Aww Shucks...

We done and got ourselves another mouth to feed.
Griffin James Cook joined the Cook family on March 26th at 8:53AM.
He weighed in at a whopping 8.5 pounds, measuring in at 20.25 inches. we breed em big in these parts. Mom and Griffin are doing great.
Here are some pics to hold you over until i can think more wittily.

Here's Griffin at about 20 minutes old

Griffin trying to get some rest in the room
Riley checking out Griffin for the first time

Sleepland

Last Weekend?

Last Weekend with only one kidling? Eeek!
We had a great weekend- Luca turned one and his p's threw him quite the fest in Maplewood! (See Pics below- Thanks Pierces! We forgot our camera) Riley is still jabbering on and on about the party. Today, we hit the boards after our (Riley and my) nap and Kohr's was open for business so that was exciting as frozen custard simply screams that the summer is approaching..even though I know it only turned to Spring a few days ago. Jim and I excelled at the crane machine and for 2$ we won 2 Shrek plushies and one Puss and Boots- Riley was excited, not so excited that I have one of the Shreks away to another little boy, but whatever, I hate clutter, especially of the plush variety. Riley played his game of choice- Deal or No Deal and I kicked some major butt in Galaga- level 10 on one quarter, oh yeah! Oh, and we also had two nights of being back in toddler bed bliss, although by typing that out, I probably just jinxed tonight and the rest of the week.

Anyway, this is going to be a very weird week b/c I'm 90% sure we'll be meeting Clumpster this week at some point, whether I do this on my own or not.

Birthday Boy! Happy 1st Luca!



Deville not seeming so happy to share his new garden set from Grandma Huss!

Party Boy Riley



Gibson

Abram

Storytime

Dave and his boys...great picture Liz!

Nobody Wins the Over/Under...

We have no more toddler bed sleeping...the boy only wants his "Cribby", so we have no idea what to do. The allure of being a "big boy sleeping in a big boy bed" has been decimated. Poor kid- he's getting a sibling within the next two weeks, his dog has two feet in doggie heaven, he's is in the process of moving up two a new "level" with new teachers (one of which he is not fond of) at school, he's attempting to potty train, and we just done blown up his spot by trying to get him into a new room AND a new bed. We knew the first night was a tease...it was too perfect.

What's the Over/Under?

Riley slept in his "big boy bed" last night for the first time and it was a hit- he didn't even get out of this morning when he woke, just yelled for Jim to get him in his normal "I wake up Daddy" fashion. So, we've been wondering all day what's the over/under bet on when Riley will realize he can actually get out of the bed on his own? We hope he keeps the "novelty" factor of the big bed dream alive and stays put for at least a few more months, or longer. So, I guess Riley is officially moved into his new room, which now means we have to give a good cleaning to Clumpster's "slightly used" room!

Not too much going on with us..7 more full work days for me, unless I blow early, so that's exciting. We make the final decision about Clumpy's arrival (VBAC or Scheduled C-er) this upcoming Thursday as we're going to get a sonogram to see if this kid is as mammoth as Riley was when he was born. Who knows?

Anyway, here's a few pics of last weekend:

Riley and Poppy


New Room (Yes, Jim and I are insane for letting Riley pick out the color of his room, but it is certainly cheerful) and New Bed P.s- don't mind the ghetto curtains- his new blinds will be delivered this week sometime!


Bike riding to the park!

Pics update

Not much news to report, just up at an ungodly hour and figured I'd throw up some pics. I'm huge (3 weeks to go!!), Riley's room is 90% done and he's in love with his new "big boy" bed but to keep us sane right now, we still have him sleeping in his "cribby". I think we try to make the ol' big boy bed switch this weekend, perhaps.
Happy Birthday Abram!

Loner McLoner at the party

"Juicebox pride"- we never give him juiceboxes so he about lost his mind when he saw these at Abram's party

Gibson!

Auntie Mush and Riley

Who is excited about a cupcake??

Deville gettin' down on the dance floor

Smiling at Clumpster (he still wants a sister)

Making Pumpkin Bread


New Shades

Dinner at Rob and Leslie's


Riley and his version of Spring Cleaning!