Ready to swim

Griffin went swimming last week, didn't take my camera outside, but here's the before swimming pose.

Also, I have a sty in my eye.
This is no lie.
I wish it would die.
Please pray it goes away soon.
It's making me feel a little gloom.
Thanks so much,
I appreciate you so,
now I have to go.

(sorry, it just started turning into a poem so I just went with it) :)

I love walking and hugging my dad

Griffin loves to hug Tyler. He will lay his little head down on his shoulder and just squeeze him. It's so sweet. He also currently loves, I mean LOVES walking!!! He walks all day long. He will skip sitting and playing with his toys and walk the whole time he's awake. He can't get enough of it. It's like he's addicted to it or something. So we do a lot of walking nowadays and it had been so much fun. I have enjoyed watching Griffin learn to walk. First just hanging on to my both my hands, then gradually letting go of one and holding on to the other, then one day being brave enough to let go of both. It's so neat. He's a walking machine now.

My 2nd Mother's Day

Last year was my first Mother's Day and it was very special because my mom was here with me, since Griffin had been born only a week prior. I love thinking back on that time and it has come to mind quite often lately because it was this time last year that it happened. I think every May I will ponder on the May of 2009.

But this year has been special because I am not as sleep deprived and have been able to really think about it more. And today was Griffin's baby dedication which has made this Mother's Day even more special to me. I have really treasured being a mom today. I hope I will treasure it every day though, and I hope you will too, if you are a mother.

So to all you mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day from my heart to yours. :)

Griffin's 1 year pictures + family pictures+CristyCross= AMAZING FUN

We had our pictures taken this evening by our lovely friend Cristy Cross and had such a fun adventure. Cristy has such a fun job! I wish I could be her assistant sometimes so I could go around with her on all her picture taking adventures. :) If you are looking for a photographer for ANYTHING, I would recommend you pick her. She's not only good at what she does, but she makes the moment special and fun. I cannot wait to see all of the other shots she got of us.

Thanks, Cristy, for taking our pictures. :)

Check out her blog here.

Griffin's party #2

With my Poppa and Nonnie. (thats a carrot in my dad's mouth, btw)
With my mom. If it wasn't for her the party wouldn't have been what it was. Thanks Mom! You are always in my heart!!!
All is perfect in the world when my dad's holding me...
with my dad...Thanks dad for driving 1o hrs to come to Griffin's party! You're the best!
My sweet friend, Kelly, who is expecting a baby girl, McKenzie, in June. So excited!!!
Griffin's friend, Peyton, Kelly's son. What a cutie!
Griffin's friend, Ben, swinging..
My mom with some of our "Clovis mom's" and friends...Lauren, Jan, Logan, and Lea :)
the aftermath....
Griffin with his friend Kamryn. He loves her so much!
Family of three


Father-in-law with son-in-law

The two best mom's in the world! Thanks for helping me so much!

Here are some more pics from Griffin's party. Thank you, everyone that came to celebrate with us! It really meant so much to us and we will remember that day forever.

A bible for Mommy too

My mom and dad got Griffin this bible for his birthday. The Jesus Storybook Bible. Tyler and I have been wanting to get it for Griffin for awhile now. So I started reading it the other night and was captivated. I probably could have sat there are read the entire thing if not for Tyler finishing his sermon and wanting to talk. Sally Lloyd- Jones writes beautifully and causes you to think about what the bibles says in a simple and very understandable way, hince the fact that it is written for KIDS. Lets be honest, sometimes children's books are the best. I just could not believe how amazing her writing was. Tyler and I started reading it to Griffin last night. We will use it as our family worship time bible. We read, sang Amazing Grace, and then prayed together. If you do not already have a family worship time, I would encourage you to start. It is one of my favorite times of the day and I hope God will use it to teach Griffin great and marvelous truths about Himself.

Get this sweet bible for your children, you will love it and so will they.

Griffin's Owl Bday party

My mom made this shirt for Griffin. It had a little owl on the front. Thanks Mom, it was the cutest!
opening gifts with the help of my friend, Kamryn


inspecting this thing mom gave me
not sure about this...
checking out the pine cone owls with my Papa
my new swing that MeeMaw and PawPaw gave me
owl cookies
Hello there! I am one of the owls that hung from the tree. WHooo Whooo....
We hung the pine cone owls from the tree


decorations (Lee & Beth Wilson, if you read this, I stole this idea from from you guys-the branches with the pictures, hope y'all don't mind!) :)
party favor bags with a cookie and and owl book
owl candy


The weather was perfect. The cakes were perfect. Family and friends were perfect. The day was perfect.