Trevor’s First Christmas

My last post must have paid off because Santa was very good to Trevor (and all of us) this Christmas. 

Thursday night, my mom, brother, Shane, Trevor and I went to mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.  It was nice service, and nice to be back to visit the church I grew up in.  On Christmas morning, everyone woke up around 8am—except for Trevor.  We all hung out and waited for him to wake up. 

Once Trevor had woken up, we fed him and then began to show him all of the things that were waiting for him under the tree.  He did good unwrapping his presents and of course was more interested in the paper and bows than anything else.  He was a very lucky boy and got tons of clothes and books, a rocking horse, wagon, Sillytown and a bunch of different toys (block sets, piano, a baby laptop and stuffed animals to go with some of the books he had gotten.)  Now that we have returned home with everything our house is 100% overrun with toys and I have yet to walk through the living room without tripping.   Shane and I must have been good this year too…I got the Dan Brown book that I had wanted and a necklace and matching pair of earrings from Shane.  Shane got some new clothes he had been wanting, a new watch and Wii Sports Resort. My parents also got us some new things for the house that they thought we would enjoy. 

After we opened presents we spent the day playing with Trevor and his toys and reading him his new books and that evening we had a delicious dinner that my mom cooked.

It was a quiet, calm Christmas, but we were together with our family and our little boy was happy—which is the best gift all on its own.

Happy Birthday Grampy!

Saturday was Grampy’s (my dad) birthday.  It was nice that we were there in Woodbridge to be with him.  We weren’t able to really do anything special because of his knee, but it was very nice to just be there to spend time with him. 

 

Happy Birthday Grampy!  We love you! 

Just in case Santa checks our blog…

Just in case Santa feels the need to check the blog tonight before arriving at our house, Trevor has a special picture message for him. 

 

Dear Santa, I have been very NICE.  I promise. 

Trevor in the SNOW

Last weekend, my parents in Woodbridge, VA got 15 inches of snow dumped on them by the Nor’easter that blew through.   We of course, got nothing more than a dusting in Portsmouth, but that is to be expected.  Anyway, while out shoveling the driveway, my dad slipped on a patch of ice, fell and broke his kneecap.  He is now 100% immobile and is on strict orders not to bend the joint and to stay off of it as much as possible.  Because of that, we ended up packing everything up and heading to my parents’ house for Christmas. 

Since we were surrounded by all the snow, we couldn’t resist bundling Trevor up and taking him out to enjoy the snow.  We mostly pulled him around in my sled from when I was a baby (24 years old and it is still a beauty) but he did take a ride down the hill on a sled with me, Shane and Uncle Chris.  Here are some pictures of our morning in the snow. 

Just Because...

I feel like there haven't been enough pictures of Trevor on the blog lately.....

Ladies and Gentlemen......

We have a crawler!!!

Trevor officially started crawling last night (no more belly crawling or scooting) Thinking it could be a flook we waited for him to crawl again today to make sure...well, he is still on the go today and seems to be getting quicker and better at it by the minute. Thank goodness we babyproofed the house when we moved in!

'Tis the Season

Last weekend we started decorating for Christmas. Instead of doing everything at once, we are doing all of the Christmas preparation bit-by-bit, so we started with our outdoor decorations.

It has either been raining or too late when I think to take a picture of what it looks like all lit up at night, but I am sure I will get one between now and when we take everything down in January.

sidebar: as we start to decorate, we have to test all of the christmas lights before we start to put them up. of course, the lights are absolutely fascinating to Trevor....

uh, November?

Was there a November? Did anything happen in the Chapman household? (other than taking cute pictures of our sleepy lil guy and all of his hair)...Well, yes...I just am bad at actually getting posts up here.

So here it is: November in a nutshell....

November 11-13th a huge Nor'easter (the November Nor'easter or the Atlantic Assault HAHA--depending on what news channel you watched)rolled through the area and put most everything underwater. We thankfully did not have any damage to the house, however the back half of our lot was a lake and our neighbor's tree came down into our yard taking out a bit of our fence. Shane and I couldn't get into work on Thursday and Friday due to flooding in Norfolk, so we were able to enjoy a few days at home with Trevor. By Saturday, we were all suffering from severe cabin fever, so we ventured out to Home Depot to purchase rakes and other things so that we could clean up from the storm. Ah, the joys of home ownership.

