6 months

Well, once again this has been a month of firsts.  We have a first tooth, first time sitting up, first time crawling (that's right), first trip to the beach and last night was your first night to sleep in your crib.  Seriously, it has been a busy month and I feel like you officially are no longer my little baby boy.  Everything just happened so fast this month.  Literally, one day your tooth popped out, the next day you sat up and the next day you started crawling.  No, you are not up on all fours, but you army crawl and turn just as fast as if you were up on your hands and knees.  There is no stopping you as you can pretty much go where ever you want to go.  At this pace you will be walking at 9 months, but please don't.  You still pretty much do not sleep.  After 9 days of vacation, I decided it is time for you to sleep in your crib, in your room.  Ahh, it was bittersweet taking down the pack and play, but it is time for you to move upstairs.  Surprisingly, you did pretty well.  A few times you fussed, I put a pillow over my head and around 5 am you were up and ready to eat.  I fed you and put you back down and you slept until 7:30 am.   Pretty impressed with you and your first night in your room.  There is no question about it, you are the happiest, sweetest, chunkiest baby boy around.  I can't get enough of your sweet smile.  The 6 month check up stats-Weighing in at 17.88 lbs and 26.75 inches long.  As with the all the kids, your head is in the 98%, meaning you are obviously going to be brilliant!

Happy Daddy's Day

Couldn't ask for a better father for our kids.  They are so lucky to have you!

Griffin's 5 month check in

This has been the fastest 5 months ever!  Finally, you are giving your momma a break an sleeping 8 hours at night.  You are in your pack and play in our bathroom..haha.  My plan is to have you in your crib at 6 months.  I think you might crawl before you sit up as you can scoot pretty good and then roll to get places.  I am pretty sure I see a tooth trying to come through..ahh...I can't believe you are old enough for teeth.  You have started eating cereal and you love it, your hands and feet get going when you see the food coming.  You are still a complete dream baby, all smiles.  I could squeeze you all day long!!  Your chunky legs, bright blue eyes, chubby cheeks just melt this mamma.

10 years strong

It's amazing to think where I am today and where I was 10 years ago today.  10 years ago I was still in my 20's and excited about my future, but not exactly sure what my future looked like, I just knew I I was about to marry the person I wanted to create a future with.  Now, 10 years later, I don't think I could have imagined how amazing and how far we would come in 10 years.  We have had good times and we have bad times.  We have become a little older and hopefully a bit wiser.  We created a loving home for our family of five. We have brought hree amazing children into our lives who forever have changed us.  There is no question, these have been the best ten years of my life.  Today, on our 10 year anniversary, I again wonder what our future holds.  I know we will be in our forties, we will no longer have babies, but instead middle schoolers and a teenager, a driving teenager at that.       I know that as long as I have you by my side, our future is bright.  I am just as excited about our future than I was the day I married you.  Thank you for the best ten years of my life.

Oh my

My poor baby (1st born baby) is STILL struggling with seperation anxiety.  Soccer camp is on full swing and today Ellen did morning drop off.  Well, I got the dreaded call from her that he was very upset and he wanted to come home.  Finally, he was talked into staying for camp.  Of course, I picked him up and he said he had a great time.  I asked him why he cried and he said it is too long.  About an  hour later he came up to me and said "I miss you when I'm at camp, if Mrs. Ellen deives again one morning maybe I can take a picture of you with me so I don't miss you".  Oh my, what am I going to do with this boy.  My heart breaks for him, but at the same time it makes me feel good he loves his momma so.

This girl

This girl is always has something to say and lately it's been pretty darn entertaining.  Yesterday, she was sitting down on the couch taking a little break and I hear saying "no eyes, don't shut".  So I go over to check out the situation to find out she is falling asleep and mad at her eyes.  She went on for a good minute slapping at her eyes every time they went to shut and yelling at them not to close.  Hayden and I were hysterically laughing and it was enough to wake her up.  Oh my, it was such a great moment.  She is pure comedy.

Pebble Beach Trip

We were lucky enough to get the chance to spend a few days in California.  Though it was hard to leave Griffin and the kids, it was an amazing trip.  We met John and Kathy in San Francico and drove to Carmel.  We stayed at an adorable B&B just a few blocks from the beach.  It was a really cool little town, but it was freezing.  I was totally not prepared for it to be so cold.  We did the 17 mile drive, Big Sur, played tennis at the Pebble Beach tennis resort and rode in the golf cart as the guys played Pebble Beach.  It was an amazing trip and even more amazingly beautiful part of the country.