Monday, July 19, 2010

Trip to Rochester, NY

At the end of June we flew to Rochester, NY where Alec has family. His Grandpa Jack had passed away and we went to the funeral. The flight up there was absolutely awful... we got on the plane at 12:30 and didn't take off till after 5 due to a maintenance problem with the plane! They would not even let us get off the plane the entire time! Thankfully, Griffin is such a trooper and did really well with the wait (even without a nap)... he watched a movie and played with his Toy Story figures from Papa and Nana most of the time!

Sweet boy...


When we finally took off he settled in with a Dum-Dum and fell asleep as soon as it was gone!


We then had a long layover in Chicago, as we had missed our connecting flight. Luckily they had a play area and Griffin got some run around time!! We then had some yummy Chicago pizza and we were back on the plane at around 9:30!


We didn't get in until after midnight and had to get up very early the next morning to ride a bus for an hour out to the graveside service for Grandpa Jack. Griffin did well on the bus being entertained by his Grandma and also his cousin TJ!


We then stayed with Alec's Aunt Jean for a few days. Her daughter, Victoria, and Griffin had a blast together!!









Oh and a sidenote here... I let Griffin use scissors for the first time while we were at the museum and he cut a big chunk of his hair out! Grr... we were literally all standing right next to him, but he put the scissors next to his head to try to get a better grip on them and in turn closed them and cut his hair! Ah well...


The service was beautiful and we had a good time visiting with Alec's family.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

More Summer FUN!!

I am so sorry I have been MIA for a while! I meant to post all of this before our vacation and just never got around to it. Anyway... here is some of the fun we had in June!!

We had a play date at California Lane Park with some friends, and the kids had a blast playing in the water!!

Griffin talking to Eli about going into the water with him!


Griffin running through the tunnel and jumping in the water!


Griffin and his buddies Mark and Jamison!



Griffin officially turned TWO and a HALF!! Wow! We got him a little birthday cake to celebrate!!


We took Griffin to see his first movie at the movie theater, Toy Story 3! He had so much fun and even met a guy who worked there who thought it was pretty special it was his first movie experience, as the first Toy Story was his first movie! SO he went and found him a movie poster for him to bring home, so cool!!!

Griffin had to have popcorn!






We went to a Fort Worth CATS game for Father's Day!


I just love his blue eyes... Can you tell it was hot??!


Eli joined us and the boys had fun playing...


Griffin and his daddy reading... I love listening to them read together!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Day trip to Sea World!

Thursday evening when Alec got home from work we sat down for dinner and enjoyed some tacos...while eating we both discussed how we had Friday off and that we should do something fun and different. Well, Alec suggested we drive to San Antonio that night and spend the day at Sea World on Friday, then drive back home Friday night. At first I thought it was crazy, it was already 8:30! But then, I decided that it would be so fun to take Griffin up there for the day and why not be a little spontaneous! So we packed up and headed out!

Griffin sleeping on the way...


As soon as we got to Sea World Griffin took off to feed the dolpins!







Then we went swimming...


There was a slide in the pool!




He didn't need this life jacket, but saw it and wanted it on... for like one minute! LOL!






He had a blast jumping into the water...






Caught a show we hadn't seen before... and G loved dancing to the music, but only from his chair! He was scared of the characters!




We saw Shamu... Hi Shamu!


And then one more trip back to the dolphins before we headed home... he laid here and watched them for over half an hour... it was so peaceful as the feeding side was closed so the dolphins were just playing...


We got home late Friday night, we are all tired and very sun BURNT, but it was totally worth it! We had an absolute BLAST!

Monday, June 7, 2010

My little man...

Griffin LOVES music! He loves to dance, sing, and play instruments! So much fun! Here are a few videos I captured of him the other night, thank goodness he let me get him on video! Usually when he sees the camera he stops! Enjoy!!










And, Griffin's Aunt Julie sent him a surprise for getting potty trained... some Go Diego Go (or as Griffin calls it Go Go Go!) underwear! I just loved these two pics of him when he got it!

Opening his surprise!


Him and his cousin Connor, Griffin kept telling Connor thank you and Connor just wanted to smile for the camera! Loved this chillin out pose!

Summer means...

BASEBALL and water time!!!

First Cats game of the season... Griffin LOVED it!! Surprising I know!





He had to get a "helmet"!


He got to run the bases!!




Ready to Slip'n'slide!










Playing in the water at the park!