World's Longest Post

I have to warn you...you might need to set at least an hour aside to look at this post. It was just going to be a few pictures but then we took all the pictures and videos off Trevor's phone and we ended up with more than we could hope for. There's a ton of videos down at the bottom so don't forget to watch those too. It was so fun to watch all the videos and see all the pictures so hopefully you enjoy all of it as well. 

Trev and I were dying to get outside and do something adventurous. We packed McCoy up, got all bundled up and headed up the Provo mountains to hike the "Y." It was so good to get outside and get our bodies moving. It wasn't the warmest day but the cool air made the hike a little easier.

McCoy of course had the best ride in this sweet backpack. He fell asleep and was out. He stayed asleep for the transfer from the pack to the car, from the car to his bed and slept for almost 4 hours. Poor guy just wanted to sleep. 

Here's a video...Enjoy! (Link below) 

Our Sunday Hike

Our poor little son needed a hair cut so badly! Seriously, look at this kid's hair...almost as if his parents don't love him. But we oh so do love him and realized the need for this cut. It was quite the challenge to get this little monster to hold still but we finally persevered. 

Ta Da!!!....SO MUCH BETTER!!

McCoy has discovered this "Cheese" smile lately. It's his favorite thing. You'll have to excuse Trevor's immodesty. McCoy makes up for it though with his sick Batman pj's. 

Trevor has been going through our "outdoors" closet and found this little chair. McCoy loves it. He wanted to sit in it all day long.

Look at how comfortable he looks with his feet crossed and all.  

I came home from my 10 hour day at 7:30 and found Trevor and McCoy sound asleep taking their "afternoon" nap. McCoy woke up a few minutes later and about an hour later he was down for the night. 

 Look at how dirty McCoy's face is. It's not as clear as it really was that night. It was definitely the dirtiest I've ever seen my son's face. But those lips, how can you not want to just squeeze his little face and kiss those puckered lips? :)

 Check out McCoy's sweet sport shorts. he loves those things and so do we. They're a little big but because of all little kids proportions being the way they are, we couldn't help but to let him enjoy them now since they're so stinkin' cute anyway. 

Here's a movie of him and Trev outside in our hall playing.I laughed so hard when I saw this. You'll know what I'm talking about when you watch it...(Link Below) 

 Peeping Tom

 Again the cheeser. 

We went to Nana B's last night for Easter and McCoy and Ruby always love their reunions. McCoy is so sweet and loves to give hugs. He's so gentle too which is very surprising. Ruby definitely has a bubble and only allows about 5 seconds of McCoy's hugs. I don't blame her though because McCoy isn't always that gentle with her. Only during hug time is McCoy gentle and soft. 

Here they are playing on the piano and having a blast together. I'm so glad they pay together now. They entertain each other so well now and I love to see them interact together. 

Check out his video of them going crazy! (Link Below) 

music to our ears

I also found these pictures too when Ruby came to visit...as you can see, Ruby is pushing McCoy away, probably becuase McCoy is getting in here bubble again :)

...I love these two munchkins!

McCoy got this really cute Sunday outfit from my mom when he was born. I couldn't wait until he fit into it and it's cuter than I thought it could be....probably because my son is in it and he's the cutest little man ever! (Link Below) 

church going boy

McCoy loves strawberries. He could eat an entire pound if I let him. I bought some strawberries from Costco to make strawberry shortcake for a family dinner and I found about 5 strawberries that were the size of an apple. We stripped McCoy down and let him go at them. McCoy dove into eating these strawberries like he had never tasted something so delicious. 

  This video is from a while ago but thought I would share. (Link Below) 

Strawberry delight

Another few things McCoy loves to play with are shoes. He loves to try and put them on where they're his size or not. Here's a couple videos of him playing with them. (Links Below)

walking in daddy's shoes 

playing with mom's shoe

Here are some other random videos we found on Trev's phone. 

Chilaxin

truckin' away

Stroller pushing

I'm so unbelievably happy that it's finally starting to warm up. We've been taking a lot more trips to the park and now that McCoy is a lot bigger he can actually play on the Big Toy and go down the slides himself. 

Big Boy Slide

All by himself

again and again

Kind of a random movie but I loved it. Especially McCoy's little march he does. he loves being up on things and this little box seemed like a mountain to him. 

McCoy's box

Daddy's Shoes

This past weekend we had the chance to go to a benefit dinner that our ward was putting on for some of the latest natural disasters. McCoy had such a fun time playing with all the little kids. He refused to sit down at our table so we ended up letting him run around with the rest of them. We couldn't keep track of him though and worried that he would get into some trouble with out our supervision. Trev took one of the balloons off the table and tied it to his little belt loop in his shorts. It was so cute to see nothing but a bobbing balloon every once in a while.

