Active Little Boy

August 29th, 2008

Griffin is responding to facial expressions. He loves the sound of whistles and tongue clicking. He is more animated every day.

August 16th, 2006

Since Griffin never sleeps, and I can not entertain him all the time (I do have to eat), we bought him this mobile and he will play with this on his own for 30 minutes! His hand-eye coordination is really coming along and he squeals in delight as he smacks all the ornaments.

August 23rd, 2008

Griffin and I still have our time on the floor doing our exercises. He is not a big fan of tummy time, although he is showing progress in lifting his head up. His head support is coming - it is steady but at times still a little wobbly.

August 18th, 2008

August 24th, 2008

There is still lots of time for cuddles after our exercises. We hang out reading books and exploring new sounds and faces. He is copying facial expressions and sounds. He gets very excited at the new noises and loves playing with his voice.

August 6th, 2008

One of the advantages of having a baby in the summer is being able to walk in the sunshine. We try to get out at least once a day and now he enjoys the time in the stroller. He does fall asleep but wakes up as soon as I stop.

Griffin does not sleep in his crib during the day, but I can not complain if he will sleep in it at night. The only place he will sleep is in his swing. He will often fall asleep while feeding, but quickly wakes up when I put him in the swing, as he did here.

July, 27th, 2008 Finally, the boy sleeps!

Non-stop Visitors

July 8th, 2008

Auntie Carmen is fast becoming our most frequent visitor, despite living in Edmonton. Although the trips to Vancouver are for other events, she always makes time to visit. On this day, she stopped by for lunch for an hour with her daughter Mira. Griffin loves his Auntie Carmen.

July 29th, 2008

Griffin met his Uncle Peter (Tracy's brother) for the first time. Peter made the trip out from Montreal. Griffin instantly took to Peter, he is a very good bouncer.




One last picture before Peter flew to Regina for a wedding. Peter did not want to leave Griffin behind. I had to remind Peter that the plane would leave without him. He promised that it would not be another 4 years before he returned to Vancouver.

August 20th, 2008

Nana is back! Jordan went on yet another fishing trip - it was a great excuse to fly nana out for a visit. What a big help she was. We planted flowers in the garden, went for walks, hung out with Griffin. Griffin slept thru the night for the first time while nana was here. He had 2 consecutive nights in a row. I forgot how nice it was to sleep thru the night.

My new garden. Jordan is a great job building the flower box.

August 23rd

Auntie Carmen returns! This time she decided to bring Jacek with her. I am not sure how she convinced Jacek to cut a hiking trip to Banff short and make the 10 hour drive to come and see us, but we were happy she did. Griffin reconnected with Carmen and met Jacek for the first time. We hit all of Jacek's favourite Vancouver places - Planet Veg, Granville Island donuts and Yoshi's for sushi. Griffin and I tagged along and spent an afternoon at the beach eating our Planet Veg.

Jordan's dad, grampa, also came for a visit, although I do not have any recent pictures. He came to help Jordan re-tile the shower in our main bathroom. They did a fantastic job!

Discovering his Surroundings

July 11th, 2008

Griffin is now focusing on the objects around him and is discovering more and more around him. He spends a lot of time in his swing, mostly because he will not sleep in his crib during the day. I am not complaining since he sleeps in his crib at night.

Milestones

Everyday we stretch out our arms and legs and practice moving all parts of our bodies. Griffin also spends time on his tummy at least once a day. He is getting better at supporting his head up and is getting it higher each day. He often smiles when he does this, I am not sure if it is because he is so pleased with himself or if it is my reaction. Either way, he enjoys the time. Gramma bought a bigger mirror (another fun house mirror) that we use for our time on the floor.

Now that he reacts to each movement and is cooing and smiling it makes the time spent on the floor more enjoyable for the both of us. We often perform the floor routine at least twice a day. I think it is paying off, you can see the progression in height of his head below.

June 19th, 2008 July 9th, 2008
July 10th, 2008

July 11th, 2008

July 17th, 2008

Daddy's Big Fishing Trip

June 20th-23rd, 2008

Jordan was invited to go fishing at West Coast Fishing Club in the Queen Charlottes (Langara Island) for a weekend. He caught 2 red snapper, and 1 of each cod, halibut and salmon. His catch is jammed in the freezer next to all the breast milk.

Jordan had a good time hanging out with the guys and went to a part of BC he had never explored before. Not to mention, he got to ride in a helicopter. I was so jealous. Now both Griffin and Jordan have been in a helicopter.




This was the first weekend I had with Griffin by myself and also the weekend I discovered Griffin had acid reflux. This presented many challenges and sleepless nights and days in the weeks ahead.

Grampa and Sharon come for a visit

June 19th, 2008

On one of their usual 1 or 2 day trips to Vancouver Grampa and Sharon (Jordan's dad and step mum) visit Griffin for the first time outside of the hospital. They came for dinner and played with Griffin, who was his usual charming self. At this stage he was weighing in at 9lbs 10oz.

For the record, I was not over dressing Griffin, it was really cool out despite John's attire.

Nana & Gramps Visit

June 29th, 2008

Griffin discovered himself in the mirror for the first time. The problem with the kids mirrors is they make you look like you are in a fun house. Not too sure if Griffin knows what he really looks like. He does not seem as interested in the real mirrors in the bathroom. Not sure what that says about him?

June 10th, 2008

Nana and Gramps (Tracy's Parents) arrived the day after Griffin arrived home from the hospital. They were a huge help. Nana made Griffin's cloth diapers, which took a week or two for him to grow into. Griffin loved his cuttle time with Nana, who often took over the morning shift so I could go back to bed.

Photos below were taken before Nana and Gramps made the long drive back to Ontario. The house as very quiet that day, but was soon turned upside down.