Tuesday, April 26, 2011

easter week

... been sick for a long time and still passing things around and not back to ourselves, mama going kinda nuts and poor sweet ava girl she has been such a trooper. So dont have much to write but have some pic to document
m cooking up some noodle soup for sick sista

sick on easter morning



sick... the beginning..... high fever for 5 days





first manicure/pedicure... pre - viruses







easter morn mess










m and rufus pre other dog biting him while on a walk











easter bunny at arboretum.... wonderful day with Caleb
































Saturday, April 9, 2011

a little photo catch up

admiring shenaniganz tattoos.... i have one as well
munchin on keys watchin sister do cartwheels at soccer instead of play soccer
i love love love this picture... ava is playing in the tub where sometimes she does not want to get in but will often play in there for hours. Here she is in her imaginary world putting all her princess figurines to bed
laughing
watching avas show on the window ledge
cooking of course
bottle holding jammie love muffin
brother pulls himself up for the first real time all by himself, he officially became a crawler last week
ava at soccer... number 10, little kickers
asleep on daddy..... makes daddy so so so happy and melts mommy to look at her handsome boys
Guster concert
bike rider
aquarium for amelias bday
chill time

and today

i have a mohawk, crawl, try to stand and walk, swing, and melt hearts along the way with my baby blues

memory lane




so k and i went to house of blues on a date last night, saw Guster, great, but i left my phone at home and happened upon some pictures that i had never seen before of my baby boy. Needless to say I was tired but already getting very emotional that he is 7, yes 7 months old and pulling himself up and wanting to walk and into everything and well no longer my little baby... and then i found these in the same day. how has this happened so so fast? i have even been enjoying it so much more this time around, i am way less anxious to see what comes next but looking at these pictures i got all teary. We love you Maddox Victor Peter Ripp tremendously.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

okay okay okay

i am here.... we are alive and doing well. maddox is crawling everywhere, so curious and just so so so sweet. He is a doll. Ava is growing up so fast we are so proud of the little person she has become. I am sorry I dissapeared from the whole blogging scene but I really intend to be back for real. Sometimes when you dont do it for so long you dont know where to begin when you start again so then you continue putting it off. However, I hope to get much more regular since Maddox does not even have a baby book. Nursing... done, left both my babies to go to NC and see my family - my wonderful, crazy, honest, smart, and dear grandmother (dad's mom) passed away, but never been away from both of them for more then a couple hours, Hazel (k's mom), Tom (k's dad)and Keegan did great... not a tear was shed casue mom was not around, ava started soccer and loves it, shenaniganz is killing it right now (always have to be careful cause tomorrow it could be dead but to date its rocking and we are hoping to start a second one, keegan is working a lot but trying to find a balance and include gym, kid time, golf (very occasionally), us time, and time to pursue second shenaniganz options, i am really happy to be done nursing and am getting excited to do swim team agian this summer ( i cant believe we are getting to that time again) and life is moving by fast. yeah holy shit i will be 29 next week. anyway i will post pictures soon. xoxoxo glad to be back