easter weekend

We had a great Easter weekend! It was a beautiful weekend and we throughly enjoyed ourselves. We started early Saturday with an egg hunt at church. Tripp and two of his friends had a great time watching puppets and finding eggs.

It's pretty hard to get three toddlers to look at the camera and smile. Maybe someone got a better shot than me. :) But don't they look so cute!!

Tripp and Price wanted an up-close view of the puppets!

Tripp and Ella Jane on the hunt!

One down, one to go! Tripp and I head home to get Lee for round two, Wynlakes Easter Egg Hunt. They had all sorts of fun things to do. Tripp jumped in the bounce house and went down the big slide.

He made a beeline for this blow up bunny!

And surprisingly he also ran right up to the "real" bunny!

I really wanted him to sit still to make this a pretty picture, but there was too much going on!

Off he goes!

He did really well the second time around!

Sunday morning we woke up early to see if the Easter Bunny had arrived.... He (it is a he right?) hid Tripp's basket, but not to worry, he found it!

Sunday after a great service at church we enjoyed lunch with both of our families!

The Easter bunny came two more times for Tripp... new golf clubs, new sandals, new books, and legos!

We hope everyone else had a great Easter too!

day out with thomas!

With Tripp's love for trains and Thomas, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to go see the real Thomas in Calera for Day Out with Thomas. The big blue engine was the first thing we saw when we got there. Tripp was so excited! When we boarded the train, he was a little unsure at first, but once we got going he was yelling go Thomas go!

There was so much to do after riding the train. They had a tent set up with train tables, Tripp loved this!! He ventured to several different ones and didn't let the big kids get in his way!

There were bounce houses and putt putt too!

Tripp loved meeting Sir Topham Hat and really wanted to hold his hand. He wouldn't even look at the camera. Maybe it was the plastic face he was mesmerized by. He didn't really want to leave him.

He really enjoyed feeding the goats. He even tried to "love" on them like he does the dogs. We were sure to wipe him down right after that!

There were also old rail cars and he loved seeing them (so did my Dad)! We had a great time and the weather was perfect! I am pretty sure Tripp had a blast! He woke up the next morning asking for choo-choo.

21 months!

Mommy's Birthday...

Although Tripp thought everyone was singing to him :)

It's been a few weeks since I last posted. We haven't had too much going on. This week Tripp hit the 21 month mark. I cannot believe in only 3 months he will be two!!! He's all about having fun, and is pretty much non-stop - on the go, talking, eating (finally!) and playing. He loves to read books and sing songs. He's starting to learn his colors. He loves playing "ouside" and with it being so nice lately, we spend a great deal of time outside. He also loves his lawn mower, he takes it everywhere. He would probably sleep with it if we let him. Oh and his hair is finally starting to grow!! It's still sticking up on top, but he's getting more!!

Helping Daddy mow the grass!

Last weekend my sister Andrea was in town and brought her lab Nelli. Tripp loved on Nelli so much! He doesn't get to hug Sugar, she never even lets him get close. The funniest thing was that Tripp got a hold of Nelli's collar and walk her around. He was so proud of himself. He probably walked her around my parent's house for about 30 minutes. Nelli just let him do it. It was so cute!

Loving on Nelli.... She probably never wants to come back.

I had to post this too. I was out of town a couple weeks ago and Tripp spent the night with my parents. He had just fallen asleep and their dog Gus climbed up and laid down next to him. So sweet!

fun and snow!

Having fun with Gates and Price during the tornado warnings!

Call it crazy for sure... Friday and Saturday we were all wearing short sleeves and worrying about tornados, then Sunday morning we wake up to snow! Tripp has now seen snow two years in a row! This snow just wasn't the flurries either, it snowed all morning long and actually collected on the grass, roofs, cars, etc... It was so pretty, I kinda wished we were in some parts of the state that received 5 inches or more!

Snow Baby... January 2008

Tripp loves snow.... March 2009

Tripp thought the snow was fun, reaching out and trying to catch it. It was too wet and windy to stay outside for more than a few minutes, but we ventured in and out several times that morning. He would look out the windows and just ohh and aww. I am so mad because I left both cameras at work last week, and so Sunday morning I was driving out to get a disposable so I didn't miss the moment of Tripp's second snow! I'll drop it by this afternoon to get developed. What a pain... Thank goodness for digitals! How did we manage before? I did get some good pictures with Mom's camera. Here are a few.

