*12 month Updates*

We went for T's 12 month Well check.. Yes shots were included and they weren't the regular ones, these ones hurt and my poor lil dude was not so happy.. :( MMR, Chickenpox and I can't think of the other one..

so his stats are:

Weight: 26lbs 30z 95%

Height: 32 in. 97% and up

Head: 18" 76%

The pedia said T is doing great, back on track from 3 months ago when he fell behind from all of the problems with being sick etc.

She would like him on whole milk, and I discussed the issues we are having and she said what I'm doing is fine as well. He's teething big time.. He has his back molars coming in and two of his eye teeth are popping through.. So its been FUN in the Trevino house!!

Here's the pics I took of him at 12 months on 07/09/09:

He just loves pictures~~ and I'm out!! Peace, Mom.

~***Tristan's 1st Birthday***~

Today is T's 1st Birthday- I can't even believe it- I feel like it was such a short time ago that I had him. I mean, I look back at last year and I can remember everything leading up to Tristan arriving, the time, the scenery, it just seems so surreal.
Tristan was a stubborn little butt for sure. I went through 30 hours of labor, and ended up with a c-section just to get this stinker out. Tristan arrived at 6:28am and I have been in love ever since. I'm so happy and proud to be his Mom - on days that are frustrating or the days he's whiny, and crying I have to remind myself of all the good days we have and the love I have for him overshadows all these temper tantrums and crying fits. I'm excited to see what the next year holds for him and us. I'm excited for him to learn, developmentally, and physically - start walking, talking etc.. this next year in his life will be another chapter in our lives with new things to come, new places to go and explore and do what little boys do best and that's makes messes and get dirty!! I'm ready for it~

Tristan goes in on Monday for his 1 year well check- so I will update all of his stats as soon as I know.
As far as what he does and how far he's come since last month- lets see here.
He says: Uh oh, dato=dog, ishy, Mom, dada, tries to say juice but its hard to come up with a word that comes out of his mouth to type up, shews=shoes,out sounds like ut.., whoaaaaa, shhhhh (but I think he trys to say shut up because he only says that after we tell are obnoxious dogs to shut up from barking) and the scariest of them all- the one word all parents DON'T look forward to in there son or daughter's vocabulary... "NO"
(well just wonderful- now we are in trouble)
He's cruising: He cruises the couches and coffee tables, the bed, anything he can pull himself up on he's willing to try and then take steps.
He's crawling at the speed of lightening, you think you have a sec or two to get to something before he will actually get there and your soooo wrong. when you least expect it he's already there making a mess with the dog bowls, trying to eat the dog food, getting into the shoes, tearing apart your Tupperware cabinet, taking all of his clothes out of the bottom of his drawers, and many other things.
Bottles and sippy cups: He's drinking out of his sippy cup like a pro. with juice and water only. Milk is going to be a challenge I can already feel it. He's not so keen on the texture and I have tried to warm it, keep it somewhat cool and then straight form the fridge and none of these he is taking to.. So my plan as of right now is to keep him on his formula but put it in sippy cup until I can get him completely weaned to milk- I really don't see any harm in keeping him on it - I will not be doing this until after the birthday party on Sat. though. Probably Sunday we will be transitioning. I would like him to be off bottle completely and I'm pretty sure the only way to do this is to get rid of them all together. (I'm not so sure if that's going to go so well).
The Binky: So I have been pretty avid about him coming off the bink when he turned one, but suddenly T has become EXTREMELY attached to that sucker. and I'm kinda nervous considering i had 4 and I seem to missing 3?? I am left with one. I almost bought more and stopped myself and was like uh hello what are you doing.. so I put them down.
I'm not sure how taking away the bink is going to go over- It has become his safeguard and my weapon against crying and whining. so I'm torn on this one. I DON'T want to be that mother with the kid that has a pacifier still in his mouth at the age of 2, 3, 4 or 5 years old!! That's just not going to happen. So I need to come up with a plan..
So I'm in awww over the fact that my lil man is ONE, he's turning into this little independent self -doing things on his own, and growing up faster than I think I would like- but on the other hand I'm loving this stage in his life. He's such a character, the sounds he makes, the talking he does, the gestures, the faces he makes are just so silly. He carries on conversations with you and its fun to talk back to him and then to have him respond as if he really knows what he's talking about. I love the fact that when we are at home and John walks through the door - Tristan's eyes LIGHT up.. I know john has got to love that moment as well. How could you not? After a long day at work and then being able to come home to your Son who is so absolutely thrilled to see him who shrieks and giggles and just goes nutz .. AMAZING!!!

