OK, it seems our little guy is starting to even out on the growth chart. As you may know, he was a pretty chunky baby, but it turns out that he is slightly more average these days.
Today we had our 12 month appointment. Here are the stats:
Weight: 22 lbs. 3.2 oz. (40th%)
Height: 29 and 3/4 inches (48th%)
He also had 3 shots today and took them like a man. Well, not really, but he didn't cry for long. What a tough little guy!!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Birthday Boy
We had quite a weekend! Griffin turned one on Sunday and we had bunches of family and friends over to celebrate on Saturday afternoon. Griffin was in a great mood all day despite missing his afternoon nap. He made me so proud!
The party was a football theme and although the Dawgs disappointed us again, the party was a win! (sorry, that was cheesy)
When everyone sang Happy Birthday he just looked around like he had heard it a hundred times before. And he gobbled up an entire cupcake!
We had a lot of fun and Griffin is loving all of his presents! Thanks to everyone that could make it to the party and if you have any pictures, I would love to have them! Please email them to Blake or myself when you get a chance.
For others, here are some pics from the party and a few others.
This is the precious birthday outfit that GG and Aunt Coco made for Griffin. It has "GREENE" across the top of the back... so cute!!
A football shaped cake, of course. And green grass cupcakes with rice krispie footballs on top.
A field themed tablecloth with pictures of Griffin from his first year of life. All the way through Labor Day!
Here he is eating his cupcake. He even found some pieces in the pocket of his bib. He polished off the whole thing in about a minute flat.
Bets and Papa got Griffin a bean bag for his birthday and he loves it! He plays and pounces on it and today he watched a little Curious George in it.
Griffin with both of his great grandfathers.
Family pictures on the front step with the birthday boy!
Aunt Coco and Uncle Daniel spent the night after the party and we took the boys to the park. Clayton is getting SO big! It's been nice to be able to see what Griffin will be doing next. He's so cute and practically has the vocab of a 5 year old- so smart!
Do these two look like trouble, or what?
Dads and slides.
They look like they are planning some scheme here.
Bennett and Gray stopped by before the party and brought Griffin a sweet musical instrument set. Here's Bennett and Griffin with some party hats on :)
I can't believe that our little boy is one. This has been the most amazing year. He is so smart and so much fun. I can only imagine where we'll go from here. I love this kid and am so thankful for the little guy. His smile is absolutely priceless.
PS- I want to give a special thank you to my mom and grandmother for helping me put together an amazing party. I couldn't have done it without you two! Thanks a ton!
The party was a football theme and although the Dawgs disappointed us again, the party was a win! (sorry, that was cheesy)
When everyone sang Happy Birthday he just looked around like he had heard it a hundred times before. And he gobbled up an entire cupcake!
We had a lot of fun and Griffin is loving all of his presents! Thanks to everyone that could make it to the party and if you have any pictures, I would love to have them! Please email them to Blake or myself when you get a chance.
For others, here are some pics from the party and a few others.
This is the precious birthday outfit that GG and Aunt Coco made for Griffin. It has "GREENE" across the top of the back... so cute!!
A football shaped cake, of course. And green grass cupcakes with rice krispie footballs on top.
A field themed tablecloth with pictures of Griffin from his first year of life. All the way through Labor Day!
Here he is eating his cupcake. He even found some pieces in the pocket of his bib. He polished off the whole thing in about a minute flat.
Bets and Papa got Griffin a bean bag for his birthday and he loves it! He plays and pounces on it and today he watched a little Curious George in it.
Griffin with both of his great grandfathers.
Family pictures on the front step with the birthday boy!
Aunt Coco and Uncle Daniel spent the night after the party and we took the boys to the park. Clayton is getting SO big! It's been nice to be able to see what Griffin will be doing next. He's so cute and practically has the vocab of a 5 year old- so smart!
Do these two look like trouble, or what?
Dads and slides.
They look like they are planning some scheme here.
Bennett and Gray stopped by before the party and brought Griffin a sweet musical instrument set. Here's Bennett and Griffin with some party hats on :)
I can't believe that our little boy is one. This has been the most amazing year. He is so smart and so much fun. I can only imagine where we'll go from here. I love this kid and am so thankful for the little guy. His smile is absolutely priceless.
PS- I want to give a special thank you to my mom and grandmother for helping me put together an amazing party. I couldn't have done it without you two! Thanks a ton!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day at the Lake!
This weekend we headed down to Ryan's lake house for a little fun in the sun. It was Griffin's first trip to Lake Sinclair and my first trip there in probably 15 years. We had a great time and have lots of pictures to share.
Here's Griffin in his Bass Pro life jacket. I am pretty sure that if we had let him that he would have stepped directly off of the dock. So, our better judgment led us to suit him up in this little get-up. It even came with a convenient handle. He could enjoy his freedom while we enjoyed some peace of mind.
