Some New Pics

Despite the rain, we headed out to the pumpkin patch. I think we found the largest pumpkins in the field, and Jordan still can't feel his fingers after carrying them back to the car.

We played hookie from work and took Griffin to the PNE this year. This was the only ride he wanted to go on. He was attached to a harness and a hydraulic lift that flung him up 20 feet in the air. He loved it. The next two pics are also from the PNE

Jordan managed to climb our big willow tree to hang up the horse swing. Griffin and all the neighbourhood kids love it. I am a little nervous how high Jordan gets him swinging, but Griffin has no fear. A typical boy.

Our little Jedi Knight was in a fierce battle with his dad. Here he had him pinned to the floor. Thanks to Nana for making the house coat.

Griffin is a big help in the garden. He likes to explore for bugs - his favourite is woodbugs. He is forever building woodbug houses in our bed. He and dad are in the woodbug house they built in our bed. We now have to check Griffin's pockets anytime we wash his clothes because he puts every rock, pine cone and sometimes woodbugs in his pockets.

His is becoming quite a rock star. He ah a number of instruments, if he is not handing us instruments to play he is a "one-man band" and can hold the show on his own.

He also has the rock star attitude too.

After all of the playing, Griffin loves is bed but never seems to stay under the covers. Good thing he has his stuffed animals to keep him warm. His new dog "hot-dog" that he got from his Aunt Shaina and Matt keeps him covered.

Hard to image Griffin had his third birthday. We had a nice birthday with family and Griffin helped clean up after making the cake.

Griffin has passed every milestone and you would never know he was premature. He has been followed by an infant development team and we just had our last assessment and we are happy to report that he is doing well and no longer requires any support. He is such a joy to hang out with - besides the continuing battle with eating dinner, but we now know the fix to that - invite Nanna for a visit.

Merry Christmas

Christmas seemed to arrive so quickly this year. We all managed to get sick so it was a pretty low key event. Griffin and I slept for about 1 1/2 hours on Christmas eve. When he woke up on Christmas he had just enough energy to open 3 presents before we gave him a bath and put him back to bed. He and I had a nice long nap and then he opened a few more presents. In all it took him 2 days to open all of his presents, which is not surprising given the number there were. The picture below is a snap shot of the tree on Christmas eve and none of the presents were for Jordan and I.

Griffin was not going to let a silly cold get in his way of decorating and eating his Santa gingerbread man. This is a skill he has learnt from his dad.

We decided to transition Griffin out of his crib and into a big bed. We had bought a crib that could be converted to a bed. I don't think we thought that thru very well. The bed converted into a double and takes up a lot of the room. But, he will be able to keep this bed for a long time.

We took Griffin out to pick out his bedding, and not surprising he picked Diego. He looks so small in the hug bed.

He has done quite well so far. He only crawled out of bed the first night. Jordan and I decided to check on him before we went to bed. Jordan tried to open the door and could not because Griffin was asleep on the floor behind the door. Jordan put him back in his bed and he has never got out since. I am sure that will change.