Griffin's First Christmas Eve in Pictures

Chris's parents came down to stay with us for Christmas. It was so great! Chris's mom made chicken and dumplings for us to eat, people read, I decorated sugar cookies for Griffin to give to Santa, we loved on Griffin... It was really nice. Here are a few of the pictures taken on Christmas Eve!


Griffin wanted to try some of the cookies he was leaving for Santa. ;)
First taste of icing!! (that's red food coloring on my fingernails...)

Smiling, Smiling!

We are finally to the point where we can say Griffin is smiling at us. He does not smile ALWAYS when we try to get him to do it yet, but he does do it often enough that we are trying a lot!

He likes to watch lights, he likes to "play drums" with daddy, he likes kisses on his feet and neck, and he likes for his feet to be tickled! He also smiles when I use a high pitched voice and say,"Hiiii, Baaa-beeee!" Cute cute! I'll catch a REAL smile on camera eventually, but here are the best I have so far!

2 Months!

Griffin was 2 months old on December 15th!

At his two month appointment he was in the 75th percentile in weight, length, and head circumference. He weight 12 pounds 11 ounces, the was 23 and 3/4 inches long, and his head circumference was 16 inches!

At two months, he is just starting to really look at things other than lights - like books and faces! He is just beginning to smile - and has even been doing this more in the last week! He is sleeping at nighttime for about 5-6 hours at a time. And we are just LOVING him!!

I learned something about taking these monthly pictures, though. If it is a month when he has to get shots at the doctor, take the pictures BEFORE the appointment. I could not get a good picture of him on the 15th because he was a little fussy from the shots. Oh well! This is real life! Enjoy the pictures!

A Visit with a VERY Special Santa

I am SUPER paranoid about Griffin getting sick. We have hand sanatizer all over our house that Chris and I use and anyone who comes over is "required" to use if they hold him. We don't let people at church hold him (except my mom and dad), I take his temperature probably almost every day at some point because I get nervous, I've given him about a 3 month waiting period before I'm going to take him in Wal-Mart - you get the idea. (Yes, I know all you experienced mothers out there want to tell me to chill out, but "'tis the season" for yucky respiratory bugs and my baby has a yucky respiratory history...)

So, with all of that going on in my crazy mind, you can imagine that I wouldn't want to take him to see Santa Claus in a mall where a bunch of other grubby, snotty little children (sorry if your child went to see Santa at the mall - I'm not talking about yours, just all the other ones... and really not the children at all, just there grubby, snotty germs. I love children. ) sit in this guy's lap and leave their germs. Lucky for me, MY dad is the Santa Claus (or Santa's helper) for TXU's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant! MY dad doesn't have germs, right?

His company has an employee and family appreciation dinner/party where he dresses up as Santa. You'll see in the picture that it is in the rodeo arena at the Somervelle County Expo Center. I think this was his 2nd or 3rd year to do it and our first year to go. Jodi took some really cute pictures of Griffin with the most special Santa he'll every meet. See, this guy was MY Santa, too, many years ago - and let me tell ya - he was a good one! (Mrs. Claus was/is really good, too!) Enjoy the pictures!

Griffin's First Thanksgiving

Okay - So, I'm a little late getting this posted. I admit it.

This year for Thanksgiving, everyone - EVERYone - came to our house. Chris's parents came Wednesday evening and stayed through Friday. All of my family came on Thursday for lunch. It was awesome to have 16 people for Thanksgiving! I'm gonna kind of cop out and post this link to my sister, Rachel's blog for Thanksgiving.

Griffin had a great time. His Nana brought him a First Thanksgiving little onsie:
He also got some cuddle time with his mommy, Nana, and his cousins! He got passed around all day - and I was a little frantic about "keeping his schedule." I've thought better of it now - when he's with family, especially grandparents, I should probably forget about the schedule and just let him get loved on. Enjoy the pics!

One Month (November 15)

On Novemeber 15, Griffin turned one month old! I can't believe how the time has flown already.

I'm totally copying my friend, Jamie's, idea of taking the monthly picture with the pet (Ollee) to show how Griffin is growing. Thanks, Jamie!! (oh - and forgive the pile of toys next to the chair. I'm still working on his room and finding places for all of that!)
Everyone says he looks so much like his daddy - which I pretend to mind, but I really don't. I'm a fan of his daddy's looks. ;) My family and a few other tell me he's going to have my eyes, but we'll just wait and see!

At one month, he likes to eat and sleep and poop! :)

He is a REALLY good eater, almost too good! He can drain a five and a half ounce bottle like it's nothing.

He gets the hiccups ... a lot. He gets them before he eats and after he eats. It doesn't bother him that much, but it bothers me! I feel so sorry for him.

When he's awake, he likes to be in his swing. He is just starting to focus in on things like our faces and pictures in books that we show him.

The video here is totally for my memories only. I using a super high pitched voice and likely it will be a little bit annoying for anyone else to watch, so please don't feel obligated. :)


We love you Griffin and are so proud of how you've grown over the last month. We can't imagine not having you now! Thank you, God, for growing him so healthily!

First Bath!

Well, Griffin got his first bath on his second day at home with us... it was Sunday afternoon.

And here's the true confession: Neither Chris or I had any idea how to do it! I knew how to give a baby a bath, but not with this "don't get the umbilical cord wet" notion. So, thankfully, BooBoo was there to help. She told us to be prepared because we would probably hear him scream like he never had before... and we did! But, honestly, it was kind of nice to hear those lungs working so well. The funny thing was, he started to enjoy it once he got really warm with the water. It's the lotion afterward that he really does not like! He let's me know even now that he does not appreciate my efforts to keep his skin baby soft.

Here's the little photo journey of the bath:

Daddy changing his diaper before we got started... and getting tinkled on a little. :)


And here I am getting everything ready.

As you can tell, Griffin LOVES baths (ha!)


All finished and dried off!
Here he is in his warmest pajamas, and all ready to eat!