A Hairdresser's Dream...

I couldn't resist...


Famous 8th grade part down the middle...


The Comb-over...


The Mohawk...


All slicked back...


No words can express how beautiful this do is...


And how his hair naturally goes...


And finally,
All bundled up after the torture :) ...


My poor baby :)

Halloween 2009

Halloween was a lot of fun this year even though I couldn't really do anything. I was SHOCKED that Taya actually wore her costume, she wouldn't a couple weeks ago but I think I tricked her good enough before she could notice it was on her! My parents were still here along with Jami, Jenna and Andrew so it was a lot of fun especially since I didn't have to answer the door :) Thanks Jami! Cam took Taya trick-or-treating and said that she loved it. He said she was nervous at first and wouldn't say trick-or-treak (or "turkey teet" haha) she'd just say "peassee" but she was obviously excited about the candy! When they got home Taya sat on a stool at our window and watched for "more people" to ring the doorbell. She was so cute, she loved handing out candy to all the kids. Anyway, here's some pictures...

The fam...

Tay and me...

Taya had to do a few practice rounds at our house before leaving to go trick-or-treating...

Off they go...

Missing out on all the fun...

Taya wouldn't hold still for a sibling picture, this was about the best we got. Sorry Taya, no suckers for Dodger yet! ...

This is what happens on Halloween night when your 2 year old has just finished off 2 suckers and who knows what else... they get all wrapped up in balloon strings and run in circles for 15 minutes...

And then they do this...
Classic!! :)

Home From The Hospital...

Me and Dodger got home on Monday, October 26th, after a LONG four days at the hospital! Long story short, I lost more than half my blood so they had to keep me a little longer. The doctor decided not to do a blood transfusion so I'm still really weak and tired all the time, and yes, white as a ghost, but what can ya do!? haha. It's really frustrating though, I'm getting so sick of being stuck in the house and not being able to walk up my stairs without panting. They said it'd take a few weeks for my blood count to go back up but I'm hoping it'll be sooner than that. Anyway, we're home and thrilled about it. Dodger is SUCH a good baby. Let's hope it's not the percocet!! Taya has been SO good with him, she gives him hugs and kisses all the time, but still tries to wake him up and steal his blankets. We'll have to work on that.

Getting Dodger dressed to go home, finally!!!.....

Dodger

Showing Taya the baby for the first time (she wasn't able to come to the hospital because of all the swine flu business)...

Lots of baby kisses...

This is the face Taya makes every time Dodger makes a noise, it's so cute :) ...

We came home to this that night, thanks Jami and Mom, sooo cute!! ...

Quick note: Thank you SOOO much to everyone who helped with Taya and everything else while we were in the hospital, we really couldn't have done it without you!!!

Here He Is...

Dodger Scott Treu
October 22, 2009
8:14 am
8 lb 1 0z 19 1/2 in long

This is our sweet little boy, he's finally here!

Just a quick update... Dodger was born Thursday morning, surgery went sooo good, so much better than the last one! Yesterday (Friday) was really rough for me, I won't go into detail but it was pretty scary. Today is much better, they've just been monitoring me all day. We were hoping to get home by tomorrow morning but it doesn't look like it'll be happening! Because of swine flu the hospital won't allow anyone under the age of 14 here so Taya hasn't even gotten to see him yet! I miss her so much :( Hopefully we'll be able to come home by Monday! Anyway, here's a few pictures of our little pumpkin...

Friday

Right after the surgery

Little family, minus Taya

Baby Treu On The Way...

We're heading to the hospital at 5:30am tomorrow (Thursday, October 22nd) for our little boy! We'll keep you posted...

Pumpkin Patch... Minus the Pumpkins

Me, Taya and Jami all headed out to the Hee-Haw Farms today to go pick out a pumpkin, but when we got there we realized it wasn't so much a pumpkin patch! :) Taya had a lot of fun though, they had pretty much a whole petting zoo and lots of games for little kids... and Jami! haha. Being 9 months pregnant, Jami had to play with Taya, carry Taya, push Taya, lift Taya... you name it. Thanks for coming with us Jami! Here's some pictures from our fun day...

