Once Upon a Child

We traveled to the great little city of Lubbock, Texas on Saturday. Our main purpose, or should I say MY main purpose, for wanting to go was to check out the baby consignment shop they have there, called Once Upon A Child. I have heard some of my friends here in Clovis talk about this place several times and I have wanted to go for awhile. However, we never go to Lubbock. Why? Because it seems like every time we go it takes forever to get there and then forever to get home! I guess I just can't get used to living so far from decent shopping and hate having to to drive almost 2 hours just to go to Target or enjoy a Starbucks drink. So that all to say, we don't really enjoy going to Lubbock, but once in a blue moon we go.
So we went to this cool baby consignment shop and we ended up finding a few pieces of winter clothing for Griffin and also a Fisher Price Rainforest Jumperoo! What is a jumperoo you ask? Well, it's awesome! It's a little seat thing that a baby can jump up and down in with alot toys all around it. I have been wanting to get Griffin one for awhile but they are really expensive ($80 or more) and can't afford that. So, my friend Cristy told me that this consignment place had one! Well we got there and they had two! We got the one that looked the nicest and only paid $45 for it! We were excited about that! All I had to do was wash the pad thing that Griffin sits in and disinfect all the toys on it and it's like brand new! Griffin doesn't seem to like it much just yet, but hopefully he will when he gets a little older and can really jump in it.
We also went to Kohls, got to see my sweet friend, Scarlet, who goes to Tech, got to see Tylers brother, Mitchell, and eat at Chicken Express! It was a good trip, besides the crying of Griffin the last 30 minutes on the way home. He doesn't like to be in the carseat for too long during the evening hours I guess.
We made it home. That's the main thing. We were exhausted the next day. Griffin took a 3 hour nap Sunday. While in Lubbock he only took short cat naps all day (another reason why he probably was so cranky on the way home).

WIll & Alyssa, these are for y'all!

Our dear friends, Will & Alyssa Laing, gave this sweet little outfit to Griffin back before he was born yet, and I haven't gotten to put it on him until recently since it's gotten cold here this week. I put it on him and I thought to myself: "I have to take some pictures!" He just looked so handsome! So, Will and Alyssa, these are for you guys! Thank you so much for this sweet outfit! Griffin really likes wearing it! We miss y'all!

Most of All, Jesus Loves You

My mom sent Griffin some money to get some books and Tyler found this one that we got him by Noel Piper. It is so great and we love to read it to Griffin all the time. If you are looking for a biblically sound book for your child that teaches such a profound truth and that will one day comfort them, then this is the book for you! You can get it at a really good price too ($8.49) on DesiringGod.org.
Dear Naunie, Thanks so much for my new book you got me. I will read it knowing that you love me very much, while learning that MOST OF ALL, Jesus loves me. Thank you for loving me. I can't wait to see you in October!
Love, Griffin

Mohawk update

Caught Griffin's Mohawk as he turned his head the other day. It seems that as he grows, his hair grows with him. I can't get it to stick up like this too often anymore. I guess because it's too long. It now just slings to the side and falls over. Tyler thinks it may be time to retire the Griffin mohawk since it's become more like a hyper mohawk instead of a calm, normal one. I love it, though, and will always try to get it to do this as long as I can. :)

Cool dude

My first time to wear shades....

Last week we went over to my friend Cristy's and her son Benson loves sunglasses. He had a pair out and Cristy decided to try them on Griffin and this is what we got! Griffin loves Cristy and enjoys smiling at her a lot. Thanks, Cristy, for letting us come by for a visit and letting Griffin wear Benson's shades for a bit. :) We love you!

Overwhelmed

So, lately in my life I become overwhelmed with joy and complete happiness that it feels like my heart is going to burst! Why do you ask? Simple. His name is Griffin. I know what you're thinking. Another post about your son? Come on, can't you get over that he is wonderful and move on? Well, my response to that is no. I cannot get over it and I do not know if I ever will. As long as Griffin is here I think I will remain astonished by the grace of God to give me such a precious, sweet gift. I am overwhelmed by God's gift of Griffin. I was explaining this to Tyler earlier this evening and began to wonder why I am not constantly overwhelmed by God's gift of Jesus to me. Griffin makes me think of the Lord all the time, because I know it is Him who has given this child to us. But I slowly realized that this gift could so easily become an idol in my life as well. I have to beware of this in my heart and mind. I must love Griffin, but not worship him. I must worship the Giver and not the gift. Oh how this is so hard sometimes for me! I pray that the Lord will just use Griffin to draw me nearer to Him and to the cross. I want to love Griffin and Tyler out of love for my Savior and Lord.
Anyways, Griffin is so wonderful and sweet and cuddly and I love how he smiles up at me when he's nursing. I love how he hides his face in the crevice of my arm when he's being bashful. I love his adorable, pudgy nose. I love the way he smells. I love to take care of him whether it is changing his diaper or wiping his nose. I love being at home with him and getting to spend every day with him. I love the way he coos at night in his bed before he falls asleep. I love how he sucks his thumb to calm himself down. I love that he is part Tyler and part me. It's just so incredible. I am so thankful. But despite all these wonderful things, I must love Jesus more, period. So, I pray that we will, that Tyler and I will never put our children before the Lord, that He will be first and that God will give us the grace to always be teaching this to our children, to love the Lord their God with all their hearts, minds and strength and to have no idols before Him.

