The Trapp Family Blog

Ellie and Daddy

2011-03-28T07:39:00.001-07:00

It has been a couple of month's since my last blog. Ellie continues to grow like a weed. Staci went on a much deserved vacation with girls for the weekend. Ellie and daddy had so much fun the whole weekend. Friday we watched a lot of Mickey Mouse and basketball. Saturday we met Granny and Pa for breakfast and then went shopping. We had so much fun!!!! Ellie got 2 new pair's of shoes and then we got mommy a family tree photo from bed bath and beyond that went on our family room wall. On Sunday we where so so happy to all see Mommy back.

Ellie watching Basketball with Daddy

Ellie showing off her new shoe's

Been very busy since the holiday's

2011-02-13T17:13:00.000-08:00

So time has been flying by so fast. Ellie is getting so big and we cannot wait till the warm weather so we can go outside and play. We have all kinds of big things planned for the summer already. We are going to go to Michigan with the DeDoes's side of family for vacation and then to a beach with the Trapp side of the family for vacation. It should be a really fun summer and we cannot wait for it to get here.

Ellie is getting so big

2011-01-21T17:24:00.000-08:00

So much has happened in 2010 with our family. Ellie is now 14 months and growing like a weed. Everyday she is doing something different. It is a little scary how fast she is growing as it is like she is going to be in school so soon. Staci has been working half days at a local school as a teacher aid. She is hoping next year she will get the opportunity to show her passion for teaching, but as always we are leaving that in God's hands. I have also taken a new job within P&G as a site transportation leader. With time flying by so fast it has made me think of how important it is to spend as much time with our family and friends as possible. I would challenge everybody to reach out and take full of advantage of the love of your

family and friends as you never know when they will no longer be around. I know this thought

scares many of us, including myself, but this is something we really have to face as this is just

reality. God has given so much to us including the love of our family and friends. Yet we do not

even take the time to thank Him and pray to him.

WinterBlast 2011

2011-01-18T05:03:00.000-08:00

So this past weekend I went to Winterblast with our church youth group and 3 other church's. This is a mini weekend retreat where we reflect while also playing games, skiing, and of course worshiping God. Oh did we ever worship God too. This weekends theme was based on "reflection". The real question is what is your reflection of yourself for the rest of the world. Is it a good or bad reflection? Are you reflecting something fake or are you real and truly being yourself? I would ask that each one of us take 10 minutes to really evaluate ourselves and think to ourselves, is this truly the way God is wanting us to be? Just remember How God loves us!!!! This is truly depicted in David Crowder Band's song "How He Loves Us" and if you have never hear this listen to it. I hope all is well with all and pray that you each are

What I wild ride it has been over the past few months!!

2010-12-09T19:19:00.000-08:00

So it has been many many months since either Staci or I have updated our blog. I cannot believe that Ellie is getting so so big. A lot has changed since the last post. We got settled into our new house. This is Staci and I's dream house and we thank God everyday for what He has given us. One thing we know is that we are extremely Thankful for our awesome family and friends. Our families mean so much to us. It has been a crazy time though as within this short time we lost my grandma and my uncle Lowell. The funny thing is that I can see them standing next to each other smiling down at all of us telling everybody how proud they are of all of us. We are so Thankful for the many great years that God gave us with each of them, but is very sad to think that Ellie really did not get to know how awesome these 2 people really where. Ellie dressed up this year for her first halloween as Ellie the Elephant. I know that I am partial but she was so cute and was really having a good time watching all the kids while we passed out the candy. During this time we also celebrated Ellie's 1st birthday party and she is now up and walking all around.

Stay Tuned for the next blog very shortly

Been Awhile

2010-04-29T16:47:00.000-07:00

So it has been awhile since we have done a blog so I figured it is about time. Ellie is now 5 month's old and is growing like at weed. We have introduced her to cereal and she gets very upset if you try to take it away. We have a contract on our current house and are supposed to close on May 21st. The good news is that we have found a new house and are under contract with that one as well and are supposed to close May 28th but it appears we will be moving that up to atleast May 24th. We are very excited. This new house is Staci's dream. I have been traveling for the last 5 out of 6 weeks and on the weekends we have had a Wedding Indiana and one in Michigan, so to say the least we have been extremely busy. To make things even worse I had to travel on our 3 year anniversary which I was not happy with but we have to pay the bills some how. The good news is that it does not appear that I will not be traveling for atleast a month or so. God has been very good to us and we cannot complain at all. We are all in very good health along with our families as well.

