Pictures

Here are some of my scrapbook pages. I am by no means good at it, but I enjoy making them!
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And one picture of my Little bear. Latest stats: 16lbs, 26.25 inches, with a head circumfrence in the 15th percentile (his other stats are 50th or higher)!
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Yes I am One Of Those...

Jay and I laughed the other day, we realize we are those annoying parents who constantly post pictures, movies, and blogs about our sweet little boy. Oh, how we love him! Sorry, we just can't help it!

So I am going to try to write a post about other things in our lives (although let's be honest Griffin will creep back in). Jay is LOVING his new job! In so many ways it is his dream job, we don't know what will happen at the end of his term, but for now it is working out great! Although he does have to work some evenings and weekends it doesn't seem to really matter because Griffin and I are home whenever he takes time off anyways.

This fall has been a weird one for me, I usually spend a good chunk of August prepping for the school year, and I have enjoyed that in the past. I am missing it a little. Yet, without a doubt, I LOVE being at home with my Little Bear (sorry, I warned you he would creep back in). In many ways this time is like a sabbatical for me, and I am beginning to realize that I needed one. I think I needed a break from teaching and so this is a great time of refreshment for my teaching self. I have committed to teaching Sunday School. Jay and Griffin hang out at home for the hour and a half that I teach. It is good for them to hang out without the overbearing momma that I can be, and it is good for me to find myself outside of Jay and Griffin.

Since Griffin has been born I have also taken up a new hobby. After our unique birth and beginning I felt a great desire to document it. Maybe as a way to process it, maybe as a way of keeping record so Griffin can look back and see how much he was loved. So I have started scrap booking. I am by no means good at it, but it has become a bit of a creative outlet for me (maybe filling the void that not teaching has left). I tried to post pics, but it isn't working, so maybe I will later on this week.

Pray With Me

We spent a wonderful weekend away with my family (another post for another day), but arrived home to heart breaking news. My friend Melissa's daughter is ill and at the Children's Hospital in Calgary. The doctors have found a brain tumor and operated on it today. Baby K is only 2 years old and has a four month old little brother, oh how I ache for this family. I have spent all day checking the facebook group for updates, as I pray for them. Melissa walked with me when my dad was sick, she was my shoulder to cry on, I so wish I could do more than pray for her. If you think of this family please pray for them, they are trusting in Him and could use all the prayer they can get!

L-O-V-E

Love consumes me these days, I just love my Little Bear! A couple of days a week I end up napping with Griffin, he gets an AWESOME sleep cuddled next to me, and I usually get in a good nap too (yes, this is partly to blame for why he won’t sleep alone during the day ). When he stirs he ends up nursing and falling back asleep, so today he had a four hour nap! Today I was tired but couldn’t sleep, so I enjoyed reading my book and staring and the cutest baby in the world (yes, I am biased!). As we were lying there I was thinking about how much I love him, and how easy it was/is to fall in love with him. He really is my world these days! The real truth is that no matter how rough the day (and sometimes they are rough), how little sleep I get, or how many diapers I change each and every day begins and ends in love (and has a whole lot of love sprinkled in between)!!

What A Difference A Year Makes!!

A year ago today we found out we were pregnant. We were so excited!!

A year later I have a rolling, laughing, smiling, "talking", and amazing baby boy! He is now joining us at the supper table in his high chair. He is growing so fast!

Griffin

Griffin at two and a half months has started to develop a personality, likes, and dislikes. Here are some things he is liking/doing/learning/being:

• BEARS!! Griffin loves his bears. They hang above his swing, he stares and stares and stares. Sometimes they rotate out of view, he lets us know!

• SONGS!! Getting Griffin to smile is as easy as singing a song, and if they involve actions/tickling/touch all the better. Right now “If I were a butterfly” is a hit.
• BOUNCY CHAIR!! If he isn’t being held chances are he is batting at toys in his bouncy chair

• SLEEP!! I am blessed with a sleeper. Lately he has been sleeping 8-ish hours straight at night, and then from the 5/6-ish feeding until 8. He doesn’t nap without being held during the day though. I am well rested but don’t get much done during the day!
• THUMB!! He is a thumb sucker (so were his parents).
• EATING!! After all our struggles in the beginning I am so happy to have a nursing baby. He weighed 13lbs 1.5 oz. the other day (clothed) so he is gaining weight and hasn’t had a bottle since week six. He is wearing 6 month clothes!

Adventure

So Saturday was a test day... could we camp with Griffin? Jay and I have enjoyed many trips together and we want to do the same now that we have Little Bear. We went with friends, Mark and Jobina, and their three kids. We hit Hecla (40 min. from home) for one night, just to see how it went.

The trickiest part may have been packing the car! Tent, food, stroller, clothes, diapers, stove, cooking/eating gear, sleeping bags, bouncy chair (to sleep and play in).... all in our family size car (next vehicle we buy will be a van)! Seriously I should have taken a picture of my husband’s awesome tetris skills! Griffin rides in the back seat so we don’t want a ton of stuff back there with him, the trunk was crammed perfectly! Setting up and packing up were a little tricky because both times Griffin decided it was meal time, which means I was no help at all, but if we went by ourselves we would just have to wait until I was done feeding to set-up/take down.

Griffin was pretty good for the most part. He had a bit of a rough time in the evening, which is usually the worst part of his day. He hates the nursing cover so that only made things worse. Jay spent some time in the tent with him and when I went in he ate a bit (more) and conked out for the night. He seemed very fine sleeping in the tent, and woke up smiling and ready for the day around 7:30am. On Sunday he enjoyed a nap on the beach in his stroller, and playing in his bouncy chair under the bug/uv cover. He came home without bug bites or a sunburn! I think we will do another trip later this summer with him!