Ultrasound No. 2

Jude and I went to Nashville yesterday to see the baby for the second time. Jude was pretty unimpressed with the whole thing. He thinks that the baby should be here now. He was moved to his "big" bed when he got home from his travels (which he has done great with). The crib is also in there as they MAY share a room later. When he got up that morning he came out and said "I looked and there is STILL no baby in that bed". I am not sure what he would have done if there would have been. Back to the ultrasound - very uneventful: The baby cooperated this time and they were able to get all their pictures. All is well. The Dr. appointment was followed by a trip to Mellow Mushroom - of course - and Gigi's Cupcakes afterward - YUMMY!

Jude's Whistle

Jude has learned to "whistle". It is his way of getting our attention most of the time now. For now, it is funny... Yeah, I took the video on Saturday while we were waiting for the Dr. to see him - nothing like good time management!

Nana & Pepaws House

After Jude and Ella visited with Mimi and Pops they went to KY for a visit with Nana and Pepaw. They went on what was apparently a very messy strawberry pick. Jude was the messy one - naturally. Ella did not eat any because she thought they were dirty. Jude also ended up running a fever from Friday am until Sunday sometime. I took him to the Dr. in KY and she prescribed some antibiotics but of course that means there were two nights of up every 3 hrs to medicate. He did well though, no seizures. We managed to go swimming once and of course the boys golfed. We had dinner with Brenda and Kim and were going to swim on Monday but got rained out. There was Pattie's on Monday though that made not going swimming okay! Oh yeah, my dad and I also squeezed in Indiana Jones on Sunday afternoon. I also have pictures of Jude "watering" my mom's potted plants on her deck but I will save Jude the embarrassment later of showing everyone his booty.

Visit with Mimi and Pops

As stated before, Ella and Jude spent a few fun filled days with Mimi and Pops. They had a picnic at the pond, went to Silver Dollar City, had a tea party, went fishing and just had fun hanging out. They documented all the fun with some pictures. They also did get to eat at Lamberts (home of the "throwed rolls") on Wednesday with my parents and Jonathan's parents. Jude even caught a roll but quickly put it down because it was "too hot".

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work We ALL Go!

* I added some pictures of the two wreaths I made while the kids were gone. * Do not come to my house if you don't want to be put to work! Last week I had the wonderful help of Mimi and Pops and I put it to good use. Pops did some great yard work as well as working on the Mustang, working at the school, putting together patio furniture and doing just about any other "little" chore I had. Mimi was also hard at work with the kids while she was here as well as working in the yard too. They took the kids with them for a few days of fun while it was back to work at the Griffin house. On Monday, I cleaned out both attics and made a pile for the Hope Center. I also cleaned out my embroidery stuff and organized it into 21 bins which was a task that kept me going back to Wal-Mart - and Sonic for a break...every hard worker needs a banana split, right? I also put Jonathan to work in the attic when he got home and in charge of moving furniture to and from Jude's room and getting it "organized". On Wednesday my time was spent trimming the hedges in the back, cleaning out the flowerbeds of leaves, painting the bathroom cabinets (which led to painting the stair rails, bedroom door, front door frame, laundry room door frame, mantle, bathroom door and trim), actually dropping at the Hope Center, ANOTHER trip to Wal-Mart, getting Jonathan's watch batteries and then taking a big nap around 6 pm....I am ready for the kids to get back so we can relax...right!

"Professional" Soccer Pics

Ella got her posed soccer pics on Saturday along with her trophy. I added the one from last year too because one year has made a great difference. She looked like such a baby last year! She did have some killer armbands (thanks Amanda) that matched last year though. The other is a picture of her whole team & coach - obviously.

Soccer

The soccer season has ended...sniff, sniff. It started with a bang and ended with a bang. No goals were scored on Saturday but she did "play" - meaning no tears only a side stitch where she took herself out of the game - and that only happened TWICE! Overall, a great season. She got a trophy which she thought was just great. I personally think it is the only thing that keeps her going through the season (well, that and the snacks)! Anyway, until next year....

Ella's Program

Ella's Program/Graduation was Thursday night. Of course for those that know Ella know that she loves nothing better than being on stage! All of the classes did a great job and were very entertaining. I am not going to go into the details of what all she did during the performance but Jonathan and I did alot of head shaking! I have attached two videos - one of "Under the Sea" and the other is the song "Me and God".

Jude's Program

Jude had his end of the year program last Tuesday night. I know that his hair looks very nerdy in the pictures but if you would have seen what I had to work with that day you would understand. Even one of his teachers (who was not there when I picked him up) was laughing about what it looked like at school that day. It was terrible. I don't know what he did to himself during naptime. Anyway, back to the program. He walked in with his friend Bryce and sat by him. I accidentally deleted my "big" camera pictures from the event so I only have these pictures and the video. They had a great performance and were the youngest class to sing. You can't really understand but Jude will be happy to give private perfomaces for those who are interested. He loved it! *side note - in the video the first song is "Bumblebee" and the second is "I'm a little fishy".

Worn Out

I can say that there have not been too many things that my kids have "worn out". Ella's first Baby Einstein video (it was VHS). Maybe some clothes that were crawled in. Everything else they grow out of too fast. These shoes are the exception. She loved them this fall/winter and literally wore holes in them. We got our money out of them!