Monday, August 29, 2011

Not an Unwanted Child

"By adopting a child and helping them
reach their potential, they help us reach ours.
An adopted child is not an unwanted child;
to the contrary.
They are a child who was
searched for,
prayed for,
cried for,
begged for;
received by arms that ached,
making empty hearts full.
Love is meant to be shared."

Author Unknown

Saturday, July 23, 2011

MIA

So........sorry about that.  It's been over a month since I've posted anything.  I've thought about blogging almost every day, but just didn't want to.  I think I needed a little break.  Life has be CA-RAZY!  And so much has happened for us and with sweet Griffin.  He is WALKING!  He's been walking almost two weeks now, and except for a little (BIG) mishap with the bathtub that led to an impressive black eye, he is doing amazing!  When he first started working he would help himself balance by putting his hands over his head.  Blake called him our little orangutan.


Yup, kind of like that.  Except, of course, Griffin is much cuter.  Anyway, it was a big deal when he started walking with his arms by his side.  He's still a little wobbly and will be for a while, but he thinks he is so cool now that he can walk.  He's very proud of himself and his momma and daddy are very proud, too.

Here are a few more tid bits about Griffin...

He loves to laugh and to make other people laugh.  And fake laughing is kind of his thing.  If the adults in the room all laugh Griffin with laugh along with everyone else.  Like he gets the joke.

He eats EVERYTHING.  Except green beans.  Makes my life so easy.

He has a temper.

He gives wonderful hugs and kisses and knows the difference when I ask for one or the other.

He recently became enamored with the ceiling fan.  When I ask where it is he will point at it and make his little hand go round and round.

He gets really excited when I ask him if he wants some milk.

He loves to play outside and be in the water.

After vomiting a tiny bit his first time on our new trampoline, he now loves to play on it with the sprinkler underneath.

His favorite song that I sing to him is "Jesus Loves Me."

He can entertain himself and play alone for a long time.  Don't worry.  I don't let him play alone for too long.  I don't want him getting too independent of me...not yet.

He loves his sister.  Even though she takes things from him and he bugs her.  They're pretty typical brother and sister.

I've gotten him to say momma several times.  He just smiles and giggles when he says it because he knows I love it.

He just recently started turning his head away from me when I'm telling him no or taking something away from him.  He'll stand his ground but twist his little neck as far as it'll go away from me.  So funny!

When we tell him to growl, he will.

He can destroy a room faster than two adults ever could.  Sigh....

Blake has a donut buddy!!!  We occasionally do a Saturday morning donut breakfast and this morning Griffin took down some donut holes.

He watched a cartoon yesterday for about two minutes.  It was a new record.

He's still a daddy's boy, but I'm confident I will win him over.

He has six teeth now.  Four on top and two on bottom.

He is always carrying something around.  Usually a plastic spoon or fork from Kinley's play kitchen.

He fits so wonderfully into our family!  He's a sweet, cuddly, funny, loving, ornery, precious, handsome, little guy.  We just love him!

I'll leave you with a couple pics and a promise to update more often.  Pinky swear!






Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day

To the best daddy in the world.
Well, tied for first with my daddy.
Thank you for all that you do. 


Saturday, June 18, 2011

Happiest Guy On Planet Earth

We did a little photo shoot with Griffin today.  Actually, I didn't plan on getting all these great shots, but Griffin is quite the ham for the camera.  And he was loving his little chair! 

The following shots are not my favorites that I picked to show you.  They are the only 12 pictures I took...one right after another. 

My boy is so sweet and happy and loving and FUN!!!














Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Cause and Effect

This is why Koreans are so thin.
And why I lost 4 pounds in the 6 days we were in Seoul.


And this is why I gained it all back.




Monday, June 6, 2011

Boys

I received this video a couple months ago in a weekly email that I get from RainbowKids.com. I knew I wanted to save it and share it at a special time. Well, today marks one month that Griffin has been home with us.

If you're not an adoptive parent and you've been touched by our story or someone else's, please pray about adoption. Ask God what he has planned for you. And when you take that leap of faith....pray about a boy.


Sunday, June 5, 2011

Up and Running

Well, my computer decided to take a little vacation this week.  We're not quite sure what happened, but it just shut down and wouldn't turn back on.  Sometimes I wish I could shut down and not reboot for a few days.  Wouldn't that be nice?

Anyway, I'm back and I have lots of things I want to share with you.  First, Griffin took his first steps this week.  Tuesday, May 31!  He was standing at the couch where I was sitting and he just turned and took two steps!  Yay!  So exciting!  I still think it'll be a month or two before he's really walking but he's working on it.

Also, on Friday, June 3 Griff went from sitting to standing all by himself.  It was so cute and he was so proud!  He went up and down four times in a row.  He's changed so much in the month that he's been home.

A few more little tid bits about Griffin....

He wakes up happy.  Always.  It's kind of annoying.

He ate a dill pickle spear a couple days ago.  A pickle!  The boy loves food.

Still loves the water.  Bath, water table, or pool.  Makes no difference.

He climbs on ANYTHING.  And he watches me while he climbs....because he knows I don't approve.

He and Kinley are having lots of fun together.  Griffin makes his sister laugh (and whine) a lot!  When Kinley wakes up from her nap she is always wondering "where baby?"  Yeah, she still won't call him Griffin.

He is SO SWEET.  Lots of kisses and snuggles.  Oh my, he melts my heart.  You need a towel when Griffin starts lovin' on ya, though.  Poor guy is cutting teeth and he's a slobbery mess.

On that same note, Kinley FREAKS when Griffin slobbers on her.  She's comes running to me and says "uh oh.  baby!"  And I have to wipe her off. 

He still can't be in the car seat for long without either falling asleep or throwing a fit.  Love hate relationship, for sure.

He's just so darn cute!