Easy, breezy, beautiful Covergirl

A few weeks ago we took Presley to get pictures done. Her hair had gotten so long, it was driving her bananas, so I wanted to get pictures before we got her first haircut. She did so great! The photographer had us sign a release because she wanted to be able to use them...who knew Pres was such a little ham? Okay, probably anyone who has ever spent 5 minutes with her. :) Here are a few of the portraits...

Snow day

So we decided to take advantage of the dreaded snow today and let Presley try out her sled. Here are some pics:

Here comes another Tripp...

So the posts have been in short supply around here, mainly because I've been stressing with school, work, life and the fact that we're now expecting our second child! That's right, I'm about six weeks pregnant. We are so excited! I'm having A LOT more woes this time around, morning sickness and the like. I guess I'm spoiled because I didn't get sick but a few times with Pres. Either way, it's totally worth it to have another baby coming. We have been asked if we are hoping for a boy or a girl and we don't really have a preference either way. We'd love to have a boy and have all those new experiences, but for Pres to have a little sis would be great too...there's nothing like the bond that sisters have. We'll find out in about 12 weeks so I guess that means you will too! Oh, and Presley is pretty excited to be a "big mister" (how she says big sister...hilarious!). Stay tuned for more news. :)

So we've been seriously slacking here. I didn't really blog at all over the holidays because, well, I had more important things to do. No offense to our readers (all 3 - 5 of you), but we had a busy holiday season. Also, I do realize that nearly a month has passed since "the holidays," but I have been a little busy with school. It's hard to get back in the groove after not going for 5 years...but I think I'm finally there.

I will, God willing, be going into nursing. Right now I'm working through the prerequisites, and after that I will apply to some different nursing programs. I did find a secret way to bypass the waiting list at SLCC and get my schooling paid for...I just have to become an IHC employee at some point before I apply for the nursing program. I don't think it should be too hard, in fact, I think in Utah it's hard to work in the medical field and not work for IHC.

What's new with Presley you ask? Not much other than she learns about 10 new words everyday and is speaking exclusively in full sentences. She also gets more opinionated everyday, if you can imagine that. I'm worried that she is figuring out how brilliant she is and will soon start plotting our demise.

Greg is busy being a professional nerd (computer programmer to the layperson) and he just fixed a HUGE bug, so he's pretty stoked about that. He does have some schooling left to do, but since he's at a company that is giving him on-the-job training he will probably wait until I'm done with nursing school to finish.

I will post some pictures and videos a little later. I know that I always say that, but I think I actually will this time.

Tiff

Cupcake Decorating with Lexi & Lauren

Here are some pictures from my awesome day with Pres! We took it easy, cleaned the house & then she helped me bake cupcakes, which we decorated with our friends Lexi & Lauren.


Her favorite thing to do...help mama cook!


She would stir all day if she could, she loves it!


Presley the artist.


Lexi & Lauren hard at work.


Tadaaaa!!

The two recognizable reindeer of the pack.


Presley's "Reindeer" cupcake.


Trying to decide whether it's "peem" (ice cream) or "chockit milk"...she hasn't had frosting very much yet.

Sweet kisses!


The frosted face that takes my breath away...


P decided the m&m filled candy cane was a Peewee size walking cane.


Pres decided to give Dada a new 'do when he got home.


Daddy being a stinker with Peewee...they look so much alike!


Pres helping herself to some leftovers.

Precious Moments

This morning my Gram wasn't doing so hot and had to go up to Huntsman Cancer Institute, her home away from home. I took the morning off until my sister could get there to watch Peewee, and I was really pleasantly surprised when she didn't want me to leave. When I picked her up to hug her good-bye, she held on to me so tight! She usually doesn't mind too much when Greg and I leave for work, because she knows she'll see us in a few hours. God keeps giving me little moments like this and I'm so thankful! Tomorrow I start my part-time schedule which means I get a whole day off with my Peewee, Hallelujah!

Photoshop + HTML + Midnight + Greg & Tiff = Win

So we just hand made our own blogger layout...what do you think? It took a few tries and it was pretty much a pain in the petunia, but on a scale of 1 to 1,000 I give it a 947. Greg was sweet enough to stay up with me and answer HTML questions...but now that it's presentable I think we'll get some sleep.