Let my heart part with it's toys...

"Father, I want to know Thee, but my cowardly heart fears to give up its toys. I cannot part with them without inward bleeding, and I do not try to hide from Thee the terror of the parting. I come trembling, but I do come. Please root from my heart all those things which I have cherished so long and which have become a very part of my living self, so that Thou mayest enter and dwell there without a rival. Then shalt Thou make the place of Thy feet glorious. Then shall my heart have no need of the sun to shine in it, for Thyself wilt be the light of it, and there shall be no night there." - A.W. Tozer (The Pursuit of God)

That is all. Hope this quote encourages you as it did me today.

My buddy, Jarome & STICKERS!!!

I love having this cool, orange sticker on my nose!
I think mom stuck that sticker on my nose...
Kings of the castle!
Griffin showing Jarome his bubble blower.
This is amazing!

I kept a 4 yr old little boy, Jarome, this week for a friend and Griffin had a blast the whole time. He loves older kids and knows Jarome from church so he was so happy for him to come over and play for a few hours. He especially loved when Jarome pushed him in his swing.

And then I have been researching activities to do with 1 yr olds and read that stickers can be a great thing to do with them and I remembered I had some stickers that I got in the mail for free recently so Griffin and I have been playing with them all week. We stick them on ourselves, which can be a great way to teach about body parts, like the nose, forehead, feet, legs, arms, etc...by asking them to stick the sticker on which ever one you choose. And it entertains him for a pretty long time. :)

Coloring & Mud Making

I found this table at this crafters mall here in Clovis this summer and my mom painted it for me when she came in August. Griffin likes to sit at it and color. He has colored all over the top of it, but the colors are washable.
Then this afternoon we made mud in the backyard. I thought I'd get Griffin's sunglasses out and see if he'd keep them on, since he's gotten a little older since he wore them last and he kept them on the whole time we played in the mud. Guess that's another sign he's growing and changing into a little boy. I think he just looks so funny with them on.
Oh, and he can say "three" and "cheese" now. I get so excited when he learns a new word!

Peyton

This week my friend Kelly who lives here in Clovis (military) found out her 2 yr. old son, Peyton, has brain cancer. I beg of you to pray for this little boy and this family. Please pray that God would wipe the cancer away and show His strong healing power through this situation. Please pray for Kelly and her husband Rob as they endure this trial. Visit their website at

www.caringbridge.org/visit/peytonmccormick

Gotta have the backpack....

Griffin likes to wear his backpack around the house lately. He has turned into an extreme Daddy's boy lately and already expresses that he wants to be just like his Dad. :)

16.5 months

hello MeeMaw? Naunie? are y'all there? come see me soon!


getting taller...

Griffin is now 16 1/2 months old. Which means he's almost to the point of being almost two. (yes, I think about these things :) I will always remember this summer as the summer of water and the swing. We played in the backyard in the pool and water table and with the water hose and swung more times than I can ever count. We loved it! It was such a fun summer with Griffin walking and learning so much. Now that Fall is almost hear and summer is coming to it's final end, I have been reflecting on the summer and how God blessed us. We took so many great trips as a family and really just enjoyed Griffin in the stage he is in. He learned to dance this summer. He LOVES to dance. He learned where his toes, ears, feet, nose, head, belly, and hair are and can point to them. He can say fish, bye bye, mama, dada, and other words we can't exactly make out just yet. He can roar like a lion when asked "What does a lion say?" but then when we ask him what a cow says he roars like a lion again, associating it with the type of question I guess, not the animal. But it's funny anyway. He now enjoys wearing his little back pack around the house while he plays. He pretends to talk on my phone and pretends to take pictures with our camera. Trying to teach him how to say "cheese". He can sign "more", "please", and "all done". Haven't tried to teach him any of the other ones.
He loves to read by himself or with us, sitting in our laps.
He stills loves birds and can pinpoint one in the sky when we are outside that is pretty far away.
He laughs at us and can fake a laugh too. And can fake sneeze too. He thinks that's pretty funny.
Ok so I could keep going but I'm kinda tired of typing. Happy 16.5 months Griffin! We love you from the deepest part of our hearts!

Fair time in Clovis

we got him a free balloon. He loves balloons.


um can y'all just pour some of that in my sippee cup? thanks.
cow time
loving the sheep.
baa baa...hello sheep..


The annual Curry County Fair was is town a few weeks ago and we took Griffin. This was his second one to attend, since we took him last year when he was just 3 1/2 months old. He enjoyed it a lot more this year of course. :) He loved all the farm animals, especially the sheep. He also really enjoyed drinking all of our delicious cherry limeade. We gave him one sip and then that's all he wanted to do was drink more and more. It is very, very good. Too bad we only bought one; they are 5 bucks! He also enjoyed watching this guy carve this big log with his chain saw and watching all the people. oh and playing with his free, red balloon.
Tyler and I love the fair! We will miss it if we ever move.

ps. in case you may wonder, we did not lose one of griffin's shoes, it was in the stroller basket. Not sure why we didnt put it back on :)