Sunshine and Smiles

It was in the 60s last week, so we spent lots of time playing at the park ...

11.18.10

Griffin's visit with Grammy

Grammy came out to visit for Griffin's 2nd birthday ... they had so much fun together!

They spent lots of time laughing together!

Griffin loved riding the bike Grammy gave him!

They played at the park together ...

and spent time being silly together!

A trip to the zoo ...

They spent lots of time playing outside together.

Riding his tricycle

Having a picnic on the floor together ...

Grammy and Griffin

11.11.10-11.15.10

Griffin's 1st Bike!

Grammy's birthday gift to Griffin was a new bike! He loves his new bike and wants to ride it all the time. Here are some pictures of his first time on the bike ...

Telling Grammy, "Thank you!"

11.12.10

Griffin's 2nd Birthday

Griffin and I had a fun day celebrating his 2nd birthday. We started the day with Griffin's favorite, french toast. Then we went to the Children's Museum where he had tons of fun on the fire truck, painting, and playing with pots and pans. Then we got to eat lunch with Daddy ... and the day ended with cupcakes and presents!

He was quite excited about his french toast!

Lunch with Daddy

He LOVED the candle! He had so much fun watching it and blowing it out, it was quite cute!

He was so excited about the cupcake, he was even being photogenic and cooperating with me taking a family picture!

Loving his cupcake!

I mean, LOVING it!

Big Smiles

Only the beginning part of the video is good, but he was saying, "Happy Birthday" over and over again to himself, it was pretty cute!

11.10.10

Two Years Ago Today ...

Two years ago today, Griffin Forrest Fudge was born! We are in shock that our active little toddler was once this small little guy ...

11.10.08

Happy 30th Birthday Brooke!

It was Brooke's 30th birthday on Saturday!

Happy Birthday Aunt Cookie, we love you!

11.6.10

A Fun Weekend ...

We enjoyed the summery weather this weekend with lots of time at the park ...

Griffin loves riding these things!

Having a pretend picnic with Daddy

Then we went to Jump Street, an indoor trampoline park, to celebrate our friend Joel's 30th birthday ... Griffin and Isaac had so much fun jumping!

Playing on a car

JUMPING! It's one of Griffin's favorite things to do!

Jumping does crazy things to your hair

Loving it!

Is it okay to be 31 weeks pregnant and jumping all over the place?! This little one is kicking me HARD all day and all night long, so I guess I was returning the favor by bouncing her around a little bit : )

11.6.10

Cooking with Cheerios

Breakfast is hit or miss with Griffin ... the other morning he didn't eat his dry Cheerios and ended up 'cooking' with them in the pans with the spatula. This is one of his favorite activites, sometimes he'll sit on the floor and stir things in pots in pans for almost 30 minutes at a time. His favorite thing to 'cook' is Boo-Bye (which is what he calls his blankie). It's pretty cute!

11.1.10

Happy Halloween!

Griffin's 2nd Halloween was quite a success ... it was his first time trick or treating, and he LOVED it! He would run between the houses and loved putting the candy in his bag. He humored us by wearing two costumes this year, first, he was Sue Sylvester from Glee, to accompany us, dressed as Quinn Fabray and Puck. Then, he changed into his giraffe costume and did great with it, although he did want his hood down most of the night.

The Glee clan ... we know it looks a little lame, but with me in class this weekend and not much time to plan, it had to do. Josh was playing Glee songs from his iPod in his shirt pocket ... I promise it was convincing! Here we are - Sue Sylvester, Puck, and the pregnant Quinn Fabray.

All dressed up as a giraffe, one of his favorite animals since BeBop painted one on his wall.

Griffin & Isaac

The babies! Zoe, our newest and cutest friend (3 months), Cohen (15 months), Griffin (23 months), and Isaac (18 months)

After all that forced picture time, Griffin and Isaac wanted to play.

Trick or Treating and loving it!

He often ran ahead of the group ...

... and a running giraffe is pretty darn cute!

Sometimes you have to stop to play with Dad while Trick or Treating!

He liked it when Josh picked him up to ring the door bells ...

But he's quite thorough, so he usually knocked until someone answered anyway!

It can be tiring Trick or Treating, sometimes you have to stop to eat some candy!

Griffin's first candy bar

Swinging Griffin while Trick or Treating

Isaac & Griffin cheers-ing to the success of Halloween!

10.31.10

What a difference a year makes:

Isaac and Griffin giving each other the same skeptical look they gave each other this year!

Cohen (3 months), Griffin (11 months) and Isaac (6 months) last year, 2009