He is loving his hat these days. In fact, it doesn't even have to be his... and it doesn't even have to be a hat (as you will see below).
Cousin Carson caught lots of fish with the men off of the dock. The plan was to catch a big catfish with the tiny brim that were caught... but apparently the monster catfish weren't biting :)
This was Bennett's weekend in a nutshell. He LOVED the worms. By Saturday afternoon, the worms were left with approximately zero dirt and food.
Sydney looked adorable as usual in her pink life jacket. She was also very cute with the babies in the house.
Exhibit A: Look at these lovely ladies
PS- Look at how big is Gray getting!!
In addition to hats, Griffin has a shoe obsession too. He was walking around all weekend trying to get his little feet caught on flip flops and in shoes. Here he is in Eric's cowboy boots. His legs weren't quite as long as the boots so he needed a little assistance.
Cousins on Game Day... GO DAWGS!!!
We also took the little guy out on the boat for the first time. He loved it at first...
But was quickly rocked to sleep. Good thing the life jacket had a pillow attached.
As I mentioned before, G is loving hats... or anything that we can wear as a hat. Here he is laughing at daddy with a pizza box on his head.
And here it is on his head.
That's all folks. I hope that you also had a great Labor Day! Hope to see you all soon!
Here's Griffin in his Bass Pro life jacket. I am pretty sure that if we had let him that he would have stepped directly off of the dock. So, our better judgment led us to suit him up in this little get-up. It even came with a convenient handle. He could enjoy his freedom while we enjoyed some peace of mind.
He is loving his hat these days. In fact, it doesn't even have to be his... and it doesn't even have to be a hat (as you will see below).
Cousin Carson caught lots of fish with the men off of the dock. The plan was to catch a big catfish with the tiny brim that were caught... but apparently the monster catfish weren't biting :)
This was Bennett's weekend in a nutshell. He LOVED the worms. By Saturday afternoon, the worms were left with approximately zero dirt and food.
Sydney looked adorable as usual in her pink life jacket. She was also very cute with the babies in the house.
Exhibit A: Look at these lovely ladies
PS- Look at how big is Gray getting!!
In addition to hats, Griffin has a shoe obsession too. He was walking around all weekend trying to get his little feet caught on flip flops and in shoes. Here he is in Eric's cowboy boots. His legs weren't quite as long as the boots so he needed a little assistance.
Cousins on Game Day... GO DAWGS!!!
We also took the little guy out on the boat for the first time. He loved it at first...
But was quickly rocked to sleep. Good thing the life jacket had a pillow attached.
As I mentioned before, G is loving hats... or anything that we can wear as a hat. Here he is laughing at daddy with a pizza box on his head.
And here it is on his head.
That's all folks. I hope that you also had a great Labor Day! Hope to see you all soon!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
One second...
One second. That's how long it took Griffin to assume this position...
That's right. He's standing on his truck to get something off of the table. I thought I would have a little more time before he started climbing... I guess not :)
That's right. He's standing on his truck to get something off of the table. I thought I would have a little more time before he started climbing... I guess not :)
Friday, August 20, 2010
11 months!
Chatterbox. That is how I would describe Griffin at 11 months! He is just talking up a storm but only saying about 5 actual words. Usually it is just a bunch of jibberish with alot of pointing.
Here are the pics for 11 months. Can you believe that when he was born this little lamby was about his size?
Such a flirt!
The scrunchy-smile is still going strong :)
Oh, I must share this picture with you too... There was an afternoon thunderstorm today and Millie got scared. (seriously, this dog is such a scairdy cat). Well, I was playing with Griffin in the living room and when I got up to get some water, I found Millie behind the couch. Real smooth, Millie. I am sure that the lightening and thunder won't know where to find you :)
That's all for now. Can you believe that our next post will be about a ONE YEAR OLD??? Where did the time go?
Here are the pics for 11 months. Can you believe that when he was born this little lamby was about his size?
Such a flirt!
The scrunchy-smile is still going strong :)
Oh, I must share this picture with you too... There was an afternoon thunderstorm today and Millie got scared. (seriously, this dog is such a scairdy cat). Well, I was playing with Griffin in the living room and when I got up to get some water, I found Millie behind the couch. Real smooth, Millie. I am sure that the lightening and thunder won't know where to find you :)
That's all for now. Can you believe that our next post will be about a ONE YEAR OLD??? Where did the time go?
Sunday, August 8, 2010
SkyDive Atlanta!!!
