12.30.2010...Welcome Grace Madison Fudge

The newest addition to our Family, Grace Madison Fudge, came into the world at 2:36 pm. She weighed 5 pounds 12.5 ounces and measured 18 3/4 inches long.

One of the first photos taken after she was born.

Here's our LITTLE girl getting weighed.

Grace saying "Hi" the only way she knows how...open eyes and and pursed lips

Griffin got to meet Grace later on in the day. He had a lot of fun holding his little sister and letting us know she was wearing a hat. He was trying to mimic her "laughing" by sticking his tongue out like his sister.

Griffin was all smiles holding his little sister!

One bigger happy family!

12.30.10

Griffin's Sister is Almost Here!

We are getting induced today ...after monitoring this little one for about a month for concerns of her small size, we've decided to induce because there is low amniotic fluid and she isn't growing at the rate they'd like to see. Since we have some time to kill in the hospital, here are a few pictures of Griffin saying bye-bye before we were off to the hospital:

Griffin kissing his baby sister

On our way out the door

38 weeks and 6 days pregnant

12.30.10

Griffin's last few moments as an only child!

Christmas Evening

We went to our friends' house for Christmas dinner.

A quick group shot before heading out the door.

Jesse and Griffin with matching socks ... it was pretty funny!

Hellands, Hollanders, and us!

12.25.10

Christmas Morning

Christmas sure is fun through the eyes of a two-year-old!

Josh and Griffin at breakfast in the morning...

Griffin loved the cinnamon rolls we made ... he kept repeating, "happy, happy" as he was eating them!

It was very important to him to cut them himself. The phrase "Griffin do it" is CONSTANT.

Griffin has always been fascinated by Daddy's coffee ... we finally let him try a sip, hoping it would end the fascination ...

Josh taking advantage of Griffin being still in his lap for a moment!

A quick sip ...

He surprisingly liked it!

Griffin with his gift from Santa

Opening stockings

One of Griffin's favorite gifts this year was his fire truck and hat from Aunt Sue and Uncle Kenny.

A quick family shot on Christmas morning ... we promise Griffin had more fun than his face indicates here!

12.25.10

Christmas Eve

Griffin was in the Christmas spirit with his Santa pajamas from grammy and his fire fighter hat from his great Aunt and Uncle Sue and Kenny!

Giggling with Grammy

Stella

12.24.10

Christmas Cookies

We made sugar cookies with Griffin on Christmas Eve ... he loved it!

He looked adorable in his Christmas apron!

Griffin is obsessed with the mircrowave. He insists on mircrowaving everything, and he has to do it himself.

He loved the rolling pin!

And watching the mixer go was hilarious!

He loved the sprinkles ... our cookies were thoroughly covered in sprinkles!

Playing with the icing with mommy...

being silly!

It was pretty funny...

...and tasty!

12.24.10

A fun Christmas Eve

With 55 degrees and sun, we spent the morning of Christmas Eve at the park.

As always, Griffin loved playing at the park!

Big Smiles!

Griffin was really into kissing the camera ... we're not sure why, but it was pretty cute!

All smiles!

Loving the slide...

...and loving time with Grammy!

Grammy brought bath writers...

...which Griffin loved!

12.24.10

Videos from Thanksgiving/Christmas

I thought I had lost a bunch of these videos, but I just found them so thought I'd share ... I know they aren't that interesting to most people, but at least the moments are properly archived! : )

Griffin's birthday party ... he loved blowing out the candles

The Beelens will be pleased to know their teachings of singing Happy Birthday in dutch is still a family tradition for us!

Griffin turned the hay bale into a slide (naturally)

Josh, Griffin, and Jordan in their fort ... Griffin and Jordan spent a ton of time in their fort and only invited those in that they wanted to play with at the moment. They loved singing happy birthday to each other with the birthday cake toy!

Griffin thought this decorative sleigh looked like a bulldozer ...

Here's a rare moment of them actually sharing ...

November 2010

More pictures from Griffin's 2nd Birthday Party

Our friend Ben is a photographer and took some fun pictures at Griffin's 2nd birthday party - we just got them and I wanted to share!

Griffin and his friends: Casen, Hudson, Isaac, Cohen, and Zoe

"Are you sure these hats are necessary?"

Big smiles while we sang to him

He was excited about his Elmo cake!

Griffin was sweating by the end of the night - he must have ran at least a mile with his truck!

Isaac and Griffin playing

11.14.10

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Griffin helped us decorate the Christmas tree and loved it!

12.18.10