp on Leavenworth itself. The cafe we ate lunch in collected dollar bills that people wrote on. I wrote one for Ace and taped it to the wall (picture is below). I thought it would be cool for him to see where he was spending the day when he was 85 days old :) The last two nights in town, we stayed with uncle Jesse! Friday night we went to the Puyallup Fair with Nana, uncle Jesse and the twins. What a fun experience that was! It was opening weekend and the first time the twins were tall enough to ride any of the carnival rides. We found out that Jude does not like the mini roller coasters or the rides that go up in the air. I got to hang out with them, eat gummy bears, scones, strawberry short cakes, BBQ, sausages, popcorn and all of the things you should and should not eat when partying with 3 year olds. We had a blast and I'll never forget the way their adorable little faces lit up at the sight of rides, lights, horses, the petting zoo and food. I felt very special to be a part of that night for them. Something I'll cherish forever! The next day we got to have brunch with Lane, Priscilla, Laila and Lane Jr. It's amazing how their babies have grown, not babies anymore! After that, Ace and I got to hang out with Lisa, the twins and Cade, Allison and Rylee. We went to lunch, went shopping and went to the park. Afterwards we went to dinner at Shad and Lacey's and hung out with Tuff. We are so blessed we got to see so many of our family members and have Ace meet his extended family. We were two busy bees, but worth every minute!
Sunday 9/11 was the day we flew home. I was nervous because of the 10 year reunion of that horrible day, but Nana calmed my fears by telling me it was probably the safest day to fly. Boy was she right! Getting checked in was no problem, I wasn't too thrilled with the security line. No one told me there was a special line families got to go through, so I stood in line with the rest of the singles for about 20 minutes until I got close enough to notice the stroller and wheelchair on the sign near a line was supposed to me. I gracefully (and by gracefully I mean spun myself into those little rope barriers trying to get out of line) moved myself, Ace and his carseat/stroller combo to the empty line. I got up to the conveyor belt and, no problem, just like before, broke everything down and set it up to go through. I'm holding Ace and before I could go through the metal detector, they made me take off Ace's shoes. Ok no problem. Put those through the detector with the rest of our things. Got waived through and then the damn thing beeps at me. Really? I know I have nothing on my body (or Ace's) to set that thing off. The agent standing in front of me says I've been selected for a random screening. He steps aside to reveal a cubicle sized area, with walls that are complete glass. Sure did feel like a zoo animal I tell ya what. We stand there for 5 minutes while they're hollering for a different agent to come to a 'random'. Meanwhile Ace decides it's a good time to throw up on mom. AWESOME! I'm standing with no burp cloth, baby puke on my shirt, no shoes and hot as hell... so 'no shower' sweat on top of it. We finally get out of our cage and get our 'screening' done. Nothing major, just a swipe of the hands to test for God knows what... all that for that? Yet again AWESOME! We get to the gate and are called to get on, dude who scans my ticket says I can't sit in the isle I'm assigned because infants can't ride in that isle. I go to get my seat changed and THAT guy tells me if the baby is a lap kid, I can be on that isle. Ok great, let's get on the plane. I go to get Ace all set up, and guess what? I can't find his baby Bjorn! I left that thing in uncle Jesse's car! UGH! So I have to hold this heavy boy the entire ride home, which would be fine if he would just get comfortable and stop yelling at me :) We had an awesome time! Daddy was happy to pick us up and love on us for en extra day before I returned to work. More on that later... for now, everyone really just wants to see pictures :)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Ace's Friends!
Ace has more friends than we can handle! I know he and I both will appreciate it later on in life when I don't have to spend an hour packing him up just to get out of the house and I can just say 'hey! get on your bike and ride to the Shaw's'! Last Thursday, we were able to meet Ace's newest friend Troy. Troy's daddy and I used to work together at Village East a few years ago and have kept in touch and celebrated each other's wedding days together, changes in life, and now our sons. Ace is the smallest baby I've seen thus far... until Thursday! Usually when Val and I get Ace and Ryde together, Ryde is the big 'on time' baby, and Ace is the small 'I'm early' kiddo ha ha! These days, however, Ace seems to be catching up quite well. PJ (Ace's other friend) and he are the same size (well, were). So when we laid Ace next to Troy, it was amazing to see what two months can do! So many people say to cherish what you have and they've warned me how fast it goes by. I haven't even returned to work yet and I already feel like I've missed so much in Ace's life... BUT I'M HERE ALL THE TIME!
