M-I-Z-Z-O-U

Cheering for the Tigers in my cheerleading uniform today really paid off, they beat KU!!!





my short attention span led me to looking at the Dillard's Christmas book


I gathered some tissues for all of the KU fans, I figured they would need them as they headed back home crying

Tori's 1st Thanksgiving

November 24th, 2010

The Gripka's enjoyed our Thanksgiving at GiGi and Papa G's house this year with 30 family members and friends. Tori got lots of lovin', sometimes more lovin' than she acted like she wanted. We don't know but we guess it is hard to be a social butterfly when you are fighting an ear infection and having so many "strange" people want to hold you for 2 days. Even though she was not feeling well we still had a great time playing with cousins and hanging out with Grandparents and Aunties/Uncles.

Here are a few pictures we took...


Thanksgiving dinner which she LOVED!


picture with 5 Grandma's in town


a picture with 2 Grandpa's in town


taking a much needed nap


calling cousin Ethan on the Elmo phone

Curls

Mama always dreamed of having a little blond curly haired baby girl...some people say Daddy had curls when he had hair..guess I will never be able to see for myself..but I may be taking after him..finally after 10 months I am starting to get some more hair and it seems to have some curl!!

Littlest Ballerina

When Grandma Patty came to visit this week she brought me two new tu-tu's..one pink just like a ballerina and one gold and black with MU bows on it. I can't wait to practice being a ballerina again!!

9 Month Photo Shoot

A few weeks ago "Auntie" Jen our very favorite photographer spend a few hours with the Gripka's and here are the results. Hope you enjoy these as much as we do!

Daddy + 13.1 miles = HERO

As you all know I think the world of my Daddy..today he added another gold star to his chart in my eyes..he ran and finished another 1/2 marathon..we don't have his exact time but it was really close to 1 hour 40 mins..MY DADDY ROCKS!!


8AM and I am still sleepy, waiting on Daddy to start running

Here is the sign we made so Daddy would know where we were standing

All smiles in my winter hat

Here he comes at mile 3..black shirt/shorts

Here he is at mile 7..still going strong after going up a big hill!

Where is Daddy??

Almost to the finish line

The clock time..a few seconds off since he wasn't right at the beginning of the race..but close to his actual time

YAY Daddy finished his 2nd 1/2 marathon!!

Grandma Patty came with us to help cheer!

Family picture - the girls are SO proud of our runner

"Hey Daddy, when I get bigger will you teach me to run fast like you??"

BFF's

Then...


Now...

Ho Ho Ho...

Merry Christmas!!
Tori got to meet Santa today for the first time. She was fine at first watching the big kids that were helping Santa and then...she cried!! I love it!! We will take her to see him again in her pretty Christmas dress and we will see if she cries then :)

Big Girl Food

Last weekend was a big weekend as far as food goes. I got to try a lot of new big girl foods including..grilled cheese sandwich, grapes, scrambled eggs, cream of wheat, twice baked potatoes, pork roast, sour kraut, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pudding and green beans.

Here is a pic of me enjoying my scrambled eggs on Sunday morning!

Tori the Tiger

Nanny Vikki found this ADORABLE MU Tiger outfit and bought it for me. I wore it all day on Saturday, even to the grocery store and only one person called me a boy!

Thanks Nanny and Papa!!