Best Friends!!!

Well, there's no doubt that these two girls LOVE each other! Sometimes I think Zoe tries to love her sister a little to HARD! :) Brielle can only take so many more running hugs and hammer force kisses before she starts to fight back. They both love to sit and read together. Zoe will "read" a story, and Brielle will help try and turn the pages. Peek-a-boo is also another favorite game. You haven't heard Brielle laugh until you have heard her play peek-a-boo with Zoe! All in all a lot of fun! They do so many new and funny things each day, I can't wait to see what they are going to do next!

Carter Matthew Ripley!!!

Celeste had her baby!!! Carter arrived on Feb 12, 2008 at 4:32 pm. And oh my gosh, I forget how much he weighed now that I"m typing this!!! I think he was 6 lbs 12 oz, but not sure. He had some complications when he came out, ( limp and blue) but after some time in ICU he is fantastic!!! I think he is so cute!!!! Celeste and Jared are doing a great job at being parents, and lucky ducks he even only gets up once in the night!!! So I thought I would share pictures with all of you of my second nephew!!!!

Brielle is getting bigger!!!

Here are some new pictures of Brielle!!! She had her 4month well check in January. She weighed 18 lbs. 9 oz and was 27 inches long!!!! NO JOKE!!! We make the fat happy babies that's for sure! Right now she has hit milestones such as sitting up by herself (most of the time), holding her own bottle, laughing, playing peek a boo with her sister and pretty much trying to get a hold of anything she is not supposed to!!. She is so much fun and I can't believe how fast it is going! (Why can't pregnancy go this fast?)

Brielle's Blessing Day!!!

Brielle was blessed on Dec. 30,2007 at the Burbank Ward in Washington. Her dress was made by Zach's mom Tami and her blessing blanket was made my my mom Janet. The people in the circle included: Zach (obviously,) Tom (Zach's stepdad), Nathan, (cousin), Todd (Uncle), Chad (cousin), and Garrett (Brother in law). We loved having a big circle!!!! (Well, big to us) Which is one of the reasons we waited a couple months. She was very good, and a lady in the ward was nice to write down the things said in the blessing so we could put it in her baby book!!

Zoe goes to the Farm with Grandpa!!!

When we went home for Christmas break Zoe got to go with Grandpa to the farm!!!! She got to drive the tractors, and work the potato piler and all sorts of fun stuff!! I think her favorite was um...all of it!!!! That and spending time with Grandpa. The noises scared her a little bit, but it sure didn't keep her from trying out everything she could! Even now she asks if she can go with grandpa to look at the tractors and potatoes!!!

Brielle

Here are some not so recent pictures of Brielle. But as you can see she still has the Ripley family chunky rolls. Check out the bottom pic!!!! Can you count how many she has? She is only bigger now. At her 2 month check up she was 14 lbs. 11 oz! She laughed today for the first time, and I mean really laughed. Not some chuckle, but full out rolling laughter! With all her rolls she still can't roll over yet, but she is getting there! Zoe continues to smother her with kisses and is a great big sister and helper to Mom. (Sometimes too much help.) :)

Halloween Pics

Happy Late Halloween! Here are some pictures from our various Halloween excursions. Zoe was a princess for Halloween, and Brielle was just a baby in a cute outfit. Unfortunately all her outfits were/are back home in storage. But we all had fun. Her friend Lindsay in the top left corner is in her mom's official dress from Spain that she wore when she was a little girl. Very cool we all thought. Brielle is being held by Lana and Anna. Zoe is playing with Anna and the hoola hoop and then her and Denim are sharing a some candy in the bottom right pic.