Let's Catch Up!

Well in the past I kept up with a babysite for Griffin, that trailed off when I got on Facebook (seems I can't keep up with two things at once) which was last year around this time... so it has been a year since I have really posted/blogged about Griffin and what all he is up to these days! This is probably more for me than anyone reading, sorry!

• Griffin is 2 years old now (really 2 yrs 4 months!)
• He LOVES baseball, I mean the boy is obsessed! Total junkie!
  
• Not only is he a baseball junkie but he is REALLY good at playing baseball, he has an amazing swing, hits great off a tee, is working on hitting without the tee, has an arm on him- so watch yourself if he has a ball, and he is really good at running the bases and sliding into Home!
• For Halloween this last year he was a Red Sox baseball player and he had a baseball party for his second birthday in December!
  
• AND this was all his choosing, he wants to be and play baseball 24/7! Yes, he even asks to watch baseball on TV instead of cartoons!
  
• He has the biggest heart, and is such a sweet friend. He truly has empathy for those around him, and is always ready to help cheer those up that need some cheering up! If he sees a "friend" crying he will go over, pat their back, and say "it's ok" to them helping them feel better!
• He is a clown, he loves to make you laugh and when he does he will keep doing whatever it was so you will keep laughing!
• He is still a great sleeper and when he is ready to get up in the morning he yells, "Mommy, Daddy, Where are you? I want DOWN!" Love!
• We are working on taking him off Prevacid, a medicine to help his reflux. This has been hard for us as he seems to get sick so easily. The pediatrician thinks he does show signs of a weakened immune system, and we will be getting some extra vaccines to hopefully help him stay healthy. Will update on this as time goes... but right now we are hoping to stay off the medicine and not have to have any procedures done.
• He also loves trips to the ZOO (we try to go once a week), and trips to Sea World (we try to go every 6 weeks or so), and just in general likes to be outside!
• He also loves music... loves to dance, sing (with a microphone) and makes up his own words, and play instruments especially the drums and guitar!
  

Griffin's Favorites:

• TV show: Baseball games and Sesame Street... Little Einsteins comes in third
• Foods: Spaghetti, hot dogs, tacos, cereal, and all fruits but grapes and apples top the chart
• Colors: Purple and Green
• Toys: Bat. ball, glove and musical instruments
• Books: H is for Homerun and Where the Wild Things Are
• Movie: The Polar Express
• Place: Outside
• Characters: Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby
  

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My little man...

Griffin picked up my phone the other day and here is the conversation he had (with himself of course):

"Hi Papa"
"What you doing?"
"Oh, taking a bath."
"OK, bye bye"

The next day, he picked up my phone again and here is the conversation he had (again with himself):

"Hi Connor"
"What you doing?"
"Oh, taking a bath."
"With bubbles?"
"OK, bye bye. See you soon"

I love how Connor got to have a bubble bath and Papa did not!

Couple of pictures just for fun...

Where's Griffin?


Here he is!! I LOVE him!


Silly boy with a sticker on his nose!! (Don't worry I know the paci needs to GO! Shhh!)

A day at the ZOO...

with cousin Connor! Yesterday Alec and I took our nephew, Connor, to the zoo with Griffin! It was so fun to watch them explore and talk about the animals together!


Come on Connor, let's go see the animals!

Griffin loved this bird... it was making a crazy noise!


Go get him Connor!

Look at the giraffe!

Connor finally figured out how to do what Griffin was doing! (Don't worry Alec is standing right beside him- I cropped him out of the pic!)


Fun day at the ZOO!

Easter Sunday

So, Easter morning Griffin woke up to a surprise from the Easter Bunny! He was so excited when he walked into the living room and saw what was in his Easter basket!!

Then off to church we went! Griffin had an Easter egg hunt with his class, I didn't get to see it but he told me all about it! After church we headed to my parents house, Nana and Papa, for lunch and an egg hunt with our family! Unfortunately right after we got there Griffin's cousins Jessalyn and Connor wound up sick and had to leave. So, after lunch Griffin did the egg hunt all by himself!

While hunting Griffin kind of lost interest, seeing as he had to hunt all the eggs by himself ya know! Uncle Jonny decided to pretend he was going to take some of the eggs that were on the ground... when Griffin saw that he charged him! This turned into quite the wrestling/ leaf throwing adventure... Griffin was right in his element! He loves to get dirty and wrestle!

We hope you all had a very blessed and Happy Easter! Oh and that evening was the Boston Red Sox Opening Game! And... WE WON!!! Griffin had a blast watching the game with Alec, it's so fun to watch them get excited and I love hearing Griffin say, "Go Resox!" Like father, like son!

The business of Easter weekend...

This past weekend was Easter. I, for one, love Easter and all that goes along with it! I love the reason we celebrate and I love that we get to share that with Griffin, I also love all the ways we get to celebrate! We packed a lot of fun into this weekend...

On Friday, since my parents were out of school for Good Friday, they took us to the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens to go to the Butterfly Garden Exhibit! It was so much fun! Griffin loved seeing the butterflies flying around him and it was extra cool when one landed on Alec's shoe and one on my arm!! We were so proud of Griffin, as he was so well behaved and didn't try to touch the butterflies! After that we went out and let him explore the gardens! A few pics of our morning...

That night we went to the Ranger game... Griffin loves baseball, he is obsessed with all things baseball and that is great with us as we love it too! While we were there we let him hit a few balls at the Kid Zone. He impressed those watching, hey maybe I am bragging but it's true! He has a swing on him that is amazing for a 2 year old!

I just loved this one... it was the first time Griffin let Alec carry him on his shoulders!!

This is turning into a much longer post than I had planned, but what can I say it's my first real post! LOL! Okay, so then on Saturday we started the day at an Easter Egg Hunt with Griffin's friends from church, it was a blast!!

Then that afternoon we went to Eli's first birthday party! We all had fun celebrating! Happy Birthday Eli!!

Again with the baseball playing... this is all he wants to do!

That night we tried to go see the Easter Bunny... but he had already left to start delivering eggs so we took a picture of Griffin in his chair! I feel so bad for not getting him up to see the Easter Bunny this year, but he was sick the week and a half before so we just weren't able to make it...

Alright, I am going to stop here... I will put together an Easter Sunday post later today... again sorry this got so long, like I said we packed a lot into this weekend!!

Well the reality of it is...

we have been convinced to join the blogging world! We have gone back and forth on whether or not we are cut out for this or not, and we probably are NOT, but I am wanting a place to keep up with our life, our memories, our REALITY while also being able to share it with those of you who, well, want to know!!