My little baby went from this:

Born: July 9, 2008 @ 6:28am

7lbs 12oz and 21 1/2" in.

to this:

Pretty Cool if you ask me!!!

Tristan Marcus

July 9, 2009

Tristan's 1st Birthday Party is on Sat. I will be posting as soon as I can about that event- should be fun, friends and family are coming over, We will be swimming, eating yummy food and lots of CAKE!! Which I know Tristan will enjoy!! and of course taking TONS of pictures!! Check back on Sunday.. :0)

Happy Birthday Lil Man. I'm so happy and proud to be your Mommy and I feel extremely blessed to have you in my life. I love you.

Love Mommy

..

**I will post 12month pics when I take them at home tonite

*gDiapers*

Have you heard of them?

Well all this talk about cloth diapering made me do some more research. Now before Tristan was born - I had thought about doing cloth diapering- I never asked questions and I researched it maybe 5 or 6 times while I was pregnant - Now let me also remind you that I was not an avid blogger at the time either (this is where much of my new found research has taken place) - so I had no access to this "Blog" world. I figured cloth diapering would be a hassle, too expensive and who really does cloth diapering?? Well apparently alot of people do; and apparently cloth diapering IS NOT what it used to be when my Mom was my age!!

So as of now I have Tristan in regular diapers, LUVS to be exact and I do like them, they don't leak, cause marks on his legs.. etc... cheaper than pampers and huggies.
But- what I don't like is the diaper rashes he receives. I'm not saying they are from the diaper itself, shoot who knows it could be but, most of the time its from him having a bowel movement while sleeping and it sitting on his bum all night.. Tristan had a very bad diaper rash about 2 weeks ago and when I say bad it was red, raw, hurt to clean, touch and even hurt to put ointment on except reg unscented Vaseline. I felt so bad for him. So the research started up again about cloth diapering - Tristan will be one on Thursday so I figured maybe this will also help with potty training him???

There are quite a few cloth diapering sites and cloth diapering makers out there - a little overwhelming at first- and this could have possibly been the reasons I strayed away as well.
I stumbled upon- gDiapers.. Okay so not exactly "cloth diapering" to the full extent. The diapers are still cloth though? Its the best of both worlds. In my opinion

I'm just going to C&P. and let you be the judge..

gDiapers loves the Earth.
For the last 40 years there have been but two choices in diapers. Cloth or disposable. That’s it. Now gDiapers offers a third option. Flushable. gDiapers puts waste where it belongs, in the toilet. Not the landfill.
gDiapers have no elemental chlorine, no perfumes, no smell, no garbage and no guilt. In fact, our flushable diapers are so gentle on the Earth you can even garden compost the wet ones in one compost cycle, approximately 50 – 150 days. Just think of the standing ovation you’ll get from the planet.
Cradle to Cradle.
Why are gDiapers good for the planet? It is simple. Our flushables are designed using the Cradle to Cradle design principles of Bill McDonough and his firm MBDC. That means everything that goes into one of our flushables gets re-absorbed back into the eco-system in a neutral or beneficial way. So you are turning waste into a resource. At the same time, you are putting poop in the toilet, where it belongs, and avoiding the landfill issue all together. We appreciate there is a lot of information in this section, but we want to make sure that parents who are concerned about the earth feel their questions and concerns are answered, and backed up with independent scientific research. For us, it is all about being Fair Dinkum. You can also feel free to contact us…we love talking diapers!
*Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM is a certification mark of MBDC.

So anyway that's the jist of the gDiaper- If you want you can visit there website for more information and watch some videos about there product.
http://www.gdiapers.com

I'm not saying this is the way to go- but this is the route I'm going to attempt to take. I would rather do something than nothing to benefit the earth. The fact that I use disposable diapers, knowing that they sit in a landfill for 500+ years, Kills me...

So as I enter this world of cloth diapering, disposables and Gdiapers, knowing that all 3 of them have a good and a bad side to them.. Its the step I'm going to take for myself and for my kid/s.

I will review them once I get them.. I'm pretty excited..

