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Griffin :: 8 months
  The eight month picture was a challenge.
 
 Rolling over wasn’t a problem this time…but eating the flash card was. Griffin wanted that piece of paper in his mouth and if I took it away from him, he was mad.
 We had a few moments of sweet baby stares…
 …and happy smiles.
 But the rest of the time he was devouring the flash card.
 Good thing you are only eight months once and we don’t have to use that flash card again.
 He kept putting the card above his head. It was like he was saying, “See mom. I’m eight months old. Now please leave me alone.”
 I called his brother in for some assistence. Maybe a little distraction would help.
 Not so much…it just turned into wrestling.
 And then daddy came home. Finally some help! By this time we had printed off a replacement card (because he had eaten the first one). I tried to have Joel sneak in the card while he wasn’t looking. It didn’t work. He saw that card right away and once he got his little hands on it, was back to eating it again.
 Oh well. I guess that is you at eight months.
Griffin,
I don’t feel like I have a lot of new things to tell you this month. Eight months has been much more predictable…which is nice because I’m sure that will change again! You have a pretty predictable schedule, you are a predictable eater (by predictable I mean you eat a lot!), and your sleeping is even becoming more predictable. I still wouldn’t say that you are sleeping through the night but you are getting so close. So close is much better than waking up ten times every night!
I love seeing your little personality develop. You love being with your brother and get excited when he does things with you. He loves you too. He always wants to know where you are and what you are doing. Before you go to bed he always says, “Good night Gwiffin. I wuv you. I wuv you too.” He is already putting words in your mouth but he really does love you.
You haven’t started talking yet but we definitely know when you are excited. You love food. You bang your hands on your highchair while you wait for me to get you something to eat. And if it doesn’t come fast enough you practically start yelling…or screaming! If you aren’t eating something you are trying to put anything you can into your mouth. Nothing is safe anymore. You also love to take baths. you bang your hands up and down and splash away getting yourself and your brother all wet. You love the water. I’m guessing you will love playing in the pool this summer too.
Nine months is just around the corner and that hardly seems possible. You are growing so fast. I am so thankful for my “two boys” as your brother would say. What a blessing you are to me, little Griffin!
Love, Mama
I begged Megan to take Griffin’s six month pictures. Levi calls her Miss Megan. She has taken six month pictures of all my kids…Cora included. I love that. Right after our photo shoot, Megan decided she wouldn’t be taking family pictures this year. Phew…we were lucky. Hopefully my crazy family wasn’t the reason for her decision. 🙂
Six month pictures are the one thing that all my kids will have that are the same. It might sound silly, but it is something that is important to me. When I see all of their six month pictures, my family feels whole for just a moment.
I feel like their little personalities start shining through around six months and I love how that has been captured in these pictures. What a gift that we had a peek into Cora’s personality even though she was with us for such a short time. They all have similarities and differences but they are each fearfully and wonderfully made unique by our Creator God…they are the only one just like them. And, oh, how I love them each so much.
 Cora & Levi :: 6 months
Cora was serious. You had to work to get her to smile, but when she did she would flash you the sweetest grins. Pure little girl sweetness. Levi was a cheese-ball (and still is!). You didn’t have to work at all to get him to smile. He was always smiling. He gave big open mouth grins the whole time.
 Griffin :: 6 months
Griffin not only reminds us so much of his sister in looks, but also in personality. He is much more serious than Levi. He made us work hard for a smile. He was too busy being a boy and eating dirt and grass. But his smiles are pure sweetness when you finally get one. Levi can make him smile the most…but he was exploring the farm with Megan’s girls and wasn’t interested in helping us out much!
  
 {there is that grass going into his mouth}
 
 Brothers…
   And a few of Mr. Cheese-ball himself.
     I love this one.
 It reminds me so much of this one we took with Cora.
Thank you Megan for being patient with my two silly boys (especially the big one) and for capturing these sweet moments with my family.
 We spent the morning at the park with my grandparents. My grandma packed us a picnic lunch. It was a great morning.
 And tonight we decided that the weather was perfect for a picnic dinner too. This time it was a pizza picnic. I didn’t have to cook and I got to hang out with my boys. It was perfect.
We have had some beautiful days in Kansas this spring and we are trying to enjoy every one of them. Usually Kansas is windy, hot, humid, buggy, and not so ideal for picnics.
But not today…today was a picnic kind of day.
So…I’ve been doing a little spring/summer cleaning. My sister and I are having a garage sale in a few weeks. Good motivation.
 I now have one cleaned out cabinet. Hello pretty white dishes. One cupboard down, many more messy and cluttered cabinets to go.
 Now that I am getting a little more sleep and in full get-ready-for-garage-sale mode, I’ve started working on Griffin’s room again. Gasp…I know. Maybe I’ll actually finish it before he is one. Just maybe.
 I am also finally ordering a Griffin print from Penny Paper Co. I’ve been putting it off hoping they would have another sale someday. If you have been wanting one of their cute prints now is the time to get one. It doesn’t get any better than a buy 1 get 1 free sale! They didn’t ask me to blog about that…I just like to share a good deal. 🙂
Let’s hope I can keep up the motivation to get my house clean and organized (even though I know it will only stay that way for about five seconds)!
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Beth Doxtator - This has nothing to do with Memorial Day. My daughter and I follow your blog. My daughter, Melissa, has a 27 month old daughter, Katherine. Melissa told me that she thinks Levi and Katherine should one day grow up and marry each other. I believe she may be right! They both LOVE tractors and everything outdoors. She’s a real cutie, too. Is it too soon to say Levi is spoken for?:) Thanks for sharing your family with us.
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Jody - Our town lost a soldier back in 2005. I will never forget the night they brought him back to town. It was close to midnight before the motorcade arrived. Hundreds of people lined Main Street. As the motorcade went by, people just didn’t know what to do; it wasn’t enough to have just stood there. So people just started falling in behind and everyone walked down Main Street to the funeral home. It still brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.
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