A Roughen Abode: Storage Galore!

The one thing I absolutely LOVE about our new place is the insane, borderline-obnoxious amount of built-in storage.  I guess any amount of storage is fabulous when compared to what we had, and completely filled up in our condo.  Every nook and cranny was stuffed with something in that place... but I digress.

Here's just a sampling of the storage that we enjoy these days.

In our hallway,  where all the bedrooms converge, there are two of these matching built in units,
the drawers of which remain completely EMPTY, if you can believe it. Unreal.

In addition to all the "regular" cabinets in our kitchen, there's this nice little
desk area that serves as storage for random things like computer gear,
stationery boxes, extra stemware, and then some.

Mega-oversized storage closet in the semi-finished basement, perfect for all the clutter:
Baby gear, winter clothes & coats, camping equipment, wrapping paper,
christmas junk --- you name it, it goes in here.

Everything has its place  ... and it is glorious!

And... a Tripp photo too!

Happy Hump Day!
Meg

A Roughen Abode: The Dining Room

Since we have very few rooms that are 100% put together, there will not soon be a blog post featuring the whole new house... but, I thought I would feature one room at a time as they get closer to completion.  So, this post features to the fairly complete dining room.

Can you find the baby gate?  

Both the table and china cabinet were my great-grandmothers, and fit perfectly!

And a photo of Tripp, after a bath:

... hope he picked a good one!

Have a good week!
Meg

15 Month Stats: Status Quo!

We recently went to the doc for our routine 15-month check up.  Height & weight stats have remained in the 50th percentile, growing at the average rate, I suppose.  Head circumference still in the 90th.  As Tripp's dad would say, "Look at the big brain on Tripp!"

Here are the details:

• Weight:  21 lbs, 14 oz
• Height:  31 inches
• Head Circumference:  19 1/4 inches

In general, at the doctor's office, Tripp is a joy, playing with the crinkly paper and laughing....

until the doc enters the room... and then he falls apart.

Every.
Single.
Time.

 C'est La Vie!
Meg

Paging Doctor Roughen

Babbling Baby in a Bathtub

Just a quick post to capture all the words that Tripp has in his ever-expanding vocab... another one of those boring posts that will be more interesting to me in 5 years than to any of you now (or ever), but thought I would capture while I had the chance.

Words --  Tripp can say (and we think he sort of understands the meaning of) the following words:

• Car
• Nana (banana)
• Walk
• Truck (which sounds dangerously close to a less desirable word...)
• Cheese
• School 
• Peaches 
• TaTa (Thank You)
• Please
• Dot Dog (Hotdog)
• Shoe(s)
• Bee Bee (belly button)
• Baby
• Toes
• Ni-Night
• Uh Oh
• Friday
• Morning
• Ball
• Book
• Dog
• Cat
• Bird
• Bath
• Eat
• Boo Boo (this one is new, not sure where he picked it up)
• WaWa (water, milk, or any liquid in a cup)
• MaMa
• DaDa
• PaPa
• MiMi (his little girlfriend in his class is Mila, he calls her MiMi)
• Several Letters --- A, B, C, and D... and the aforementioned enthusiastic 'Y'
• Outside (in all fairness --- he butchers this word, but we know what he's saying through hand gestures)
• one and two
• Bless You (after you sneeze.. or after he sneezes)
• BooYa (complete with hand motions, thanks to his father)
• Touchdown (with the referee hand motions)
• ... and unfortunately, he has learned "No"  and "Mine" much to our dismay.

 Animal Sounds --- Tripp knows and can somewhat articulate what the following animals say:

• Cat
• Cow
• Dog
• Bird
• Horse
• Sheep
• Duck
• Frog (sort of)

 Body Parts --- he can point out where the following body parts if asked:

• Eyes (sounds like "ice" when he says it, while poking himself in the eye)
• Ears
• Nose (and he sticks his finger about knuckle deep in his nostril)
• Mouth
• Teeth
• Brain
• Belly Button (bee bee)
• Feet
• Toes

And... here's a photo of Tripp in his new, ginormous bathtub in our new house!... can you tell he loves it!?!

Happy hump day!
Meg

Tripp's New digs

Still not 100% finished with the move, but Tripp's room is relatively complete, so I thought I would share.
Hope everyone has a good week!
Meg

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Our Little Friday Artist

Happy Weekend!
Meg

Slackin' in September

Sorry for the infrequent blogging this month.  We've been very busy moving from our 1,000 sq foot condo (that I have been in for 6+ years, Matt for 4.5 years, Tripp for his entire life) to a 2,100 sq foot house...  Lots more room for Tripp to run around and explore.  Not a lot of photos yet (stay tuned), but here are two that make me happy:

Home Sweet Home

...  & millions of empty boxes!

And another photo that is interesting --- this is the sign that was posted at the dumpster of our condo.   While we will be missing most of our awesome, friendly, and fun neighbors from the condo neighborhood, we will not miss the ones that posted this lovely warning, which I made X-LARGE so you could read & fully grasp the ridiculousness of it:

Give. Me. A. Break.

Happy Hump Day!
Meg

... Now I know my ABCs!

No new photos this go-round, but.... I just wanted to quickly capture Tripp's new "thing" so I won't forget.  But first, some background...

Since he was born, I found that the easiest song to sing to him when he's upset or has been in the car seat too long, is the ABCs.  There were a few reasons for this, namely:

• The tune is catchy and features only a few notes.
• I always remember the 'words,' regardless of how sleep deprived I am. 
• It's somewhat educational - well, more so than Itsy Bitsy Spider, another favorite.
• It's short and not too annoying to sing 3,023,938 times on a single road trip.

Well, all my singing has finally paid off, or come back to bite me --- depending on your perspective.  Tripp has now memorized the *tune* of the ABCs, and hums it constantly.  When not humming the tune, he does not sing the letters, but rather screams random sounds in the tune of the ABCs song (which is the same as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, by the way).  It sounds something like OH, EE, EW, AH, OH, HA, HE.  

He has begun to know where some letters belong, so after I say "double-u, X" he will interject with a very loud and enthusiastic "Y." --- which is pretty cute.

His daycare teachers (bless their hearts) have noticed this, and think it's "cute" that he is humming in the corner while playing with toys.  None of them picked up on what the tune was, but after I told them the story, they confirmed that yes, in fact, he was humming the ABCs tune.

Anyway, I apologize for dragging out this boring tidbit of Tripp's life, but it is one of those memories I fear I will forget if not for this journal.... er, blog.

Happy Hump Day!

Meg

A Real Beach Baby

We recently spent a fantastic week with the Moon family in Panama City Beach, Florida.  The Moon family was nice enough to invite us down for the week.  Anne (Hutto) Moon and I spent the summers of our youth at the same house, doing much of the same things --- playing in the water, eating sand (and lots of yummy seafood), and spending some quality time with parents, grandparents, and friends.  We had 2 days of rain, and the rest sunny, hot, Florida days.  Below are some photos from our trip.

Does this life jacket make my butt look big?

With Uncle Dan & Caroline

Gilligan

Caroline & Bivy in the background

Tripp & Shug

Beachin' with Papa

First Beach Date | Caroline & Tripp

Enjoying a "cold one"

Playing in the sand

Thanks to the Moons for a fun- and sun-filled week!

Meg