In this picture he's wearing the sweater I wore when I was 3.
Dancing at Uncle Josh's wedding.
Trey loves trucks, Power Rangers, books, baking cookies, riding his "bike," playing in Gia's room, wrestling with Daddy, and poking little Joey. He says the sweetest prayers at dinner time and is the first to ask to pray. He likes to listen to music in the car as we go to pick up big sister Gia, and he loves to go into Gia's classroom and play with the big kids. He's already telling me, "Mama, when I'm 5 I'm going to... [chew gum, go to school, use the computer, etc...].
He cheers loudly for his sister on the soccer field. It's precious!
Bobby takes him on dates probably twice a month. His favorite thing to do is get a slurpy and go play on the electric cars at the mall. When I get to take him out on a date we usually get something he likes to eat and a toy from our local consignment store.
He is a decisive kid. If you ask him what he wants to eat, he answers right away and rarely changes his mind unless you offer him something else. If you ask him what he wants to play, his answer is immediately, "super heroes." He knows what he wants and goes for it.
He did a wonderful job as a ring bearer recently at Uncle Josh's wedding. He LOVES to dance! He tore up the dance floor at the reception!
Trey has gone from requiring a lot of attention, discipline and instruction on behavior to being a good listener, kind brother (most days), patient, generous kid and honestly is a joy to have around. He still gets a time out most days, but it's for things like bopping Joey on the head because he forgets that Joey is still a baby. However, all I have to do is tell him to go sit in time out and he does it. I set the timer, he does his time, and we talk and hug say I'm sorry. And then we're done and he's back to playing happily. It's the light at the end of all the hard work that I've been waiting for.
Trey is snuggly. He loves to give us hugs! I think my favorite moments with him are as I'm tucking him in bed after his story and prayers. I tell him all the things that are wonderful about him and all the people who love him, and he grins from ear to ear and plays with my hair, periodically sitting up to give me a hug. I walk out of the room teary eyed a lot.
Still working on potty training. He can do it, but just isn't motivated. And to be honest, I haven't pushed it. Some point soon we'll get serious about it. Maybe after Christmas.
His favorite foods are mac and cheese, ham and cheese sandwiches, broccoli, and anything sweet. He loves juice, soda and chocolate milk, but hardly ever gets those things. Oh, and he loves coffee. Yup, we start 'em young in this house (don't worry grandparents, he just gets a sip or two from Bobby's cup).
Lately he's been really into Power Rangers and Super heroes. He loves to dress up in his Hulk outfit ("the green guy") and pretend to beat up Bobby (because he's the "bad guy"). It's the best game to watch!
We've started doing school while Gia is at school. I have flash cards for him to practice his letter sounds and numbers up to 20, and then his treat afterwards is to play Starfall. He can count to 14, and then to 20 with skipping numbers some times. He knows about half his letter sounds so far but can identify all his upper and lower case numbers. He has memorized one Bible verse so far and is working on a second.
Oh Trey boy, we love you so much! You are smart, strong, sweet, funny and a good brother and friend. You make our lives full of laughter and fun! We can't wait to watch you grow in this next year and see you grow into what the Lord has planned for you! Remember His grace toward you and follow in His ways as you put others before yourself. Happy birthday, buddy!
Trey drinking my coffee.
On one of his dates with Daddy at the mall.
We like to make cookies for our neighbors.
On a date with me (got a toy and french fries).
Playing outside the church after service.
His first taste of lemon meringue pie.
Playing at the park with Gia's class.
This boy can touch his nose with his tongue!
Hugging Daddy after he returned from a long trip.
He LOVES to play games on their "phone" with Gia.