Empty pumpkin patch...
This kind of looks like a creepy pumpkin patch we thought...

Taya had to help push the wagon the whole time. She wouldn't let me near it, "Nami" had to do everything...


Finally, a few tiny pumpkins...
This was a little corn stalk tunnel that Jami was chasing Taya through. Made for some really cute pictures...


Taya started feeding this goat and it just clung to her forever, it was adorable. This picture isn't the best, but still cute...
Am I a bad parent that I let my daughter kiss bunnies?? :) ...
This was about the only picture I got with Taya, she seriously won't let me touch her when Aunt "nami" is around! ...
Taya and Jami making piggy faces...
Jumping into the hay trampoline thingy...

The day was lots of fun, I'd recommend that place to everyone... just not for picking out a pumpkin :)

Ready or Not...

The doctor scheduled my c-section for next Thursday, October 22nd!! We're so excited, me especially not to be pregnant anymore! I've forgotten what it's like not to have a belly and I can't wait to wear normal clothes again. Taya always sits on my lap and tries to scoot back but can't! It's actually pretty funny.

I've been super busy lately trying to get ready for this baby. Cleaning, sewing, painting ... you name it! Haven't done anything too exciting though, I'm trying to get up the energy to take Taya to do something Halloweeny :) , but haven't gotten quite there yet!

I'll try and post a few pictures of Taya and some projects I've been working on before the baby comes. I've been such a slacker with my blog lately! (sorry)

Taya's 2nd Birthday

Taya's Birthday was on September 1st and I'm a little late at posting, but have been a little busy unpacking! I think she knew it was a special day, she walked around all day saying "Taya is 2" and "Taya's Bootday". It was SO cute!! Cameron was in town for the morning of her birthday so we decided to take her here...

I know, who takes their 2 year old DAUGHTER to a motorcycle store for their 2nd birthday?? BUT she's OBSESSED with motorcycles so we thought it'd be really fun for her! :) And turns out we were right, she LOVED it! She walked around like she owned the place, it was so cute!
Had to get a picture on the pink bike! :)

Daddy and Taya checkin' out the bikes.

Taya was SUPER excited to open these new dress-up shoes from Grandma. She wears them every single day and has to make them click on the tile floor. I think she could've cared less about her other presents at the time, but was still happy there were more!

We had to take Cam to the airport later that day so she hasn't had an official birthday party yet, but I let her celebrate that night with a delicious, store-bought cupcake :) It had a kitty on it so she liked it.

I thought this picture was funny :)

Happy Birthday sweetie pie, we love you so much!!

Sleeping Beauty... the nude version :)

So I apologize for the partial nudity, but I thought this picture was too cute not to post! I had just taken Taya out of the bath and she insisted that I put her pink converse shoes on (a present from Aunt Jami). I went in her room for a minute to do some packing and she was being way too quiet so I peeked out the door and found her like this...

Maybe if she wouldn't wake up so early this wouldn't happen! :)

Yay Visitors!!!

My friend Shea and her family came to visit last week and I couldn't have been more grateful! :) They were our first and only visitors of the summer and our girls are ony 2 weeks apart so they had a blast. Taya doesn't cooperate very well when I pull out the camera so the pictures aren't that great, but they really were adorable together. A few highlights of the trip:

*They took turns pushing each other around in the mini stroller, which had Shea and I dying! Speaking of which, after many sewing attempts on the stroller (let's be honest, that thing has been through a lot!) I've decided it's time to buy her a new one. Good thing her birthday is just around the corner!

*Have you ever seen two 2 year olds communicate with each other?? HILARIOUS! In the car we'd catch London talking to Taya and Taya nodding her head. So cute!

*London taught Taya how to find sticks...

*Went to the aquarium and got to see the Beluga whales, or "boota"s as Taya would say...
Why is she obsessed with the most random animals? Belugas, Camels, rhinos, and now seals!

