7 months!

My little bubba bear is now 7 months! That means he is getting closer to the 1 year mark than the newborn! Gosh!!! How do I press the pause button?? Well, to celebrate turning 7 months, Tripp decided to get in a fight with the bed frame and Grandpa Norris & Grammy's house. We had gone out for the day to see everyone and swim. We laid Tripp down for a nap (on the floor, with lots of pillows around him). He woke up and managed to get over all the pillows and rolled under the bed. I went back to check on him and he was crying so hard (insert my heart was breaking) and I pulled him out and went to the front room, while trying to comfort him. Jeff looked at his face ( I was still just hugging him) and noticed he had cut himself. We looked at his nose and eye area. Thank God he didn't move just a tiny centimeter over! He would have cut his eye!! I cried and cried the whole way home thinking how awful I am! Needless to say, we will be getting a pack n play to leave out there for naps from now on! My poor little guy!!! He is fine now, just the scab from the scratch and I tiny bit of bruising on his nose, but still full of smiles!
Also, Tripp can now sit up and has attempted crawling, just can't figure out how to move once her gets up on his knees and elbows. He so stinkin' cute trying, though!

New pics

My dear friend, Tawny of Tawny Hurst Photography took the kids pictures this past weekend while we were in New Braunfels at Schlitterbahn! They turned out great!!!

Vienna, Austria!!! Its about time...

Well, after a 2 month delay on our trip to Austria due to a volcano (who would've thought) we went at the end of June! And I'm still amazed at all Farm Bureau was able to pull off in moving a trip for 800 2 months later! We had a fabulous time, but I have to admit, I missed my little Bug and Bear way too much! I don't know if it was because there are two of them now, because she is older, or because we were across the ocean!!! But, I missed them terribly! We did have a blast! It is always great going on such wonderful friends with some of our dear friends! We always end up meeting new people too! This year Jeff was in a new district so it was great to spend time with people I haven't met or got to know very well yet! I miss our old district, the became a 2nd family to us... but I really do love our new district! The Wood's (Jeff's DSM and his wife) are so sweet!

We spent the first day just flying!!! Then as soon as we got there we went and relaxed with a bunch of friends and by the time (who knows what time it really was) I ate dinner, I went to the room and CRASHED!!! The next morning FB scheduled an amazing train ride and tour through Salzburg. We got to see all the places Sound of Music was filmed and Mozart's birth place. We spent the afternoon walking around, shopping, and eating :) Then a bus ride home through some gorgeous, lakes, mountains....The next day Jeff and I decided to stay around Vienna (I was done spending so many hours on buses, trains, cars). We ate lunch in the gorgeous park across the street, walked to the palace, had a carriage ride through the grounds, and then went to the welcome dinner. Every year FB puts on a really neat, more causal dinner to 'kick off" the trip. It was a the Town Hall (if you saw this place you would be blown away!!!!!!). Little Austrian girls and boys greated us with the sweetest gingerbread cookies!The rest of the trip we spent sleeping in, walking around Vieann looking at the fabulous sights, and eating some great foods!
I will do a seperate post just about our Gala!!!! Seriously, the fanciest night of my life.... words can not describe! But... I will try ;)

Happy 4th of July!!!

We had a great time at the Stephenville Park last night with Nana and a bunch of Jeff's Hico friends. Sadie LOVED playing with all the other kids around her age and Tripp did great laying on the blanket taking it all in. This time next year he will be in the mix of it all! We stopped at Montana's before and had some of my favorite food...nothing like American food :)! All the way there Sadie kept telling us what noise the fireworks made and that she was going to slide and swing! So cute! The fireworks started after 10, both our kids are usually asleep by 7:30ish. So they were exhausted, but once they started Sadie sat in our my lap and then Jeff's and kept telling us all the colors she saw. I didn't know how she would do with the noise, she gets scared about loud noises sometimes. Only once did she say, "go home". But then she saw how we were reacting to them and got over it. Tripp was in awe of them the whole time! So fun to celebrate this holiday and make traditions with our kids that include friends and family! Oh, and my mom made them the cutest shirts to wear!