Posted by Blake -
So about 2 months ago, Sara Kate's friend Anna decided that for her 27th birthday she wanted to jump out of a plane at 14,000'. It started with her and 3 others but by the time the big day rolled around, which was yesterday, she managed to talk 9 others into going with her. Among the 10 were Anna, Laura, Tommy, Me, Matt, Eric, Karla, Tom, Katie and Jason.
We drove down to SkyDive Atlanta in Thomaston, GA which is a neighboring community to Nowheresville. The entire process lasted about 4 and a 1/2 hours. When we were signing in, the girl who was witnessing our signatures to the legal disclosure that we were required to sign told me the following which provided the much needed comfort that I was seeking. She said, "Make sure that your emergency contact is not in your skydiving party." I laughed, but after seeing her face, realized she was serious. So we sat around for another hour waiting for our 15 minute training course which was a brief course in "what not to do" while jumping out of a plane. Since we had 10 jumpers and 8 of us paid for a video jumper to follow us on the way down, we were broken up in to 3 groups.
Group 1: Eric, Laura & Matt
This is the plane that we jumped out of.
Group 2: Anna, Karla, Tom, and Me
Group 3: Tommy, Katy Wall, Jason
Here is pretty much how things went. Stood around for a while.
Got into my jumpsuit and harness.
Got on the plane (this is Group 1 getting on)
Got freaked out as we quickly climbed to 14,000. This picture was taken at only 6,000 and they had just opened the door to the plane to give us some A.C.
Get to the door of the plane and jump. We had 4 people jumping in my group. It was only 10 seconds between each person so all the stuff I was supposed to remember when I got up to the edge was not recalled. I had no time to react, just jump.
I was basically looking at this below... (Tom jumping)
It all happens so quick. The instructor told us in the class while still on the ground that they were required to ask if we were ready to SkyDive....but they were not required to wait for an answer. They said that whether you say "Heck yea let's do it or NO NO NO" that it didn't matter. He said that with the wind and engine noise, at 14,000 feet, "NO NO NO" sounds a lot like "GO GO GO". So the answer to how many people chicken out when they get up there is...zero because you have no choice.
The freefall lasted about 50-55 seconds.
Once, the chute was pulled, it was probably another 4-5 minutes and then we were on the ground.
Here is Eric after his jump.
Now that you've read the narrative. Now watch it all in real time. There is no sound because it is a copyrighted soundtrack, but it's still cool to watch.
Click on the link below to see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzrWLjdgeJM
So about 2 months ago, Sara Kate's friend Anna decided that for her 27th birthday she wanted to jump out of a plane at 14,000'. It started with her and 3 others but by the time the big day rolled around, which was yesterday, she managed to talk 9 others into going with her. Among the 10 were Anna, Laura, Tommy, Me, Matt, Eric, Karla, Tom, Katie and Jason.
We drove down to SkyDive Atlanta in Thomaston, GA which is a neighboring community to Nowheresville. The entire process lasted about 4 and a 1/2 hours. When we were signing in, the girl who was witnessing our signatures to the legal disclosure that we were required to sign told me the following which provided the much needed comfort that I was seeking. She said, "Make sure that your emergency contact is not in your skydiving party." I laughed, but after seeing her face, realized she was serious. So we sat around for another hour waiting for our 15 minute training course which was a brief course in "what not to do" while jumping out of a plane. Since we had 10 jumpers and 8 of us paid for a video jumper to follow us on the way down, we were broken up in to 3 groups.
Group 1: Eric, Laura & Matt
This is the plane that we jumped out of.
Group 2: Anna, Karla, Tom, and Me
Group 3: Tommy, Katy Wall, Jason
Here is pretty much how things went. Stood around for a while.
Got into my jumpsuit and harness.
Got on the plane (this is Group 1 getting on)
Got freaked out as we quickly climbed to 14,000. This picture was taken at only 6,000 and they had just opened the door to the plane to give us some A.C.
Get to the door of the plane and jump. We had 4 people jumping in my group. It was only 10 seconds between each person so all the stuff I was supposed to remember when I got up to the edge was not recalled. I had no time to react, just jump.
I was basically looking at this below... (Tom jumping)
It all happens so quick. The instructor told us in the class while still on the ground that they were required to ask if we were ready to SkyDive....but they were not required to wait for an answer. They said that whether you say "Heck yea let's do it or NO NO NO" that it didn't matter. He said that with the wind and engine noise, at 14,000 feet, "NO NO NO" sounds a lot like "GO GO GO". So the answer to how many people chicken out when they get up there is...zero because you have no choice.
The freefall lasted about 50-55 seconds.
Once, the chute was pulled, it was probably another 4-5 minutes and then we were on the ground.
Here is Eric after his jump.
Now that you've read the narrative. Now watch it all in real time. There is no sound because it is a copyrighted soundtrack, but it's still cool to watch.
Click on the link below to see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzrWLjdgeJM
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