101 goals in 1001 days

So - I stole this from a fellow blogger and thought this was pretty neat.. Its a good way to keep track of the goals I already have in my head but I think most or all of them will get completed if I am able to write them out.. and of course my number of goals accounted for maybe like 20 - but this is 101.. so some may or may not get accomplished- but I definitely plan to give it my all!!
So here we go.. My start date will be July 11, 2009 and end date will be March 8, 2012

1. Buy a new bed

2. Learn to edit my photos

3. Buy adobe photo shop to accomplish #2

4. Get passports for John, Tristan and myself

5. Back up all my Very important things (pictures, documents etc) to my external hard drive

6. Take Tristan to the Wild Life World Zoo

7. Become CPR certified

8. Start going to Yoga classes offered at the Gym (0/30)

9. Go indoor skydiving

10. Go to a city in Az that I have never been to

11. Celebrate Christmas in a different state

12. Make Tristan's Scrap book for his first year of life

13. Take 1 mommy day a month (0/30)

14. Take Tristan to see Snow

15. Take Tristan to Rocky Point, MX

16. Tell John I love him everyday for a month

17. Visit a Farmers Market to get fresh produce

18. Take Tristan to CO to see his Godfather

19. Exercise 3 times a week for 6 months

20. Take Tristan to 10 different parks (o/10)

21. Go to the new water park- Wet N' Wild and make sure we use our season passes(0)

22. Cook a meal from scratch twice a month (0/24)

23. Get Scuba Certified

24.Have a girls weekend in Vegas (o/1)

25. Get a pedicure once a month (0/24)

26. Go on Date Nights with John once a month (0/24)

27. Go white water rafting

28. Watch less T.V. and start playing board games 2 times a week (0/35)

29. Plan my Sister's 4th Baby shower - Small and intimate

30. Have another baby - start after Tristan turns 2

31. Research going back to school- grants, loans etc.

32. GO BACK TO SCHOOL

33. Get a new tattoo (0/2)

34. Lose weight ~ 15lbs

35. Decline plastic bags and use reusable

34. Put $1 a day into a Piggy bank for Tristan (o/1001)

35. Re- do my budget every 6 months (0/ 6)

36. Pay down and off Credit Cards (0/5)

37. Stick to budget

38. Go on a Disney cruise for Tristan's 3rd Birthday

39. Take Tristan to the beach

40. Organize my office desk - be clutter free

41. Go on our Honeymoon. 1 year anniversary cruise - March- April 2010

42. Take Tristan to Disney land

43.Go on a road trips just because (0/10)

44. Run in the PF Changs 1/2 Marathon 13 miles Jan17, 2010

45 run in the PF Changs full marathon 26 miles Jan, 2011

46. Up my Life Ins.
47. Make John up his life ins.

48. Try 5 new restaurants (1/5) I counted - Rock Bottom because we tried it on 07/03/09

49. Redo our laundry room (paint, epoxy floor, make/build shelves)

50. Change my last name over to my married one.

51. K.I.T. with friends through email

52. Grow a small garden with Tristan

53. Throw Tristan's 1st Birthday Party

54. Redo the walls in the living room, with shelves and new Pictures

55. Take Tristan for his 15 month pics

56. Take Tristan for his 18 month pics

57. Go and get facials once every other month (0/20)

58. Keep Tristan's Car seat rear facing until at least 15 months old

59. Read some new books (0/5)

60. Write a letter to Tristan on his B-day (0/3)

61. Buy a digital photo frame - 10.5 in.

62. Buy new lenses for my Camera

63. Take a Summer photog class

64. Stop Drinking soda for 1 week

65. Stop drinking soda for two weeks in a row.

66. Compliment a friend

67. Compliment a stranger

68. Look into Cloth Diapering and test them out on Tristan - 07/06/09 Just Purchased gDiapers

69. Come up with 32 more goals.

~ We are talkin~

Yes Yes.. Tristan my eleven and half month old little monkey is a talkin little boy..
I will say this - he has been saying Momma, dadda, ishy, dato=dog, ball but Yesterday 06/25 while shopping in target he said "uh oh".. I think I was in shock and so surprised.. How amazing it to actually hear your son say his first actual words!! Let me tell you!! AMAZING!!

~Its so weird to think and well hear Tristan talking.. We now have to watch what we are saying around T, because it seems he is going to start picking up on what we are saying even faster than what we expected!!

So I must mark this day - no yesterday as the day that Tristan said his first "actual word"..

