Griffin at 11 months

I know that everyone says it but it really is so crazy how fast little ones grow up! I can't believe Griffin will be 1 year old in a month! This kid is so much fun and, of course, we love having him in our home and family! He is such a happy kid and makes each day so fun to be at home with. Here are a few things about Griffin at 11 months.

 

*He finally started crawling at about 10 1/2 months.

*Loves to do "So Big"

*Makes the cutest little scrunched up smile face and then blows in and out of his nose.

*Is finally starting to spit up a lot less

*Is off the bottle

*Still loves his walker

*Has discovered the dog food and water dish and escapes to it every chance he gets

*Will sit in his room, Deegan's room or the toy corner in the living room and play contently by himself

*Takes 2 naps a day and goes down for the night about 8, sleeps until about 6:30-7 and then back to sleep for another couple hours.

*Thinks its funny to pull moms hair

*Is pulling himself up to everything he can

*Loves to eat "real" food. Yogurt, wheat toast, bananas, nilla wafers, cheese, chicken nuggets, pasta, yogurt bites, and basically anything I feed him are his favs :)

*Size 4 diapers, can fit 6-12 and 9 month stuff but it is all getting small so we just broke out the 12 month stuff.

*Absolutely loves the bath and gets so excited as soon as you turn the water on.

*Still has the cutest, chubby cheeks!

*He now has 5 teeth. His top left front tooth finally came in followed by his 2nd right tooth. (No idea what it's called:)

*Loves Lucy and she is so good to let him "mawl" her.

*He has been healthy for the longest stretch since he got RSV at 5 months. *knock on wood!!* We are keeping him basically quarantined this winter with all the Flu, RSV and other junk going around. No church or really outings at all unless it is to a family members house. Some think I am a little extreme but I don't really care. :) When your baby has had varying degrees of RSV 5 times in 6 months, you get a little over protective and cautious.

*We have become BIG fans of essential oils!

 

I think that is a good summary of our sweet Griffin at 11 months! We love him so much and he is such a little sweet heart!

Christmas at the Sanders'!

We hurried out to Paradise so we could catch Randi and Cody. Deegan loves their kids and they are all so cute with them so we are glad we got to see them for a while.

 

Playing the Ipad with Kambree.

 



 

I had no idea these were taken until I went to upload pics. ha ha. Deegan was having a minor meltdown. I guess going to bed late and waking up early and not having a nap was catching up with him.

 

Randi's family had us for gifts this year so Deegan started off!

 

 

Randi used industrial strength wrapping paper that wouldn't tear. ha ha. Deegan was pulling with all his might. (Fruit snacks still in hand)

 

 

A build a bear!

 

He got a cute dog that he named "Pluto". We can thank Mickey Mouse Twice Upon a Christmas for that name. :)

 

 

Daddy helped Griffin open his build a bear.

 

 



 He got a cute bear! We haven't named him yet though :)

They also got us the dvd How to Train Your Dragon. SO cute! And an electric blanket. Thanks guys!!

 



 

Griffin was getting some good snuggles from Aunt Randi.

 

 

 

Sitting by papa and opening his gifts from Grandma Suzy and Papa.

 

 

He LOVED this tool set!

 



 

 

Griffin got some fun stuff too!

 

 

Yup, he loves the drill set!

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Griffin and Traxton playing

 

Eric's parents got him a car jack set with jack stands and the roller bench thing :) He has been wanting one and always has to use his dad's so it will be so nice to have. He has already used it to change the oil in his car.

 

I, again, was SO surprised!!! Eric went in on the gift from his parents and got me a Kitchenaid Professional mixer! I have wanted one and Eric told me he wasn't getting me one. And when I got the laptop, I thought FOR SURE that was it. But I could not even believe when I opened it. I have made cookies and my very first homemade bread/rolls so far. I LOVE this thing and think I will be baking lots more. I am not sure that is a good thing but I sure love this appliance. ha ha I was definitely spoiled rotten and am not sure I deserved it. It was such a fun Christmas!

 



 

I thought this pic was so funny. Dad and son playing on the laptop and ipad. ha ha.

 

We are blessed with amazing families!! They are all so good to us and we are lucky to have them so close to us and even though it makes the holidays a little more hectic, we love getting to see everyone!



Christmas at the Tribett's

All of my siblings go over to my parent's and we open more presents and have breakfast. This year we took our gifts to the kids and to each other over as well.

 

 

Snuggles from daddy.

 

All the gifts!

 



Checking out the quilt I made. He liked it! Yay!! The back side was sooo soft and cozy. I was pretty proud to accomplish making it!

 

 

 

He is buried in stuff! And the cute blanket Grandma made him.

 



 

 

 

Deegan and Tayson playing with the gift we got Tayson.

 

Eric surprised me with a laptop! I was SO not expecting that! He is a little stinker! But I was so excited!

 

After gifts we had the traditional breakfast of German pancakes and lil smokies. Yummy!!

Then we hurried home to change and head out to the Sanders'!



Christmas Morning at home!

Believe it or not, we woke Deegan up! We had a busy day so we decided to wake him up at 7:30 so we could have time at home to do Santa gifts. I was super excited anyways.

 

Checking out what Santa brought!

 



He loved his tent!! I think we could have just gotten him that and he would have just been thrilled!

 

Griffin woke up on his own. He looks a little sleepy in this pic. :)

 

 

Checking out Griffin's stuff.

 

 

Cute little face.

 

 

I love these cute boys!

 

 

SOOOOO Big!

 

 

Next up, the Tribett's!