Griffin's 3 Year Old Stats

Well Griffin Pate is officially 3 years old (and a month at this point). Here are a few stats and facts about him at this stage...

• He weighs 28 lbs and is 36 1/2" tall. 
• He is still not the greatest sleeper. Lately he has slept fine through the night, but we have gotten into bad habits of laying with him to get him to fall asleep. Once we are settled in the new house we will tackle that...if I can get the energy up!
• He still loves loves loves to dance. He really loves the Dance games for the Wii, and is pretty good at them too. 
• Favorites right now: 
• Foods: Chuy's, carrots, tomatoes, candy, gum
• Shows: Daniel Tiger, Carebears (random but found it on netflix), Sprout
• Toys: his "notebook", kitchen and food, daniel tiger toy, stuffed animals, zoo figurines,  spiderman figurine
• Pastimes: Still loves to pretend to take orders and go make your food, making up his own songs,playing with his animals...
• Books: Brown Bear Brown Bear; My No, No , No Day; Where the Wild Things Are
• Potty Training: He is fully potty trained during the day and has been since January pretty much. We are just now tackling night, now that we are settled into the house. Wish us luck! 
• He knows colors, shapes, how to say the abcs and how to identify some letters, can count to 20, can cut pretty well, and is starting to be able to trace letters, numbers and shapes pretty good.

Griffin is a hilarious kid. He has a really unique personality and says the funniest things. He is really excited about being a big brother, and I think he is gonna rock at it!

Thats him for now :-)

20 months!

(Or 19 months 3 weeks actually?!!!)

Time sure does fly! It has been forever since I did an update on all of Griffin's milestones and personality at this stage, but better late than never.

Griffin is almost 20 months old! Seriously the time just keeps on speeding up! As I feel like I say with all stages, this is such a fun age! Haha! He is just a hoot I tell ya. His personality is so fun to watch develop. He is smart and loves to laugh. His laughter is contagious. We are in full toddler-hood around these parts, so while things are more fun than ever, defiance is stronger than ever at times! Hehe! Here is a glimpse at our little man right now:

• Stats: He weighs in at 22 lb 2 oz and is 32 & 1/2 inches long. 

• Sleep: He is sleeping through the night (Praise the Lord!) with almost no interruptions. He typically goes to bed at 7:30-8pm and wakes around 6:30-6:45am. He is taking one nap a day (started around November or December with that) usually from 12-2pm (longer if at home). We had a really rough patch during January and had to CIO for a night, but after that the boy is back to being a solid sleeper.
• Eating: Griffin is a pretty good eater. He loves cheese, milk, tomatoes, oranges, apples, beef, pretzels, and popcorn right now. He likes sauces and dips (loves Chuy's creamy jalapeño dip!). Loves bananas in the morning- ick!
• Talking: He loves to talk! He is saying more and more and I love it. He says "move me" for excuse me. Precious. Haha! There are lots of little phrases that are so cute I wish I could bottle them all up to remember! Ha!
• Signing: Griffin still signs some, but not as much now that he can say most of the words he can sign. He still signs more, all done, animals signs, and weather signs (wind, rain etc). He still signs please all the time!
  
  Potty Training: We are easing into potty training with Griffin. He will tell us when he needs his diaper changed usually, so we figured that's a great sign that he is close to ready. We have a potty chair and Griffin sits on it often. Fun times ahead!
  
  The Little Things:
  Griffin still loves to play with my hair. He hates for me to have it up and immediately says "mommy, hair, off" meaning put your hair down woman! Haha! He is all boy and he and daddy do all kinds of crazy playing that worries mommy! Ha! He loves to tackle, loves when we get his belly, and is usually great at cleaning up. He is loving coloring these days, and enjoys play dough too. He still loves loves loves to dance. He is Elmo obsessed. He has started talking about himself and calls himself "fiffin".
  
  When I am trying to get Griffin to listen and follow directions, I will often say, "griffin what did mommy say?" His response is "no,no,no" and then "obey". Apparently mommy says those a lot! Hahaha!
  
