23 Months

I. can. not. be. lieve. this.

Seriously.  How did I get such a cute kid?!  And how did he get to be SOOO big!!??

My baby is 23 months old.  I cannot believe it - and at the same time I can.  He is totally a two year old.  I say this everytime, but Griffin is understanding so much and putting so much together.  It is so amazing to watch.

Since I wrote the last post so late, there’s not much that is really new.  Griffin wakes up and talks about his Lala (Yogi) most mornings these days.  When he sees a quarter, he puts it in his ear.  Thanks, Yogi. ;)

No, really.  Griffin dropped one of his quarters for Jesus at church a few weeks ago and went looking for it not on the floor, but in his ear.  Too, too cute.

Griffin has a love hate relationship with Ollee.  He tells her to “go home” but he is trying to play with her. In the evening when he watches TV, he tries to go sit by her and pet her.  She’s a little leery of him, but getting better.

Griffin loves to dot dot (draw on paper), look a books, play trains and trucks, loves animals, loves to ride on the lawn mower with Chris, loves to play hide and seek or “sneak up.”  He loves to help, too.  If I just at the word help to something, he usually will come do it when he wouldn’t before.  He has recently fallen in love with our neighbor's blue heeler, Nick, and 104 (okay, 8 years old.  but he moves like he is soooo old!) year old black lab, Bart.  He talks about them all the time and runs across our yard to go pet them when he sees them.  It's really sweet.

He puts two and three words together and occassionally says a whole sentence like “I want shirt off.”  He loves for me to roll the windows and sunroof down in the car.

Oh! and the deer.  We have few deer in our back yard, oh, ya know - every day.  And by few, I mean sever, eight, eleven.  Ha!  Griffin LOVES to go look at them.  We tell him “shhhh” and he says “shhhh” back and we go outside get a closer look.  Then Griffin takes off running and screaming “aaaaaaghhhhh.”  It’s so funny.  I think he must feel powerful that he can scare them all away.

Griffin says "hi" and waves "bye" to everyone and everyTHING.  It’s really sweet.  He sounds so Texan when he says “bye byeeeee.”

Griffin dear:  We love you so much and feel so blessed that you are the way we get to experience parenthood.  We would never trade you and we can’t wait to see what God has in store for your active, sweet, strong little personality. 

I know this pic looks like it's of me, but it's the only one of us together this month.

Mom.  Seriously.  This phone call is private.  (He is really talking to Chris on the phone there.)

He is trying to squish a grasshopper with his Hi-ya

"Bird"

Can you tell we had fun outside this day?  I took a ton of pics... sorry.

right before he fell....

I just think this picture is funny because my feet are in it. Ha!

My child will not be one of those kids who watches a movie with his mouth open. (?!)

This was taken on our first cool fall morning this season.

oreos?

Can you see the deer way back there to the left?

Chris sharing the oreos...

the goodbye kiss. (they'll hate this one day!)

By the way, he make sit to the top all. by. him. self.  It scares me so!!

I remember this day well.  We tried to play outside several times and he got bitten by aunts, fell and scraped his knee, and was sweating to death.  We finally took comfort in Winnie the Pooh.

His train at Yogi and BooBoo's.  I used to play with this toy!

22 Months

22 Months

(there will be some pictures in this, but more in the next post.  i just want to get something posted.)

Where’s my baby!?  Griffin goes and stays the night with my parents occasionally and I don’t know what they do to him, but he grows about an inch each time.  He is getting SO BIG.

This month has been delightful.  We are definitely in the terrible/terrific twos.  One minute we are rolling on the floor laughing with our little prince and the next Chris and I are arguing with our eyes over whose mutated genes are causing this monstrous behavior.  We are all growing during this process or raising a child.... :)

Griffin still loves trains.  Loves, loves, loves them.  He likes cars and trucks and points them out wherever he sees them - everywhere.  He loves his book The Circus Ship.  We read it - seriously - 2-3 times a day.  He points out all the 15 animals, knows all their names and sounds and motions, has songs for them.  It’s really.

We love being outside and as is expected, we love sticks.  We call them “hi-yas” (like HI-YA, I will chop you with my sword.)  Griffin climbs our fence, all the way up.  He climbs ladders and rock climbing walls.  His sweat is muddy and his feet stink.  He gets little dirt crusted boogers around his nose.  It’s w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l.  We have a boy.

Oh - and did I mention, too, that he come in my bathroom while I’m getting ready and digs out all my make up brushes and lines them up on the floor?  Speaking of my boy....  He does however “hi-ya” them into the bathtub or occasionally brush his hair with them.

Griffin tells us when he has to go poop.  Of course, he poops in his diaper first, but then he sits on the potty, gets paper, wipes, and flushes.  It’s really cute.  If only we could get the timing down of actually pooping in the potty...

Dot-dot is another favorite past time.  This is coloring or drawing, but G calls it dot dot and he’s excellent. :)  He adds cute little stickers, that I think, are a nice touch.

