Happy 1 monther Griffin ( 2 days belated)!

We've been slacking on the posts for sure, but free time is fleeting these days. Griffin is a beast- he's nearing 11.5 pounds and is already wearing 3 month clothes at just a few days shy of 5 weeks. Goodbye newborn goodies (so sad)! So far he's a good sleeper, although he is still waking up 3-4 times/night to eat and isn't a big fan of his bassinet, so the mommy/daddy mattress is his "bed" of choice. In the last couple of days, he has discovered the little bear and rabbit that hangs off his travel bassinet (he will sleep in that at night for a little bit, which is a lifesaver) so he's becoming more active in checking out his surroundings. We have a million nicknames for him already..most notably Furley (Thanks Kar!) and Quato since although he is really cute, he makes some seriously heinous faces.
Riley has done really well with Griffin (he saves the majority of his hitting for Jim and I, which sucks, but were thankful that he saves his unsavory behaviors for us and is usually very loving and careful with Griffin)- he hasn't shown much jealousy towards him (yet..), which was something we were expecting.

Riley and Griffin's first Ag Field Day



4 weeks old today (Poor Griffin- he's a tad puggy and cross-eyed in these shots but they're the only 1 monther pics we took last Sunday)

Feetsers for Liz (p.s.- Griffin has huge monkey feet)

Nice outfit dude

Relaxin' during Dora

Riley's new "Camera" Face

Overdue..

Not sure if I have time for an actual "written" post as Griffin is napping and ya never know if you're going to get a 3hr bender or a 30 minute cat nap. So, I figured I'd post the pics first (since who cares about my ramblings when there's pictures to view):

Big Yawn...

First Bath

Riley holding Griffin

Riley and Griffin on "their pillows"...bro-time

Maggie's new role as Griffin's bassinet protector

Poppy and Griffin

Visit with the Catalano Crew:






Some random pics..

A good run...

Well, we had a great run of Riley being sick-free only to have him come home from school early yesterday with a stomach flu! Ack! So, Jim and I got a crash course in taking care of two kiddies- Jim got the raw end of the deal with Sir Pukey and I got Sir Grif-dawg since we are petrified that the little guy (3 weeks today!) will get the bug. Anyway, Riley seems to be on the mend this morning as he ran down the hallway screaming "I ALL BETTER!" so hopefully, we'll be all back to normal by tomorrow!

PPB Egg Huntin'

So, last weekend was the BIG Point Beach Egg Hunt..weather was gorgeous and even Griffin and I made the trip out to enjoy the day's festivities (who could pass up Joey Tomatoes?), even if it was just for a short outing. We were smart this year and brought a few of our own filled eggs since last year we had a tough time finding 'em in the sand. Riley had a blast staying a bit later with Aunt Leah, Grammy and Poppy, especially since it involved rides and Kohr's frozen custard. Thanks Lea for all the great pictures! I did bring my camera but it never left the diaper bag.

Anyway, some more Griffin pics and and a "newbie" update soon...

Egg Hunt craziness (this is just the 0-4 age group)..we thought it was crazy last year but with the amazing weather, out came the people in droves


Hunting on the beach






To The Victor Goes the Spoils (the spoils being the kit-kat filled eggs we smuggled in with us!)


Rides!


What Riley thought of the egg hunt:

What Griffin thought of the egg hunt: