One

I can not believe that my sweet little baby boy is ONE!!! Oh my heck where has this first year gone? He was born October 25th 2010 at 5:16pm he weighed 7lbs 6ounces

and 19 1/2 inches long. Has of today he weighed 20lbs 14ounces and he is 29 1/2 inches long what a big boy he has gotten to be his shoe size is 3 he wheres 12 month cloths. He is so much fun to be with he is learning so much he says a lot of words some of the words he says are Dada, Mama, uh oh, don't, hi, nader for Xander, Papa, Helicopter believe it or not he does, truck, ball he can say quiet a bit. He is not walking

yet but he is so so so so so close to be being there we walks along all the furniture and get one hand off of the coach and then you think he is going to go for it then his big brother will zoom past him and it scares him so then he will put both hands back onto the coach. For his birthday we went and got his 1 yr old pictures done by Mary Kim so stay tuned for that post because oh my heck these pictures where fun. Then we went and got his birthday balloons they were so cute we all had fun picking them out. 

It was Mickey mouse and some fun colored balloons of course this little guy LOVES LOVES Mickey Mouse. Then we went to Wendys for some lunch it was yummy. Finally Dad came home we were all so happy we played some games and then it was time for Mom to make dinner. My parents and Brother came over to have dinner and to see Griffin open his gifts. We have a tradition in our little Family that we get the kids one of those fuzzy little chairs Griffin absolutely LOVES his chair. He will sit in it and kick his feet and then tap his little hands on the arm rest its like he is saying awh this is my spot. lol 

  Here are some pictures of him opening his gifts we were waiting for my brother to get off of work before we did the gifts and cake and every time a car would drive past our house Xander would say okay Mom its time Uncle Riley is here I would tell him no he is not here and Xan would say awh come on Mom I would tell him just wait a little longer he would say ok and then two seconds later start asking the same thing over again I think he was more ex sided to have Griffin open his gifts then anything. Here are some pictures of Griffin opening his gifts.

Then it was time for him to have his cake. I love this part I think it is so cute how they are so careful at first. They look at you and then the cake and they are like really this is all mine to dig into. I think it is hilarious to see. This kid got covered in it. He had a good time. Here are some cute pictures of his cake and then of him getting into it.

He was covered in it. After he finished his cake we took him right to a bath and he had a good time playing in the water he loves bath time. It was a great day to turn one. I just can not believe that he is one. It just seems like yesterday we were coming home from the hospital. I can not wait to see what this next year will bring you sweet little boy a whole new world is going to be coming your way and you will be having so much fun learning and seeing new things thats for sure. I just want you to know Griffin that I love you so much and you are the sweetest little guy and I am so so very blessed to have you has my son and to have you be in our family you are a blessing and you are just so precious. I love you dude.

Haunted House

We had such a fun time the other night. We got to hang out with our best buds Brittney and Bryan. Brittney and I talked earlier in the week saying that we need to get together and see each other because its been so long since she now lives up in Logan during the week and only home on the weekends. Very sad for us but so much fun for  her.

Anyways so we talked and decided that we would take they guys out for a date and surprise them with Dinner and a Haunted House. Any one who really knows me knows that I am the biggest chicken when it comes to scary things. I just do not like it. So we found a great and wonderful Baby sitter she is so AWESOME her name is Natalie if you need a baby sitter lmk and I can tell you about her. We all meet at our house around 6ish and first we went to dinner at La Fuente this Mexican Restaurant in West Valley it was supper yummy food. The guys still did not know where we were going so then we got

into the cars and headed off to the Haunted House we were going to be going to Asylum 49 I was so freaking out but I played it so so cool with Brad he was surprised when we pulled up he thought I would be totally wigging out about going and I told him you had no Idea how I have been. So we went and it was totally scary they had all of us scared and screaming it was fun for everyone but would I do this again NOPE. I took one for our team this year and I think I am paid up for at least another 4 yrs Brad said no we are so going to do another Haunted house next yr. I told him nope he said oh come on it was fun so we will just have to see. Then we came back to our house and to our surprise that super AWESOME baby sitter of ours had not just one but BOTH of our kids a sleep Brad and I were both shocked its hard some times to get Xander Man down for the count so our Hats are totally off to her. So then we played this game called Settlers of Catan and sat and talked. It was so much fun to be able to hang out with them we totally miss those guys.

