Trenty-Poo Turns 2!!!!!!

Our sweet little Trenty is 2 today! What a precious, sweet, funny little guy that he is. On a daily basis, he keeps us on our toes. We never know if he's going to: play in the toilet, jump on Rachel's bed, turn on tub faucets (and leave them running), stuff fake CD's into the Wii system, pull all the sandwich baggies out of the box, find a marker and write on everything with it, climb the back of a recliner, pull on the blinds till they break, press buttons on the remote control until the tv is so messed up that you have no idea how to get it back, chew a wheel off a hotwheel, etc... Trenty is a very inquisitive, bright little guy and if you turn your back on him for a second, he'll do one (or 2 or 3) of the above mentioned things. But, even with the sometimes aggravating antics of our little boy, we love him dearly and are so thankful to have him in our family!! He still reminds us to say the blessing at meals...every single time. He also loves to hug his siblings when they're hurt, upset, etc... He copies everything Bradley does and wants to be as big as he is. He still loves to be held and rocked and he still holds my lips/mouth when he drinks his juice. He's a little eating-machine who hasn't met many foods that he won't try or doesn't enjoy. He's smart and he's strong and communicates so clearly without saying a word. He loves Rachel so much and treats her like another mother. He is full of joy, full of laughter and full of love!

Happy Birthday to our adorable Trenty-Poo!!

We love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stinkers on the stairs

These 5 little stinkers had a great time playing and goofing off a couple of weeks ago. Rach and Juj always have a great time doing their own thing--we hardly see them--playing in Rachel's room or playing school upstairs. The boys mostly play with Alex's favorite- CARS- and run around being silly. Bradley plays some with the boys and some with the girls (when they allow it)-while Trenty is so excited to see Alex (Aex) and Juj (joo-joo) that he can hardly contain his joy.

Pirate's Practice

throwing the ball (looks like over that boy's head)
in "play" mode

soft-toss batting practice

Rachel has been enjoying practicing ball too. She's on the Pirates and her colors are yellow and black. We're excited to see her in action tomorrow!

A little bit of P-T

We are unofficially, casually, doing a little bit of potty-training. We are only doing this because Trent has shown an extreme intrest in sitting on the potty. He loves his Elmo seat and can make himself go pee pee when he sits on the potty. So, before bathtime, we let Trent sit on the potty and he pee pees (most of the time) and then we clap and make a big deal. Then he flushes the potty and that's it. I would love it if he learns how to use the potty sooner than Rachel or Bradley did, but we will see.

Practicing to play!

catching a ground ball
waiting his turn

running the bases--joyfully!

ready to give daddy "5" as he rounds 3rd

Well, the first game is tomorrow (weather permitting) and we're all very excited! Bradley's on the Indians and his colors are blue and red. He looks mighty cute in his uniform and we can't wait to see him in action.

Our pets

Mittens loves to be held this way

(haha!)

Dixie is still such a sweet, low-maintenance doggie. We're so lucky to have this calm little girl in our family. She's getting on up in her years but still runs really fast and seems to be a healthy dog. I was practicing taking pictures with my new camera and thought these were pretty good of our sweet Dixie.

Mittens has been a fairly uneventful addition to our family. She's a sweet cat, eats whatever we give her...whenever we remember to feed her, tolerates Trenty picking her up incorrectly and making her swing really fast on the porch swing and hopefully is keeping the mice away. She hangs out on the front porch and under the house. She's a pretty cat and seems to be healthy. We just need to get her spayed so we don't end up with lots of little baby kittens.

Fun in the tub!

These 2 Milligan boys are way too cute! They are starting to enjoy playing together and it's pretty amusing to watch. The aggravating isn't just coming from Bradley any more...now it's also coming from Trent. He loves to take a toy from Bradley and pitch a fit as though it was his to take when he chose fit. He also loves to copy his big brother and Bradley loves it! There's lots of

squabbles, lots of gigles and lots of hugs. I hope my boys are always close! I loved these pics of them in the bathtub being silly, playing with bubbles and being as uncooperative as possible while I try to take their picture. I love my sweet boys!