Crazy Monkey Boy

Griffin can no longer bear to sit still. Not even for a second. He is now man about town and is constantly crawling or "cruising"  all over the place, but especially in and near places he shouldn't be (i.e. the spinning coffee table, the as of yet un-childproofed cabinets, etc). He thinks it is hilarious to try to flip himself off of the changing table, and he thinks he is a fish in the bath. He is so fast and athletic, there is literally no taking your eyes off of him. Life has become MUCH more difficult. But also, REALLY fun.

Here are some random recent pictures of Griff. I feel like he looks a little more like a boy and less like a baby every day.

hiking with daddy & blowing raspberries at the mountains

his HILARIOUS school picture. He just looks terrified- poor kid.

looking cute for spirit day

a rare smile during our family picture session

He's honestly a super happy kid- all about laughing, chatting and clapping. Unfortunately, he's usually too damn fast for me to capture anything on film. I fear he's part Nightcrawler, what with the bamfing.

We've been talking about how we can see so much of ourselves in him- so he must be the perfect mix. I've found some pictures of Drew and I at about his age... so you can see if you agree or not.

me with grandpa Helm and a GIANT pair of plastic bloomers

me being generally adorable

Drew looking like he'd rather not be disturbed

Drew, his grandpa, & some awesome elf pants

Thank god we're past the plastic diaper covers, right? SO attractive.

I'll finish up by telling you about Griffin's 9 month check up the other day. He HATED the stethoscope with a white hot hate (and decided to tell everyone about it) but couldn't care less about his flu shot and blood test. He is 28 inches long (solidly average in the 50th percentile), weighs 18.6 pounds (poor starving baby is in the 25th percentile here. Which, actually, the doctor said is super common following growth spurts & isn't concerned at all). So Drew is reporting all of this back to me and then goes "so... then... his head is in the 75th percentile. Yeah. So... he's definitely got your head". It's ok, baby boy! It just means you're housing a giant brain!

Flashback

I don't think I ever posted this series. They were taken when Griff was only a month or so old and he was still figuring out his own face. Every time I see them they make me laugh so I had to share.

I love him.

Learning something new every day

Griffin picks up new things out of thin air. One day he can barely crawl, the next he's pulling himself up to get a better view! All of a sudden he is waving hello and blowing raspberries.

He's a jokester too & loves making me laugh (when I laugh it sends him into his own fits of giggles). His biggest joke is biting on the end of the spoon when I'm feeding him & not letting go and then making funny faces. We laughed together most of this evening making funny sounds. He's a good time.

Drew & Griff finally got to come see my office today! It had been under construction for a long time so I didn't want Griffin around that, but today I had to go in & pick something up so it was perfect timing! Here they are in my conference room!

First Friday

Was AWESOME. All 3 of us had a blast listening to music, looking at art, watching street performers, eating good food and people watching! It was a gorgeous fall evening- sad this is the last FF of the season!

family photos!

Our proofs are in! You can see the slideshow here. I think they turned out pretty well considering Griffin wanted no part of it!

Finished the kitchen!

And Griffin loves it!

Drew did such an amazing job painting

And I made the window valences!!

I am in love.

All that is left to put up are the cool vintage green glass cabinet knobs that are on the way to us as we speak!

Things are coming together!