Happy 7th Birthday, Austin

Well, hello there! A lot has happened in the last couple of months! Working 30 miles from home is a little time consuming!

Austin celebrated his 7th birthday yesterday! I can't believe he's 7 years old already! He's lost another tooth, evident by the picture below!

Here are some pictures from his birthday. We just celebrated at home by having his favorite thing for dinner, spaghetti.

Then he got to blow out the candles on his John Deere birthday cake.

He and Daddy were licking the frosting off the wheels.

We'll be celebrating Abigail's birthday in a couple weeks. I can't believe how fast they're growing up!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to the coolest Daddy in the world! We can't wait to see you in a couple months!!!

Love, Austin & Abigail

(And Mommy too!)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Grandma Richards!

How'd it feel to get a snow ball thrown at you by your grandson?

Love you!

The birthday girl

On Abigail's birthday we celebrated by eating cake & ice cream with Grandma & Grandpa Ringman.

We ate Dora cake



Abigail enjoyed a little frosting before blowing out the candles







Grandpa lit the candles



She wasn't quite sure what to think of the candles and our singing!



But she sure did enjoy her cake & ice cream



Then they both got to open their birthday presents





Abigail loved the Barbie stuff she got!



Thanks for celebrating her bithday with us Grandma & Grandpa!

(More posts & pictures of our trip to Michigan will be appearing over the next few days!)

Happy 2nd Birthday Abigail

Happy Birthday baby girl!

You've grown so much in the past two years, it's absolutely amazing.

When this post hits the internet, you would have been born exactly two years ago. And we've made it Michigan safely and {hopefully} uneventfully.

We love you so much!

{Birthday pictures to follow!}

Happy 5th Birthday Austin!

It's hard to believe that 5 years ago Austin entered our world. I can't believe how fast time goes and how fast he's grown up.

1st Birthday!

2nd Birthday!

3rd Birthday!

He's been the best big brother!

4th Birthday!

(Camera date was wrong)

Today, for his 5th birthday we invited some of our friends to join us at Wazoo's. The kids enjoyed pizza, playing on the inflatables and cake! Austin had a blast!

He got a Power Ranger cake.

And gifts from his friends.

Even Abigail enjoyed her piece of cake!

It's been a great day so far. I can't believe how much love I have for my son. It's unexplainable!

Happy Birthday Austin!

Birthday wishes

Happy Birthday Grandma Ringman!

We love you!

The big 2-8

If I had a ticker at the top of my blog for myself, it would say... Andrea is 28 years old today. Oh, another year closer to 30. Scary!

At least I can say I've fallen in love more than once. First with Michael, then with Austin, then with Abigail and finally my new purse...

The fabric is ACU fabric just like Michael's uniform. Pretty cool huh? Now I just have to find somthing for that second name tape section under my name!

"One" more birthday wish

Happy 1st Birthday Brenden!

We love you and wish we could be there for your big birthday party today!

This concludes the birthday wishes. Three generations of Ringman birthdays in three days. All milestone birthdays.

Another birthday wish

Happy Birthday Grandpa Ringman!

Sending you hugs and kisses all the way from Texas too! Hope you have a great 50th birthday!

(Look how little the kids look! This picture was only taken a little over 11 months ago.)

Birthday wishes

Happy Birthday Uncle Ben!

Sending you hugs and kisses all the way from Texas.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We love you!

Four year check up

So, I've determined that it's worse to take my four year old child for shots than it is my one year old.

Austin had his four year well child check up today. (I know, he's been four for a month now, but we got behind when we moved down here the second time. Our insurance will only pay for one well child visit per year.) Anyways, on to the appointment.

He weighed in at 33.8 lbs (50th percentile) and was 38 1/4 inches long (25th percentile). He did really good for his eye and hearing tests, he passed them with flying colors. The doctor said he looked great and answered a few questions I had for her. Next it was on to his immunizations.

While we knew what Austin was in for, he wasn't. Michael told Austin this morning that he would buy him a Long Shot this weekend if he didn't cry while he was at the doctor. Austin has been seeing the commercial on TV for the Long Shot and won't stop talking about it. So, if he didn't cry at the doctors office for his shots, Daddy was going to buy it for him this weekend.

Lets just say he didn't cry. HE SCREAMED!!! Whew, that was rough. Poor little guy not only got four immunizations, he also got a TB test and had to have his blood drawn to check all of his levels. While I was holding him down for the blood draw, he paused his screaming to shout, "I just want to go to sleep." I'm not sure what that was all about, but I'm pretty sure I won the "Mean Mom" award this morning!

Also, we want to wish my Mom a...

Happy 50th Birthday!!!!

Oh, and not to brag or anything. But, it was pretty nice down here in Texas the other day...

(The temperature reading in my car!)

Of course it's not so nice now, but it was wonderful while it lasted.

Happy Birthday Riley

Not only is it President's Day today, it's Riley's birthday too!

Hope everyone had a good weekend, we're going to enjoy our day today as today is the third day of our three day weekend!

(Gotta love being a government employee!!!!!)

Abigail's first birthday

Abigail started off her first birthday at the doctors office getting her 12 month check up. She weighed in at a whopping 18 lbs (10th percentile) and was 28 1/4 inches long (25th percentile). She still isn't big enough to turn her car seat around. She's got 2 more pounds to gain before she can turn around and look out the window. The way she's eating she might pack on the pounds by the time she goes back for her check up at 15 months. Today she received three shots along with a TB test. I have to take her back at the end of the week so the doctors office can read it.

The evening has been pretty low key with the exception of Abigail digging into her cake. Check out the pictures and videos below!

1 year

Happy 1st Birthday Abigail!