My brain these days is so FULL! So to document everything that I am thinking I figured I would write it all down!
I will start with Griffin!
He is now totally on milk and off of formula completely. I expected a little protest to this but there was nothing! He seems to like his milk every bit as well if not more! He is down to just having a bottle in the morning and before bed. His lunch and dinner are from sippy cups. He eats a lot of "human" food as Jordan would call it. Grapes, apples, pears, cheese, all sorts of crackers, cut up chicken breast, waffles, toast, and yogurt pretzels. I still am feeding him jarred food here and there because he is totally rejecting the steamed veggies in "human" form. He starts to gag and then projectile vomits EVERYWHERE! So I am still trying but it hasn't been successful yet. He also drinks out of straws and regular cups as long as someone is helping. He is climbing all over everything! The coffee table, inside the fireplace, stacking toys and then trying to climb up them, etc. It is crazy! I can not take my eyes off of him for 2 seconds! When we go inside the bathroom to get ready he loves to shut the door. Then he bangs on the outside or sticks his fingers underneath until you open it again for him to start this process over! He laughs all the time! He still loves his books and brings them to me all the time to read. He can identify several different toys, like monkey, ball, book, rattle etc. We think he's pretty smart! :) His birthday party is on Saturday! I can't believe my baby is 1...And yesterday my weekly emails changed from "your BABY this week" to "your TODDLER this week." I almost cried!!! But since he has been walking for two months he is for sure a toddler. I can't wait to see his birthday cake. I ordered it from a famous bakery and I just can't wait to see if their cakes live up to the hype.
Ok now house...
We had our home inspection. Yesterday after we got the report I wanted to call my daddy and have him tell me what everything meant and how to fix everything. Of course this is not an option, I just haven't had a moment so far where I felt like I really really needed him...So that was a bit sad. But luckily my mom is pretty smart and being married to daddy for 34 years paid off and she helped decipher things. I also have a GREAT father in law that talked to us about some of the fixes and has already offered to help! I am so fortunate in that area! Everything looks great and just a few fixes need to be made like replacing some rotting wood in places and things like that. There was however a major concern with the pool that some things weren't plugged in and the grounding wires were loose. So alas, a "pool specialist" is being consulted and everything must be made to working order before May 8. At least this is all at the seller's expense and not ours!
I already have our money planned to buy the following right away: stainless fridge, sectional sofa, and new sink faucet and fireplace cover. The things I will wait a bit (but not too long!) are curtains, dishwasher (it's white and I want stainless), rug for the family room, and paint for a few rooms.
Did you know we will be "homeless" for a few weeks? We are moving out of our house now on April 11. Yea, like 2 1/2 weeks! Then we will be storing our things and moving in with my mama for 3 weeks until we close in May. I know this sounds crazy but it is saving us close to 3k even after paying to move "twice." So we think it's well worth it! So in my "spare time" (ha ha ha) I am packing away. Jordan's boss was so kind to give us all of his moving boxes from their recent move here. I am talking like 200 boxes! So we are very lucky to not have to spend any money on that!
So...Highlights of the upcoming week...My sweet sister in law is flying in Thursday (Gabe too!), the twins are spending the night with us Friday, all of our family and friends will be together for the lakeside picnic birthday party, and packing!! I will post pictures Saturday night of the big bash! Love!
Have you ever heard of a salt lamp? I got this for my birthday from the Brooke family and we love it! It makes an excellent nightlight downstairs and gives a really pretty glow. You can go here to read about the health and wellness benefits of the salt lamp.
It's very hard to believe that his hair used to be THIS dark! 
Griffin walks better and better every day! He can now carry things, stand on his tippy toes, and stop and bend down and pick things up and then keep walking. And......he runs!!!!!!!! He loves to be chased and will run and laugh! It's the cutest thing ever! We feel like he is really communicating with us now. He does the sign for eat, lays his head on our laps or shoulders when he is tired, and points and kinda grunts at things he wants. It's almost like we carry on conversations without words!
We headed out VERY EARLY on Saturday morning and arrived at about 8 AM. It was right around freezing and the boys got ready right away to hunt chucker. It is some sort of bird that looks kinda like a duck and supposedly tastes just like chicken. I just had to take everyone's word on that though as I am not really the "trying" type. :) Jordan said the hunt was so much fun and that he would have kept doing it for hours if he could have.
These are all the "big kids" after the hunt. You can see that D is holding the chucker. 
Ha ha....This one makes me laugh and laugh! It's like he is saying, "no more pictures please!"
The hunters!
Sweet Ginna and Griff. Griffin LOVES Ginna!!!! Almost as much as we do!
A family picture.
Jordan is always trying to get Griffin to touch things he kills! First the deer and now this bird!! Don't worry though - He didn't touch it!! You can tell Gaylen is concerned in the background!
My favorites!!!! I love this picture of us! We make it a point to see the twins at least once a month and I don't know what I would do if that didn't happen. I love them both and they are truly two of my best friends!
A birthday girl holding Griffin. GG is always so sweet!
This is Griff making his Jordan face! Lately he squints up his eyes when he smiles and looks just like his daddy.
The Birthday Girls!!
We had such a fun birthday party complete with Ginna's famous confetti cake. I got the best gifts! Some notecards for Griffin, some for me, a TEASER!!! (yes!!!), a salt lamp (which will be getting it's own post very soon), a makeup bag, necklace, purple clutch, and a SONIC GIFTCARD!! Yea! Yea! 
