Post Surgery

Well so far so good. We've had a restless couple of days. The surgery seems to have gone well but we don't want to jinx it. The photo says it all. We almost left the hospital without seeing this and thank goodness we did or I'm not sure what we would have done. He has not been our Griffin since Thrusday morning. He's been acting out almost every chance he can. Really makes us appreciate the loving sweet boy that we have. We are unbelievably fortunate. We hope this doesn't bode poorly for us in the future.

He's now counting past TEN which he says very very loud. 11 12 13 14 and then it seems to fade out. He said "help people" when we saw some homeless on a street corner with signs. We don't think that he can read but you never know with this kid. He also said "Mickey" when he saw Mickey on my phone. Nothing too abnormal but he never calls her Mickey and constantly says "Mimi". Even we call her Mimi just so he knows who we are talking about. If he can read and is not telling us... we could be making millions here.

He's been watching Sesame Street and an episode that features fairytales. He's been watching the wolf and the 3 little pigs and has started telling Kim at bedtime that daddy has a blick (brick) house and no "Blow" ie wolf. We're going to have to go outside and show him that thank goodness we actually live in an actual brick house. It's amazing what freaks a kid out. We even fast forward through Nemo to the non scary parts. I'm sure it will get to him sooner or later but we'd prefer him to sleep through the night as much as he can. We've seen him with night terrors and how he can act post surgery. Crying and thrashing for 45 minutes straight and we'd prefer to go through this as little as possible.

The pictures are not as bad as they appear but it is still a bit of a jolt. He has just started walking today but if definatley gimping and pays for all of the activity towards the end of the day.
The stickers were from Aunt Barb and he enjoyed them during our car ride to the outside world today. They ended up everywhere. The robot book from Grandma was read pre surgery and he really enjoyed the baseball bucket and the stupid Colt football the night before surgery.
This is an old fashion school house. The kind with the peg people that we had as kids. He calls them My People and gets very mad if they aren't at his disposal at nearly all times. We got them at the toy library and we're not looking forward to this weekend when they have to go back.

NYE 09

Happy New Years to one and all. We went to the Children's Museum with Jack and Delsey on NYE and took our our band photo that will be on our first CD cover in 16 years.

Griffin couldn't get enough of basketball. While other children would come and go he played for over an hour straight. It could provide too much of a glimpse into the future. By the end he could hit the rim. We went back on several occasions during the week long break so that Mom could have a break. Each departure resulted in a pretty good meltdown.

Terrible twos were in full force. Words and phrases are coming along rapidly as well as counting to 10 and naming colors though blue seems to be the catch all color or choice. Just like his old man.

His new favorite game is to take off his right shoe by the time we make it home from daycare. Usually the sock goes as well. Left alone he is completely barefoot on both feet within minutes. At least he is showing his flexability.

Christmas 2008

All of the photos posted at the top of the page instead of the bottom and since we are in a hurry to leave I'll just leave them here with some comments. An internet favorite people opening gifts. Griffin playing with the train set. He opened the mat first so he got his train and laid the mat on him and Mommy and had the train go downhill much to Wrilgey's chagrin. Found trains work best on a flat surface. Griffin in a cup or Christmas ice - what a great gift The video is taking forever to load so we'll do more when we get back. Griffin speak TT means Sesame Street way is from the the theme song - "Sweeping the skys away I'm on my way to where the air" We did the trilogy of church services last night until like Goldilocks we found one just right. THe first was a new church our neighbors go to that is trying to get established. The service was at 4:30 at a theater in an adjacent neighborhood that used to be a porn theater. Unfortunately while great for concerts and movies it just didn’t feel right for a Christmas Eve service. We decided to meet some friends at a 6pm service in another adjacent neighborhood. Kim went to the service while I entertained Griffin and the two twins Jack and Delcy in the church nursery. Griffin goes to daycare with the twins and has known them all his life. He constantly talks about them doing something with a ball, running or being not nice. They had a very nice nursery but not all that great of a service. Lots of guitars and drums. We decided to take one last shot at another church on the way home. It was Emmaus Lutheran which seemed a little more stoic than ours but it had the same old church smell. We lit candles at the end and they turned off the lights and we sang Silent Night. It was just right. We had to coax Griffin into opening presents this morning. I’m sure it will be the last time we do that. He would open one and just want to play with that toy and forget about all the other wrapped boxes. Why would you want to play with pretty wrapped boxes when I have a nice new toy? Griffin gave Mommy and Daddy a present by wanting to go nite nite around 10:30. He usually goes down for a nap around noon. We’re off to Megan and Adel’s house for Christmas dinner with their 3 kids. I’m sure Griffin will be worn out afterwards. We’re going to try to stop by Cherry Creek to view the Christmas display that was featured in HGTV’s Christmas Window Displays http://www.hgtv.com/holidays-and-entertaining/cherry-creeks-2008-holiday-window-display/pictures/index.html Here are some Christmas photos. We hope to talk to everyone later today.

I woke up today in a fairly good mood considering being up late at JPUN's Christmas Party. I colored with puppies with my older girlfriend Emma. I never ventured near Santa. About the closest I got was about a table away until Mom and Dad tricked me into sitting on Mom's lap. Santa bribed me with a box wrapped in paper and string.

This morning I didn't want to take of my dinasaur PJ top and I wanted to wear the hat ball hat ball mine. Dad asked me to pick out what I wanted and I chose my short sleeve Bronco shirt. I wore it over my PJ top to school. Oliver came up to me and said he liked the dinasuars. I told him to go away. My teacher Nana (Carolina)is coming over tonight to babysit.

I told dad that I love you to the other day and I told mom that I love her.

Thanksgiving 2008

Where did all the people go?
Show daddy picture baby and Mimi drew.
Walk please. Go see Daddy.
Counting of popcorn and chocolate chip cookies
I can check myself in at Daycare.

I projectile vomited during the car ride home.

I cried again when I saw Santa.

What do puppies say? Ruff
What do kitties say? Meow
What do tigers say? Roar
What do dinosaurs say? Nite

I got my first haircut where my daddy got his.


I had a birthday party and Aunt Amber made me a Elmo cake.
I learned duck duck goose.

My puppies, my puppies. Puppies. Mine.
I'd like to have my crayons back.

Birthday wishes

Griffin wore his special shirt in honor of someone's team who sat at home in October watching the World Series.

On Friday we went with Jack and Delsey to the Children's Museum and the Aquarium. It was quite an adventure. We finally moved from the baby room to the upstairs with the bigger kids. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of this place when the weather gets nasty. They even have a paint and arts and craft area.

Swami

You don't need polls or who Iowa votes for, Griffin is 100% in his lifetime for picking a winner.

Griffin has the wheels on the bus song down pat. He has all of the hand signals and all of the animal sounds. We put a lot of animals on the bus. They usually ride for free.
Another favorite game is to give running hugs to everyone so be prepared.

We said the alphabet all the way to V today. He has a drum and every time you hit the face it says and shows you a letter. He gets bored or his brain gets tired after V.