Griffin's Birthday Party

Griffin celebrated his 2nd birthday with a Mickey Mouse party at Little Gym on Saturday. All the kids had a great time playing in the gym and then we had chicken nuggets, fruit, and Mickey cupcakes. He got so many wonderful new toys and had a huge smile on his face the whole day. Little sister enjoyed the party too and looked precious in her Minnie Mouse shirt and tutu! Happy Birthday Griffin Bear!

Playing balls with Papa J

Snuggles with Aunt Lala and Gigi

Time for food and cupcakes

Sweet Cousin Jack enjoying the bubbles

Cousin Lyndon showing me his tongue!

Taking a ride on the magic carpet with Jack and Lyndon

FUN in the gym

Time for bells

Griffin's favorite is swinging from the bars

Sweet little Ella

Carson loved his yellow cupcake! YUMMY!

Ella Update

I can't believe Ella is already almost 3 weeks old, and yet it's hard to remember our family without her. She has been the best baby and such a blessing to us. She is eating every 2.5 to three hours during the day and every four hours at night. She only wakes up twice a night to eat which is HUGE compared to Griff who ate every two hours round the clock until he was 8 weeks old! Conner, Leslie, and the twins came in town this weekend for Griffin's birthday party at Little Gym (post coming soon) and to meet Ella! She loved seeing her family and getting extra snuggles from everyone! We are just soaking up every minute with our sweet newborn. It's such a weird feeling this time knowing she will be our last baby. Even when things get crazy, I remind myself how fast they grow and to just sit back and enjoy every day!

Birthday Fun!

Griffin had such a great birthday. We took him for pancakes and playtime at McDonald's in the morning. After nap, we met all our friends at the neighborhood playground for some serious fun on the tire swing. Then, we went to Rain Forest Cafe last night for Griffin's birthday dinner. Heather, Alex, and Elijah came and so did Lluvia, RJ, and Baby Sebastian. The kids had the best time looking at all the animals and Griffin was fascinated by the rain falling. Afterwards, we went home for a birthday cupcake...yummy! Griffin had a wonderful birthday!

No post can be complete without a picture of baby sister. She had a nice warm bath after all the birthday fun was over! Such a GOOD baby!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Dear Griffin,

I can't believe my baby is two years old today! You've come so far, and yet I wish I could stop time and just keep you the way you are. You were my first baby, and that's just so special. You taught me how to be a mommy, and how to let go of a selfish life and give my heart and soul to someone so precious. You have been an absolute joy to have as a son, and everyday you keep Daddy and I laughing at your cute personality. You LOVE to talk and have become quite the chatterbox. You have such a sweet, feisty spirit and you're the perfect mix of tender yet ALL boy. We love to watch you dance around the living room, and you love to play "I get you" every night when Daddy gets home from work. You love the outdoors and the tire swing at our neighborhood playground. You could swing around on that thing all day!

Griffin, God created you for our family, and you've been the perfect son. Now that Ella is here we get so much joy from watching you become a big brother, and show love to your sister. We are so proud of you Griffin and just when we thought it wasn't possible to love you any more, we do! Happy 2nd birthday baby boy!

Love you,

Mommy and Daddy

Sweetest Kiss

Griffin wanted to give Ella a goodnight kiss before he went to bed tonight! Be still my heart!

Do they look alike?

We are seeing lots of similarities between Griffin and Ella. It's hard to find the perfect pictures to compare, but what do you think?

Ella 3 days

Griffin 4 days

Ella 10 days

Griffin 3 weeks

Love Bugs

What do you get when you combine two precious children, 4 amazing grandparents, 1 loving aunt, and a proud mommy and daddy, mixed together with beautiful roses, a delicious dinner, pink champagne, and molten chocolate cake? The perfect Valentines of course!

My mom cooked a wonderful dinner for us all. She made Caesar salad, crawfish etoufee (sp?), garlic bread, and molten chocolate cake...YUMMY!

Ella getting lots of love from her Gigi and Aunt Lala

Watching big brother color! Griffin has been so amazing. Every time I see my babies together I can't help but shed some happy mommy tears...darn hormones ;)

Griff enjoying a piece of his Valentine candy from school

Sweet Miss Ella Kay...she's wearing her Valentines shirt from Aunt Lala and her heart clip on her bow was made by Aunt Lele. She's one lucky girl to have aunties who LOVE to shop almost as much as they love her!!!

Ella has been an absolute angel. She rarely cries and loves snuggling! We had one rough day of nursing when my milk came in but today she has picked it right back up and she's doing great. I usually have to wake her up during the day to eat and she's sleeping four hour stretches at night. I'm prepared for this to change when she wakes up a little more, but with Griff we were up every 2 hours for the first month so this feels great! Griffin continues to blow us away with his sweet attitude towards his sister. I was mostly afraid of how it would go during feeding times, but he hasn't seemed to mind at all. He enjoys watching Mickey Mouse and getting lots of attention from Mimi and Pops! He was a little freaked out by the pump but what man isn't right?? We are so in love with our family of four and so thankful God has fulfilled our lives in so many ways!

Happy Birthday Ella Kay!

Sweet Angel

First family pic...Griff was so sweet to his sister and gave her some kisses!

Welcome to the world Ella!

We welcomed our sweet daughter Ella into the world on Wednesday, February 9th at 12:31 pm. We had a scheduled C Section and everything went so smooth. It was such a different experience this time around, thank goodness! Ella weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce at birth and she is 20 inches long. She is a beautiful baby with some dark hair but her eyebrows and arm/leg hair is blond. This is exactly how Griffin was! They really do favor each other, I'll try to post pics of that soon. She is so healthy, eating well, and loves to snuggle. They had some trouble getting her out of my tummy at during the c section and she suffered a broken collarbone. Overall, it hasn't seemed to bother her too much and will take about 3 weeks to heal. We love you Ella Kay and can't believe how perfectly you fit into our family! God knew exactly what we needed when he created you!

One Week from Today

In just one week...

I'll hold my daughter in my arms for the first time.

My baby boy will become a big brother...how can that be?

In one week from today we'll become a family of four!

In just a week I'll feel a baby kick inside me for the last time...sniff sniff.

So many emotions are running through our heads...wonder if she'll look like her precious brother??

Ella,

Daddy, Mommy, and Griffin can't wait to hold you in our arms and welcome you into our sweet family. We've dreamed about you for nine months and can't believe you're almost here! Stay safe baby girl, and we'll see you in a week!