HAPPY 9 MONTHS! HAPPY 3 YEARS!

Our wedding day. We were so happy then and nothing has changed. :)

Griffin is 9 months old today! 9 things about him:

1) He loves attention.
2) He can somewhat crawl only if he really, really wants something out of his reach. He rolls to where he wants to get. He is a rolling machine.
3) He is weaned! (Thankful we made it 8 1/2 months of nursing)
4) He can patty cake all by himself.
5) He can say "Dada" and "Eh Dada" which we like to think it to be "HEY DADA!"
6) He absolutely loves bananas! They are his favorite food and he could eat them at every meal if I'd let him. He likes for me to let him have half of the whole banana and not cut it up in little pieces. He can almost stuff that whole half in his little mouth! (don't worry, he has never choked doing this. I watch him very carefully) It's very funny to watch him do this.
7) He loves to take a bath and play in the tub, but hates to be dried off.
8) We love that he loves us. He will reach out for us now letting us know it's time to be held.
9)We love how he is just so funny. And it's even more funny because we know he's not actually trying to be funny.

Tomorrow is also Tyler and mines anniversary. We have been married for 3 years! So crazy it's been that long already. Friday we will celebrate by going on a date, hopefully, if we find someone to keep Griffin, to a movie and Shogun.
These three years have been the best of our lives and the Lord has used Griffin to make this year especially special for us. Thank you, Lord, for blessing us with the gift of each other.

Griffin is my name, playing is my game...

Happy when I'm playing.....
He loves to stand up at this table that my mom and dad got him for Christmas.
He focuses real hard sometimes on what he's playing with.
Playing with my books!
This book is so interesting....I must grab it...

Nowadays Griffin's favorite thing to do is to just play. Now I know that for the most part, the next several years of his life will consist of playing all the time, which we are so excited about getting to play with him and teach him things. Here are just a few shots of some of his favorite things he presently likes to plat with.

Outside

After the walk....
Before the walk....




Well we have had a touch of cabin fever since not leaving the house at all yesterday so we decided it was best to get bundled up and venture outdoors into the snowy wonderland of our neighborhood. I'm pretty sure there are parts of our yard where the snow is so deep that I could possibly make a snow tunnel, but having an 8 month old hinders my capability of doing so.
We had such a sweet time walking down our street and even stopped by our friend, Anne's (a sweet lady in our church) house to say hello. Griffin was a little blinded by the fierce landscape of white as we first stepped out on the front porch but he soon found it wasn't so bad getting to be outside for a change. Next year he'll really get to get down and dirty in all the snow and help us build some snow tunnels and snowmen. He was already tired before we went because he didn't sleep much during his morning nap, so by the time we got back to the house he was out cold-no pun intended. We are thankful, as one of our friend's pointed out, that we are safe, have food and a warm house to go back into, and that it was just a snow storm yesterday and not an earthquake.

Snow & Thunder

Griffin experienced his first encounter with thunder this morning and I experienced my first encounter with thunder while it was snowing. It was so funny. Griffin launched his head around and looked at the window real fast. He didn't know what had just happened but knew it was something to be excited about. Not sure how many inches we've gotten so far but it's still snowing away....

Snow Snow Snow!

Snow storm coming here in Clovis....How many inches will it be?? We'll soon find out my friends....

Hmmm..do I look like my Dad did at this age?

Griffin 8 months old


Tyler I'm guessing around 9 months old

Kelsie, my first friend...

They both did not like the idea of sitting in my lap together. I, on the other hand, just loved having two sweet babies to hold all at once.
Is she really playing with MY TOY? (Griffin is actually crying because he wanted me to hold him)
Two cutie-pa-tooties...

Hmmm...I think I'll put my hand on your shoulder...

This is Kelsie Roberson. She is just two weeks older than Griffin and is Griffin's first friend. Her sweet mother, Julie, came over with Kelsey last week and I think we, the mothers, have more fun watching them play and interact than they do! It's such a treat and we had such a fun time with them. We actually just got back from their house earlier where we had another play date. Hopefully we can do this every week now that the weather has warmed up a bit.
Dear Kelsie,
You make me smile. I like to try to put your toes in my mouth. Hopefully I will start crawling soon so I can chase you better. I am trying my best to learn how, please be patient. :) I am glad that our moms are friends, because that means we get to be friends too! Thanks for being my friend.
Love,
Griffin