Tripp is 6 months old!

How is it possible? Has it really already been 6 months? Time is going by way too fast! Tripp is such a happy little baby! He just laughs, smiles, and squeals all the time! Sadie is STILL is favorite! He loves playing in his excersaucer and rolling around on the ground. He has a ball that has got to be his favorite toy! He is eating, and liking, all his fruits and veggies. Dr. Miller said go ahead and go up to stage 2 and starts Puffs and Yogurt Melts. So far, they are a hit! He is sleeping 12 hours at night and takes 3 1.5-2 hour naps a day! Most of time he will take his afternoon nap while Sadie takes hers... great for me!!! He can stand holding onto things for a little bit, same with sitting. He is trying to crawl, but doesn't understand that he needs his arms to go with him. It usually ends with a face plant! We are just loving watching him grow and learn new things, and his personality bloom!
He now weighs 16 lbs. 13 oz. and is 26 1/4 in long.

What a fabulous weekend!

Jeff and I were talking on the way home LATE last night about how wonderful our weekends have been lately! Let me back up first, Thursday was my BIG 3-0! We went to Abilene to shop at Target for some sun dresses for our trip to Austria (we leave in 3 days!) and then dinner at Oliver Garden. We stopped on our way home for a blizzard! I have done so well on losing my weight lately, was only 3lbs away from pre baby!!! But, then after this weekend I've got some more work to do :( Oh well, anyways... Then Friday I was busy doing last minute details and cleaning for Sadie's birthday party. My mom and Jim came in that evening and we cooked burgers outside. Mom and Jim got me a drill for my birthday!!!! I'm so excited! Jeff has asked me what is the first thing I'm going to do? Well... we shall see when we get home from Austria! Then Saturday we woke up and it was WORK WORK WORK! Sadies' party was a BLAST! Afterwards, we ordered pizza and watched tv after the kids went to bed. Sunday, our normal routine of getting ready and heading to church. The nursery was packed and LOTS of crying babies, including Tripp! Weird, I know! I think he was just exhausted! So we left after Sunday school, came home, ate lunch, napped and then headed to Grandpa Norris and Grammy's house to celebrate all our wonderful Fathers!. I'm really enjoying living so close to Jeff's side of the family. Don't get me wrong, I miss mine not being just an hour away, but its nice Sadie getting to be close to her great grandparents. She loves swimming at their house and playing with the goats. Some more cousins came over, Kyra is a year older than Sadie and Rylie is about 6 or 7 weeks older than Tripp. When we finally got home is was straight to bed! We really are blessed beyond anything we deserve!

Sadie's 2nd birthday party!

We are blessed with so many great friends and family! We had Sadie's birthday party today at our house. The house was decked out in black, yellow, and red with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Mimi and I made her a dress and Daddy got her Mickey Mouse ears to wear! Her and her friends and cousins played, then we ate, had cake, and opened presents! She was inthralled with everything she got! When we sang "happy birthday" to her, she was so happy and knew exactly what to do with the candles, as if she'd been doing it every day! It really was a fun day!!! And... thank you so much Aunt Krysta for taking all the pictures!!!

Our front door... an "S" for Sadie... should have got a better picture!

Some of her presents and goodie bags

The food and cake

Blowing out her candles

Stealing some icing!!!

Playing with friends & cousins, and opeing up presents!

What is Sadie up to at 2? Well, she now weighs 24. 5 lbs (little thing) and she is 34.5 in tall (tall thing)! She is talking in most complete sentences, but then there will be a sentence and I have NO clue what she said! She LOVES to sing! Some of her favorites are Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle, Jesus Loves Me, and You Are My Sunshine. She's still really into books, puzzles, and LOVES the little people. She is playing pretend quite a bit too. Its so funny to watch her play mommy! Oh, and she has definitely learned the idea of ownership!!! "Thats mine, Bubba!" Whenever we pull up to stores, restaruants, Blockbusters, etc... she will tell you exactly what you get at those places! Hillarous! She also is loving swimming. We start swimming lessons next week!!!! Where did my baby go????