so sweet...

Back in November I posted about our trip to Raleigh, NC for Mary Peyton's wedding. The professional pictures were just posted online and they are beautiful. I just had to share a few. Tripp was the cutest little ring bearer ever...

With the beautiful bride! These boys were so precious together!

I love this picture of us!

These were only taken a few months ago, but he already looks so different. Yesterday he turned 19 months, and is getting very independent. We can hardly make it through the grocery store without him climbing up to get out of the buggy or high chair during meal time. He's still a picky eater, although this weekend he saw his bud Price eating broccoli and decided he had to have some too. Maybe that's why he eats so well at school since all his friends are eating the same thing.

I have to go to Mobile this week for work, it'll be the longest amount of time I've been away from him so far. I am looking forward to the trip and getting away for a little bit, but I know I am going to miss him so much!!

mia

It's been a few weeks since I posted... Tripp came down with the dreaded RSV virus a couple weeks ago and then passed some of it right along to me. But we are both doing better and Lee managed to steer clear. Nothing too exciting happening now...

We have been busy though... First, Tripp moved into his new big boy room. We switched his room with the spare because it's a lot bigger and now all of his toys are in there, they use to be in the living room. They were overtaking the room and had to go.

The same week we did his room, he also got a new big boy swing set too!! We were graciously given a gently loved huge Rainbow play system! I am so thankful, knowing these things cost a thousand or more dollars, we were very excited to receive it. Lee and Neal spent all afternoon putting it together and Tripp loves it. Too bad it's back to freezing outside and hasn't been back out there much. But we can't wait till it warms up again!

Uncle Neal and Tripp playing on the swing set! Yes, he is wearing shorts, I believe it was close to 80 degrees outside! And now it's 30! No wonder we were all sick!

Tripp's been to work with me several days this month between being sick and out of school for the holidays. He loved wandering around and playing, although he really wanted to bang on my keyboard the whole time.

He is getting so big and so tall. He is talking non-stop and always is full of energy. I was telling someone the other day that he never "winds-down" at night. We usually put him to bed around 8:15-8:30 and he jumps in his crib till he falls asleep. He doesn't cry, just jumps! His class has started doing art projects and I love seeing his "artwork" and putting it up on the frig. Just another thing that reminds me how old he's getting!

down on the farm

We traveled down to Dothan the weekend after Christmas to visit my mom's side of the family. We had a great time visiting and catching up with lots of cousins and Tripp had a blast running around the barn playing. He loved climbing up on Uncle Fred's big tractors. We had a great time and can't wait to go back soon!!

They even had one his size...

Eating cupcakes with cousin Allie

18 months!

Tripp turned 18 months on Christmas day! He really timed it out great, receiving presents exactly six months apart! Lee took him to the doctor this morning for his well check up and he had a great visit. First of all, I think the doctor gives special favoring to dads because they were in and out of there in less than an hour. That never happens to me on a well check visit. The appt was at 8:45 and he called me at 9:30 leaving!! Last night I was preparing him for a long wait and even longer wait in the little room once he's called back. I told him he was going to have a new found appreciation for me doing all the doctor visits. Now he thinks I am crazy because it was so easy and quick.

Anyways, he did get a couple shots but other than that everything was good. He weighed 24 lbs (25%) and is 33 inches tall (70%) and his head is 19 3/4 inches around (95%). He didn't gain much weight from 15 months, but he did grow about 3 inches!! I should have known, he can now reach the door knob and pull the door closed.

He is now talking non-stop. We counted last night how many words he can say, and we got to 20 and stopped. He knows what a lot of animals say and his new favorite thing is trains. He also loves tractors and cars. He is still sleeping pretty good. He eats when and what he wants, but lately he's done better. His new favorite is cheese grits! He is getting tired of being in a high chair and it's usually a struggle getting him in it and keeping him in it. I think he is really starting to learn how to test his/our limits. He will fuss more if he doesn't get his way, and he thinks its funny when we say no. He does love telling the dogs no no and usually will point his little finger at them.

He still amazes me every day and we are so thankful!!
We love you Tripp and can't believe you are growing so fast and getting so big!

We went over to the Mancil's on Saturday and Martha pulled out some cookies to frost and Tripp also decorated a birthday cake for Jesus. He loved licking the frosting the most!!

Singing Happy Birthday Jesus.
(He really thought we were singing to him.)

Blowing out the candle!

Mmmm Mmmm Good!

christmas!

Well I don't even know where to start. We had a very busy week full of fun! We started Christmas a little early in Birmingham on the 20th at my grandparents. Tripp had a lot of fun playing outside since it was nice outside. He got a new truck with animals and a new ball with a choo-choo on it. Choo-Choos are his new thing. My dad has started a train set upstairs and Tripp loves going up to see it. We often had to tell him that choo-choo was sleeping.

Tripp was out of school all last week so he came to work with me on Monday and Tuesday for a little bit. He did pretty good for the most part. He didn't want to play with the toys I brought, but instead loved the calculator, phone, keyboard, etc...

Wednesday night we always have Christmas Eve dinner with my parents, and he stayed up till about 11:00. I had to wake him up on Christmas morning to get going. We had to start early! He loved all his presents that Santa brought and didn't want to stop playing to open some more!

He got a new "rock and roll" trike. Right now he loves rocking on it, and in a few months we can take the rocker off and he can peddle it.

He got lots of blocks from Santa!

We then headed over to my parents house for breakfast. Santa came there too! Tripp loved opening and playing with his new presents.

He got a barn full of animals and a mini john deere tractor to name a few!

We finished up there and headed over to the Whatleys. Santa made a stop there too! We had a great time and a wonderful lunch.

On Christmas Day riding the golf cart since it was so nice outside!

He loved his new bubble machine!!

Tripp did pretty good but crashed hard around 3:30. He took a long nap! We got home and I put him asleep on the sofa while we unloaded and he woke up to play but just couldn't stay awake. He finally woke up around 6. I think it will take a few days for him to get back on track!

He tried to wake up to play with his toys, but just couldn't stay awake!

We are so fortunate and had a wonderful Christmas day with our families!! We enjoyed a great weekend too and I'll post later about it!

the swiffer

I was starting to wonder if Tripp was going to like any of his new presents that were coming Chritmas day. All he wanted to play with was the swiffer!! He drags it all over the house and been obsessed with this thing for a while now. Lee took out the middle parts so it's just his size. We tried to hide it and put back in the closet, but he knew where it was. I'm glad that he has new toys now to keep him occupied, maybe he'll forget about it!

hey santa, hey santa

We took Tripp to see Santa today at the Bass Pro Shops. I was thinking he wasn't going to even attempt to sit with Santa, but he surprised me! He just looked at Santa and then looked at the camera. What else could I ask for??

He also picked out a few things he wants Santa to bring him... Too bad he'll have to wait a long time before he'll ever see anything of these under the tree.




I should have told him that his daddy's also been asking for these things, and he's also going to be waiting a long time too!