  He will now point to the floor next to him an say very forcefully, "SIT MOMMY or DADDY SIT!" So funny. He loves to go knock on glass doors and say "knock knock, hello". He loves to be chased or to hide. He likes to take his socks off and put them on his hand and use it as a sock puppet.
  
  We are taking him to the ENT on Thursday to be evaluated and talk about tubes. He has had quite a few ear infections, and they just don't clear up well. We are just hoping for wisdom on what is best for him.
  
  I can't believe this boy will be 2 years old in just four months!! Crazy!!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Museum of Memories

“What is a family meant to be?  Among other things, I personally have always felt it is meant to be a museum of memories–collections
of carefully preserved memories and a realization that day-by-day
memories are being chosen for our museum.  Someone in the family–one who
is happily making it his or her career, or both parents, perhaps a
grandparent or two, aunts and uncles, older brothers and sisters–at
least one person needs to be conscious that memories are important, and
that time can be made to have double value by recognizing that what is
done today will be tomorrow’s memory.” ~ Edith Schaeffer, What is a Family?

I am happily making this my career- to capture, document and treasure our family memories. It really is one of my hearts strongest desires right now. How quickly Griffin has already grown! And my how quick 7 years of marriage has come and almost gone. I want so desperately to remember this blessed life the Lord has given me, to build a wonderful museum I can visit for years to come.  Please enjoy a few of my recent pieces on display, hehe:

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

The 1st Birthday Party

Special thanks to Paige for taking the pics!!

First Haircut- Seriously?

My kid is 7 months old and I had to give him his first haircut tonight! What??!! His little bangs were just getting way to long and were totally in his eyes. So tonight we made a little snip here and there...

Before:

During:

After:

So bittersweet... my baby is just growing so fast!

Reverse! Reverse!

Who read that title and started singing the Cha Cha Slide? Haha!

Griffin has entered the trying to crawl phase! Oh where did my little baby go? So far he can move himself backwards and bounce or rock in place. Take a look:

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Happy Birthday to me

I am one blessed girl. Today I celebrate 29 years of life. I got to spend the day with some of my best friends and their little ladies (poor Griff is totally outnumbered!). Though I got no sleep whatsoever last night, it was such a refreshing way to spend my day. These were college friends, and it is so funny to look back at how our lives have changed over the last several years! In college we would gather to watch Survivor or go to bible study, but now we have to plan out our visits months in advance. Everyone (accept me usually!) has a long drive to meet us in the middle. My house was filled with random crying, lots of feedings, and great conversation today. Thanks girls!!

The reason for the get together was to meet Maeve! She is so tiny and
Cute!

Afterwards Mr.Pate and I picked up some food and a movie and headed back home. We hung out with the kid, gave him a very fun bath, put him to sleep and then watched a chick flick. It was a laid back night- just what I needed!

Happy Birthday to me

I am one blessed girl. Today I celebrate 29 years of life. I got to spend the day with some of my best friends and their little ladies (poor Griff is totally outnumbered!). Though I got no sleep whatsoever last night, it was such a refreshing way to spend my day. These were college friends, and it is so funny to look back at how our lives have changed over the last several years! In college we would gather to watch Survivor or go to bible study, but now we have to plan out our visits months in advance. Everyone (accept me usually!) has a long drive to meet us in the middle. My house was filled with random crying, lots of feedings, and great conversation today. Thanks girls!!

The reason for the get together was to meet Maeve! She is so tiny and
Cute!

Afterwards Mr.Pate and I picked up some food and a movie and headed back home. We hung out with the kid and then wAtched a chick flick.

Way to go Griffin

The boy sat up by himself tonight! Way to go buddy!

We had such a great night just spending quality time at home. We had dinner here thanks to the crock pot, then we spent time playing with Griffin for awhile. He is sitting up really well, and when he has the boppy around him he will even pull himself back up when he falls over. He and Daddy had silly times during bath time tonight, and Dad put his hair in a Mohawk!

We decided to try not swaddling Griff's arms tonight for the first time ever, so I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

He turns 4 months old tomorrow- seriously?!! Where is time going?