Here's a video of him with the balloon up on stage with Dad and about 20 other kids running around. He even gets plowed over by one of them but just laughs and keeps going crazy. (Link Below) 

Running Wild

This morning I was picking up a few things around the house and doing some laundry while McCoy pleasantly entertained himself like he usually does. I was in the living room when I heard him grunting and banging something around. I figured I should probably go check on him to make sure he wasn't getting into anything he wasn't supposed to. I walked into our bedroom to find him like this...

So cute! And if you couldn't tell, that is his "doing the dirty in his pants" face that he makes which explains the grunting part. Daddy's shoes, that he's trying to walk in, were clear on the inside of the closet. He obviously wanted the brightest shoes he could find, which also explains the loud banging that I heard from him trying to get them out of the closet. He was so cute. I helped him put both shoes on the correct feet which made him very determined to walk in them....he just isn't quite that talented to walk in shoes half his size and probably weight.  

Daddy sure is proud! 

Epic Road Trip

We finally did it!! An epic road trip! We knew we wanted to go sometime before the summer and figured it would be a great time to take advantage of Trev's spring break. We ended up getting 30 mpg for the 2271 miles we traveled. Go Subaru! We couldn't have asked for a better turn out and it was such an exciting experience for all of us. 

McCoy did pretty well in the car. He had a few rough hours when he wasn't feeling well and threw up in the car but it did get better. Here are some fun pictures of the drive and him using the passenger seat as a foot rest. Having a forward facing car seat makes the world of a difference (minus the head bobble thing but as you can see in the proceeding picture, we took care of that problem.)

 Eating some Pringles....yumm. 

Finally some shut eye. 

1st stop...Grandma's and Grandpa's.

We drove 4 hours to St. George, UT and my grandparents were sweet enough to let us stay with them that night. McCoy wasn't feeling well and sadly threw up that night :(. We debated continuing our road trip since no one ever likes to be traveling while they don't feel well. We're glad we did continue it though because this is a trip we hope we'll never forget. 
McCoy found this little antique miniature bike that had wheels of his dreams. He spun the wheels on that thing for about an hour straight. Like I mentioned above, McCoy wasn't feeling well so anything to occupy him and keep him distracted from being sick was fabulous! McCoy played outside with grandpa too and he loved it. The whether there was perfect for playing outside. Not too hot, not too cold. Grandma and Grandpa were such great hosts and made us feel so welcome. We even stayed up until 12:30 that night playing "Phase-10" with grandma. It was a blast and Trevor loved learning a new game since he'd never played it before. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!

Here you can see that he really didn't feel well. He was so sleepy by this point. Poor guy. 

Our travels then lead us through St. George and to Los Angeles, CA as our second stop and we stayed with Trevor's grandma this time. Trev's grandma has lived in the same home for as long as Trevor can remember and he said it was a lot of fun to recall and tell about some of his childhood memories there. She owns a beautiful property with beautiful and delicious fruit trees, mostly consisting of orange trees. When you walked outside you could instantly smell them. I could see why Trevor was so fond of this place. It was beautiful. Every kids dream. It had a pool, basketball court and all the sweets from fruit a kid could want. It was great. I didn't take any pictures of it and we're kicking ourselves because I would love to show you what we enjoyed. 

McCoy stayed in the "Office" and in that same room were two big drawers full of toys that even Trevor remembers playing with. McCoy had a blast. 

 In the morning McCoy was finally feeling a little better and had gone some time with out throwing up. Here he is sitting at grandma's table waiting "patiently" for his oatmeal.

 Don't ask me what he's doing here. He's always had this weird obsession with looking up at things. I'm pretty sure he was trying to get the light fixture hanging from the sealing. Funny Boy. 
Here's a video of aunt Diane blowing some bubbles for McCoy. His reactions are priceless and Trev always gets the perfect shots. (Link Below)
Bubbles

While we were in L.A. we visited the L.A. Zoo. McCoy didn't enjoy the animals quite as much as I thought he would. We forgot only one thing on our trip and that was our umbrella stroller. We searched thrift stores everywhere but had no luck finding one. Finally when we were doing laundry in grandma's pool house, we found a really old but still usable stroller that I'm pretty sure Trevor used when he was McCoy's age. We're glad grandma still had it. But let me tell you, he sure did love pushing the stroller around. Actually he loved that more than anything else. Having a little boy push a stroller blindly down a walk way in a zoo with about 50 other people already walking there, isn't the most ideal for a parent. But hey, it kept him happy so we had fun. 

This bird totally looks like the bird from "UP". 

 These gorillas were so funny. They were all so lazy. 

 So were the zebras. 

