Keeping up with the keeping up

It has been sooo long since I have blogged...sorry!  Lets see if I can get back into this blogging action!  It all stopped I must say, whenever I got sick for a couple of weeks and then Griffin got sick for a couple of weeks.  But we have been well and thriving since then, Thank goodness!  

Well I think we have been up to a lot but then I think maybe it is just a lot for us....maybe a little to others...but a perfect amount for us!

Matt has been busy working hard, but makes sure he spends good time with us.  

I made a yummy fall soup.  I got the recipe from a friends blog.  

I have been shopping for warm clothes for Griffin since the season is changing, and he has outgrown most of last years winter clothes.  

I have been preparing for our Halloween plans!  I love Halloween.  I always have.  I think it is because I love dressing up and this is a guaranteed day that you are able to dress up in a costume.  I am going as a fairy and Griffin is going to be my mushroom!  I found both of our costumes on Etsy.  One of my favorite places to shop.  If I could afford it I think I would shop there for almost everything!  ( I can't wait to post pictures)  

Me and Matt have watched quite a few movies in the past month, way more than we have ever watched in a given period of time.  My favorites out of the bunch were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Away We Go.  

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button I know all of you have at least heard about.  I was not interested in watching it until I read this qoute accidentally from it...."For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

The movie had this eerie mystical feel to it.  The lighting, the music, the voices...all eerie and mystical to me.  I loved it.  It just entrapped me and brought me into it.  And Away we go was so super sweet and funny, and so true to life.  

The other night me, Griffin, and Megan went over to our friend's Aaron and Anita's house and they have the sweetest little girl Griffin's age.  Sophie...

She just kept on loving on Griffin the whole night.  It really touched me.  I did not realize I was apprehensive with Griffin being around other kids because he is a little different and I just didn't know how they would be towards him.  And she did not see any difference or act like there was one.  She hugged and kissed him all night long.  She really blessed me and Griffin by her love and acceptance.  Here are some of the action shots of it...

going in for the first kiss...

she just kept on wanting to give him kisses..all over his little face...and he would just push her away...

but she wouldn't give up and never became discouraged or upset by his reaction....

It really makes me tear up every time I think about it.  The unconditional love that a child was showing to my child.

Another time later on in the night on their wagon ride together, I turned back to look at them, and she had her arms draped around his neck and was laying on his chest!!  Soooo sweet I tell ya!

Oh I almost forgot to mention that I am getting my very own sewing machine from my Grandma Lynne this Christmas!!!  I am working on getting my sewing nook all squared away before then.  My grandma Lynne is an amazing seamstress.  If I had only taken lessons from her as a child growing up.  I am definitely kicking myself in the but now for not doing so.    

Griffin is doing great in his therapy sessions.  He definitely understand the signs for more and all done/finished and basically signs them.  For all done he holds his hands up, which is what you are suppose to do, but you are also suppose to twist them like you are shaking something off and he doesn't do that part yet.  And for more he brings his hands together but he doesn't touch his finger tips together yet.  Me and his therapists were just talking last week and we think that he would really benefit from being in a preschool, around other kids, maybe 2 days a week. He would probably learn a lot from watching them and would really be motivated to learn new skills so he could be social and play with all of them.  So I am looking into a few.  I have to find the right place.  It is hard for me to do this.  

Griffin is still seriously on the go, go, go!!  He is still army crawling and scooting, but gets around ever so fast!  

And last but certainly not least...the latest and greatest news....is.....dum dum dum......Griffin pulled up to stand all by himself today!!!!  

I have caught him a few times pulling up to like a half way stand, with his knees still bent, but today it was all the way.  

The scenario went like this.....

He throws a toy over the side of his wagon and pulls himself up to a half way stand to look over the edge and see it....

And then he stood all the way up, dropped one hand from holding on, and turned to look at me!  We both just froze for a moment...staring at each other in amazement.  And then he sat back down.  Whoa...Whoa...Whoa!!!!  I am ecstatic!  I can not wait to tell his physical therapist tomorrow!!!!

Well that is all of my news for everyone!  

But this is for you Nana....