Tommy's 2nd Birthday Party

On Sunday, we had Tommy's 2nd birthday party at Gymboree. We invited the kids in his class and other friends of ours who have kids the same age. There were about 11 or 12 kids there.

I was a little nervous about how Tommy would do, because he is a little shy in new environments. It took him all of about 5 minutes to get over his shyness and then there was no stopping him.

He had SO MUCH fun running around, participating in all the activities and running around. :) He loved playing with all of his friends and he was so cute when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to him. He got this little grin on his face and did this shoulder shrug thing. He did manage to blow out his candles (in about 4 tries - with minimal spit), but wanted nothing to do with his cupcake after that. I think he just wanted to get back out there and play.

Still a little hesitant

 Someone was having fun :)

Kylee crawling around

All of our helpers - thanks guys!

Tommy finding the lion with the help of his flashlight

He's fearless

Yo Gabba Gabba cupcake cake

Ready to blow out the candles

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Tommy didn't like the clown

Taking a breather

Grace was also there to celebrate Tommy's special day with him. She was a good baby only crying when she was hungry and when we told her she was too small to go down the slide.

Stretching Out

Grace with Uncle Eddie

Grace and Aunt Christine

On the way home, he was still excited about his "birthday party" and loved the little Yo Gabba Gabba bath squirters I gave each kid as a favor along with the other little items in the bag.

Once we got home, Tommy opened all his presents in front of the family and he ended up getting another guitar. Those kids know him so well (he's up to 4 now). He received so many nice things from everyone (so many toys that we hid half of them in our closet until later on).

Tommy with his new sand and water table

He loves his tricycle

Shooting some hoops (notice he made it)

Family photo

The kids with Grandma and Grandpa

The kids with Grammy and Pap-Pap

Grandpa with his grandkids - I don't think they were too happy

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend Tom's parents, sister and her husband came down for a visit (and to help celebrate Tommy's 2nd birthday).

Gram and Pap-Pap got here Wednesday night and Aunt Christine and Uncle Eddie arrived Thursday afternoon.

On Friday, both kids stayed home from daycare to hang out with our guests and that night we celebrated Uncle Eddie's birthday. I think it's on the 16th, but Eddie keeps insisting it's on the 18th - so I came up with a compromise :) to split the difference with him and celebrate on the 17th.

Tommy loves playing with his little sister

Happy Birthday Eddie!

Tommy's 2 Year Photos

On Saturday, we went in for Tommy's 2 year photos and some pictures of Tommy and Grace together.

Tommy loved his photographer and was happy and smiling the entire session (and then ran around during Grace's session with Uncle Eddie and Aunt Christine).

Here are some of my favorite:

Grace 3 Month Pictures

Yesterday, we all took Tommy and Grace in for their pictures.

Both kids did great and we got a lot of smiles out of them. Here are a few of my favorites of Grace:

Grace is 3 Months Old

On Monday, our baby girl turned 3 months old. It truly seems like we just had her!

Here are some of the highlights:

• Grace sleeps through the night - and has for the last month - we put her down around 11:00 and usually have to wake her up around 7:00 to go to daycare (sometimes we do have to run up once a night to put the pacy back in her mouth)
• She's moved up to 3 1/2 ounce feedings (4 oz. at night though)
• She still has a head full of hair and the longest eyelashes of any baby I've seen
• She loves to talk to her mommy and daddy
• She smiles all the time (especially loves when Tommy comes to talk to her)
• Mostly content to sit and look around for long periods (there are times where she has little fits though)
• Doesn't sleep a lot once we get home from daycare - she will take little cat naps

Tommy loves his sister and always asks about her and he says her name so cute "Gace" - the "r" is silent.

I love my little munchkins so much!!!

Soccer at Cowboys Stadium

This past Sunday, my boss Dale invited the whole Rennie Crew to his suite for the 2 big soccer matches (Cuba vs. Costa Rica and Mexico vs. El Salvador).

We were a little nervous about how the kids would do, but their were other kids in the suite and I'm happy to say that both kids did a really good job.

Grace alternated between sleeping, eating, watching the action on the field and only had a little crying fit towards the end (I think it was all the noise - the last game was crazy).

It was a nail biter.

Tommy on the other hand pretty much ran around the whole time. Thank goodness for an enclosed space. I did manage to get him to sit down and eat some of the yummy mac 'n cheese, popcorn and a little bit of chicken. After that little breather, he was off again. He especially liked flirting with the other girls there. There was one that he sat across from for a little while and he mimicked everything she did - it was hilarious. :) She was good with him and he loved following her and her younger sister around.

Tommy taking a break to eat

The boys watching the game

Tommy giving my boss some pointers

The little ladies man

We did leave around 8:15 (the middle of the 2nd game) because of bedtimes and we wanted to miss the traffic since it was a sold out event.

Chatterbox

Grace is a little chatterbox and tonight she had some important stuff to tell us. Personally, I think she was telling me how daddy was forcing her to watch the Pirates baseball game and she didn't like it. :)

Look at daddy making me watch baseball....



Pool Time

On Memorial Day, the four of us ventured out with our friends Matt, Amy and their two girls to The Beach Club (and then on to their community pool) for a little fun in the sun.

Last year when we went to the beach, Tommy wasn't too fond of the sand and we had hoped he grew out of that. Well...not so much. The entire hour we were at the "beach," Tommy would barely get out of his chair.

Look at the cutie patootie!

Wow - he ventured out..

 I forgot to mentioned he didn't like the sand on his feet (funny coming from a boy who wipes his hands on his shirt when he is eating - haha)

The girls hanging out

After the beach closed, we headed over to the community pool where we were sure that Tommy would get into the pool. The first 30 minutes, he pretty much just stood by the pool - but thank goodness he FINALLY got in - and let me tell you once he was in - we couldn't get him out.

The boys going back in

I'm going to assume that he just wasn't warmed up to the idea of all the people and the water at first and I bet the next time we go to the beach he is going to run around like a wild man. :)

Grace was good at both places. She pretty much just slept and people watched with her mommy and Amy. She looked so cute with her little beach hat on. I was planning on taking her in the water, but I couldn't find the swim diapers small enough for her (I did only hit up one place though). I'm going to look again this weekend.

Happy (late) Memorial Day!