 Look how nasty this guy is. It makes me sick every time I look at it. He even had a horn sticking straight out of top of his mouth...so nasty. 

 The giraffes were definitely our favorite of the whole zoo. They were so beautiful and I couldn't believe how big they were. Such an amazing animal to see. (Link Below)
Giraffes at LA Zoo

 McCoy's definitely my little "momma's boy". Here he is reaching for me while I take photos of how silly and dramatic he's being...couldn't help it:). 

Trevor's best friend Tom Leach lives in L.A. as well, which is pretty much the entire reason we stopped in L.A. to begin with. Tom and Trev grew up right next door to each other. They have so many memories together and I had only met Tom one other time a few years ago. It was great to see him and his girlfriend, Lauren. On Friday, Tom treated us to a very nice dinner at the VIP lounge above "The House Of Blues" club on Sunset strip. It was great to get out as adults while Trev's wonderful aunt Diane took care of McCoy. After dinner we got the chance to have a tour of down town L.A. which included Beverly Hills, Bel Air and UCLA campus, courtesy of Tom and his sick new 2011 Acura TL. It was beautiful and also great to see Tom's neck of the woods.


The next day we also had the pleasure of going to "Pann's", a breakfast restaurant with Tom. It was delicious. 

After Pann's, we met up with Lauren and got to go visit the Santa Monica Pier. Tom used his great skills playing the "carney" games and won McCoy the cutest little frog. The first thing that McCoy did was give it a big kiss and a hug. I think Tom really liked McCoy and I'm pretty sure McCoy liked him back once he knew he could get toys from him:) Lauren for sure was McCoy's favorite. When McCoy and Lauren met for the first time, the first thing that McCoy did was softly pet her cheek while just staring at her. It was adorable. 


Just off the Pier there was of course the beach. McCoy could live there. It was so great to see him so happy and entertained. He LOVED the sand. It was way too cold to go in the water.  Up until that point of him discovering the sand, we were convinced that water was the only thing that could make McCoy happy no matter what. But now we know better. He had sand in every place imaginable. He loved it and we all sat on a blanket and watched the entertainment.  

Thanks for the great weekend Tom and Lauren!


Our next stop was the bay area about a six hour drive to visit Nicole and Trevor's friends Owen and Alyssa. Nicole took us out for dinner and then to taste some amazing frozen yogurt. Thanks Nic! Here's a video of McCoy at the restaurant. (Link Below) 
McCoy and the salt shaker


We stayed the night at Owen and Alyssa's. They were great hosts as well! We stayed up talking and watching a few of our favorite TV shows. They have a cute little dog named Jax and McCoy had a blast playing with him. They're a good fetch team. Alyssa even made us some the most delicious biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Thanks you two!!


Lastly, it was off to Grandpa and G.K.'s house (Trev's dad, Keith and his wife Kim) in Folsom, CA. Kim's daughter Sophia was so sweet with McCoy. McCoy always enjoys playing with younger and smaller people like him but for some reason he's very fond of little girls including my little sister Jill and Sophia. They had so much fun together and Sophia was so good to let McCoy play with all her little toys. One toy in specific was a pink stroller just McCoy's size. He loved that thing and played with it practically the whole time. Here's a video of him playing with it outside grandpa's house. (Links Below)
Enjoying the outdoors with his stroller
McCoy's play stroller


The last night of our trip, Keith took us to a great LADY GAGA concert. Linda Leach, Tom's mother, was so sweet to watch McCoy for that night while we once again had the chance to be out as adults. McCoy and Linda had such a fun time. McCoy came home with two little animals from carnival games from when Tom was a kid. I told you, Tom loves those carnival games. It was so cute and Linda said that McCoy was such a good baby boy, thankfully :).


The concert was probably one of the best and most entertaining concerts I've ever been too. She was a great performer and the crowd was very entertaining. There were tons of people dressed up as her, some you couldn't tell if they were male or female. It made for a fun and interesting night as you could imagine. It was very fun to get a taste of what Lady GAGA's world is like as the "Mother Monster" and her fans as her "little monsters," as she calls them. Very memorable! Thanks Keith and Kim!! 


We almost didn't bring McCoy on the road trip and even had the courtesy of Traci to watch McCoy. We decided a few days before that we had some attachment problems...ok, ok, it wasn't McCoy, It was me. I couldn't stand thinking about leaving him for 9 whole days. I'm glad we made the decision to bring him along. It wouldn't have been the same without him and he made the trip that much better. It was our first official Wood family road trip and it couldn't have been any better. 


Thanks again to all of those who generously helped us with beds to sleeps in, meals, fun entertainment and even some of the best baby sitters we could have ever asked for. We couldn't have had such a great trip without you all!