Sunday, November 8, 2009

Calling all Wild Things!

We had a birthday party for Griffin on Halloween
in celebration of our little man turning the big

1!

We sent out a call for all his little mischief-making friends to join him for a "Where the Wild things Are" party!
Since it was Halloween costumes were highly recommended and most came dressed up.
Griffin arrived as Max- King of the Wild Things!
One of my friends was nice enough to offer her house so we could have more room for the little monsters to run and play. Thank goodness! We ate pizza, played in the bounce house, opened presents, took pictures with the Wild Things, had story-time, ate cake and goodies and pretty much had a "Wild Rumpus" of a time with our family and friends.
It was a long day and a lot of work,
but sooo worth all the memories we have.



Here is part of the invitation we sent out:


Come help Griffin make mischief of one kind...
or another

Let the Wild Rumpus start!!!




Max with his Wild Things




Some of the decor:

Cake pops!

Wild Things cupcakes and Griffins cake


Little Princess Milla in the bounce house


Griffins friend Owen made a big entrance in his
darling plane costume



Minnie Mouse (Saylor) and Pink Monster (Brooklyn) enjoying their cake pops!
They are both too cute





Roaring his terrible roar and gnashing his terrible teeth!



Mom in the bounce house with little G and his buddies


King Max without his wolf costume


Opening his presents
He got spoiled and is LOVING all his new toys


Thanks for the gifts everyone!


Some of the mischief makers...it was impossible to get all the
little monsters to pose in the same picture!



Griffin discovered his tail! Too cute!



Our friend Troy reading "Where the Wild Things Are"
He did a great job and the kids loved it!


The birthday boy and his cake
He didn't cry when we all sang to him!
I think he liked the attention


Once he realized it tasted good he was stuffing fistfuls of cake in his mouth.
He knows a good thing when he gets it!

I think he had the most fun just playing with this cup!


After the party we took this little King home for a nap...but it WAS Halloween so later we headed out for more fun in the Max costume...

We walked across the street to the town center and had the BEST time! Free food and tons of rides and fun things to do for the kids...and did I mention everything was FREE?!
I couldn't believe it!


I love this picture







Seriously- Griffin is yelling in so many pictures
He is such a crazy man!

Here Emily finally makes her blog debut...
Love that girl


Griffins first pony ride
He loved it and giggled when the horse would walk
He also tried to eat the saddle


On the train with Em and Brooklyn
This was a fav. for the kidlins


We finally made it home after one very long, exciting and eventful day.
But our little Max still had some spunk in him and made mischief of one kind...
or another...
And finally sailed to bed a very happy and content little one year old.

We love you our little Wild Thing!






Tuesday, November 3, 2009

One love

Today you turned one
It is a day that came way too fast for me
Just yesterday you were this tiny

Happy Birthday my little one
You make me laugh everyday
You have the funniest sense of humor and a big personality
I love that you are such a little ham and open your mouth so big to smile
I love that you give me fake grumpy faces when I tell you not to do something
I love that you like to be surprised
I love that you are always pretty happy
I love your 8 little teeth and that you are finally sprouting some hair
I love that you are the fastest crawler I know
I love that you get so excited to see me in the morning
I love that I can tuck you into bed each night and give you a kiss
You mean the world to me
I love you to bits



Monday, November 2, 2009

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!


The wild rumpus all started with
our ward Trunk-or-Treat a week or so ago.
It was the first of many occasions where little G would be wearing his Max costume. I knew I wanted to throw him a "Where the Wild Things Are" birthday party and that it would take place on Halloween, so it was only fitting that he would just have to be the King of the Wild Things (which, trust me, is not a stretch for this little guy).

G sitting in his favorite spot watching dad eat chili
(really in 85 degree weather?!)
How cute is that wiley little tail?

Check Spelling
I couldn't find a good Max costume so I bought a fleece suit and added the claws, whiskers, buttons, ears and the wolf tail. It turned out pretty well (minus the fleece was sweltering! Poor guy!)
Here he is showing off his ears and claws


Practicing some of his growls and roars!

A very serious little Max
He is all business handing out candy
from the trunk of our car with dad

Family photo before Max sailed home for the night...


My friend Emily and her little girl Brooklyn flew in from Idaho to spend part of the week with us
which was a lot of fun.
One night we went to a little pumpkin patch near our house.
We dressed in our Fall best pretending that it was crisp outside and that we don't live in the middle of the city


Griffin looking in the pumpkin for Brooklyn
Little does he know she is behind him

Of course G just wanted to eat all the bark and hay on the ground all night long!
I think we left with half of it in his diaper

Little Miss Brooklyn and Griffin

Family photo on the old tractor

Looks like G has some of my Idaho roots in him after all!
He was sooo excited to pretend to drive the tractor

Dad helping G feed the lambs

King of Pumpkin City

Monday, October 12, 2009

The big D



Last week I took Griffin to Disneyland for the first time. My mom was in town for the week and we met up with my cousins and their kids for a super fun-filled day!
Griffin LOVED everything about it and was on his very best behavior. I'm excited I have a pass so I can take him all the time now!

I LOVE Disneyland in the fall...pumpkins everywhere, crisp night air, caramel apples, halloween costumes, The Nightmare before Christmas haunted house re-do....love it all!

G was in amazement

Amelia and G

Grandma took him on his first ride ever...I heard he giggled the whole time he was on the horse

Cousin Becca making G laugh

We had such a great day all together.
We will be back!

11 Months

Our little baby is now 11 months old! I feel like in the last 2 weeks or so his personality has grown so much. He is quite the little ham these days.

He likes to yell a lot and talks gibberish like a crazy man
We can understand a few words like "mommy, daddy, hi and kitty!"

Poor Sophie
She is a pretty good sport considering she has a stalker

G with a mountain man...oh wait, thats Dad trying to grow a beard....?!

G loves to haul around the house with his walker
He is pretty good at it and we are waiting for him
to walk on his own

One night before his bath he was really hamming it up for Grandma




He's sooooo BIG! We love you little bubbies