separated at birth?

3/4ths there

wow.
9 months already?? where does the time go?
happy nine months birthday little guy. (sorry xmas clouded the celebration)

First bath...

After their day in the snow (well, minutes, really), the boys took their first bath together. Griffin is "out" of the baby tub, sniff! sniff!! Riley was really excited to take a bath with Griffin- we'll see how long the sentiment lasts!




In other BIG news, Griffin actually lost weight this month...woooo! We're holding on to our shread of hope that he won't have to wear "Huskies" as a toddler! He is crawling up a storm (but just army crawlin') and just started pulling up in his crib this weekend during our snowy shut in. He's just on the verge of saying "mama" but for now, he is content with verbalizing the "ba's".

SnOw!

First Snowfall of the year...Griffin was wholly unimpressed but Riley, as expected, loved it. Next up, we need to buy real snow boots and get Riley a sled or one of those snow saucers!







Maybe tomorrow, the snow will more "packable" for a snow man of some sorts!

Its begining to look a lot like...

With 12 days to go (insert 12 days of Christmas here), the Christmas spirit is in full swing. We got the tree up and decorated, the outside lights...well, some of them up, visit to the mall Santa done, and a visit to the Santa train done. Whats the Santa Train you ask? Well apparently Allaire State Park is the home to some kind of train preservation society, and they have a train ride where Santa comes down the aisle of an old school steam train car and wishes the kids a Merry Christmas. I know FUN.

Anyways, we rode the rails this past weekend with Riley's pals Deville and Luca (and mom and dad's pals Karen and Dave). I think Griffin was the only one excited to see Santa.. probably because his beard looks like cotton candy, not that he's eaten that.

waiting for SantaI've Got a Golden Ticket
I'll distract him, you grab the bag

And as an added bonus, here's Riley singing a Christmas song he learned at school

We have to start writing this stuff down..

A few days ago after I finished discussing with Riley that I had to go back to work that night for parent-teacher conferences:

Riley: Mama, what kind of creatures are we?
Me: Wow, what an awesome word! Well, we are humans! You, Mommy, Daddy, Griffin...We're all humans.
Riley: No, Mommy, you're not a human, you're a WORKING GAL!!!

Ha haaa haa

Thanksgiving...

Thanksgiving was quiet, but fun. Griffin had more holiday yummies (He is eating up a storm!) than Riley as he is still in a relatively fussy eating kick (Riley had mac-n-cheese while wearing his Indian headdress, ha ha). Jim's birthday was Thanksgiving weekend so we spent the weekend visiting family and friends (Happy 1sty Dorian!) and stuffing our faces some more. Here are some recent pics of the boys...

Thanksgiving:











Riley's cousins were up from Virginia for a week so here's a few pics of when Aidan came down the Shore for a visit:






Miscellaneous Pics.. Griffin uses his new hat as a sleep-mask and Riley got in a pickle with his undies

Happy 8 monther Doodles!

That's right...our little 25 lb turkey is 8 months old today! Happy Thanksgiving!
P.s.- at school, Riley was asked what he was thankful for and they wrote the responses on a big piece of paper and he said, "Halloween, Daddy, Griffin, and Mommy, and Chuck E. Cheese", that order. At least I beat the big stuffed rat.

Better late than never?

We had Riley's 3rd Bday party this year at a bouncey house place..then, the next day, we continued the tradition of going to Great Adventure for the second year in a row- this time with Poppy and Uncle Woobs! Here are some pics/videos of the festivities: