quack! quack!

Mom , why do you always have to give me sugar?

Ducks make me happy!
Gazing at the ducks...
I think I've seen one of those in my books! But this one is moving...good thing Dad's holding me...

Keeping real close to dad...


We took Griffin to the park down the street to see the ducks yesterday since it was warm enough. We're not sure what he thought of them. He just stared at them in wonder. We are always reading him animal books and doing the sounds the animals make and one of them is, of course, the duck. It was neat that he could actually see a real one. So while he was looking at them I was pointing saying "quack! quack!" He just smiled. Some of those ducks are huge and have the fattest necks! I think it's from all that bread they get fed by everyone that goes to visit them. A sweet man and his son gave us some of their bread to throw out to them, so we were able to get one to come up real close. We can't wait to take Griffin to the zoo this summer in Alburqerque (never can spell it right). He will love the giraffes I know. :)

Dada and cow-lick

post nap cow-lick
having fun with my Dad...

Griffin now says Dada all day long. He loves his dad and loves to call out for him. Of course this just melts Tyler's heart. We are working on Mumma still. He said it once. :) These were just some sweet pics I snagged of the two them the other day.

Griffin woke up from a nap this past week and had this gi-normous cow-lick. It was so funny I had to get my camera.

sorry about the doubles...

Our rabbit

Griffin just ate sliced, whole carrots for the first time. He has always loved baby food carrots and could eat two jars of them if I fed them to him, and today I wasn't sure if he would like them whole. He gobbled those guys up in a flash! That's my healthy eating baby that I love!

24

Ok do I have some profound insight to blog about this evening? No. Is what I am about to blog about important? Not really. Will you, my faithful readers, care about this topic? Maybe. Either way I am going to let you know something. The show 24 is the most addicting show (besides LOST of course) that we have ever watched. We started watching 24 oh let's see....back in the fall I think....and it has been a long journey. See there are 7 seasons on dvd with the 8th season on tv (FOX) right now. Tyler and I have made it to season 6, which we are on disc 4 as of right now.

We bought my dad and Tyler's dad the first season for their bday's and my mom and dad watched the entire season in just a week 1/2! I called my dad one day and he said he comes home and tells me mom to put that 24/7 in. I was like "Dad! It's just 24. Plain 24. Not 24/7." haha.... He told me today that Tyler and I need to get him and my mom the next season. I told him he can rent them. :)

So, if you are a fan of 24, you know what I'm talking about. If you are not, then you should be become one. It's most entertaining.

As Tyler and his friend, Steve, say, "I AM Jack Bauer."

Transportation

Switching gears...
Checking the engine....
Good to go, Mom, I'm ready!
Excited face...
Dad, are you watching?
Another excited face....

Griffin got his first form of transportation for Christmas from his Meemaw and Papa. This is it. Not sure what to call it. Is it a car? skooter? a thing that babies can ride on? Anyways, he LOVES it. He gets so excited when we put him on it and will cry if we don't automatically begin pushing him on it. We push him through the kitchen and around back into the living room. He would stay on it and let us push him for forever if we had the endurance to or if our backs were more durable. I am looking forward to when he is able to push himself through the house on it himself. That will be so cute.

Lubbock

We traveled to Lubbock yesterday to go see Issac Godwin and his family. Please pray for this guy and his family. Issac is a close friend to Tyler and me. If you do not know him, he was in a terrible car accident last weekend and is in the hospital still. Please pray that God will open his eyes and wake him up soon and that God will heal his mind and body. Thank you so much.

It was a good trip and Griffin enjoyed the warmer weather and getting to be outside while we waited at the hospital for visiting hours. We sat outside with him and pushed him around in his stroller and he loved every single min. of it. It's so funny how warm weather after having such cold weather for so long will just boost you up.

My friend Ben

Can I touch your hood?


Hey you kinda have the same size hand as me!
Hey buddy...nice blue hoodie...
The mall walkers, Ben and Griffin!!!