*Lots of loves

*And kisses

*And of course, the family photos...
Shea, Brendan, and London
Me, Cam and Tay

Taya has been asking me where London is ever since she left. Or, actually where "Tessa" is. She called her Tessa the entire time they were here! Tessa is her cousin that has been here all summer. Apparently every little girl her age is Tessa! :) Haha.

Anyway, we had a blast, thanks again for coming!

And P.S., it's official, I'm coming home next Saturday, August 29th!!! YAY!!! I'm so excited to be home and back in our house with more room for Taya to run wild! Cameron isn't coming back yet, probably the end of September. We haven't figured that part out yet, but will miss him a ton! See ya soon Utah!

Utah/Washington Trip

The last couple of weeks have been so much fun! Taya and I flew to Utah on the 23rd and stayed for a few days then went back home to Washington on the 30th for a week. It was SUCH a nice break, but of course I was sick for more than half the time :( So for those of you I told I'd come see, I'm so sorry! In spite of that though, the trip was seriously so much fun, thanks everyone for entertaining us! Taya was a completely different little girl there with so much freedom to run around! It's making me so excited to be back in our house! She is turning into such the entertainer these days with so many new tricks :) I guess she's always been a little show off, but her personality keeps developing more and more. I'll have to post a video soon of all the funny things she does now.

Anyway, I wish I could say here's a few pictures from the trip, but let's be honest, here's a TON of pictures :) . . .

UTAH

My mom, Jenna and Taya

This was the morning after the 24th of July so the kids all had leftover fireworks that Taya got to enjoy :)

Who knows what Taya's doing in this picture, but I thought it was cute :)

This is Taya trying to steal Jenna's sunglasses at a family reunion we went to.

Jace, Taya, and Cole making funny faces.

I looked outside one day and saw Cole and Taya drinking the water off the sidewalk from the hose. Sorry my daughter is a bad influence on your son, Kym :)

Me and Taya swinging

Taya can now roll her eyes, it's pretty cute :)

Cam flew in for a few days for a family party. This was actually our 4 year anniversary, exciting huh!?

Good ol' fashioned slip'n'slide!

Taya didn't really like being thrown down, just liked playing in the puddles of bubbles.

WASHINGTON

We got out the slip'n'slide at my parents house too with my brother and his family...

Taya LOVED playing with Pheobe, my parents dog, while we were there. It was so funny, she loved giving her loves and Pheobe would just come right up to her and lay on her back for Taya to scratch her. Taya still asks me every day to see pictures of Pheobe on the computer.

This, by far, is my favorite picture from the trip. Taya and my dad are seriously best buds! I was so happy to get such a good picture of the both of them :) Thanks, Dad, for watching Taya so much on the trip and taking her to get goodies at the store! She still asks me all day everyday for "nummies". Thanks for that too :) haha

25 weeks...

I know you've all been dying to see my belly shot :) so this was me at 25 weeks, sorry it's a few weeks late, I'll post a more updated picture later ...

Don't mind the fact that I look partially disgusted, but all the other pictures from my photoshoot were too dark to see. Ok, so just kidding about the photoshoot :)

Nascar

Cam got to go to a Nascar race a few weeks ago and got royalty treatment. Apparently not many people ever get the chance to be this close, so he was totally stoked about it.

Cameron and Scott

Nice view of where they got to be

Andrew, Scott, and Cam

"Mmmmmm Nummy!!"

You can't help but laugh at 6:00 in the morning when your daughter comes into your room, after going through your purse, with a wide open mouth and 2 packs of gum saying, "mmmm nummy! nummy mommy nummy!!" and chomping her mouth up and down. That'll get ya out of bed for sure! :)

You'll NEVER Guess...

So you'll never guess what I bought for Taya at the grocery store yesterday...

A motorcycle magazine! HA!

She's OBSESSED with motorcycles and bikes and always looks at our magazines for bikes in them :) So I did her a favor and bought this magazine FULL of motorcycles! She couldn't love it any more! It's so cute, she just sits on the couch and says "woooowww" and "whuusss at?" to every single motorcycle. Cameron is excited because he thinks maybe this will help his chances of getting a motorcycle someday, haha.

Lounging on the couch flipping through the pages