The Family

The Family

Monday, August 25, 2014

Just a few changes

Well...things around here sure have changed just a little bit ;) I haven't blogged in so long. I got consumed in my career and Tripp has now grown up on us! He will be 4 this year. Yes, I said 4!!!! I still can't believe it. Time has surely flown by.
Since my last post I have had a career working with individuals with disabilities, and LOVED every minute of it! After being there for almost 2 years I found out I was pregnant and made the decision to stay home with the babies. We did not find out the gender of our second child until baby arrived! We couldn't have been more excited and happy to discover baby #2 was a ......

                                                                           BOY!!!!!!!

And Tripp was soooo excited to become a BIG BROTHER! He truly is an amazing BIG brother and he loves his baby with all his heart. So protective and says they are "best buddies," which warms my heart to a million pieces. I still have to pinch myself sometimes to make sure this life is not a dream. I have been beyond blessed and couldn't have asked for anything more than these 2 boys and their amazing daddy!

Big changes are soon to come for my sweet family as we have put our first home up for sale. I'm still in shock over this! We are so excited for new beginnings, but will surely miss this wonderful home when it's gone. As this home has welcomed Joe and I as we became husband and wife and has been the cozy, place of comfort we brought our children too as they first came "Home." This house has heard lots of pitter patters down the halls, had tiny finger prints all over the place and so much more. We are so excited and eager to see where God puts us next! We know He has big and bright plans for our little family!


Monday, July 9, 2012

Catching up with the Hager's

It has been quite some time since I have last blogged!  I kind of just got off track with it, especially with raising a sweet little boy, working, and with my photography business on the side!  Anyways I decided its time to get back on track to update my blog every once in a while, especially for family who aren't around everyday to see the fun, energetic and oh so sweet moments that sweet Tripp brings to our lives each and every day!  So with this blog I will just post a few pics of our precious baby boy to give a view of just how fun and perfect he is ;) 

He Loves to play hide and seek ;)

Every day with this child brings more and more joy to my heart.  He is so full of fun and love for everyone and everything around him.  He has a fun little spirit and I can't even begin to think what I did with my life before him!  He is without a doubt the greatest accomplishment in my entire life and his daddy feels just the same!  He completes our every day and I'll never know how I got so lucky to be chosen as his mommy.  God is far to good to me, I'm beyond blessed, that is one thing for certain!

Eating is by far one of his favorite things to do!  How much actually makes it in his tummy not sure, but what is for certain is how much makes it ON his tummy, LOL!  

He is very demanding in the fact that everything has to be done HIMSELF.  Don't try to help, don't try to show him how its done!  He will figure it out himself, one way or another, he will discover some way to get the job done!  This part of him reminds me so much of his daddy ;) You can show them how to do something or suggest how to do something, but you better believe that they will come up with their own way that they think is brighter and better, haha ;) This is a good quality to have though, I know that he will be quick to learn and eager to do things ALL by himself!  Such a bright and smart little toot!

His most recent routine has been after bath time he wants to immediately brush his teeth!  At least its a good habit to have!

He is definitely a routine type person.  In the mornings he wakes up and he is READY for breakfast, if you are asleep, he will LET you know its time for him to eat, and he wants his food right then and there!  Once he is done with breakfast, which usually ends up all over him and the kitchen floor, then he knows its time for his bath!  LoL and after bath he wants to brush his teeth.  He thinks brushing his teeth is so funny! Its adorable to watch him learn and tell us what he wants.  A lot of the time we are trying to figure out what he is telling us, haha, but he definitely knows what he is trying to say because he will repeat the same thing over and over and just look at us like..."Come on momma and daddy, don't you understand!" This bright beautiful smile fills my entire days with more happiness and love than one girl can handle!  He has shown me and given me more JOY than I could ever have imagined. My darling Tripp Bug, you are your Momma's baby forever and always.  Your hand will always fit right into the palm of mine.  Never to old not to be Momma's baby boy!!

This photo was taken on July 4th 2012, my perfect little family!  

Blessed.  Plain and simple no other word could describe this life I have been given.  God gave me a man to call my husband.  This man loves me unconditionally and I love him exactly the same.  Finding him was no accident it was God's grand design!  He brought us together and together we have the sweetest, most handsome, wonderful, kind, loving, perfect little child.  God knew exactly what we needed in our lives and gave us this amazing little boy.  Never in a million years would I have expected or pictured myself with a little boy.  Especially growing up with ALL sisters.  But let me say this, I WOULD NEVER wish nothing more.  God has used this child to show me the kind of love that He has for us, His children, and for that I am and will always be grateful.  These two boys hold my heart and my heart will FOREVER be theirs.  So as mentioned above I am simply Blessed, blessed with a life that any girl would be lucky to have and I am thankful, grateful and humbled that God has given me these two precious hearts to have as mine.  I hope you have enjoyed the blog and I hope to keep it updated for all of you who can't always be as near as we would like!  Life is a beautiful gift and we are just living our lives and loving EVERY moment together!!!