Father’s Day, Project Life, and Carrots

Brandon and I have been enjoying our new normal with Griffin. Every time I think we’ve finally adjusted, something changes! Griffin is changing daily it seems. This week he has been transitioning to formula as well as solids. Oh. My. Word. I have never smelled anything more nasty than what my son passes in all three forms: solid, liquid, and gas!! GROSS! But anyways, Griffin had carrots for breakfast this morning. His face was hysterical. He wasn’t so sure about it. He ate about 1 1/2 Tbsp. I thought he did pretty good!



Pictures of babies eating baby food gross me out. I’m not sure why I’m posting these or even took them. Vomit.
Rewind two weeks…. Brandon celebrated his first Father’s Day! I loved Mother’s Day and soaked up every single second. Holidays are SO fun! Brandon however doesn’t really get into them. But since it was his first Father’s Day, Griffin and I had to make it memorable!

Brandon is now the new owner of a 42 inch flat screen! It’s so not cute right now. We need  to hang it on the wall and are in search of a new TV stand. In fact, we spent all day going to several different places in town trying to find one. It was exhausting.

Daddy’s mini-me

I’ve started scrapbooking again, but with a different approach. I love buying the cutesie paper and all the embellishments, but honesty, it was way expensive and I put way too much pressure on myself to make every single page cute and innovative. So as a result, I never did anything. Enter: Project Life. I stumbled across Project Life on Pinterest (where else of course?!?) and after some research, I ordered the kit from Amazon. It’s more of a glorified photo album, but itsn’t that what scrapbooking is anyways??

This is everything I ordered. Page Protectors, a binder, the Core Kit, and some matching paper. The page protectors have different sized slots for inserting pictures or journaling cards. So instead of spending an hour on a layout, I get one done in about 10 minutes or less. The entire album will be color-coordinated and will be a sort of yearbook for our family. I do one layout a week to document the events from that week. Since I started late in the year, I’ve had to backtrack a little, so a lot of pages have what I like to call “Flashbacks.” Becky HIggins, the creator, is coming out with a Baby edition later the year. I cannot wait to see it!!! I haven’t decided if I will backtrack and do one for Griffin, or wait for our next baby.

Here are the first two layouts in the album. I am in love with this product. Quick, easy, and to the point. Just the way I like it!

Four Month Stats

Poor baby had his shots this morning. He did much better than last month! He is in the 90th percentile in both height and weight at 26 inches long and 16 pounds and 15 ounces. He is in 6-9 months and 9 month clothes. And his hair is outta control!

Four Months

Griffin turned four months yesterday!

How can this be!?!?!

I must admit…. Griffin is getting to be so much fun these days. We are starting to see his personality. He’s so laid back and easy-going. Well, most of the time he is! He smiles so easily and at everything. We still have to work for his giggles, but they are worth a little more effort!

Griffin tried cereal for the second time on Saturday. We tried at three months, but he had no clue how to eat from a spoon. This time around, he did wonderful and LOVED it! He will be getting a bowl of cereal every night and will start two bowls soon. I can’t believe he will be starting real food soon!

His motor skills are improving. He can reach and grab a toy now. He loves his little monkey blanket. His favorite “toys” however are his hands and feet! He is finally putting weight and wants to stand up. He tries to sit up constantly, but of course cannot hold himself up just yet.


With August soon approaching, which means back to work I go, I’ve been trying to switch him to formula. He has taken one bottle a day for the past couple of days. He is learning to drink it, but it’s def not his favorite. Last week I was so excited to stop nursing. However, this week, I’m really sad about it. So many pros and cons to both sides. I must say, the formula has done a number on his tummy. He is so gassy and SO stinky.
His hair is growing! And his eyes are dark brown. He may be teething? But I’m not sure. He is just starting to bite down on everything now. His neck is getting so strong and is able to look around while on his tummy. He’s still a little shakey, but he’s getting there!

He stopped sleeping through the night when he hit his three month growth spurt. I’m hoping and praying that he goes back once he starts solids. If he would do that before I go back to work would be really wonderful!!!
So pretty much, I have the best baby ever. The end.

Tidbits

Griffin is 14 weeks and 3 days and he giggled for the first time today! Oh. My. Goodness. The sweetest thing EVER! Loved it!
I took the babes to see Dr. P today. His eczema is outta control, and I wanted the doctor to check out his “tootie fruity” as he called it. ha! Well Dr. P is awesome as always and fixed the tootie fruity issue and gave me a remedy for his breakouts:

1. Warm bath
2. Apply hydrocortisone cream
3. Apply lotion
4. Apply Aquaphor

So basically I have a little greaseball, but it works! I can already see a huge improvement in just one afternoon. Yay!
In other news, I went to my second Zumba class. It’s so much fun, but I def do not have any rhythm. bahahahaha!