chubby cheekers

This boy has got some chubby cheeks and I sure love them!

aunts are the best

My sister-in-law Steph has some great kids music that she had been promising to give to us since practically before Tripp was born. Now that Tripp is almost four months old and developmentally behind because he did not have any music to listen to, Steph finally got on the ball and made us some CDs (totally joking about being developmentally behind but not about Steph being a little behind in her CD making :) ). Tripp has been so sad that he has had to listen to the same kids CD for like a month now. I tell him it is not my fault but his aunts. However, she definitely redeemed herself in the package that she sent!! Not only did she send us some CDs, she sent some classic books that she had extra copies of and a beautiful hand made outfit for him, complete with a monogram. It is my new favorite outfit for him and I know he will look so handsome in it come this fall when it will be time to wear it. Thanks Aunt Steph for everything! Tripp listened to the music and read his books and is now caught up to where other 3 1/2 month olds should be :)

for the love of books

I really want to work on our "library" of kid books. My sister-in-law has pretty much the best library ever (it helps that she is a teacher). Maybe one day, we will have as many as her!! Today I helped us take a step in that direction. I was at TJ Maxx looking for something else and I happened to see that they had a big selection of books. In that selection were some Sandra Boynton books. Those happen to be some of my favorite books. I think I love them because they are so silly. So when I saw them, I could not resist and I picked up some up (in this situation "some" equals five). Now you know what we will be reading to Tripp tonight!

bath time!

tonight Tripp got a much needed bath (for some reason, I can never manage to give Tripp a bath on a regular basis. I think he last bath was five or six days ago-oops!!). he always looks so cute during his bath because he just stares up at me with this face i'm pretty sure says "what are you doing to me Mommy!?!" then afterwards, he is so cudly in his towel. so here he is!

weekend visitors

This weekend our friends the Mullers came for a clerk reunion for Derek. We had a great time catching up and Tripp and Lizzie got to meet each other for the first time!

Tripp's new tennies

One of my dad's running friends got Tripp his first pair of tennis shoes! They are a little big for now but he really wanted to try them on :)

a fun night

Last night we spent the night at the Seven Gables Inn to continue our tradition of spending the night out somewhere to celebrate our anniversary. This year was a little different since we had the little Trippster with us. But it was great nonetheless. We got room service for dinner and just stayed in and watched TV all night long! It was great and some much needed resting and relaxing. There was a little closet where we put Tripp's pack n play (I just noticed this time that he is almost as long as the pack n play- I should have taken a picture but I didn't want to wake him up with the flash). It was a perfect night!


the room


delicious dinner


yum!


tasty breakfast too

big boy stroller

We had been trading the stroller with my mom on days that she watches Tripp. But after a few times of forgetting to get it from her or me forgetting to give it to her, we decided it was time for her to have her own stroller. I wanted to get something a little nicer than an umbrella stroller but that was still lightweight. Since he is pretty big, he does not really need to be in his pumpkin seat for walks, so I went to an awesome second hand store, Once Upon a Child, and found this great stroller! I think it will be perfect for him when he is at Nonny's house!

Tripp's "school" bag

Tripp is going to go to mom's day out two mornings a week and of course he needed a bag to go with him to carry important things (right now that would be his diapers and bottle and lovie). So upon the suggestion of Steph, I decided to order a Land's End tote for him. It came in the mail today and I really love it (and he does too)!

four years of marriage

Today Nelson and I celebrate our 4th anniversary! This past year has definitely had the most amount of changes in it for sure! Mostly the fact that Tripp is here! Tripp has brought a new dimension to our lives and he does make it a little more challenging to spend time together just the two of us. But it is also pretty amazing to see Nelson as a dad. I am pretty sure we did not have a clue what we were getting into when we got married (or when we had a kid for that matter), but it has been a pretty awesome four years. I love you Nelson!!

three months old

On Tuesday Tripp turned three months old! I can't believe he has been here for that long. It has flown by! He has gotten a lot more smiley, has lots of sounds that he makes, and is just an all around joy to be with.

a very special day

Yesterday Tripp was baptized. It was a very special day and both Nelson and I commented to each other at the end of the day that we felt an indescribable joy all day long. Joy at God's faithfulness to our families through many generations, joy that our son received the sign and seal of God's covenant with his people to save them, joy that our family and friends were there to celebrate with us, and joy that God has given us each other and our son. Here are a few pictures from the day (compliments of my sister-in-law).


happy little guy


uncle james


happy family


our dads both got to participate in the baptism


little tripp


with my fam (hopefully Nelson's bro will send me pics with his fam so i can post those too! hint hint John!)