As you can see from the pictures below, Griffin loves to smile for the camera...but seemingly just for mommy or daddy. We might have to make
Amy a "mommy mask" for the next photo shoot! To round off one whole year of numbered-month onesie shots, here is Griff in his 12-month onesie (however due to Griffin's height, this onesie (or any other onesie we own) no longer snaps....so it's really a 12-month shirt-with-tails shot).
We had a fun-filled weekend -- Ben played in the CLCC Welcome Back Scramble on Saturday, and we went up and met him and some friends afterwards on the screened-in porch for some late lunch and drinks. It was a popular event, and so the Club was packed. Griffin enjoyed getting loved-on and noticed by all of mommy and daddy's friends (and also a lot of attention came his way from several of Grandma Kris and Grandpa Tom's friends, too!) Griff enjoyed the feel of motoring around the 9th green, fairway and even a little sand play. Saturday evening we headed over to the Gladson's for some sushi, hot tubbing, and pool time...that's right, May 1st we were doing some night-swimming in Illinois! Though the consensus was that the hot tub felt better than the pool, we did spend some quality time likely being too loud for the Gladson's neighbors and judging a diving (creative jumping) contest that the girls put on for us. I think my fav "dive" of the night was the 360-degree nose-plug. I give it a 10!
We rounded off the weekend by going to church with the Lackes this morning and then a big breakfast out -- since Ben had to head to a conference this afternoon for a few days (in Vegas...poor, poor Daddy!). Griffin and I spent a lot of time in the yard watering our new azaleas that we planted yesterday (we took out a few of the disgustingly ugly bushes from one of our beds yesterday and I replaced them with beautiful flowering azaleas). Two ugly bushes down....about 15?? more to go! I honestly wonder what they were thinking when they planted them: "look, honey, there's the wiriest, sparsest, trashiest looking bush I've ever seen! Let's plant THIRTY of them in our yard! Yay!" Griffin loved watching the golfers and eating an entire dirt clod when I turned my back for a moment; he seemed to enjoy crunching on it until I was able to get him inside and hold him over the sink and flush his mouth out with the faucet.
And just for a general update on G man: he is finally becoming more comfortable in his new classroom; there was quite a bit of a transitional period (for both of us) where Griff would melt down when I left -- which happened rarely in his former classroom, so it ripped me apart...but I am happy to report that though he still might shed a tear when I leave, it's nowhere near the spectacle that it was, and when I come get him he is so excited to show off in his new room. His teachers: Ms. Sue, Ms. Cindy, and Ms. Sherrie are so awesome and his new room is SO busy -- it's nonstop activity in there (art, sensory table/experiences, outside play, and LOTS of music and dancing, which is Griffin's absolute favorite). Griff is talking more and more each day and now will repeat most words we say...though his favorites lately are "uh oh," "BOOM" and "whooooooaaa!". ("Boom" and "whooooaaa" probably make the list because that's what we say when undertaking another absolute favorite activity: going over the speed humps by our house! Griffin breaks down in laughter every time). He is the happiest little boy around! He's also loving his animal sounds: when I pointed to a monkey in a book this morning and asked him what a monkey says, he looked at me and said "ooo, ooo, ooo, ahhhhhhhhahhh". Love it.
Auntie Honey got this shot of the three of us on Saturday
His cheeks were rosy even yesterday :(
He can't wait until he is tall enough to look out of his window
Snuggling his Mickey hard-core
