Vivian at 8 months

Vivian is 8 months old and we are very much enjoying her!  She has started crawling from room to room and today she almost crawled right into the shower with me.  :)  Also today she started clapping on her own!  Shelby and I were so excited; so Shelby sat right down and started clapping with her.

Vivian is giving high-5's and loves to see how excited you are once she has given you one.  She still wakes up one or two times a night, but we are working on that!  She has four teeth; two on the bottom and two on the top left, with the top two right teeth about to poke through.  She wants whatever Shelby is playing with, or Shelby's cup to drink.  She likes to drink water.  She likes to make noise.  She enjoys being tickled and tossed around. She will pull herself up on her knees and sometimes to standing while in her crib.  She has started to pull up on other things around the house as well.  She will "walk" if you hold her hands and lead her around the room.  She is a mommy's girl at this point, but she sure does love her Daddy and sister.  She is, of course, very precious.

Crawling and Vivian's first bum lip

Here she goes!!  (She is still a bit slow, but crawling none-the-less!)  :)


And what naturally comes with mobility?  Bum lips!  This one wasn't bad at all, but the right part of her upper lip is a bit swollen.  She recovered nicely, then did it again the next day. But all is well that ends well and she keeps crawling.

Tent!

Admittedly, this is Shelby's first tent/fort experience!  The girls have had fun playing in their tent, as long as Mommy or Daddy is with them.  

And did we mention that Vivian is crawling!?!?!  This has been so much fun (as Shelby never crawled).  Vivian does VERY well going from sitting to crawling and back to sitting, etc.  Video to follow...

Matchy-Matchy

  

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Twirling

Sorry these are a little blurry, but we were trying to get some action shots.  Shelby loves a twirly dress, and this is a great one!  It also poofs out beautifully when she sits down.  Thanks "Glen Blob" and Mrs. Hinkle for the matching dresses for the girls!

If you flip through them fast enough you can almost see her twirling!  :)

Too small?

Shelby thought it would be fun to try on some 12 month pants that I had gotten out for Vivian.

I am amazed that they fit her!  Albeit, shorts and not pants.  :)

And don't let her "cheese" smile fool you - she has had a rough day, crying at the drop of a hat.  Hopefully she'll sleep good tonight and have a great day tomorrow!

Videos from Colorado

Enjoy!

Shelby showing the snow - sass and all!


Love Nathan in this!


Great memories!

Pictures from our Colorado fun

It was so nice to have the older cousins (Bonus kids) there.  Emily had fun holding Vivian.

Nathan is an awesome boy cousin!  So much fun! 

I know the video is dark, but listen to Nathan; he is so cute and such a great little man.

A super-neat train museum that Josh and Adam took the kids to so that the ladies (Mom, Kim and me) could watch a girl movie, Joyful Noise.   

A treat after the museum.  

Top of Trail Ridge Road. 

It was a little windy and chilly --- JUST what we were looking for!   

~ The girl van ~ 

~ Girl van! ~ 

Anna (2), Rizpah (3) and Shelby (3).  Last year Shelby was telling Anna, "No mam" for climbing on the windowsill and this year Shelby joined her!  We were hoping Shelby would learn some from Anna and she did!  :)

 Happy 35th Wedding Anniversary to my parents!!  The card read, "Where are you going?"

Can you tell by the cake?  The Royal Gorge!  :) 

Awesome rain meant puddles!  

What else did we do?  More things than I can think of, but here are a few:

• Lots of playing with the cousins.  
• We welcomed David Isaac Griffin on the 4th of July!  (Congratulations to Kelly, Jesse and Anna!!!)  
• We had a pig roast at Russel's with LOTS of family and friends. (It was delicious!!!)  
• Shopping, of course.  
• Shooting - my Dad took Josh and I to a neat indoor gun range.  (Thanks to Grandma for watching our girls!)  
• TCBY with almost all of us.  
• Time with Aunt Barb and Uncle Ron as well as the Jerry Griffin clan.
• Lots of eating yummy food.  
• Dentist appointments. 
• Rocky Mountain National Park - a wonderful day there with cool weather and even some rain!

Needless to say, it was hard to come back home.