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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Happy 2nd Birthday Little Man!!!

I can't believe my baby boy is 2! His birthday was July 17th and we celebrated on the 16th with our family and a few friends! It is hard to get a picture of Phoenix recently, he runs and hides whenever he sees the camera, LOL! This pic is from Veronika's party in June!
Lucky Phoenix had lots of pretty little girls at his party! Jackson and Tucker couldn't be there so Gabe was the only other boy there! Here is Evie, Rylie, Violet and Veronika. Rylie is my friend Randi's little girl. Rylie and Violet are 4 1/2 months apart and their youngest, Sophie is about 3 months older than Phoenix! My friend Becky and her baby Gabe were also there!
We had dinner, presents, cake and went swimming! A funny story about his cake...I ordered it the previous Saturday at Kroger MarketPlace. When we arrived to pick it up they couldn't find a cake or order sheet. The woman helping me told me she could have something ready in 15 min. so we went to get the rest of our groceries. When we came back I saw a very pretty pink and purple cake!!! HaHa! The woman said she thought Phoenix was a girl because of his pretty curls (and in her defense he was wearing a red Disney shirt that had lots of Disney characters...including a princess;) She fixed this cake up for us in about 5 min and gave us a 50% discount! And it was a yummy cake!Phoenix Logan Tripp, you are 2 years old and YOU. ARE. A. STINKER!!! Right now I spend my days following you from mess to mess...literally:) You love to turn on Mommy and Daddy's sink and fill a cup up with water, as soon as you know you are caught you pour the water on the floor and run. While I am cleaning up that mess I can hear you in the trash. By the time I get there you have found some discarded snack in the trash. While I am picking up the trash you make your way to Veronika's bed (which you know you are not supposed to be on) and laugh when I catch you! When I get you down you run away to make some other mess! And that is just a sample of the things you do!!! Your favorite things to get into are art supplies, Connect Four (you love to dump the entire box on the floor), cat food, trash can, sink, refrigerator, sink, toilet,sandwich bags, plastic spoons, clean and folded laundry, etc. You wear me out but I am so thankful that you are healthy and FULL of ENERGY!!!
Height: 3ft, 1.25in. (98%)
Weight: 30.625 lbs. (79%)
Head: 21 inches (99.96%) Sorry son, you get that big ole' noggin from Mommy:)
Being your Mommy is one of the greatest privileges of my life! Being a Mommy to a little boy is an adventure everyday and I am so thankful that I get to spend each day with you! I love you baby boy!

Locks Of Love

Veronika decided several months ago that she wanted to do "Locks of Love" We are so proud of her for deciding to do it! She got her hair cut at the beginning of July and she got a PRECIOUS stacked bob! As you can see from the pics, she is pretty fond of her new 'do too:)

Welcome Baby Wyatt!

Our new nephew/cousin made his debut on July 3! He was born at 3:20am and I had the privilege of being in the room for his birth. I also got to be there when his biggest brother Jackson was born, what an amazing gift! I didn't get a picture of Phoenix with Wyatt because the first thing he did was SLAP HIM ON THE HEAD!!! He was not allowed near him after that! I think he was showing his dominance! I am just thankful that is wasn't Brad and Paula's first baby because something like that would send a 1st time Mommy and Daddy OVER. THE. EDGE!!!
Wyatt is a sweet baby boy, he is the 8th Grandchild on both his Mommy and Daddy's side of the family. We love you Baby Wyatt!

VBS 2011

VBS 2011-Sunday Night...I don't have a picture of the last night but it would have been a much different picture! We were worn out for sure! We had VBS from 6-8:30pm on Sunday-Thursday night. On Friday night we had our closing program where ALL the kids performed some of their songs! I love VBS, most of the kids are kids that go to our church but there are LOTS from other churches or that don't attend church at all. I loved seeing SO many kids learn about Jesus' love for them! I am embarrassed to say though that by Thursday night of this week I was quite the grumpy leader!!! :(
Violet got to hold the American Flag during our pledges one night! I was so proud of her:)
The whole "Big Apple Adventure" Bible School
This was the 1st Year Violet was able to go to "big girl" Bible School! Phoenix was in the 1 year old class with Dodi and Veronika was at her mom's all week.

Happy Birthday Veronika!

This picture was taken in the summer of 2006, either right before or after Veronika's 4th Birthday!For Veronika's 9th Birthday she wanted to go to Dorey's Catfish Buffet in Leola. They have an AMAZING Catfish Buffet but the kids really love the Petting Zoo! This is all 7 of the "Dowler" Grandkids! Now there are 8, Aunt Paula made the drive to Leola even though she was very pregnant with Baby Wyatt!
After dinner we all went back to Dodi and Poppa's for Swimming, Presents and Ice Cream Sundaes!
Happy 9th Birthday Baby Girl!!!