Our New House

Ellie at the Red's opening day Parade

Ellie and I walking around the outlet malls in Gatlinburg while mommy was shopping. Daddy could not resist buying her cute sunglasses and swimsuits.

Ellie in her cute dress at wedding in Michigan

Staci and Ellie eating at Bob Evan's with daddy

A little of Everything

2010-02-08T06:15:00.000-08:00

Our dear friends Justin, Jill, and Kennedy Manny moved to Florida last week. It was a weird night at Bible study because they were not there. We are going to miss them dearly but they are where they want to be and that is what's important. So, I promised Justin and Jill I would post more often because I go like a month without posting anything. Justin and Jill, this is for you=)

So I took over Jill's jon which constists of watching two girls before and after school. It so far is the easiest job I have ever done. I love it so far. I was worried about the early hours but I am quite awake so it has been greatso far. I am able to take Ellie with me which is awesome! I get paid and I am still able to be with my little sweetheart. Matt was out of town all last week with work. He has to be gone another week in two weeks. It is hard when he is gone because he does not get to see Ellie and each week I feel like she is growing and developing so much.

We tried the exersaucer for the first time the other day. Ellie did amazing with it. This will be part of our activity time now. It is nice to be able to do something else. At her age I feel like there is not much to do other than the play mat and rattles. Pretty simple. So I am very excited that she is able to control her body to use the exersaucer.

This next weekend we are taking Calli to my moms house because Matt's parents got the whole family hotel rooms for Sat. night to stay downtown. It is for everyone's birthday. It was just Roger's, and Vernita's birthday and Matts is on the 17th. It will be a nice night away from home.

We are trying to sell our house and we had an open house on Sunday and no one showed up. I thought this may happen considering it was super bowl Sunday and we had some snow. We put in an offer to another house which is forclosed so it needs some work and they denied it was and told us to come back with our best offer. They have other offers too so we submitted our best offer and we have not heard anything back yet. There is a lot going on right now and I will keep you all posted on everything=) Enjoy the new pictures.

Time in Flying By!

2010-01-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

Wow, I can't believe Ellie is going to be two months old next week. It is scary to think how fast it is already going. We stayed very busy over Christmas. We went to Matt's family Christmas on Christmas Eve. Matt, Ellie, Calli, and I woke up early on Christmas morning and opened Ellie's gifts. We then got ready and headed out to Indiana. On Christmas Day we went to my moms then to my stepdad's side Christmas then to my stepmom's side Christmas. Needless to say we were exhausted by the end of the day. We got up the next morning and had Christmas with my dad. We headed home that afternoon.

For New years Matt went down to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans and I went to Versailles for a few days. It was nice spending time with my family. We had family down from Michigan to see Ellie and Eli which is my brother's newborn baby.

Ellie is starting to go a little longer in between feedings which has been nive and she has even been taking a couple naps during the day. Night time is still a struggle where she has several nights that she is up til 3 or 3:30. This makes it hard on us at times. It will only get better though. I have posted some new pictures. Please Enjoy!

Going on Three Weeks!

2009-12-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

Well Ellie is now pushing towards three weeks old. She now weighs 7lbs 8oz. She is growing so much already. We are working very hard on getting her on a two hour feeding schedule. This has been challenging at times but who's not up for a challenge? Ellie's life consists of eating, sleeping, and diaper changes. How exciting!

We are very happy that calli does very well with her. Call sniffs her sometimes but other than that Calli ignores her.

I have added a few pictures below of Ellie.

ELLIE AFTON TRAPP has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-20T15:20:00.000-08:00

Ellie Afton was born November 16, 2009 at 8:35 PM. She was 6lbs 8oz and 20 inches long. Both mom and baby are home doing very well.

Giving time of the year

2009-11-15T11:16:00.000-08:00

We are at that time of year where giving to those in need is very important. In this country we are very privaleged with everything we have. Matt and I give through different activities that we do with our small group. Last year we chose a gift to purchace off the giving tree at church. Our small group chips in money to purchace these gifts for a needy child/family. There are so many different serving oppportunities this time of year. Please remember all the people in need not only this holiday season but throughout the whole year.

