Who Loves Griff??

As I posted about before, Ben and I were recently gone for the weekend, without Griff...for the first real time. What made it much easier to be gone was that he was in such good, loving hands while we were gone: with our nanny and with the Atkinsons. Our nanny said that when Griff woke up on the Friday (Ben and I had left early that morning before he got up), he asked for me. She said she got the magnet of Ben and I that we had on the side of the fridge and gave it to him for him to look at. Not only did he look at it but he carried it with him, and she said even when they went to the library for storytime he kept it in his pocket and would stick his hand in periodically to make sure it was still there.

And, when he was very little, he had a teething book with pics of "who loves baby" in it...which was his favorite toy for quite some time. So, considering all of that coupled with the fact that Ben was scheduled to be out of town again on a six-week retrial, I decided to make a Shutterfly book for him of family pictures. It just came in the mail today, and when I handed it to him he would not put it down. In fact, when I asked him to sit with me so I could "read" it to him (help him turn the pages to see all of the pictures) he ran and emphatically said "MINE." I was finally able to get him to let me look at it with him, but then he took it away, went in his playroom, turned his back and got on his favorite car. When he turned around I saw that he had "hid" it in the hood compartment. Griff generally knows where the books go - on one of the shelves, or tossed on the floor in that general direction - but I've never seen him put one in his hood compartment...I don't think he's put anything in there at all, for that matter.

I think it's pretty stinkin' cute that he wants to hide away his book of people who love him, so he can keep it only for himself.



p.s. the good news is that we found out Sunday that Ben doesn't have to try his case any longer...so while he will likely still be traveling, it won't be for a straight six weeks. We are all VERY excited at that development, as we'd already endured that stretch once this year and we weren't looking forward to doing it again. :)

Children's Museum

Today we headed to Aurora to visit Auntie Honey. We had some lunch in downtown Naperville and then hit the Children's Museum. Griff had a blast and exhausted himself and Honey, Ben and I had lots of laughs.

Griff took a little snooze on the way there...

Fun w/ magnets...


Crazy laughs on the teeter totter

No time for posed pics when there is so much to do & play with!

The museum had lots of water fun, including this big bubble tube....we saw one little girl get it up over her head!

Yes, Daddy had a good time too.

Fun w/ rubber bands

And Griff, very deservedly, took a long snooze on the way home, too.

New Niece!

We are very excited about the birth of our new niece: Erin Kristine Murphy was born on September 28, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. She weighed in at 6 lbs, 13 oz and was 19 inches long. Deanna and Erin are both doing well, and we can't WAIT to meet her and see Connor put his big brother skills into action!

Isn't she adorable???

Denver

Ben and I headed to Denver this past weekend for Scott & Sarah's wedding -- Scott was Ben's roommate from Vermont Law School and Sarah also went to VLS. It was fun to catch up with Ben's law school friends and have some fun without having to worry about a sitter, or what time Griff would get up after we'd been out a little late. :) However, I was not entirely prepared for the ridiculous amount that I would miss Griffin. I hadn't been away from him for more than a quick overnight (i.e. less than 15 hours) before this past weekend. It was an experience for me, but I know Griff had an awesome time staying with the Atkinson family...not only Liz, Dave, Claire, and Hannah -- but also Ryan, who was home on leave from Afghanistan. I'm told he and Ry bonded and Griff gave him a BIG hug before he left. We'll be keeping Ry in our thoughts and prayers - we know he'll come back in a few months safe & sound.

Ben was a groomsman and the wedding was held at a beautiful mansion in Denver. Great gardens & views!

Having some fun after the rehearsal dinner...

We spent some time and had some drinks on the rooftops across from Coors Field, where there were games two of the days we were in town

So They Think They Can Dance

Caught a couple quick pics of Griff and Ty dancing together on Thursday....in circles. Laughing. Totally being clowns and knowing they were SO funny. Griff is very into being a goof & trying to get laughs....we are in Denver right now and are missing our little clown bigtime!!!

This & That

I had some various pics from last weekend that I wanted to post....

We watched the Bears WIN on Sunday...here's Griff in his little Cutler jersey from Uncle Jeff.

Maybe if I hide in here, Kristin Cavallari won't find me?

Don't worry, Griff, she's probably too busy walking her dog in LA while wearing 4-inch heels (per US Weekly, anyway).

Saturday night we had dinner at the Club in our own room...so Griff got to run around, play ball, and he also got the treat of playing Golden Tee with Morgan!



Breakfast out. Griff scarfed down a ridiculous amount of pancakes (and was silly with Daddy, as usual).

Puppy Love

I just got a new Blogger app and wanted to see how it works....so I had this cute pic of Griff and Tuck to share. :)

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