Marbles

We went to Marbles Kid Museum in early March with cousins Brooke and Jordan.  

Griffin had a BLAST!

Check out some of the things he did while at the museum.

Notice the outfit change...he got soaked playing in the water!

We can't wait to go back...what a fun time!

29th

I had a really fun birthday weekend!  We went to lunch at Village Deli and played around 

the fountain at The Factory.  Griffin wanted to jump in (see 3rd picture above!),
but it was THAT warm. :)  Kevin and I enjoyed a nice date night on
Saturday and shared 32 oz. of yummy steak together.  

Yes, you read that right, 32 ounces. 
Yikes...but it was so delicious!

Turns out 29 isn't too bad...so far!

Sweet.

Love him!

Haircut

Griffin was sitting so still with Grandma J that I decided to trim his hair a bit.

I forgot to take a picture of his new do though.  He looks like a big boy, even with just a trim!

 

Bye Bye Paci

You will no longer see Griffin like this:

You will ONLY see him like this:

Because we are Paci-free!!  Woot Woot!!

We've been paci-free for one month now and it's been GREAT!  It was an 

easy transition and we are so proud of Griffin! :)

Tucker

Griffin LOVES Tucker and (I think) Tucker loves Griffin...most of the time.

Griffin is always saying, "Tucker" and looking around for him if he isn't in sight.

It's one of the first things he says when he wakes up.  He chases him around the house, 

throws his toys for him to chase and gives him treats.  Tucker will lay outside of Griffin's 

room at nap time until he is sure that G is asleep.  Tucker runs back upstairs as soon 

as he hears Griffin wake up from him nap.  They are best buds.

It's really sweet...I love that they get along so well!

Spring Hope, NC

We recently went to visit my Grandma Janie (G's great grandma!) in Spring Hope.

She made a delicious lunch for us and we enjoyed visiting with family.

Griffin even got to try some of Grandma's famous chicken stew (my favorite!!) 

and chicken salad, etc. and he loved it all.  I thought this was a funny 

series of pictures...so I posted them ALL!  

Enjoy.

Outside Fun

We had lots of fun playing outside today!  It was a beautiful day and we really 

enjoyed getting some vitamin D.  Funny that it was only 50 degrees here, 

but it seemed so warm!  In the top picture, Griffin is holding a camel

that is from his Little People nativity set.  The camel is the

"toy of the week."  He LOVES it and it has 

been everywhere with us this week.  

Sweet.

Mr. Wuf

 Griffin, meet Mr. Wuf.

Mr. Wuf, meet Griffin.

Look out, world...

Game on!

He's taken more steps at a time, but seems to get camera shy when the flip comes out.  crazy fun stuff!

Packer the Snowman

Merry Christmas!  

We had an awesome Christmas this year for lots of reasons.  It was so much fun to watch Griffin open presents and get excited over them.  Last year, he slept through all of the festivities.  What a difference a year makes.  He actually took a few steps for the first time on Christmas Day too!  

 It started snowing in Raleigh/WF around 8PM and we woke up to snow everywhere.

Raleigh hasn't seen a white Christmas since 1947.  Wowza!  

Kevin built an awesome snowman and we lovingly named him, Packer.  So, meet Packer Bell. (and please notice Packer's right hand... making the "Wolfpack" symbol, Kevin was quite proud of this)

Griffin's 12 month pictures

We had Griffin's 12 month pictures taken on Dec. 4th, which was also the first snow for Raleigh!  Take a look...

Click here to view photos

Lauren Brady of Lauren Brady Photography took them.  You can check her out here. 
We highly recommend her! :)

New Ride

Merry Christmas from my ride to yours!
~Griffin

Cart Fun

Griffin helped me do some birthday party shopping a few weeks ago 

and was LOUNGING as we strolled the aisles.  It was hilarious!

Quack Quack

Meet "Quack Quack."  He is our Elf on the Shelf.

Griffin says, "quack quack" all the time, so we decided to name him "Quack Quack."

Today, he started saying "Tucker."  

If only he would have said that 3 weeks ago, our elf may have had the same name as our dog!

NCSU QB Pic

We had Griffin's 12 month pictures taken on December 4th (w/ Lauren Brady again, stay tuned to the blog for those pics to be posted here soon).  We started at Carter-Finley Stadium and were lucky enough to get the picture above with QB Russell Wilson.  Kevin got it enlarged and was able to get it signed by RW last Sunday!  What an awesome keepsake for G!  

Maybe it will be worth something one day. :)

GO PACK!

Party Time

We had fun celebrating Griffin's first birthday with family on Sunday, December 12th!  Griffin enjoyed his cake and had fun riding around in his new wheels, with his cousins happily pushing him along, after he got all cleaned up.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY GRIFFIN HAYES! 

We love you!

Happy Birthday Griffin!

Griffin turned 1 on December 10th!  Here is a picture of him on his birthday.  

More pictures from the party to come! Stay tuned.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day! We hope you had a nice, relaxing Thanksgiving with family and friends.  

We sure had a lot to be thankful for this year...especially the little guy in the picture above.

11 months old!

Griffin is 11 months old!  It's so hard to believe that he will turn one in just a month!  

WOW!  Where does the time go?