So exciting.. oh and he's cruising.. Geez in two weeks time - Tristan has pulled himself up, started cruising the couches, and tables, and now has said his first word.. Pretty crazy how fast they learn!!

OH and..... We gave T a new haircut.. totally not intentional. I cut T's hair and I have been getting pretty good with the clippers. Well since its Arizona and the heat is back up in the 100's + I figured lets take him a little shorter so I started out with 4, then went to 3, thennn went to 2. So i stopped at 2 cut his hairall around and then went to fade T's hair with a 1 in the back well his little squirmy self moved and I had the clippers on his head and "SHIT" it went to high.. so I asked John to help me fix it.. and well his way of fixing it was to just cut his entire head -

so I was left with this..

He's still my cutie patootie.. I was a little uneasy about it at first - but I've gotten used to it and for some reason I feel like it totally feels like it fits my little Mr. T..

so that's been my weekend so far and its only Sat.

Baby Fever

My BIL's Brother's Wife is Pregnant!! This is soooo exciting and I'm so happy for them.. They have a little girl Madison who will be 2 on July 2nd..

Everyone I know around me is pregnant or just had a baby!! So many babies and I'm starting to get the chills, fatigue, and hot sweats.. I might be getting a case of "Baby Fever!!!"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Congrats to all you ladies around me with little bumps growin and little bundles who just arrived.. (hopefully we can work on more of the girls being born) I don't want to limit Tristan's findings... heehee.. :0) When he's 25 of course.. until then he's my baby boy.. LOL..

*My Butt Procedure*

Yes I call it that..
Anyhow - it went well.. minus the fact that I had to fast for 24+ hours and drink this nasty most horrific tasting solution to make me go to the bathroom to clean my bowels out!! that was NO fun!! Ugh..
I'm not sure how people fast for more than 24+ hours they are CRAZY!! Every where I looked and every where I turned their was food staring me in the face and EVERY thing looked a million times better than it would if I wasn't having to fast. bananas and strawberries, turkey meat Oh my lord - at times I wanted to just sneak in a few bites here and there but new I couldn't so I carried on with my nasty liquid of a drink.. Going to the bathroom wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it didn't bother my stomach or make me cramp horribly like the side effects had said would happen, so that was good. I did get a massive headache and that was obviously from not being able to eat. Went away as soon as I was able to eat!!
I definitely feel bloated and swollen, so much for thinkin I would lose weight!!
When I went in for my procedure - the nurse was getting me prepped and I had to leave a pee sample - she scared the living crap out of me because she did a prego test and pulled i and was like umm when did you have you last period - I told her and she was like.. mmmm (my heart stopped) I was like NO WAY!!! and she was like oh No no, your not pregnant.. Ugh my heart started beating again.. LADY I just had a kid 11 months ago I don't need another one right now.. mmm kay... Holy cow not cool.. then she tried to get me set up for an IV and couldn't find my veins ( I have pretty bad veins- just not visible) Well Duh I'm dehydrated so its going to be a little harder - well she blew one of my veins I wanted to strangle her.. then she went to the top of my hand couldn't find anything - finally I was like why don't you just put it in the upper part of my arm where you normally would go.. she did and Guess what found my Vein!!! YAY!!
they got me prepped and I laid there for about 15 minutes waiting the anthestesiologist . He came in and went over stuff and then knocked my ass out - I remember nothing after that..
I woke up to John - talking to me and the nurse saying my name.. Of course I started crying as I always do when I come out of sedation.(big baby) Oh well.. I was there for about 30 min and got on my feet (a little woozy)- got dressed talked to the Dr and on our way we went.. I told John I wanted a big fat juicy cheeseburger so he stopped at chilis on our way home and got me just that.. YUM! We went home- ate and watched a movie and then he went and got T from daycare and I feel great- besides gas and bloating from the air being pushed into my colon.. Nothing like expelling air.. LOL!!!
Anyway - all is well - but I have to go see a rectal surgeon for my wonderful hemorrhoids- since I'm sick of just putting creams, ointments etc. on them and it not helping - I want them removed.. So I go in Thursday for another Dr. to look at my bum!! Geez!!
that was my wonderful day - luckily I wont have to go back to get one of those done again until I'm like 60!! Thank God - because drinking the solution they give you to clean you out is just out of this world DISGUSTING!!! Bleh..