Sick days

Well, the past four days Tyler has been sick. It started last Thurs and then finally he went to the doctor today and got some medicine. And now, I am coming down with something. Hopefully just the common cold and nothing more. Please pray that is will pass quickly and won't turn into something worse. I haven't been sick yet with a baby to take care of and I'm not looking forward to it at all. Hopefully, Tyler will get well before I get any worse if I do. And hopefully little Griffin won't become ill from mom and dad either. Please pray Griffin will stay healthy through our sicknesses. Other than that not much going on this week. I plan to spend some time with some friends this week and maybe we will be better by the weekend and may make a trip to Lubbock to see our friend, Scarlet, and do some shopping for Griffin. :) I ordered a high chair for him and I can't wait until it comes in! I know he is going to love it! My mom sent us a package today. :) It had lots of goodies in it. 3 books for Griffin, a baby gift from some sweet people from my home church back in east Texas, a sweet card, and some things to remember my grandpa. Thanks, Mom, for everything! I can't wait to read Griffin his new books!
BTW, I am planning on blogging about this one new book we got Griffin by Noel Piper soon!
Hope everyone has a great week and stays unsick (is that a word?).

Sweet friends and momma time

Sunday night Griffin and I were all by ourselves since Tyler had to go on a youth trip to a conference, so our sweet friends, Amy & Joseph, invited Griffin and I over for dinner. Griffin loved spending time with them and liked being some place new for a change. It was so kind of them to have us over for dinner and they truly ministered to me while I was husbandless for a night. Thanks Amy and Joseph! Y'all are truly special and I appreciate y'all's friendship so much!

While we were there Amy took some sweet photos of Griffin and I. I love taking pictures with Griffin since I hardly ever get to be in the picture, since I'm usually taking pictures of just him. These were fun and I think they turned out real sweet. I plan to frame one for Tyler to have in his office. Thanks, Amy for talking our picture!

Tyler just finished a Wed. (wed.'s for Hicks are busy since it's FUEL night) and we are about to just chill out and enjoy some quality time together. I'm glad this week is winding down. I look forward to the weekends when Tyler is home and we can both spend time with Griffin.

I love my bumbo chair and I like to wear shoes!

Mom, what are you doing???

Do you have to take another one??

I have really cute feet...

And lots of hair!

and a big belly.....

Griffin has been enjoying sitting in his cool bumbo chair. I do not have a high chair yet, so I have been feeding him his cereal while he sits in this bumbo. It has really helped him to learn better how to hold his head up and hopefully he will be sitting up all on his own pretty soon!
Also, I tried on these little sandals from old navy yesterday to see if they fit him yet and surprisingly they did! So it was Griffin's first time to wear shoes! They seemed to not bother him. I had to take some pictures because he just looked so cute in his shark shirt, blue jean shorts, and sandals. Hope everyone enjoys these pics as much as I have!

Sweet day

What a sweet day we had today. Got up, spent the morning with Griffin, of course, feeding him, playing with him, etc... put him down for a nap, I went back to bed also (yes, it's saturday and I went back to bed too) then Tyler got home from MMA class and Griffin and I were already up and he was feed, so went to Quizno's for lunch since we had a coupon for there. It was Griffin's first trip to Quizno's. We had such a fun time, seeing people we knew come in and out. There's something to living in a smaller town and knowing people and seeing them around town. Anyways, sandwiches were awesome and Griffin had fun. Then we came home and I got to go for a run after we put Griffin down for a nap. I have been having to force myself to go lately, laziness gets to me. But when I go I am so glad that I do afterward because it makes me feel so much better. So then we just hung out with each other for awhile and then we went over to our friend Jan's house and got to see her son, Cody (Tyler's good friend), daughter-in-law, Carrie, and their sweet, adorable 10 month old baby girl, Nellie! It was so much fun! Nellie is the cutest little munchkin! Griffin wasn't much interested in her just yet....oh but he will be probably later in life! :) So today was a sweet day.

ps. Friday night we took Griffin to his first football game to see the Clovis Wildcats play. He loved it I think. He especially enjoyed watching the band perform at halftime.

Griffin is 4 months old

Today marks Griffin's 4 month birthday! We have made it 4 whole months being parents and he has made it 4 whole months being in this world! What accomplishments! The Lord has been so good to us and shown us so much grace by giving us Griffin and making and keeping him healthy. Thank you, Lord. We have had so much fun watching him grow and learn new tricks and look forward to the months ahead. We try to enjoy every day with Griffin because we know that soon he won't be such a wee little babe anymore and that it goes by so quickly. He is so cute and wonderful and we love him so much! Happy 4 month birthday, Griffin! You are our sweet, little son.