busy thanksgiving weekend recap... a little late

Our Thanksgiving started out on Wednesday when Tripp and I ventured up to Birmingham to visit my grandparents. They had a ball watching him play and making him laugh. I did take some pictures with my other camera and I will post them later... Thursday we enjoyed a big Thanksgiving feast with the Whatleys. It was so nice outside so we played out there for a while. Tripp had to move to the front yard to avoid the turkey-frying setup and the six dogs in the back. He made sure to wave to every car passing by!

Tripp played so hard, he wasn't in the mood for lunch, but a nap instead. Later that afternoon he did enjoy some turkey to my surprise (he isn't the best eater). He also like the sweet potatoes!

Friday morning, I didn't get up as early as I have in the past, but I was at Toys R Us at 7:30. There were a few things Santa eyed in the sale ad that needed to be purchased. Tripp came along (it's not like he understands, yet...) in his pajamas and made quite a few friends. It was pretty crazy with some hard-core shoppers, but we got what we came for and got out! We visited with my parents since we missed them on Thanksgiving Day, and Tripp new favorite thing at their house is this radio. He knows how to turn it on and dances along to the music. My mom got this video and it's pretty hilarious.



Saturday we woke up and got ready for the big game. Although Lee was pretty excited with the outcome, I was pretty disappointed. I mean I figured Bama would win, but a blow-out, seriously!?!? At least we were in good company and Tripp had a great time playing with his friends Lila, Ella Jane and Price. I didn't have my camera, but I would have got some cute pictures if I did!

Sunday Tripp had a birthday party for his bff Price at the church. He had a lot of fun playing on the slide and playing with lots of friends. During the party Tripp and Ella Jane made a break for the life-size nativity set. Ella tried to ride the cow and the lamb, too bad they didn't budge.






We ended the weekend celebrating Lolli's (Lee's mom) birthday too. What a busy five days we had. I love spending the whole day with Tripp when he's out of school and I am off work. We pretty much go non-stop. I finally got to rest at work on Monday!! Now it's time to decorate for Christmas, hopefully we can do that this weekend! Oh and the gas prices are still dropping! At the Ztec this morning, I filled up for $1.59 a gallon!!

austin, tx

We had a great long weekend in Austin!! Started off Thursday by flying out of Birmingham. It's been a very long time since I flew with Southwest, but all of our flights (4) were easy in and outs! Tripp was a perfect little flier!! He loved looking out the window and trying to climb over the seat backs. He did take long naps on two of the flights which was very nice!!

We had fun walking around downtown Austin, enjoyed some good Texas BBQ and drove around the UT campus. It's right in the middle of downtown. Friday night we took a short trip to Round Rock, Texas to the Dell Diamond, where Lee's cousin works for the Round Rock Express (Houston Astro's minor league team). They hosted the after-rehearsal dinner there with a true Mexican Fiesta. The food was very authentic and very good!! Tripp enjoyed playing around the playground and playing his cousin Sam!

Saturday afternoon we drove just outside of Austin to this little country church for the wedding. It was beautiful and the wedding was very nice, complete with a gospel choir! The reception was a lot of fun. Tripp loved dancing with the band!

We had a great time catching up with family that we haven't seen in a while. I hope it won't be too long before we see everyone again! I have to say that I have the best little traveler! Tripp really does a great job when we travel. He wasn't fussy and we didn't have any major meltdowns! He just keeps up right along with everyone else, not missing a beat. We are very fortunate to be so lucky! He's now 17 months (today!) and has visited 6 states! Here's just a few more pictures from the flight home!

We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!!

taking off

We are headed to Austin, Texas for our last wedding of the year for Lee's cousin Laura. We are looking forward to getting away for a few days and turning this trip into a mini-vacation. Tripp will take his first plane ride and we hope he (and all the other passengers nearby) will do okay. We didn't have to buy him a ticket since he's under 2, thank goodness he'll have plenty of laps to be passed around! I have been worrying about his ears since he has tubes and how the changes in altitude would effect him. Come to find out he'll manage better than a child would without ear tubes. He shouldn't even feel the normal ear popping that usually occurs thanks to the tubes. Hopefully I'll have a lot of good pictures to share next week!!

$1.79

That was the price for a gallon of gas when I filled up for this morning!! There's a new gas station by our house, and we think it's just a grand opening special, but we're taking full advantage! Lee and I both filled our cars up for under $80.00 this weekend. A little over a month ago, that's what it took to fill Lee's Tahoe up, sometimes more than that!! We are loving these new gas prices, hopefully they'll stay like this for a little while.

We took a quick trip up to Birmingham on Saturday to visit my grandparents. They were so excited to see Tripp and couldn't believe how much he's changed. He was all over the place and loved helping pick up pecans from their big pecan tree. I'm sure we'll do more of that in a couple weeks when we go back for Thanksgiving.


Playing "baaawl" with the dogs! He's so full of energy these days, he would play all night if he could. We're definitely having lots of fun around our house and loving every minute!

wedding pics from n.c.

Here are some pictures from the wedding Tripp was in this past weekend... Look how cute my little man looks!


Opening his ring bearer gift from Mary Peyton - a silver piggy bank with his initials and a ring bearer book!


With the bride-to-be!





Resting with Mommy before the wedding.


Doesn't she look gorgeous?!?! Her veil was worn by her grandmother, mother and aunt.


Check out her cake!! It was beautiful!

Thanks Claire for the pictures!

vote for a free starbucks!

Well that's not really the reason to go vote today, but you do get a free coffee when you go to Starbucks wearing your "I Voted" sticker! So this morning Lee and I stood in line for over an hour to cast our votes! We vote at the jr. high school that Lee attended for a short time, and it brought back some memories for him... As we stood in line, some students making their way to PE tried to convince the line of voters who to vote for by shouting out their choice. Apparently they are not up to code on election rules and campaigning at polling locations. It was nice to get in and vote this morning and not have to worry with even longer lines after work. Watching television has not been easy the past few weeks/months with all those political ads, they get worse and worse with each election. I am glad today has finally arrived!!


P.S. Someone told me at Starbucks that you can also get a free doughnut at Krispy Kreme. That would be a good treat for waiting in a long line tonight!!

roadtrip!

Tripp and I just returned from Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday. We traveled up to see Mary Peyton (my sorority sister) and Daniel get married. Guess who the cute little ring bearer was?!?!

We started our weekend a little early, way early to be exact. We pulled out of the driveway at 3:30 a.m. and headed north. It was early, but Tripp slept all the way to the South Carolina line. We stopped half way in Greenville and ate a good breakfast and he burned some energy playing.


We arrived in Raleigh about 1:30ish. It was a long drive, but not one fuss from Tripp. He did soooo good!! He got out of the car ready to play. He was pretty good all weekend. We stayed with 3 other friends. Bless them! I know it wasn't easy sharing space with Tripp, but it was great to hang out and catch up with everyone. I was so proud that he walked down the aisle with the other ring bearer. They were both so precious! We got up Sunday morning and made the long trek home. Tripp was so excited to see his daddy when we pulled up.

I hardly got to take any pictures, but I am hoping to get some to post. He was so cute in his outfit and Mary Peyton was a beautiful bride! It was great to be a part of her special day! Look for pictures to come!

Oh and we have no trick-or-treating pictures to share... Tripp didn't dress up this year since we had the wedding. It was good timing since he really can't eat candy and such. Well just wait until next year.