Trips Dedication

Happy dedication day sweet boy! We love you more than we can even express in words. We pray that you will grow up to know and love Christ, that you will have a relationship with Him, and that He will use you to further His kingdom in ways that we could have never imagined.   We pray blessings over your life and want you to know that you are loved and treasured! You were uniquely created by your Heavenly Father and we are so thankful that He chose us to raise and love you! We love you sweet buddy!!

Sisa made these dresses for me about 25 ish years ago. They are just beautiful!! The girls could not wait to wear them and did not want to take them off! 

Happy Easter

Even though this guy was only a few days old we got to go to my parents house and celebrate Easter with family. I was so glad that Paw Paw and Lena were able to meet their very first great grandson! 

The Big Race

The girls and JR ran in their first race for a non profit called No Longer. This organization was started by some trussvile friends and they are raising money to open and sustain an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. We love this groups hearts and can't wait to go and serve beside them one day in the Dominican when their orphanage is open! To say that the girls loved the race would be an understatement! Olivia ran the entire mile with JR and Anna Kayt ran most of it with Sisa and Grumps! I brought a stroller just in case but to my surprise, we definitely did not need it! We celebrated afterwards with Sisa and Grumps and are lots of pancakes at Golden Rule!

Bowling

So these two girls LOVE to bowl! Jr and I took them this summer before school started and they just couldn't get enough! We definitely need to take them back! 

And of course what bowling trip is complete without free icees!!

Happy 5th birthday Love!

How is Olivia Love 5 years old!! Noo!! She has recently started kindergarten this year and I still just can't believe it! She is loving school and is really blossoming into a sweet and caring little girl. For Olivia's 5th birthday she wanted to have a Frozen swimming party at B's house. We invited lots of friends and school friends and they had a blast!! The party ended up lasting a little longer than normal because they just kept swimming and swimming! :) 

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Cant believe this spunky girl is actually 3 years old!! Wow!! She has grown up a lot in the past few months! She is potty trained extremely well, dressing herself, sleeping in a big girl bed, and thankfully not pitching nearly as many fits! Hallelujah!! :) We decided to have Anna Kayt's party a little early this year since we didn't know when Trip would get here. Anna Kayt wanted a Sophia party so we had it at our house and also did a Clover Easter egg hunt! The kids had soo much fun and loved hunting the eggs! 

We also went out to eat at a Japanese restaurant on her actual birthday with family and she loved it!

Trip months 2-5

This little guy has grown soo much in the last few months!! He has definitely put on a few lbs since then!! At Trips 4 month check up he weighed 19.6 lbs (90%) and was about (80%) for length. Head circumference was about 90% as well. We have one big boy on our hands! I want to snuggle him like he's still a tiny baby but it's so hard when you hold him and his legs are already so long that they are already resting on the couch! Trip is definitely my load back little boy. He loves to be held, smiles for most of the day, rarely ever fusses unless he is hungry or tired, and just an extremely happy baby!! I can take him in the stroller to target for 45 minutes and not hear a sound from him! It is wonderful and much needed! However, this guy does NOT sleep! He is usually up about 2 times during the night wanting his paci. Ugh! We finally eliminated the 4am feeding a few weeks ago so that has helped but around 5 am he is usually up for good and I just plug a paci in his mouth every 30 minutes until 7 am and feed him then. We usually put him to bed about 8:30 and have also just stopped the dream feed at 10. He also refuses to sleep in his crib, we have put him back in the rock in sleep in a desperate attempt to get some sleep. He sleeps ok in the crib but loves to sleep on his stomach and will wake up at times screaming due to gas bubbles so the rock in sleep is much easier!! Too bad he is getting way to big for it! We started Trip on rice a little after turning 4 months, and have recently introduced green beans, sweet potatoes, and squash. And shockingly the only one he likes is green beans! Who would have thought! All of that to say that we love this little guy and his big sisters just can't get enough of him! They argue over who he looked at last, and who's turn it is to make him laugh and who gets to hug him next. They LOVE this buddy! He is their real life baby doll. We are so thankful that God has chosen to bless us with this new life and so thankful for the opportunity to raise him up to know and love Christ Jesus.