This time last year...

...I was freaking ginormous. As I was thinking about this the other day, I realized that I never did any kind of montage of belly pics. I actually did take quite a few. As we count down the weeks and days until Griffin's 1st birthday, take a gander at my once burgeoning belly.

June 8th

June 18th

July 15th

August 21

September 20th

October 15th

October 20th

October 23rd

October 25th



November 9th



Zoo Day!

We took Griffin to the zoo earlier this month. As he normally does in new places or with new/many people, he didn't talk, cry, whine or make any facial expressions. My little man likes to stare everyone and everything down before letting his guard down. I hope this trait serves him well in the future.



Piggyback Ride!



Looking at the lions.

It rained on us, but we still watched the elephants for a bit.

I liked the elephants so much, I picked one out to take home!

I had fun playing with my hoodie.

Goats stink.



Ok, Daddy. I'm tired and ready to go home.



An Entire Month!

Wow. Can't believe I haven't had time to post in just over a month have time to post tonight! So much has happened in the last month and I have so many pictures to share, but I don't want to write a book, so.....

Quick & Dirty Run Down

1. Griffin almost standing on his own without holding on. Cruising fabulously
2. Words Griffin says: Dada, Mama, baba/bob (bottle), boo/boon (spoon), duck, teddy, ah-dah (all done), no. Also mimics pretty much anything you say if he feels like it.
3. Awesome babysitter, Shiri, has to go back to working in a center. Griffin will join her at that center after his 1st birthday.
4. Holy crap, he's going to be 1 soon.
5. Some kids know what a duck says, some know a cow's words, my son answers "What does a dolphin say?" correctly. Awesome.
6. A tree attacked my sister's car during Hurricane Irene. She subsequently named her car "Irene."

There is a 2000 VW Jetta under there. Really.

I like to swim! (With Ms. Shiri and my wife, Halie)



My wife is a little crazy....



But without her I'm a grump.



No matter what mood though, I'm Mommy's sweet boy!