Rosy Cheeks and Crazy Hair

I love this picture - so I had to share it with everyone.

Grandpa W. caputured Lizzie's rosy cheeks and crazy hair while she was taking a bath at their house a few weeks ago.

Make a Smilebox photobook

Mommy Lizzie

For all of you who know Lizzie, she loves her baby dolls (but only those with hair). As you can see from the pictures, she carries her baby by their hair. The baby that you see in the picture with Lizzie was a Christmas gift (so just over a month old). Poor baby, she looks like Lizzie has had her all her life. The baby's hair is a ratted mess. When Lizzie got the baby its hair was nice and straight; but after many days spent with Mommy Lizzie her hair is no longer straight. It actually looks like it has dread locks. Lizzie is a great "Mommy"; she loves to carry her baby wherever she goes. Lizzie sleeps and eats with her baby (she feeds her baby food and gives them bottles). She also puts it in its stroller, carseat, wraps her up and puts her to "nigh night". When baby #2 comes along in July I'm sure that she'll be a big help. We just hope she doesn't try and carry it by its hair!

My New Nephew

Gavin John Griffen entered this world on Saturday, January 3, 2009. He was born at 3:21 p.m. and he weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and is 21 inches long. Baby, mom, and dad are doing well. We praise God for the new addition to our family. We cannot wait to meet him in person!

Christmas 2008

Christmas Eve Ryan and I opened presents with Lizzie. Typically we open presents as a family on Christmas Day, but we didn't have anything going on on Christmas Eve. Lizzie enjoyed playing on top of her presents.

Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa Griffen's House. (We have more pictures but many of them are blurry b/c someone messed with the setting on the camera and I had no clue until we were almost done opening presents).

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Wolthuis' House.

Our Christmas Elf

Grandpa W. took this picture of Lizzie during one of her weekly visits to their house.

Lizzie is our perfect little Christmas Elf!

Words to Make a Mom's Heart Melt

Lizzie made my Thanksgiving Day. On the way to church in the morning, Lizzie was securely strapped in her carseat with a pipe in her mouth and her doll in her lap. Out of the blue, Ryan said, "Let's start a family tradition and on the way to church each Thanksgiving morning go around the car and tell eachother what were thankful for." Ryan told Lizzie she could go first (like she understood - besides, she had a pipe in her mouth). So, I proceeded to say, well Lizzie is thankful for her pipe and babydoll. At the mention of "pipe" she took out her pipe and handed it to me so her mouth was free and she could "talk". Ryan once again said, "Lizzie, what are you thankful for?" and without hesitation in her cute little Lizzie voice she said, "Mommy!"....Oh, my goodness, it was like her and Ryan had practiced it. It was so perfect! So, that was my perfect Thanksgiving that made my heart melt. I really don't think I'll ever forget it. I hope that yours was great too!

(Sorry, no new pictures lately, so I'll use a picture taken by Katie DeBoer!)