One more week!

2009-11-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

Well we are due in one week. I am hoping that Ellie decides to either come early or on time. I really do not want to go to long after my due date.I am having spurts where certain things need put away and cleaned and Matt is handeling that very well since a lot of it is lifting which he has to do.
We had Calli's appointment yesterday and she is allowed to walk 10-20 minutes a day then we can up that every few days. This was very exciting because she loves her walks. Although, being in a kennel for two months has led her to be very out of shape. We took her for a walk yesterday and her breathing sounded horrible so we had to turn around and head back home. We will try another small walk today. She was also wore out and went to bed very early. It was cute!
Our family is very excited about Ellie coming and every time someone misses a call from me they panic when calling back thinking I am in labor and they missed my call. It's funny how our parents are calling to check on me before they go anywhere an hour or more just to make sure I won't be in labor and need to get back. Matt and I just laugh.
Matt and I are very excited about the holiday season. We are spending Thanksgiving at home since Ellie will only be about a week or so old. Everyone wants us everywhere but we have decided to just say home this year. Christmas will be hetic as usual although we are going to be slowing down a little compared to previous years. We want to be home on Christmas morning and start that tradition with our little girl. Well we will post sometime soon with details about our little girl and some pictures=)

Ellie's almost here!

2009-10-29T10:26:00.000-07:00

Well we are three weeks away from our due date. At this point we are ready to meet our little girl. I love that when I talk to her she always moves. It makes me want to talk to her at all times, but I also know she needs her sleep. We are blessed with great family and friends that showered us with everything we needed.
Calli is recovering well from her surgery. You would never know that she had knee surgery as she is now wanting to run around the house. Her appointment is November 11th and hopefully we (Matt)can start her rehab with small daily walks. Well I had more intentions to post more often but I am not a very wordy person and I struggle just to write. I will try to post again soon and we will definately post some pictures of Ellie once she arrives.

Bussiness!

2009-09-23T09:57:00.000-07:00

As you can see the title of this update is business. It's a great type of business though. We had a baby shower a few weeks ago up in Michigan. We got lots of great things for Ellie and her room. We can't wait for our other showers to get more goodies to get ready for her.
We got back from Michigan and had several doctor appointments for our dog Calli. She ended up having knee surgery but is doing great. She only has 7 more weeks of recovery in her pen. Her recovery will take to up until Ellie is due and then we can start walking her short distances at a time. She gets her twelve staples out on Wednesday.
Matt has been working very hard to get Red's tickets for a boys home in Cincinnati. We got them and our small group met the boys at the Great American Ballpark this last Sunday. It was a great serving opportunity. It really looked and sounded as though the boys had a great time. We were worried that it might rain the whole time which normally means we wouldn't go. We all put ourselves aside and realized that this was for the boys and not for us. I hope God continues to give us these opportunities to help these boys more often.
Well this weekend I have two showers so it will be a fun and exciting weekend. It will be nice to see some of family that we only really get to see when there is something like this going on. I will post again soon.
God Bless,
Matt and Staci

What we are up too!

2009-08-27T12:57:00.000-07:00

Well I was looking at our blog and realized we have not updated it recently. So here I am trying to come up with some updates about our family.
We have changed our little girls name to be Ellie Afton Trapp. It is so hard to come up with a name and stick to it. I really think this will be the final name for her so we can call her by her name when we are talking to her. Yes, I talk to this little human inside of me. Matt doesn't as much, but has time gets closer he does more and more. We just can't wait to hold her and see what she looks like beyond the ultrasound that was done at 20 weeks.
Matt has been traveling for work some. He wants to have his traveling done in mid-October so he can be here close to when Ellie arrives. His plans are to be able to stay home from traveling until January.
School has started in the district that I substitute teach for. I have been off so far this week being it's the first week of school. It will probably be picking up in here soon. I am hoping to be able to work some before Ellie arrives. Then I will probably take off until the 1st of the year, and maybe for the rest of the school year. Who knows!
We have some really fun events coming up with volunteering with Church, and some family activities that we will be updating on here soon. Stay Tuned!

new to blog

2009-07-20T18:18:00.000-07:00

I am excited about this for everyone to be able to follow.