East Texas Excursions...

I like to drink my milk while wearing my hat...

Hanging out with Courtney and Eva Mae in Shreveport...

Playing with my friend, Eva Mae...

I love these babies....

This push-up pop is DELICIOUS!!!!

Eating my pop with my mom.....

This is what summer is all about....

At the lake in Tyler with my sister and her family.... "floating"....

Sandbox time at the lake!

This sand is interesting.....I might try a taste.... (he did of course)

I love playing with my cousin, Landry...

And I LOVE my cousin, Ty...

We are loving being here in Elysian Fields with my parents. Griffin had enjoyed being outside and sweating more than he's used to from so much hot humidity. He loves eating sherbert push-up pops my mom got him and wearing his new east texas camo hat. It has been so sweet to just visit with my mom and dad and watch them love on Griffin.

We got to go see one of my college roomates in Shreveport and her baby and also visit my sister and her family...

Fever down

Thanks for praying for Griffin if you did. He had a rough first half of the night last night, but the fever lessened and he felt much better this morning. Please continue to pray that it stays away. I think he is just still teething some and it's causing the slight fever. I am just so thankful it didn't get worse.

Fever?

PLEASE say a prayer for Griffin. He started running a fever this afternoon. It just stinks because we are visiting my parents and I hope he isn't sick the rest of the time we are here. I should eat my words because I was telling my mom yesterday that I was glad he got sick before we came and got it out of his system, and now look whats happening..... oh well...please pray his fever goes away quickly and he can rest good. Thanks everyone!

Swimming Fun

It has been hot Hot HOT this week so Griffin made his second swimming debut. It was a lot of fun just sitting in his pool with him. I am eager to put in him my parents real pool soon. Tomorrow's the big day. The day we fly to Dallas to see my parents and sister and her family. I have been eagerly awaiting this time since seeing my parents Griffin's bday weekend. I am just so thankful we get to go and spend time with them!
Please be praying we have safe travel and that Griffin does well on the plane rides and car rides.
Tyler is taking 40+ students to Estes Park, CO this week for Student Life camp. Please pray for him, the sponsers, and the kids. That God would bring salvation into their hearts if not already and that they would learn new and powerful truths from Him. It is a long trip up there from Clovis. Please pray they arrive safe and return safely too.
Thanks! My next post will be east Texas style. :)

13 months

Griffin is 13 months old today and is def acting like it too. I'm not sure when I will stop counting his months, it's just every 2nd of the month I think about how he is a month older. He will prob be 40 and I will still think about that on the 2nd of every month. Maybe not, but mostly likely.

-He walks all day long. He seriously cannot get enough of walking.
-He can run somewhat now, like a little trott.
-He has 5 teeth. 2 on bottom and 3 up top with a fourth about to push on through.
-He can say Mama, Dada, night night, sometimes "light" if he wants to.
-He can sing. Yes, sing. He enjoys singing especially in the car as we are driving along. When he hears a song on the radio, he joins in. It's the sweetest sound you'll ever hear. (maybe we'll catch on video soon)
-He likes to give shurburts (when you put your mouth on something and blow) on our legs and arms and cheeks.
-He LOVES playing with his dad.
-He loves other kids and babies. He will walk right up to a kid wherever we are and grab them and hug them. We are learning to say hello. :)

He is just so much fun and entertaining! We love to just watch him and play with him and hold him and kiss him. We are so thankful we get to be his parents!

Family and tasting new treats...

Eating Blue Bell with my MeeMaw... This stuff is gooooood....
Hanging out with my dad and Uncle Mitch...
I love my Great Granpa Tobe.
I love my MeeMaw!!

So happy when I'm with my family....
My PawPaw lets me hold the remote....
Eating my first banana fudgesickle...
This tastes like a banana, but for some reason it's colder than a banana...
Hmmm I think I like this...
My new carseat.

Here are some pics of our weekend. We also went to Lubbock today and did some much needed shopping.Griffin enjoyed riding in his new carseat. He liked being able to look out the window and watch his baby Einstein and Praise Baby dvd's while we drove. (Thanks Brooke and Blake for giving us Hudson and Haddon's old dvd player! We finally got to use it!) Griffin did really well shopping all day with us. He loved walking all over the new Barnes N Noble Lubbock has and pulling books off the shelves. He also liked riding the escaltor in Barnes N Noble and looking down at all the people.
We decided it was time to try McDonald's new Frappe. We loved them. Tyler even said they may be better than Starbuck's frappachino. They were pretty delicious. So we had a fun Memorial Day spending it together in Lubbock.
Thank you to our troops and all military for all that you do. Thank you to all the families of soldiers that have been taken from them, and for your sacrifice. We are deeply grateful. We love our country and are so thankful, as BJ Brookes (our associate pastor) prayed on Sunday morning, that we live somewhere where we do not have to live in fear when we worship Jesus.
Thank You, Lord, for the United States of America. May it always remain a place of freedom and opportunity.

Grandparents & banana fudge pops

We went to Denver City, TX this past weekend to visit Tyler's mom and dad, grandpa, and brother & his gf. We had a great time as always visiting everyone out in the country. Griffin ate his first fudge pop-banana kind and his first (well second since my dad gave him some when he was 3 months old) Blue Bell ice cream. Pictures to come...