Mom and Dad's visit

Mom and Dad were able to come visit us the beginning of June. They had planned to go to Colorado Springs this summer already so I told them they should just turn it into a 2 stop trip since Denver is in the middle of us. They couldn't come for Griffin's blessing, so this worked out anyway. 

They got into Colorado Springs on a Wednesday and were supposed to fly out Saturday morning into Denver then to OKC. Well, mom's ticket wasn't scanning in co springs so by the time they got it fixed they missed their flight. Again, by the time anyone could help and figure things out, they had missed that flight out of Denver to OKC. This is where things just got messed up. The day before, there were some F4 tornadoes that hit west and part of downtown OKC. All those flights got cancelled and every flight (and airline, even into Wichita and Tulsa) they tried to get on, didn't have going into OKC until Monday. Sooo, they were either stuck in Colorado Springs until one of those Monday flights, stay there until their original flight back home the next Wednesday, OR I said they should just get a rental car and drive here. It was a 9 hour drive, but would still get them here earlier than a flight. That's what they decided to do. I was so surprised that my mom agreed to it! Thankfully the airline was going to credit the flight into OKC. After a long and boring drive for them, they got in around 10:30 pm. 

Sunday we went to church, took a much needed nap, and then headed out for Clay to show them some turbines and his work. 

Monday, I took them around town and went to Walmart to grab some diapers and food for dinner. They also bought Kort a bubble lawn mower that he absolutely loves! I'm sure they enjoyed our Walmart - ha ha ha! 

Tuesday, I decided to do the Kids Bowl Free summer program and take Kort for his first time.

Surprisingly he loved it and did great! We had the bumpers up, a 7lb. ball and the ramp to help out.

It was nice to get out with my parents.

We went shopping a little bit afterwards. My dad was so excited to try out Clay's hammock, but he needed an umbrella so we found him one at Ross. He was in that thing everyday :) and it was perfect  weather for it! 

We also went to the park to fly a kite and mom took Kort to see the ducks.

Clay was able to take Wednesday off from work to help me take them back to the airport. We got them there, said our goodbyes and then headed to the mall. We got Clay some early Father's Day presents and headed home. 

It was kind of weird having my parents visit, but it was great. I only say that because it had been a year and a half that I last saw them and the last place they were able to come visit was in Tacoma for Kort's baby blessing! It was a fun time having them here and letting them play with and spoil Kort and Griffin! 

4 month stats

(The background movie, Zookeeper, is what we named Griffin after - Kevin James' character!) 

Griffin got his shots and was a champ. He fell asleep on our way back home and was happy the rest of the day after waking up. I still think he looks like a cute chunky baby, but apparently not as big as I thought. Here's his numbers:

Weight: 15 lbs 1 oz = 48%

Height: 25.5 inches = 65%

Head circumference: 42.5 cm = 52%

I really thought he was bigger than Kort at this age, but when I went back to Kort's stats, surprisingly he was up in the 70 percentiles for all. Oh well, Griffin is healthy and strong and just different than Kort. 

As of a couple days ago, Griffin has begun rolling from his back to his belly! He finally got that arm out from under him.

He's still swaddled at night and has rolled over a few times when going to bed so it looks like it's about time to just do the Pjs which took time to get Kort used to it so it should be fun. 

Boys' weekend/wedding

Clay's younger brother, Justin, was getting married the end of June. It would be a quick trip, and we didn't have the money for all of us to go, so Clay took Kort with him so I could relax with Griffin. 

They left for OKC Thursday afternoon. 

Flew to Denver around 7:00 and got into their SLC hotel around 11:00 pm. Clay was going to drive straight to Rexburg that night but glad they slept.

Kort likes to take up the whole bed.

They left Friday morning, had to stop at Smith and Edwards :), and got to town around 1:00. Kort loved his pancakes a little too much at breakfast and got syrup all over them so he got new jammies :)

Clay was put right to work as his parents just got a house built and they were moving stuff while Brandon and Barbara were there. 

Kort did his part by sitting on boxes playing on the iPod while Clay was hooking up the fridge. 

They ended up getting most of the appliances and furniture moved so they all ended up sleeping at the new house! They played the wii that night and Clay danced to some song called Rasputin and found it on YouTube when he got home to have me dance with him (Just Dance 4). It was quite the workout! 

Saturday was the wedding. Kort had been going nonstop with everyone else so by the time they drove to the wedding in Idaho Falls in the afternoon, he konked out seconds after Clay gave him his water! Never have I seen this happen! 

Hilarious! Anyway, he woke when they got there and was put to work. He was supposed to carry a sign down the aisle. He made it to the first row of chairs and started climbing on them. Then some kid grabbed his hand and brought him to Clay in the front row. 

Leland was the ring bearer as well. They had a little food before the reception and then had some fun! 

They left after the reception for SLC and took Justin and Sara with them as they were flying out the next morning too for their honeymoon. They got to sleep in the hotel around 1:00 and had to leave for the airport around 5:00 am. Luckily, Kort slept on the flight to Denver and to OKC so Clay was able to catch up on sleep as well.

 They finally made it back to me and Griffin Sunday afternoon! It was a very quiet weekend, I got a ton of things accomplished and Griffin did great, but it was so nice to have my big boys home! 

Little fishy

Some of our friends have invited us over to their community pool to go swimming. We took Kort's pool down so we jumped at the invitation. They let us borrow their extra swim floaters (whatever they're called that Kort is wearing) and right away Kort enjoyed swimming! He's not afraid of the water and can float by himself.