Ace also has other friends, Makai, Elizabeth, Madison, Addison, Paul, Canyon, Ben and the Shaw gentlemen. This kid has more friends than I do or could shake a stick at! It's crazy how you go from one social life to the other so quickly. We love it and I know Ace will later on too!
Here are a few pics of Ace with his friends...
Ace & Makai
Troy & Ace
PJ & Ace
Wooo!
Ace and Ryde
Ryde & Ace's first field trip together
Ace also has other friends, Makai, Elizabeth, Madison, Addison, Paul, Canyon, Ben and the Shaw gentlemen. This kid has more friends than I do or could shake a stick at! It's crazy how you go from one social life to the other so quickly. We love it and I know Ace will later on too!
Here are a few pics of Ace with his friends...
Ace & Makai
Troy & Ace
PJ & Ace
Wooo!
Ace and Ryde
Ryde & Ace's first field trip togetherSunday, August 21, 2011
The end of an era...
Friday was the end of an era for Matt Trewin. It was his last day working as a manager at Baker Street DTC. Matt has been there since it open it's doors 5 years ago! He has been transferred to the Baker Street in Westminster. It will be a further drive, but he will be better off and hopefully his blood pressure will get under control with the minimal amount of stress he will endure up there. It was really hard for him to say goodbye to his employees because he is the last original manager left, but we know we will get together with them often. They were really sweet and gave him a nice going away card and a Cubs cake, which was delicious! Goodbye Baker Street DTC, it's been fun! On to more adventures! We celebrated with a few friends while Ace stayed with uncle Cody & aunt Meaghan. Cody seems to to think he never wants to have kids after the night he had with Ace ha ha!
We got Ace's birth announcements finally and those are on there way out to everyone! They came out so cute!
Anyway Saturday we were invited to the Bronco's game by our very dear friends Heather and Nate (or aunt Heather and uncle Tot if you will). Heather recently got a job with Coca Cola and was fortunate enough to get her boss' tickets for yesterdays game! It is the first time I have ever been in a suite and was the 'sweetest' thing I've ever experienced! Free nacho bar and beer? YES PLEASE! Matt and I had an awesome time (plus the Bronco's won!), while Ace spent the night with grandma. Grandma is going out of town Tuesday for a week, so it worked out best for all involved that we needed a sitter. Matt and I got to sleep in this morning which was perfect and greatly needed!
Today Cody and Meaghan decided that they would pack up and head home. Cody was a little worried about crutching up 3 flights of stairs, but thought it was time to be at his own place. While I liked the company while Matt was gone at work, it will be nice to get my house back and only have one baby to take care of! Today is filled with cleaning before the Cubs game and maybe some BBQ burgers later tonight.
Trewin life is still awesome! Now if we could only win the lottery...
We got Ace's birth announcements finally and those are on there way out to everyone! They came out so cute!
Anyway Saturday we were invited to the Bronco's game by our very dear friends Heather and Nate (or aunt Heather and uncle Tot if you will). Heather recently got a job with Coca Cola and was fortunate enough to get her boss' tickets for yesterdays game! It is the first time I have ever been in a suite and was the 'sweetest' thing I've ever experienced! Free nacho bar and beer? YES PLEASE! Matt and I had an awesome time (plus the Bronco's won!), while Ace spent the night with grandma. Grandma is going out of town Tuesday for a week, so it worked out best for all involved that we needed a sitter. Matt and I got to sleep in this morning which was perfect and greatly needed!
Today Cody and Meaghan decided that they would pack up and head home. Cody was a little worried about crutching up 3 flights of stairs, but thought it was time to be at his own place. While I liked the company while Matt was gone at work, it will be nice to get my house back and only have one baby to take care of! Today is filled with cleaning before the Cubs game and maybe some BBQ burgers later tonight.
Trewin life is still awesome! Now if we could only win the lottery...
Friday, August 19, 2011
Pictures
I DO like hanging with my aunt!
Loves his swing!
Kick piano 
My happy beautiful boy
Bronco Onsie and Socks
Hanging with cousin Ryde
Having fun learning!
I love my doggie Rocky
Such a good boy!
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