Our first Family pic

I'm surviving........sort of

On Monday, Randy left with his parents and some scouts to go on the 50 mile bike ride (I think that's what they're doing). So it's just been Tripp and I at home. I thought I could handle being alone with Tripp fairly easily until last night. He either had a lot of gas pain or he just felt like screaming at the top of his lungs all night long. Needless to say I was totally exhausted today. It seems like when I want to take a nap, he doesn't want to and when he is sleeping, I'm not tired. I have 3 more days to "rough it" until my tag-team member comes back. Hopefully I'll be able to survive until then.

Look-alike Meter

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I took this idea of the look-alike meter off Chelsi's blog. It was fun! Now who do you think Tripp looks like?

Pics for Karebear and T-Lo

My munchkin

We put Tripp in his swing while we ate dinner. Randy started singing as he was clearing the table and when I went to get Tripp, this is what I saw:

I guess he doesn't like his daddy's singing voice.

Check it out!

We got our bike back! Our friend saw it while he was in town and called Randy to go check it out. It wasn't difficult for the cop to know that it was our bike when Randy opened our combination lock that was still on the bike. The kid who had the bike claimed he got it from a "free pile" around the corner. The cop went with him and the pile was actually there so the kid didn't get charged, but at least we have our bike, and it is locked up to the only thing we could find. This pipe on the side of our apartment.

Growing sprout

Tripp had his 2 week checkup. He has grown 2 inches and gained 25 ounces from his last appointment. The doctor was surprised he had gained that much weight. The last time I was in his office was the day my milk came in and I was completely engorged and had problems trying to feed Tripp the entire day. Since my hormones were completely out of whack I couldn't stop crying especially when the doctor told me that Tripp was down 8% from his birth weight. So when the flood gates opened up in the clinic the doctor didn't know what to do with me so he sent me to the hospital to a lactation consultant. The consultant pumped me and I was fine after that. So that has been the only drama that we've had to go through until he got circumcised. Randy was brave and stayed in the room with him but I had to leave. Randy said that when the procedure was done, Tripp peed across the room and then pooped all over the table. It was hard seeing him cry so much. But afterwards he was completely out for about 3 hours. I think the drugs had something to do with that.

Birthday Bash

We started Randy's birthday by going to the Farmer's Market. We got lots of good stuff, including Rainier Cherries! Then Randy opened these sweet presents I got for him. Hyper Dash is our favorite. It's a good "get off your buns" game and made us really sweaty nasty after playing. And of course we finished with Randy's favorite -blueberry pie. Tripp even got his daddy a present -his umbilical cord! How exciting and nasty. Sorry Nichole but I had to post this pic of you playing Hyper Dash. Too fun!

Randy playing the newly acquired "Hyper Dash" from Tash.

To TLO & KareBear & SareBear

-Randy's Workout Every Day For St. Helens-
So far I'm up to:
60 situps
50 pushups
25 leg lunges on each leg
Curling Tripp in my Arms

Numbers increase each day but I'm going to add a jumprope to the mix.

Hey T-Lo, Check out my new hiking shoes(North Face) for the St. Helens Trip!

Dude, where's my bike?

We had a bike sitting right here until yesterday. One of our neighbors pointed out that our bike had been stolen along with his and a few other bikes in our complex. We had two other bikes in the back that didn't get taken. But I think the joke is on the thief, because the bike they took had no brakes. It was also Randy's favorite bike, but what can you do? Randy rode around with a golf club looking for his bike but no luck. We filed a police report but I'm pretty sure we'll never see it again. In the last place we lived my CD player was stolen out of my car while I was at church. So I hope this doesn't become a trend in every place we move to.

First walk

Tripp went on his first walk with daddy Randy a couple of days ago. He slept the entire time while we were trying not to melt in the sun. Randy has an interview tomorrow so everyone needs to wish him good luck!

1. Open mouth 2. Insert foot

Randy and I were getting a little restless being in our apartment ALL day EVERY day so we decided to go to a barbeque/1st birthday party. While I was getting my food, a guy across from me mentioned how there were alot of pregnant ladies at the party. Then he looked at me and asked, "So when are you due?" OUCH! I pointed out that Randy was holding Tripp like 10 feet away from us. Another guy who was standing there made the comment, "I thought that only happened in the movies." Needless to say the guy was totally embarassed. I guess 6 days postpartum was too early for me to be seen in public.

More pics of our handsome man

"How you doin?"

Tripp loves to stretch out. He always falls asleep with his arms straight above his head.

Check out these guns

Cute cousins -Tripp, Asher, and Zelda. Tripp and Asher are only 7 weeks apart.

Check out the Funky Ears!

Right ear normal-Left ear a 3? Tasha's Mom thinks it's because he's the 3rd grandchild of hers.Couldn't find any birth marks so maybe this is it huh?

Baby Tripp has Arrived!

Here he is-Mr. Tripp William, weighing in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and 20 inches in length. He was born at 4:45 p.m. and looks like...nobody!Although Tasha did say when he came out that he had monster lips and my fat-bridge nose.

We finally joined the club

We finally decided to set up our blog. Karen really wanted to see more pictures of Tripp so hopefully I can figure out how to post pictures.