No no

Every time we say "no, no" he shakes his head now!

Growing up too Fast

Happy Valentine's Day!

Playing Piano with the Cousins

Here is Griffin with his "cousins" (actually 2nd cousins), playing the piano. He had a lot of fun visiting with Daniel, Cal, Jack and Wiley!

Yummmmm

A couple things to notice in this video:
-how fast he now crawls on carpeting, even holding onto something
-how much hardwood floors mess that speed up!
-how he pulls up and cruises so easily
-his new talent at the end

9 month check-up

Griffin had his 9 month check-up yesterday at the doctor's. He was 17 lbs and 11 oz (15th %) and 27 inches (10th %) and in the 50th % for head size. Needless to say, he is a little guy, but nothing to be worried about. He is doing everything a nine month old should be doing developmentally. He is making tons of consonant sounds (m, b, d are favorites), is crawling like crazy (you put him down in one room and he's in another within a few minutes), he waves (he even waves when you put his shoes on now b/c he knows it means we are going "bye-bye"), he is picking things up with his fingers (pincer grasp), he pulls himself up to standing and he cruises around holding onto furniture. Actually, this morning I put him down in the middle of our bedroom while getting dressed and he crawled to his play table, stood up, held onto the table, took a step towards a chair, grabbed the chair, walked around to the other side of the chair, reached for the vanity, and walked all the way around the vanity and then sat down when he reached his destination (electric outlet-its covered grandma). I just stood there in shock!
At the appt, the doctor informed me he had an ear infection, which also shocked me. A warning from the little guy would have been nice. He had shown no symptoms :) So he is on antibiotics for that and taking iron drops now too since he is still exclusively breastfed and a little low on iron. Overall, the appt went well!

Waving Video

9 months old!

Griffin turned 9 months old yesterday. In the first picture, you can tell it was time for bedtime. He was cruising all over our bedroom while crying. It was like he knew he was tired but didn't want to stop. In the second picture he misplaced one of his Puffs.

Snot and Puke

The title of this post sums up our lives the past 4 days. Poor G has been very sick with some sort of bug that makes him cough constantly, half the time ending in a vomit. I have NEVER done so much laundry. However, he is still a pretty happy guy, all things considered.

Helping Mommy

Griffin loves helping me "unload" the dishwasher. I take care of the knives, he gets everything else :)

We Miss Lucy

Lucy left yesterday to be with her new family. We miss her already. Here is Griffin saying goodbye to Lucy, in his own way.