Thanksgiving Week

This week was BUSY. Grandma and Grandpa Groesbeck came to town on their way to visit Auntie Darcy, Uncle Scott and Evan.  So we got to see them and Uncle Raleigh and Auntie Jessica on Tuesday.  Then Wednesday, Auntie Kelly and Uncle Andy drove up with Grayson, Cooper and Claire and we got lots of family time.  So we spent a lot of time at Mimi and Pa's playing with all their fun toys. To top it all off, Daddy took the whole week off to spend time with us. It was a fun and exhausting week!

Here I am bright-eyed early Thanksgiving morning.  Who needs to sleep in when there is a parade on tv?!

 While the triplets slept, I was able to get some good quality time with Auntie Kelly and Uncle Andy.  I  love snuggling with them and wish they lived closer.  Here I am composing at the piano...Cooper taught me how.

On Thanksgiving, I got to meet my Great Grandma Corky for the first time. I was very fascinated by her white hair.

 Here Great Grandma Corky is with two of her grandbabies and four of her great grandbabies.

 Claire and I are buddies. She liked to make me swing while we talked about life.  We both love tv even though we aren't supposed to watch it.

 I also got lots of boy time with Cooper and Grayson.  They can't wait to wrestle with me. In fact, I got another Harry Potter scratch because Cooper was a bit too eager to get at me.  I can't wait until I am bigger and can play with them!

Leland and I had a historic week. I pet him for the first time...sure, it was grabbing his eye ball but I actually think Leland liked it because now when I reach out for him he comes close and lets me pet him.  He also lets me ride him like a pony now. Yeehaw!

I wasted no time in getting in the spirit of Christmas. As you can see I am super excited about my first Christmas and all this Santa business.  Can't wait to meet my Auntie Darcy, Uncle Scott and cousin Evan when they come visit for Christmas! 

Four Months and Then Some

Well the past couple of weeks have been a blur.  Grandma and Grandpa Groesbeck came to celebrate Grandma's birthday and I got to see Uncle Raleigh and Auntie Jessica. Here I am wishing Grandma a Happy Birthday.  I even slept through the night for the first time ever as my present to everyone!

Uncle Raleigh and Auntie Jessica spoil me and surprised me with this Dinosaur outfit. You can call me Griffisaurus.  I love it!

I'm spending lots of time in my exosaucer and am doing a much better job of standing up in it and holding myself steady.  I am also getting dangerously close to crawling.  And if you haven't noticed, my balding head is starting to fill in with light hair. Thank goodness!

I'm finally getting too big for Mommy to carry me on our Leland walks.  Shout out to Jeff and Katie Barnett for giving us Henry's stroller so Mommy wouldn't break her back anymore.
Check out how excited I was for my first ride in it.

Unfortunately, last week was a bit rough for me because I started getting my top two molars.  Nothing to see yet but I am not a happy camper.  Needless to say we haven't been getting much sleep. Mommy was so tired one day it took her until my afternoon tummy time to realize she had my pants on backwards all day.  Whoops!

I am looking forward to celebrating my first Thanksgiving with Mommy, Daddy, Mimi, Pa, Auntie Kelly, Uncle Andy, Grayson, Cooper and Claire.  I don't mean to brag but I am pretty sure the handsome guy above is who Mommy and Daddy are most thankful for this year.  :0)

4 Months

Prepare yourself...I'm going over Daddy's picture rule of 6 because it has been a very busy week.

 I drove down to Plano, Texas, to see Auntie Kelly and my triplet cousins.  As you can see, it took a lot of toys to keep me entertained in the car but I was a pretty good traveler.

I spent lots of time in the "cage" with Grayson, Cooper and Claire.  They were VERY fascinated by me.  Here Grayson is explaining the rules of the land.

Cooper is the stealthy one.  He liked to be in my face, literally. He crawled into my bouncer with me to
get a better look at me. I ended up with a forehead scratch much like that of Harry Potter.

While Mommy was getting the triplets ready for lunch, she made the mistake of leaving me unsupervised with Claire...who had shown a mothering side toward me.  She came back to find her with her hand shoved in my mouth.  I am told she was playing dentist but I don't really understand what that means.

We tried to take some cousins pictures but, in the words of Auntie Kelly, trying to get three toddlers and an infant to sit still for a picture together is like herding cats.  Here are the best...please note my enthusiasm with the Halloween costumes.

This week I had my 4 month birthday and check-up.  I am 25 5/8 inches tall (75th percentile), and 15 pounds 6.6 ounces (50th percentile).  Mommy said afterwards she thought the appointment was an intervention and I am not pleased with the result...Dr. Wichman told Mommy and Daddy that I didn't have to eat before every 3 hours and they could let me cry myself to sleep.  This made for a not-so-happy Groesbeck household the rest of the week as we got on a schedule. I. Hate. It.

This week was also Halloween.  I was pretty unimpressed by Halloween as you can see. I was a Giraffe like my best friend Sophie.

I will leave you with a glimpse into our celebration of Leland's birthday...a new dog bed since he destroyed his old one.  I know this blog is supposed to be about me but I have to give a shout out to Leland for his big 3rd birthday.  Thanks for 4 months of not eating me! Here's to an infinite number more.