Pumpkin Patch

We have been going to this Pumpkin Patch the year that we found out that we were going to be having our Xander. So since 2007. It first started out really one of My best buddies Brittney and I were on the hunt for a good deal on pumpkins because we were going to be

having a Halloween Party and we thought how fun it would be to have every one have there own pumpkin to carve. Anyways so I have kept this little tradition alive with Xander and now Griffin. We have gone every year and it is always so much fun. Xander loves going and sitting on all the different tractors that they have and being able to show this to his little brother this year was so fun he said.

So once they had there fun on the tractors it was time to go find our perfect pumpkins to take home with us. Griffin got a first class seat he had a fun time riding in the wheel barrow Xander helped him choose his pumpkin out he was so cute with Griffin he would bring up different pumpkins and ask him how about this one or what do you think about this little pumpkin.

This is the pumpkin that he squealed the most at so Xander said this is his. Xander wanted to help every one else out first to find there pumpkin he was so funny about this Brad would say its okay you choose yours and then we can choose for the others. He said no I help you guys first. Here is Brad and Xander choosing My pumpkin.

Then Xander saw a little girl zoom by with her own little wheel barrow and he wanted one so all the sudden he was off running for one and then he had little trouble at first trying to figure out how to steer it but then he got a hold of it pretty good.

Finally Xander was able to choose his perfect little pumpkin he looked and looked and looked for his. He walked up and down the row and then he said Dad this is it this is the one I want.

 Brad told him great pick it up and put it into his wheel barrow. This is a picture of Xander and his pumpkin he told me to take a picture of him with it lol.

Then it was time to go and pay for our pumpkins I love love this picture of the boys pushing there wheel barrows down the row of pumpkins. Xander trys so hard to be like his Dad.

Here is a group shoot of all of us at the pumpkin patch we always get a group shoot of us all they have a cute wagon filled with pumpkins. I love this pumpkin patch.

Then we payed for our pumpkins then the lady that was ringing us up told us about a free corn maze so we put the pumpkins into the car and headed over to it. Xander had a fun time we went through it like three times here is Xan coming out of the corn maze saying one more time please.

It was a fun day it was perfect weather to go hunting for perfect little pumpkins. I am so glad that Brittney and I found this pumpkin patch four years ago it has been fun to keep going each year and being able to see how much fun my family has there. Next year we are going to have to take Brittney with us. 

Sept Door

I know I am really behind on this one but its just because I dont think its the cutest thing I have done. My mom said who care and that I should still post it so here it is the wreath is done out of paper.

You need Six different sheets of Paper and you will cut it 1"wide by 4" long and then with your four finger and middle finger rub and bind the paper to give the paper a bind to it. Then you can either hot glue it or you can pin it into your circle flat foam wreath. Then in the middle and 

outer part of  your wreath you cut out 2 2inch pieces of the same or different color paper and pin it in place and then grab a cute piece of ribbon and walla you are done. I then cut out School Days with my cricut machine. Its okay but not the best.

Here it is all together. My Aunt Julie says it was cute so what do you all think?

Griffin and the sandbox

This had to have been the best time yet for this little guy. It was his first time in the sandbox he absolutely LOVED it. 

We all went out side after dinner one night and Xander headed for the sandbox. Brad was watering the garden and Griffin crawled right over and at first he was just putting his hands into it and letting the sand run through his little fingers. Then he started to get big handfuls. 

Then he eventually crawled over the lip of the sandbox and got into it. He was kicking and laughing and smearing the sand every where he was having a good time. Then his Brother and Dad decided they where going to turn the water on and make a mote around one of there sand castles and then they connected there mote with another sandcastle so then there was a little bit of water in the sandbox. Griffin noticed the water and he got right in the middle of it. He splashed and had 

sand every where he was making all of us laugh so hard he was so funny we were all enjoying being out there. He loved it he was so mad when we took him inside to get cleaned off there had to have been half of the sandbox in our bath tub. It was a fun time being out there with just us four laughing and not a care in the world for that moment in time.