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!
