life in pictures - time is flying!

These two are in love. Which is a good thing?!

 Whitty anticipates Madden waking each day. It's cute and annoying all the same.

He wants to SMOTHER him with love...literally!

My daddy dressed me can you tell?

 This picture sums up our relationship

 Playtime is stressful!

 or not!

 this little 3 year old has been giving me a run for my money lately...speaking of money...do I get paid for this job?

 What mom?

 the constant touching...

 car wreckage!!! this is what happens during nursing...or while I am trying to multi-task!

 Whitty has been perfecting his building skills...it's cute. He has become quite the perfectionist though! Oh boy!

 And he constantly wants to wrestle!! The minute Jordy walks in the house...Whitty is making the hand motion for contact! His preschool teacher has been having issues with ROUGH play at school...so we have been trying to cut it out...but I believe it is good for boys to get this out...it's just been hard for Whitty to differentiate when rough is okay...taking suggestions!!!

 Just driving up the canyon...

 Big brother celebration at the Emporium (MILKSHAKE  PARTY)

and a little light sabor action afterwards

 Being silly is the name of my game!!!!

 More smothers!

 Whitty and I went up the TARGHEE with Madden in tow a few weeks ago...we got my pass...threw some snowballs...and stomped around in the snow...Whitty was excited to ski...I am debating on whether to sign him up for the preschooler program!

 Look at the "pork chop hairdo"

 Mommy and Madden

 It's a date...we went out on the BIG town of Victor for some food at the new ressie called Station...and then for some DARTS at the brewpub...wish my eyes were open.

 Thanksgiving turkey trot...as a family..and look even Wynnie joined us!

 excited about turkey!

 Meeting baby Garity...my bestie "Anne" had her sweet baby girl...she is 2 days old here!

 The meeting...neither would look in the other's direction!!!

 Whatcha talking about Willis?

 the best...those first few weeks when the baby just "FROGGY" sleeps on you...love it!

 I have been begging for more hooks in the mudroom...so that we could hang more stuff...and so Whitty could reach some hooks too. Jordy did this for me! I love it.

Brother to brother talks

 Sometimes you just have to put your child in a basket...it's been done in my classroom and it GETS done at home...it works...try it!

 meanwhile...the angel sleeps!

 and that dang elf keeps messing around here!

 It's all smiles from here on out...right Madden?!

 Well...after 16 years on earth...we decided that Wynnie should be laid to rest. She was old...had lots of tummy trubs...super stiff and had elevated blood levels...it was so hard to do. I was in a bit of denial about it for a while until Jordy had to do some work on me. Wynnie now lays to rest in our front berm under the 3 aspen trees. Before she left us...we had a little dog party. We ordered an ice-cream cake that we all enjoyed...even the dogs...and we let Wynnie have as much as she wanted. She went peacefully and happy right beside Jordy and I.

Sleep is a beautiful thing.

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1 MONTH AND other little things.

Madden is 7 weeks today...but I am NOT that far BEHIND!

 After 4 weeks of pretty much EYES closed...Madden has now decided to open them a bit more!

 But he is still a sleepy little guy...Whitty was not this sleepy....maybe it's cuz he's 3 weeks early...

 Seems like everyone is sleepy except for the NIGHT owl mama!

 Sometimes I amaze myself at my ability to carry on. Sometimes I am ONE IMPATIENT person...but mostly with this robot here and my hubs...bummer for them!

 This is becoming a weekend HABIT...making pies...or other little treats...

 This little guy is beginning to look at me but LOVES to look for at AT Whitty McKay Griffin.

 While the wee one sleeps we have still managed to get outdoors. It's not much...but it's something.

 And sometimes I just bring the wee one with me...which he loves...

 And then this is the product of wearing your baby!

 Sometimes we make it out for ice cream...mostly we make it to gymnastics...but I don't have any pictures of that. We have been regulars tho. We go usually every Monday and Tuesday for an hour. It's helps Whitty to get his ya-yas out and for me to get OUT somewhere safe with the baby...and to not feel anxious...

 And sometimes we just VEG out on PBS...thank god for cable right now!

 We are pushing up hard...doing some tummy time...

 Madden loves the occasional swaddle...not always tho. WHitty wouldn't sleep without the swaddle...or the swing...or the shhhhhhhh....or the.....

hehehehee.

 THis one just goes to sleep!

Such a snuggle bug. We love these new pjs from Bill and Bev Reed. They are always so kind to send us gifts for both boys all the time. So sweet.

Little outing

Just a little jaunt down the road.

Planting...Halloween...and a sugar hangover.

During our days...Whitty and I find cool things to do....like giving the MOMMA spider plant a haircut and then rooting and planting one of the babies. Whitty thought having his very own plant was the BEST idea ever. 

It's not in his room and he loves talking about it...carrying it everywhere and TOUCHING the crap out of it.

 Halloween fell on Wednesday this year....poor teachers everywhere...thankfully I am not teaching right now...but I did get to drop this Halloween scary guy off at school. With his impressive dress up box...he chose to be a scary guy....oh so scary huh?!

They didn't do a party at Discoveries. Whitty's teacher is smart. She knew they would be sugared up later that day...and this was the first time we really let Whityn go at it with candy. I would say he did pretty well.

 While Whitty is at school...Madden and I lay around...he nurses and sleeps and I am not sure what I do.

 When the scary guy got home...we hit up some snacks...and tried on wigs..masks and costumes to make sure he wanted to be a scary guy...

 I thought we settled on this...

 And then we went trick or treating like this...

 First stop...Millie's house. We trick or treated with the Trombley's this year.

 Then we snuggled in bed...

And wound up with a candy hangover the following day...

Hernias

What is it with HERNIAs around here? Whitty had his little hernia repair in September...then we had little Madden bless us with his appearance and he now has a umbilical hernia...Isn't it crazy looking? Apparently it's very common.

And we just brought Whitty back to the doctor...all went well with his repair...but we learned now he has an umbilical hernia too. We were told they will heal themselves...and if not sometimes surgery is needed.

THE "GREAT" Nonna...

So when my water broke my mom was notified right away and damn sure enough she was on a plane a day later to be with her grandchildren. 

Having my mom here was VERY helpful. She held babies...made dinners...taxied preschoolers...cleaned up...grocery shopped in jackson with a major case of the PINK eye (YIKES)...folded clothes and even marched them upstairs to be put away. 

Moms are great because you can dress like a slob in front of them...have your boobs hanging out in front of them...freak out in front of them...fall asleep in front of them....it doesn't matter because it's your mom and I couldn't imagine having anyone else here for that length of time.

Who else would instruct Whityn on how to feed a newborn a bottle (when clearly he is focused on Curious George on the TV)...

 Who else would snuggle Madden so soft and warm and sacrifice their own bladder exploding?

 Who else would stay inside all cozy by the fire and allow me to head outside to be with this little owl?

 Cause without Nonna...this is what I am left with. And look closely cause Madden has resorted to feeding himself. :)

 For a minute anyhow...

Thank you Nonna for coming to the rescue...cause clearly we can't raise children without you or that's how you see it. We are lost without you. Let us know when you are coming back so that we can look forward to eating again and having a clean house. Love you.