The snowflakes in Tripp's "hair"

Saturday morning during the tornado sirens and all, we went to the new Gymboree Play & Music that has just opened. We had a free pass to check it out in hopes of signing up for monthly classes. Tripp had a blast! They have play mats, tunnels, and slides for him to run around and play with. They also had a parachute, which poor little Tripp was not very fond of... see video below.

We had a great weekend! Tripp is now twenty months old and constantly learning new things! He learns new words everyday and loves to talk and yell! He loves giving kisses now, but he also loves to push :( He has been a frequent visitor to timeout lately at school, but hopefully it's just a phase, not a warning sign for terrible twos. He definitely fights for what he wants. His new BFF is Thomas, the train. As mentioned before he loves his Thomas dvd. He wants to watch it when he gets up in the morning and when he gets home from school everyday. It has made getting ready in the morning and cooking supper in the evening a lot easier. I am just not used to him sitting still for so long. I guess I better enjoy it for the time being!

extreme home makeover - montgomery

For the past week the crew of ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition has been in Montgomery building a home for one deserving family. I went out there both Saturday and Sunday and it was amazing to see the difference in just 24 hours. There are so many workers, you can really see how it gets done in just 1 week. Saturday Lee and I just went out to watch and see all the action. On Sunday, I went and helped Mom do lunch for the VIP tent. It was a very neat experience and I got to meet Eduardo!

Saturday afternoon - dirt work and shingling the house

Sunday before lunch - almost finished with the outside.

Alisa and I with designer Eduardo.

Tracy waiting to flim her "We got the Keys" scene...

Click on the video below to watch!

They only did this about 8 times...

It will be interesting to see how it's really going to air.

Paul and Eduardo getting ready to move in the furniture.

The volunteers moving furniture off the truck.

It was also Eduardo's birthday on Thursday.

Mom got a cake for him and he came over to see it.

The big "Move That Bus" reveal was yesterday when the family came home. We didn't go watch and attempt to fight the big crowds. We'll get to see that on tv. It's suppose to air sometime in mid or end of April. The furniture going in was nice and I can't wait to see how the inside turned out! For more pictures and info - click here Extreme Montgomery.

v-day

Taking a walk on the wild side....

We had a great Valentine's day! Tripp even gave me a card he signed all by himself. We spent the afternoon at the zoo. It was sorta cool, but still really nice outside. Tripp loved going to see each animal. As soon as we pulled him up, he would stand up on his stroller and look and point.

Look at the cougar!

Smiling at the monkeys.

We ended our trip with a ride on the train. He loved this!

Too busy to stand still by the train, maybe next time... yeah right.

We got home and he was so tired, and eventually passed out on his chair watching his new movie. I was in the kitchen and thought he was sitting in his chair, and I looked up and didn't see his little head, so I thought he had gotten up. Instead I found him like this...

It was nice that he went to sleep kinda early because we enjoyed a nice dinner that Lee cooked and watched Nights in Rodanthe. Not going to spoil it for anyone, but I was not happy with the ending.

Tripp got a new Thomas the Train dvd for Valentines and to say he likes watching it is an understatement. He's never been a big tv-watcher, usually he can't sit still long enough, but Thomas can definitely hold his attention. I think I've memorized two songs and all the trains. He also got a James train too for Valentines. He had a sad parting with James this morning in the car when we got to school. He really wanted to take him inside. I think we need to start saving for a train table...

finally a day outside!

We had a great weekend playing outside! Tripp loves to be outside and since it was so nice out on Saturday we headed to the country. Lee wanted to go anyway, so I told him if we could take the golf cart then Tripp and I would go too. He didn't waste anytime getting it, and off we went.



Helping Daddy drive... He loves doing this. Don't worry, we were on the dirt road almost at the house.

The boys were burning the under brush, so Tripp and I had a great time riding around and playing on the tractors and trailers. He even found a little cooler his size to drag around.

Me - "Tripp smile for Mommy..."
Tripp - "No" and looks the other way.

He loves riding on the golf cart. If he sees it, he'll yell constantly "gol car" "gol car" until he can get on.





Sunday was even prettier (shorts attire) so we played outside for a while. He had fun pushing his lawn mower and playing with bubbles.

We had so much fun, we can't wait until we have weather like this everyday! I don't think it's sticking around long this time, but hopefully soon!