WTH Happened? Where did I go?

Please forgive me for my slackness with my blog. So much has been going on lately and I have been oh so busy at work. At least I am fortunate to still have my job, even though I complain about work all the time.

We are all doing good. Tripp is getting so big and becoming so much of his own person it's amazing! He talks ALL THE TIME now and says so many new words every day. He has gotten completely stubborn though. (I'm sure that this is from his daddy though ;) He doesn't tell us "no" but we get our share of "uh-uh's" all day long. He has also picked up a couple of words that he shouldn't have, but we are working on getting rid of those. Nothing like your little boy telling you to "shut-up" or saying "sh@#" when he falls down! Ooops! But he doesn't say those words too often so hopefully he will forget them soon.

We just got back from the annual beach vacation to Ocean Isle, NC and Tripp had a BLAST!! He loves to run in the waves and fall down and get back up and do it again. He wore his mommy and daddy out, but we still had so much fun. I will post some new pics from the beach just so you can see how much he loves it there.

Well, hopefully it won't take me so long next time to get an update in here. I just have to remember that I have this here to do. Until then.....

Guess what I can do!!!!!!!

Well, as most of you know, Tripp hasn't really had too many words in his vocabulary, but oh how that has changed now! He can so many things now and actually has a few phrases that he says. But, I have to say that the greatest moment came when Michael went to leave the house on Saturday, March 21, Michael told Tripp "Love you Bud" and Tripp said "uvv uww" right back! 2 times! The tears in our eyes could not even begin to express to you the immense amount of joy we felt at that moment. I eventually got an "uvv uww" later that night and it made everything in this world around us just be right.

I have been taking pictures, but I haven't been able to upload any yet b/c I keep forgetting my USB cable to do it, but I promise that I will get some new pics on here. Until then...........

What have we been doing?

Well, it's been forever since I have been on here and updated anything. I won't even try to put in here everything that has been going on, but I will update with the latest. Tripp is now 15 months old and so much fun! He is walking & running everywhere and loves to be outside. He loves to ride his four-wheeler, swing, and going down the slide is the most fun for him! He's a "big boy" now so he likes to do things by himself, which makes me kinda sad, but hey-they have to grow up even if I don't want him to. He will hold my hand to walk some places and to climb some steps, but everything else he has to do by himself. He still likes to test us whenever we say "no" or "stop" and it is a fun game for him when he doesn't listen and takes off and we have to chase him down. But I guess that is how they learn some things.



At 15 months, Tripp weighs 24lbs is 31.25" tall and has 8 full teeth with about 6 more that have cut through. Teething bites!



Hopefully I will start to be able to find the time to keep this updated, but until then here are a few pics for the past few months....

Oh, just as an update, I had the fine-needle biopsy doen on my thyroid and the results showed a solid benign mass. I have my next appointment on 3/26/2009 to check on the size of the mass. If it has gotten bigger, we will then make the decision of whether to take medication to shrink it or have it removed. Will let you know what we decide in a couple of weeks.

Here I am...

So, it's been awhile, I kept telling myself that I would get a new post on here when I got new pictures or when Tripp did something new, or tomorrow when I have more time. Well here I am, no pictures today-will save those for a happier post. This is going to be all about me today. First, a little history...I went to my doctor (OB/Gyn) for my annual appointment and they are pretty thorough-they check your glands, they check your reflexes, etc. Well, he asked me to lean my head back and to swallow as he felt my neck. I did as told and then he asked me to do it again-so I did-7 more times. He checked my chart and then gave me some pretty disturbing news. He told me that he felt an enlargement on my thyroid and that he wanted to get it looked at. He referred me to Clarendon Memorial for an ultra-sound of my neck. I went and had the ultra-sound done and waited a few days on the results. My doctor called me and told me that there was indeed an enlargement, and it was a solid mass. We set up an appointment with a specialist and I had a fine needle aspiration completed yesterday (9/25/2008) morning. By the way, this is what they call a needle biopsy. I will get the results on Monday afternoon and will be able to update everyone on Tuesday morning.

Why Can't I Keep Up?

So, Tripp is now 9.5months old and so much is going on!
Real quick update on his stats: 20lbs, 29.5"

Tripp is keeping me on my toes these days! He is so busy. I will post more on that later w/ pictures!

Update on mommy & daddy: Daddy Michael is doing really good. Still fishing some and he is starting to get into hunting a little bit. Not like his normal self, but going every now & then. Mommy Lisa has a little issue going on w/ her thyroid. The doctor has found a solid mass 1.8cmx1.4cm. I am going to see a specialist on Wednesday, Sept 17, 2008 to find out where I go from here. Getting a little bit nervous about this one. I have also already started on planning Tripp's first birthday and I am so excited about it! I can't wait until everyone is involved in this with me.

As for now, that is all that is new. Will get back to you soon with new pictures!

Now, now...we don't bite....

So, here it is, we have been waiting for the day that Tripp started to defend himself and here it is...sort of! Well, Michael went to pick up Tripp from the babysitter on Monday afternoon and he got a bad report...Tripp bit Riley! Yep, and guess what else? He left 4 teeth marks and a blood trail. OMG! Who would have thought that at 8 months old, they could draw blood? Well, Tripp did it and Riley was very upset. Of course in her mind, what she was doing to him was OK, she was holding onto his arm and not letting him go so he could get the toy/food that he wanted, so he turned around and chomped down. So Riley, Tripp is very sorry for biting you, but honey, you have got it coming to you now! Riley has done nothing but agitate Tripp from the beginning b/c he wasn't mobile to get her back, but look out. Riley should have learned her lesson the first time when Tripp tackled her and pulled her hair. Guess she still thought he couldn't "get" her. I don't know what we are going to do with those two!
(Sorry no picture, but there was a perfect bite mark of 4 little teeth!)

Totally Forgot the Zoo!

On June 28th, me and Tripp met up with some friends from BabyCenter Online and all of us went to Riverbanks Zoo. All of us mommies had a great day with the babes and the babes LOVED the fishes and the big fish tanks! It was a HOT day so the babes passed out early on us, but it was so much fun!