Fun Around the House

Just thought I would post a few recent pictures of Aiden and share the little things we have been up to lately.

I just made this really yummy lemon cake recently and here is a picture of the final project. It is the perfect cake to eat for spring or summertime because it is so light and cool. The tastiest part for me was the lemon syrup part that you make and drizzle into holes in the cake after it cools because it made the cake really moist and extra lemony.

Aiden is getting to be so big. He loves to help Daddy fix things and he loves to help mama cook (especially if it involves egg breaking). He has also finally learned to vocalize the word "No." Before he would just shake his head no, but now he actually says it and sadly he doesn't really do so well with yes. So, everything is "No" these days and sometimes I feel like I now have a very pessimistic child, but we are working on saying yes. He is doing really well with saying please, thank you, and I love you so I guess those counteract the negativity of all the no saying around here.

He is doing the goofiest smiles lately. He kind of flares his nostrils and scrunches his eyes and nose.

He loves his blue truck. It is one of those cars that you wind up by rolling it back and forth to make it go and he finally has the hang of it so he loves to play with it in the kitchen.

Helping me do laundry :)....Or just saying all of the pieces of clothes are blankies and hoarding them. haha.

I changed the batteries in his toy clock and so of course for the next half hour he had to keep fixing it with the little screw driver. He loves when things have to be fixed.

Aiden and his best friend, Lightning McQueen. He loves to try to feed and wash his car :)

Brad is now working on his neuroanatomy class and likes it much more than biochemistry. It is the only class he has right now though so that means 4 hours of lecture everyday which means A LOT of material to study in a short amount of time. While Brad is working hard I have been working on a few new projects to change Aiden's room around before the new baby arrives. I bought Aiden a little table for his room which he LOVES! He can color and play with some of his smaller toys on it and he has lots of fun. I also found these adorable 5x7 cards online that have sayings on them like "Love your family", "Say please and thank you", "brush your teeth", etc. that you can hang on a string on a wall for a kid's room. I saw them and thought I can make those myself! So, I got some cute colored paper and some mini clothespins and some ribbon and I am working on making those for the baby room.

It's a BOY!

We went to the doctor's yesterday and sure enough Brad was right, we are having another baby boy! We are so excited and happy that Aiden with have a buddy to play with.

We had a different ultrasound tech this time and she was really sweet and it was funny because the baby had his hand blocking the view to see if it was a boy or girl so she had to shake him a little to get him to move it so we could see that it was a boy. We were laughing because she was saying how of course he is a boy because he already had his hand down there :)

So, Ryder Michael Griffitts will be joining us in just another 4 months! I have been looking for the perfect take home outfit so if anyone knows a really great place to look let me know :)

Here is the ultrasound picture of Ryder's profile. Sorry it is vertical, I couldn't flip it so it was horizontal. So his facial profile is at the top.

Spring and Babies Right Around the Corner...

So, this post has been a long time coming. I have been waiting to post until I could put up an ultrasound picture, but our printer is not currently working and so I am unable to scan the picture right now...So, without further ado I am here to announce that I am pregnant!

My due date is July 31st which will be the third July birthday in our family. We are finding out if it is a boy or girl on Friday! So stay tuned for that announcement. I think it is a girl and Brad thinks it is a boy so we will see who is right... I am currently 20 weeks along so we have already reached the half way point.

I had my first ultrasound when I was 16 weeks, but the ultrasound tech lady was not very friendly and was all business and did not check to see if it was a boy or girl because according to her it was too early to tell...let's just say that was a long day at the doctor's office for everyone. During the entire ultrasound Aiden was crying because he thought we were at the doctor's office for him and thought he was going to get shots or something and then on top of it we had to wait super long and had a grumpy ultrasound lady so yeah, not the best time I have had at the doctor's. Hopefully this Friday will be more pleasant :)

We already have names picked out. If it is a girl her name will be Blakelee Ray and if it is a boy his name will be Ryder Michael. So, this weekend I will let you all know if it is a boy or girl and I will post some pregnancy pictures as well! We are so excited and can't wait to have a sweet new baby in our home.

Georgia Christmas and New Year

We had a wonderful Christmas break! Brad got our of school on the 17th so that weekend we had our own little family Christmas so we wouldn't have to bring ALL of Aiden's toys to my mom's house in Georgia and risk losing track of them there. So, he had tons of fun opening his little wooden train and his little people sets and lots of other cool gifts from us and from Gigi and Poppi. Then on Monday (20th) we headed down to Georgia and Aiden did so well in the car. He is such a good traveler for which I am so grateful :) He has been that way since he was little and it definitely makes holiday trips more enjoyable.

While we were in Georgia some of our activities included hiking, going to a family game/arcade place, sledding in snow (yes, we amazingly had a white Christmas in Georgia this year),we went to see Tangled (which Aiden amazingly sat through), pudding finger painting, playing scum, making sugar cookies, and shooting off fireworks. It was so much fun to see everyone. I got to see two of my brothers, Sam and Tim, and their families that I hadn't seen in a while and my two younger siblings as well. I hadn't been home at my mom's house for Christmas in a long time either so it was so nice to be there with everyone. Here are some pics of all our fun :)

Opening his train at home on our Christmas Eve

Aiden so happy with all of his loot especially his cool Geotrax set.

Pudding Finger Painting! He was just eating it all :)

Is there a way to lick it off my chin?

Messier and messier by the second, but so much fun :)

He decided he wanted to share. haha.

Christmas Eve dinner at Grandma's house.

Christmas Morning! Opening up the stocking. In this pic he is saying a sign language please cuz he was seeing all of the candy haha.

SOO happy with his Lightning McQueen Geotrax car.

Getting ready to go play out in the snow.

His huge snow gloves that were impossible to get his thumbs into. He just walked around holding his hands up, not touching anything. "What do I do with my hands?"

My two handsome boys :)

Me sledding down the hill.

My mom sledding down the hill :)

He was so happy to be outside in the snow. He cried and cried when we had to take him inside :(

Sledding with Daddy.

Literally running on the trail. He was so excited to be outside and running around.

Playing in the leaves.

Such a little adventurous boy. He kept wanting to go off into the woods and not stay on the trail.

With his Aunt Amy, so excited to go outside and see fireworks.

Fun with sparklers.

Happy New Year!

A Thanksgiving Visit

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Alan and Sandy came and a new little baby was born all in one holiday! Aiden had so much fun seeing his Gigi and Poppi...I think he remembers them or at least can feel trust and love around them from the year he spent with them as a baby because he would walk right up to them and let them hold him. And he got right into playing with Poppi again :)

We are so happy for Brent and Meagan and their new baby girl, Leilah. Congrats you guys! She is so cute and it was fun to get to go to the hospital and see her right before Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was a week of food, shopping, and playing. And of course, getting to see Brad much more :) I have to say that I am so proud of us...we already have all of our Christmas shopping done! Now I am just trying to finish my online class before the holidays so I can relax and Brad is busy taking his tests for school too before Christmas gets here. We are going to my mom's house in Georgia for Christmas and two of my brothers and their families are going to be there too. I am so excited :)

I am so glad that we have family close to us here in Kentucky and that Alan and Sandy were able to come out for Thanksgiving. Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving break and some pictures of Aiden playing in the snow storm we just had. It has been freezing cold! Today we have a high of 25 degrees...brrr.

Having lunch with Gigi at Red Robin.

Playing cards as a family.

Aiden playing with Poppi.

Aiden with his cousins in their new pajamas from Gigi.

What is all that white stuff?

Oh, it is icy and cold stuff...

But I like it!