Big Week Ahead...

We're dropping Riley's "school" hours this week down from full time to 2 1/2 days/week...Eeek! I haven't really been alone with both kiddies for an extended period of time yet (meaning a whole day) so wish me luck!

Griffin's not sure of a whole full two days with Riley "The Hellion" Cook without Daddy being around either..look at the pitiful look!

P.s.- Happy 2 monther ya little piggy!

LEAF fest

So, we went to this Festival last weekend nearby our house..it was a charity organization that was having a small outdoor fest on some dude's private property in the woods. It was pretty cool..but mostly b/c Uncle Woobs and the Croccos came too, oh and there were two bounce houses, which is all the rage these days for Sir Riles.

Uncle Greg and Riley..riley stole our cookies

Cookiemonster stealy face

Cute Dorian!

Boy hugs

Ferley face

SeeSaw Fun..seriously, what park has seesaws anymore??? Notice Jim's lopsided seat- it also had a big wad of bird poop on it..what a great Dad, huh?

Visit with "Baby" Ben

I'm not sure why but I can't not (ahhh, two negatives...) use the word "baby" before my friend Kristi's son Ben. Here's some photos of our recent visit- Griffin is 4 months younger than Baby Ben yet looks like he's about to eat him for lunch.

Long time no blog...

As expected, time is moving fast and although I don't feel very accomplished (besides being mainly responsible for growing the super beast that is Griffin!), I sure don't have the time or the energy to post much these days. Griffin is a beast- he is almost 8 weeks old (wow!)about 14 lbs and he's got more rolls than a bakery, ba dum dum. He's almost earned his "Frequent Flier" card at the pediatrician since we've been there for various issues (herniated belly button, blocked tear duct, etc)- nothing serious thank goodness! Other than that, he's starting to bear all of his weight on his little tree trunk leggers and also is getting pretty good at holding up his head- we're dying for some smiles but we only get those accidentally sometimes when he drifts off to sleep.
Riley is doing great- talking a mile a minute and is almost always a good big brother (We still have our occasional battles). He's obsessed with Monsters Inc.(seriously, we already watched it twice today since he's home sick with a double ear infection) and had a love affair with a "bounce house" this weekend at my school's annual carnival. At his doctor's appointment today, we learned that he is 31 pounds (getting lean!) and 36.5 inches tall!

Our camera is acting craptastic, so here's a few pics of the kiddies and whatnot:

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa


Playmat fun




This playmat sucks, Mom!

Daddy and the boys

Park Playing

Griffin vogueing

Griffin chillin'

Riley being all cute before bedtime