At the end of November, we traveled up to Connecticut to spend Thanksgiving with my family. As always, Trevor was great in the car and the drive wasn't bad at all. We stayed at my Aunt Carol's house and Trevor had a great time being read to and fussed over by everyone.

sleeping little angel...

I went in to check on Trevor before we headed to bed the other night. He looked so sweet that I couldn't resist taking a picture of him.

how sweet....look at all that crazy hair!

Happy Halloween!!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Pumpkins on our Porch

Wednesday, the rain and cold here finally took a rest for an afternoon so we jumped on the opportunity to get outside and carve our pumpkins. Trevor's pumpkin was too small to carve, so instead we put his handprints and footprints on it so that it looks like a face. Today is starting out as a nice day, hopefully it will hold out until Shaner gets home from work, so that we can get some pictures of Trevor in his costume on the front porch.

Pumpkins!

This past Saturday we decided that it was about time we get our Halloween pumpkins. We headed out to Virginia Beach to go to Hunt Club Farms to pick our pumpkins. In addition to the pumpkins they have pony rides for the kids, hayrides and a petting farm. (At night its a haunted hayride etc..) Trevor is too young for all of that this year but it was nice to get out and enjoy the weather as a family.

Kim's Birthday and a Friendly Visit

On my birthday, I decided that I wanted to make grocery shopping and going out to eat a bit more enjoyable for all three of us, so we drove out to Greenbrier to get Trevor a floppy seat. It really is the gift that keeps on giving....Now that Trevor can sit up like a pro, he would much rather (of course) do so when we are out shopping and eating rather than sit in his carrier. We went out to dinner at Red Robin and Trevor loved being able to sit up in the high chair at the table. (Since then we have also used the floppy seat at Target and it was a MILLION times better...not that Trevor is ever that bad in public, but being all confined like that would make anyone fuss)

Trevor sitting in his floppy seat at dinner.

After dinner, since we were already out that way, we stopped by Whitney and Noah's house to say hello since it had been a while, we had several missed connections and we had missed Izzy's 2nd birthday party since we were moving that day..... It was so interesting to see Trevor and Tanner together (nevermind that Trevor started fussing as soon as we tried to put them down together...he did fine later on after we had been there a while)

Trevor and Tanner

We visited for a while and then headed home for the evening once it was getting close to bedtime.

Race for the Cure Weekend

On the weekend of October 17/18, my cousins Lynn and Thomas drove down from Connecticut to visit. Lynn and I participated in the Race for the Cure at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront and had a great time. Despite the rainy weather, we did the 5k, had a great time and supported a very important cause! Can't wait for next year! After the Race, we headed back to the house where the boys were hanging out (the weather wasn't the best to take Trevor out there) and we got ready for the rest of our day. We went to Caylee's first birthday party at Laura and Mike's house. I can't believe that she is one already! She and Trevor didn't play much because every time we put Trevor down on the floor he would start to cry--new place and tons of people was probably a little overwheming for him. We had a good time visiting with everyone though! After the birthday party we headed to the base so that Lynn and Thomas could see all of the ships and then we headed to No Frill for an early dinner. Everyone was exhuasted from the long day so we called it a night pretty early so that I could make it to work in the morning and they could leave in the morning for their drive home. Thanks for visiting us in our new home guys! It was great to see you!

Happy Birthday Shane!

Today we celebrated Shane's 28th birthday! Happy Birthday! We spent the day spending time as a family and went out to dinner this evening as a family at Outback. Here is a picture of the birthday boy and Trevor before we went out to dinner.

Happy Birthday Shane/Daddy, we love you very much!

The New Place

Today was moving day, so we are getting ready to settle in for our first night in the new house. We went nonstop from about 7am until 7pm and are exhausted....it has been a long week, and we still have tons of unpacking to do, but we are proud to say that we are finally home. Furthermore, here are some pictures of the new place. I do want to add that even though we had a 12 hour day of moving today, it was nothing compared to what we did between closing and that first box hitting the back of the u-haul this morning. Shane and I will be opening our housepainting business in the spring. (just kidding)
In a matter of 4 days (half-days really, because we both worked most of the week) we turned this:

Into this:
(Please excuse the moving mess)
Now we are off to bed--for the first time, in our house.