This second time we went, Kort was a lot more brave. He would jump (more like fall) into our arms in the pool. After he got comfortable with that he would just go all by himself! I think this is the beginning of him loving to swim! Now we just have to get Griffin in the pool! 

4 months

I swear I just posted about Griffin turning 3 months. Lo and behold, another month has already passed!

Things have gotten much better. There were a couple weeks there that he was starting to take short naps and waking up crying, or even screaming out of no where. I knew he had to still be tired because he wakes up happy when he's had a good nap. So I'd try to rock him back to sleep. Sometimes it would work. I finally researched what could be going on and all I really found was that he was waking up screaming from being overtired. I think I had been putting him down later than usual so I figured that was the problem. I worked on looking for signs of being tired and kept him up no longer than 2 hours and it's gotten better! He's back (cross your fingers) to napping for an hour and a half morning and afternoon with a short nap before dinner and waking up happy! Thank goodness! 

The most recent things he's done is just these past couple days he's been scooting so much! I'll have to put another blanket in front of him so he can continue. And with that, he is constantly rolling onto his back. Can't do the other way yet, but he's so close!

He's just such a happy baby! We've been so blessed. Kort still keeps me on my feet so I'm glad Griffin is the way he is. Kort loves saying hi baby over and over and is a lot more gentle with him. Before I know it, it'll be 5 months and then that much closer to half a year old!! 

Father's Day

Since we're always running behind getting ready for church, poor Clay didn't get breakfast in bed. Don't think he ever has gotten it though :/. The Young Women gave the guys a little bag of kisses and when we got home we took naps. I decided to try grilled pizza along with corn on the cob for dinner and it actually turned out awesome! 

Clay has been wanting to get his concealed weapons permit so I gave him the money for it along with some yummy snacks in a basket for his gift. 

Clay is an absolute amazing father to our children! He jumps in and helps whenever he can. Kort just adores him and loves him to pieces! I love that he is such a handyman, loves to keep our yard looking nice, grow a garden for us and maintain it, keep our cars in tip top shape, and all of this even after he gets home from a long day of work. He is the best! Love you Clay! 

Independence Day

We had a pretty chill day. Last summer we hit up a small town parade. About an hour or more south of us in Edmond, they have a huge celebration and I had wanted to go to a parade but I really wasn't in the mood for a large crowd and dealing with a baby as well. So instead we just ran some errands, rested, and got ready for a BBQ with some friends. 

We BBQed brats and burgers, had yummy flag cake and pretzel jello salad. I put Griffin down for bed and we all went out back for some sparklers. Kort didn't want to hold his own but enjoyed watching when he wasn't exploring around the yard. We then went in the front yard and put off some fountains. 

We weren't supposed to have them more than three feet tall inside city limits. Don't know how tall they'd get and frankly I don't know if we're considered in city limits since we're pretty much on the outskirts of town. Oh well, everyone was at the city fireworks anyway, which I didn't want to bother with. We were able to actually see them though through some trees! 

I think Kort was just really tired since he just sat still in my lap the whole time. It was a fun night. 

I'm thankful for the land that we live in, that we're able to worship as we please, for all those who fight for our freedom and to keep us safe everyday. 

Kort is 2 1/2 years old!

I can't believe where time has gone. Just last summer I was counting down until Kort would be 18 months so he could go to nursery and we would take our family vacation to California. A year later and he is now quite the character. 

I was a little nervous when he turned 2 and wasn't really talking that much, or at least making much sense with his words. He has come a long way in the last 6 months. He still is only speaking in like three word sentences, but we understand him better and are able to help him get what he wants/needs. When I'm explaining to him what something is, I say "it's a/so . . . " whatever it is. So now that's what he starts everything with! The main things he uses that phrase with would be

Itso cold

Itso good

It's a bug

It's a ladybug

It cracks us up! We have this video that Clay took of him playing in his kiddie pool saying "it so cold" over and over and just laughing and screaming (which he has definitely learned how to do)! 

We'll sing him songs and say I love you when putting him to bed and he'll just interrupt us and say "nigh nigh". His "Ilove you" sounds more like "I rove roo". He loves giving hugs and kisses. He got to spend lots of time with his grandma Cita when I had Griffin and so he's always wanting to Skype her and says Cita over and over. He loves his baby brother and kisses him and says I love you baby brudder. 

It is just so much fun being able to communicate with him better. He loves cartoons now, but still won't sit still for the whole time. He loves saying Dora, even though I'm trying to get him to like Diego better ;) He loves saying Mickey Mouse and watching that as well. 

We have frogs in our backyard and caught one one night to show him. Now he sees things move in the grass and thinks it's one every time and says "fog" - and sometimes the g sounds more like a k :/ ha ha 

He's a champ sleeping in his toddler bed, which is still the crib while Griffin is in the pack and play. He sleeps from about 8-8 and naps around 1 for an hour or so. He is great about eating most food we give him. He's getting better drinking out of cups and water bottles. 

He loves grabbing things that he's not supposed to have and run away from us into the other room and jump onto the couch. But one thing he'll grab and has done a few times are the knives out of the dishwasher! Ahhh it scares us! He always goes for the sharp objects :/ He does love helping with chores like sweeping, vacuuming, putting clothes in the washer/dryer, and Oompa and Nana got him a bubble maker lawn mower that he loves pushing in the yard, even though he prefers the real one. 

Kort has an obsession with sitting in the driver's seat in cars. Any chance he gets he will run and open the door and hop in. So now we have to lock the doors and all he says now is "unlock" over and over! He is also starting to say prayers with us which is absolutely precious :)