Where did fall go?

Once again, time has gotten away from us! At the end of summer, we headed to Louisville for a long week of family and friend time (well Griffin and I did but G had to work most of it in Indy). We tried to squeeze as many visits in as possible and still didn't get to see everyone we had hoped to see. Our trip home was delayed a day because our little guy got sick-only the second time so we can't complain.

At the end of Sept., we discovered that I was pregnant again! Baby Hess is due to arrive May 29th and we will see if he/she can be as punctual as Griffin. However, Uncle Brett says he would be happy to share his birthday on the 30th if not!

Griffin also began "school" or a Mom's morning out program 2x a week. He has really taken to it and is not upset when I leave him and I have also finally allowed myself to enjoy the quiet, although my morning sickness has made it not quite as fun as I hoped it would be. We love that he comes home with art projects and his clothes are covered in something every day so we know he is having fun. There are only 3 other kids in his class with 2 adults so it is a great environment.

Halloween was much more fun this year with Griffin being more aware and my parents visiting. Griffin went as Yoda from Star Wars. He wasn't scared of the costumes and only got the hang of taking candy from the basket once we were back home and kept taking it from Granddad who was trying to give it away!

There are too many cute photos from the fall so I will post them separately. With the rest of the holidays coming up and news in 2012 of the gender of Baby Hess, I hope to post more often until Baby #2 arrives anyway! :)

Summer 2011

Griffin is 1!

Happy Birthday Griffin! His celebration was well attended this past weekend by lots of family and friends. He handled himself quite well and I think enjoyed the sailboat cake I made for him. Thanks to everyone for coming and the gifts. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. His newest stats are 22 lbs. and 1.5 oz. and a lengthy 31.5 " tall! He also began taking steps in the last couple of weeks and I officially called it walking this week when he chose on his own to walk between the chairs instead of between G and I. However he hates shoes and he isn't fond of the grass so walking outside seems to be a little further off. Enjoy the birthday pictures!

Griffin's days

When I started this blog, it was to keep in touch while we lived in CA and share our adventures out west. We moved back to Louisville and I didn't write as much and then Griffin came along and I thought this would be a nice diary of his activities but I found I am usually too busy to get to it so today before my 36th (GASP!) birthday I am actually making note of the first time Griffin climbed the stairs.
G. Paul and I had just discussed the need to put in the baby gates on the stairs and he started working on it this morning while Griffin and I napped. When Griffin woke I set him on the stairs to see what Daddy was doing and about two seconds later he was up three steps. He may have had this skill earlier I just have not really let him test it out so now we know.
The other funny detail of Griffin's life this last week is his clear obsession with a circle and oval from his foam shapes book. He carries these two wherever he goes and ignores the other two shapes completely. We took video last night to demonstrate and I will try to add it at some point. He crawls around with both in his hand and if he loses one, he stops to find it. G thinks this means that Griffin is a free thinker because he has chosen the circle and oval as opposed to the triangle and star :)
One of Griffin's new meals this week was pasta with a little Parmesan cheese and it went over well-Brussel sprouts are still liked least (I don't blame you kid) but he will eat them if they come first before something tastier.
We still haven't been around much of Charlotte as far as downtown which they call Uptown here. We did take Hana to a nice dog park yesterday that also has a huge playground when it gets warmer hopefully we can take both kids. Luckily we have seen our friends the Moore's and the Harper's (other families that left ELAN to work at Snap) a few times and I was even able to spend time with a sorority sister who used to live in Charlotte but unfortunately just left the area. As always we look forward to visitors and already have a few on the calendar so let us know if you want to use us as a stop over on the way to the beach. It looks like Griffin and I might be back in KY in the fall for a visit while G travels to Indianapolis for a show.
Until next time!