Griffin always has a color sheet or some sort of craft after the nursery at church or after school and he is SO proud of it.  He wants to show everyone.  It makes me think he must actually be helping with it!

We still love Winnie the Pooh (Poopb).

Griffin’s language is blossoming.  He’s adding two and three words together.  He says “pweez” now instead of “pa pa pa pa.”  I think he kind of knows the color blue and orange.  He still refuses to say the word “down” and will only say up.  It is so strange!  He also refuses to repeat me when we are counting.  I know he can repeat multiple words in a row, but he won’t repeat “one, two, three.”  He must know is math nerd mom is dying to do some multiplication with him and so he is prolonging this as long as possible. ;)

Chris has taught Griffin to “blow it up” when he knuckles some one.  It’s cute when we can get him to do it.

Griffin is kind of learning about sharing.  He still screams when someone touches his toys, but is usually pretty obedient about trying to trade them or moving on to something else after he gets his initial scream out.

Enjoy the pictures!  Griffin Wayne, you delight us!

There are lots more pics to come, I just had to get something up!!

He seriously built this!!

21 Months

I don't know why I can't muster the energy to write this month.  I guess Griffin as worn it all out of me. What a blessing to have such an active, healthy little boy that I just can't seem to stay awake in the evening. :)

Take a look at this grin:

Griffin has - as always - been a delight this month.  He is talking up a storm!  Towards the end of the month he started sentences of the "I wants..." only they sound like this: I-own-uce (I want juice) or I-own-jew jews (I want choo choos.)  Then, when prompted, the sentence ends with "puh puh puh" or please. :)  He LOVES to play with his cousins.  He gives kisses and hugs like a pro.  He tells Ollee to "go home."  It's so funny.  He has developed a LOVE for Winnie the Pooh.  He says, "poop!  poop!"  It's really cute.  Griffin is just like his daddy in that he really likes to "tinker" with things and figure out how they work.  Griffin is very observant.  He notices the deer way back in our back yard hidden in the  trees, birds really far away, the sounds of birds really far away, he notices where we are in the car and starts saying the name of who we are going to see or what we are going to do as we get closer... He loves to watch wheels spin.  He pushes his trains or trucks around on the floor and watches the wheels turn forward and backward.  I got him a train that the wheels are actually attached to another gear that turns another wheel on top of the train.  I really think he figured out how all of that work!  He watched one wheel turn the other.  I'm his super biased mom, but - he's so smart! ;)  Griffin LOVES to play "sneak up" games.  He squats down and walks saying "shh shh" but he starts giggling too hard before he finally finds who he's sneaking up on.  We play this almost every night when Chris is home.  Griffin loves to sit in his chair, he loves milk, juice, and water, though he doesn't know he loves water. :)   Griffin has really enjoyed swimming this month.  I've taken him to the beach in Granbury a few times and it has been really fun.  He is fearless in the water - so I've got enough fear for the both of us!  Griffin loves books.  He's getting to where he is liking his Bible stories more.  They have more words and less pictures, but he always reaches for it now and says "bup" (bible).  We use the Sally Loyd Jones Jesus Storybook Bible and I feel like I get my own devotional time when we read it.  It's good.

Here are a few of my favorite pics from the month:

I decided to attempt "slurpee in the car" - it went okay. :)

My little birdie picking at his food on the floor...he's so funny about this.

Chris was gone for a week at camp so Griffin and I took pictures for him.

this picture cracks me up.  I feel like he looks like a little Yoda or something.

at the zoo, trying to drink the mist that comes down by the elephants

Sunday afternoon blanket fort!

Griffin LOVED the 4th of July parade.  IT was really sweet seeing how excited he gets with the fire trucks, tractors and horses.

this picture is not great, but you can tell there was a certain grandma delighted to have her babies watch the parade with her ;)

watching the horses with Yogi

our little drummer children

we took these four boys to a Rangers game...it was....fun!   Exhausting, but fun!

playing on the fort playground

watering plants and Yogi and BooBoo's

underneath the chicken coop at Yogi and BooBoo's

Yes.  I have "that kid" that climbs UP the slide

weeeeee!  going down the twirly slide!

"iiiiiice"

yummy cookie dough Griffin helped me make!

looking for the water in our dried up creek bed...

griffin loves filling his bed with all his stuffed animals

more fort action

bathtime!

Joey AND Griffin in the bed

transition to the toddler bed - and if you notice what is gross in this picture, don't judge me.    i've never seen it look as bad as it does in this camera lighting.  yikes!

We are so thankful for this precious miracle God has blessed us with to grow and nurture.  Father, give us the boldness to talk about you as walk along the road, as we lie down, and as we get up so Griffin will have you written on the door frame of his heart.   We love you so much, Griffin Wayne!  You bring us so much pleasure and so much happiness and we treasure every moment with you!