Happy Thanksgiving!

This was another big day for Griffin. We went to Mimi's in the morning to have breakfast and watch the Macy's parade. The little ones had a ball playing together, especially with a rabbit pull-toy. Griffin would run in circles from the den, through the kitchen and dining room, and down the hallway, around and around and around, pulling the rabbit behind him. Harper kept chasing after him, squealing the entire time.

Our next stop was Aunt Patricia and Uncle Ralph's. Maya and Chance, two of Griffin's cousins, were there. Griffin loves to play with "big kids" so he was loving all of the attention from them.

Then we went to Weezy's house for dinner. Griffin's great-grandparents, Mamere and Grandad (Matt's names for them), spent the evening with us. Griffin enjoyed his first real Thanksgiving meal. He had a couple of deviled eggs (he loved scooping the yellow part out with his spoon, but he didn't want anything to do with the white part) and some sweet potatoes. He started out eating the sweet potatoes with a spoon but quickly decided that they were more of a "finger food."

It was a busy day, but we're thankful that all of our family is close so that we're all able to get together!

Thanksgiving Eve

I had the day off work, so Griffin and I spent the whole day together on Wednesday. We went to Long's Drugstore with Aunt Holly and Harper for a pancake breakfast. After we had finished eating and put the babies coats back on, Holly and I were paying the tip and gathering up our bags. I knew Griffin had gone over to the door and was looking out the window. The next time I looked over, he and Harper were sitting in opposite corners of the doorway. It was so funny that I had to run out to the car and grab the camera.

After breakfast, we took Griffin and Harper to class at The Little Gym. It was nap time after that so we headed home for a while. Once Griffin got up from his nap, he and I picked Mimi up from work and went to the Fantasy of Trees. Griffin's eyes got huge as soon as we entered the convention center and he saw all of the lights. I let him get out of his stroller and he climbed into a couple of the display areas--the ones with trains and stuffed animals were just too much to resist! I heard a couple of other parents comment to their kids that "you're not supposed to do that" but he was so cute that I couldn't help but smile (and take pictures!).

He went on his first carousel ride and was quite in awe when his horse started going up and down.

He did have a little meltdown while we were there, but having a cookie with Mimi fixed that.

Happy Halloween!

I know I'm a bit behind on my blogging, but life has been more than a little hectic lately. And even though I'm sure you're all out of Halloween mode and have moved on to thoughts of Thanksgiving and Christmas by now, I just had to share these pictures. Isn't this the cutest little pumpkin you've ever seen? Griffin's friend Wyatt (the jester) came over to trick-or-treat. We went to Aunt Holly and Uncle Jason's house so we could see Harper (the cow). On the walk over to Harper's house, we met up with Weezy who had a box of Teddy Grahams for Griffin.

After we left Harper's house, we stopped by to see Pop and Channa. Griffin is checking out the treats that "Chan" put in his treat bag.
Pop is acting like he's going to get Griffin--I doubt Pop could tickle him too well through the pumpkin costume, but it still made Griffin giggle.
Our final stop was at Mimi and Papaw Al's house. Griffin had fun sitting on the porch and watching all of the big kids who stopped by for treats. He also had fun riding his firetruck up and down the sidewalk and all around the house. Mimi also had some special treats for him--animal crackers and goldfish. What a night for a toddler!