We have a new associate pastor at Central and so therefore we also have a new associate pastor's wife and they happened to have a 6 month old baby named Ben. B.J. & Sara are their names and Tyler, Griffin, and I have come to love them so much already! They are super sweet, humble, and fun. We have enjoyed getting to know them.
Well, last week Griffin and I got to go walking in the mall with Sara and baby Ben and we had such a great time. Afterward we went over to their house for just a bit so the babies could play together. It was so funny! I haven't seen Griffin play with another baby boy before. Ben is 3 months younger than Griffin, but you wouldn't know it! He is practically the same size as Griffin and has already beat Griffin in the crawling race too!!! Although Griffin is catching up here lately. :)
Anyways, Griffin loved getting to play with Ben and is happy to have a new friend in town.

Weekend with MeeMaw & Papa

Before church on Sunday..with Papa..
Getting some sugar...


I love my MeeMaw!!!


We got to go over to our friends The Azams house on Sat. and Griffin LOVED Brady their 1 1/2 yr. old son. Meghan gave us some of Brady's hami-downs! Thanks Meghan!!!
Man, this guy is so cool!
Letting Papa feed me....
Mr. Steve was holding the book up like that in front of Griffin's face so he wouldn't see me sitting across the room and start crying...


This past weekend Griffin and I spent with my in-laws who I love so much! Seeing them is almost like seeing my own parents, but in a different way. It is nice to see them since I do not get to see my parents very often. They are so sweet and love Griffin so much. They are such wonderful grandparents. Thank you, Steve and Peggy, for the amazing weekend with y'all!

Home Together

Well we all made it back home from a weekend away from one another. Griffin and I went to Tyler's parents for the weekend while Tyler took 40+ people to Angelfire, NM on a ski trip. Griffin and I aren't fans of being home by ourselves for three nights so we decided to go stay with Steve & Peggy for those three nights. We had such a sweet time visiting them. Sunday we went to FBC Plains, TX where a lot of Tyler's relatives attend church and then got to spend some time at his great Uncle and Aunt's home just visiting. They all loved getting to watch Griffin play, roll around, and rise up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. It was so sweet to share him with so many people who love him.
We loved spending time with MeeMaw and Papa and watching the Olympics with them. Griffin loves watching the ice skating and listening to the beautiful music they have.
Thanks Steve and Peggy again for letting us come and stay with y'all! It was a wonderful getaway.
Tyler and I are so happy to be back together, though. He missed Griffin and I know Griffin missed him. Tyler had a great ski trip with no major injuries and we are thankful for safe travel back home.

Not only Texans wear boots...so do New Mexicans..

Technically Griffin is a New Mexican since he was born here. And we're ok with that. We are also ok with him wearing these adorable baby boots my parents got him for Christmas. So he says "Howdy everyone!!" in his New Mexico cowboy accent.

Lately....

Playing with my shoes....
He just couldn't keep his eyes open with the flash in them....
He loves to take his shoes one by one out of his shoe bin and then play with them. He loves his shoes for some reason.
This an 18 month onesie that pretty much fits him now.

Griffin likes to watch Tyler shake up and then drink his protein shakes...

Well we had a great date night the other night and Griffin had a ton of fun with our sweet friend, Mandy. Thanks again, Mandy, for taking such good care of Griffin and being willing to keep him for us!
Here are a few pics of Griffin lately.

Anniversary date here we come!!!

So Tyler and I have only been on 1 date since Griffin's birth and that was when we were in east TX at Christmas because my mom and dad could keep him. Tonight will be out 2nd one. We are calling it our anniversary date. Our sweet, dear friend, Mandy, will be coming over here shortly to keep Griffin for us. She usually watches him for me on Wed. nights at FUEL so I can listen in on Tyler's message, so Griffin will love spending some more time with her I know.

We woke up this morning and Tyler said "is it Shogun time yet?" We love Shogun but never go there because it's so expensive, so it is nice to have a special place to go for a special occasion. We will then go see a movie, probably the new Mel Gibson one. We are so excited for another date night! Thanks, Mandy, for being willing to keep Griffin for us. We appreciate it so much!

Few and far between....

Moments like this (earlier this evening) are few and far between these days. Griffin will not sit still long enough for me to rock him to sleep anymore. Tonight, however, after having played so hard all evening, as I was feeding him, I glanced down at him and he was fast asleep in my arms. I miss that happening, but the Lord gave me the sweet gift of letting it happen tonight. I just love holding a sleeping baby, especially my own. It was a perfect moment.