Smarty Pants

So you know your kid is getting too smart for their own britches when your conversation sounds a little something like this...
Addison: Oh NO!!!! Where'd my BINKY go?
Mommy: I don't know honey
A: Oh No!!! What happened to it!!
M: You know, I think maybe that the binky fairy came and got it.
A: But WHHHHYYYYYY????
M: Well, because your almost 2 years old and 2 year olds don't have binkys.
A: But I'm NOT 2 mommy I'm ONE, I'm ONE mommy!!!!
Mommy and Daddy: Just laughing hysterically!!!!

Guess Where We Were Today?????

NO MORE DIAPERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I've been a little reluctant to post this but my baby girl is out of diapers!!!! Last Friday she strpped down to her BARE essentials as she often does and came over to me and said " Mommy need panties NOW!!!" and so I said ok lets go get them and she picked them out and I explained to her that when she needs to go pee-pee or poo-poo that she needs to tell me and we will go to the big girl potty. Well, all day Friday she did just that and we had no accidnets, I was stunned and in complete disbelief. So, the next day was a very busy day in the afternoon so we had a pull up on BUT in the morning she peed first thing in the morning and then a couple minutes later she said she had to poo so we went and she did, wow I was so excited. Sunday morning she woke up completely dry and I asked her if she needed to potty and she said no so as I was cooking breakfast I heard her peeing on the floor, it was totally my fault because I should have taken her to the potty right when she woke up but oh well my bad. She did great the rest of the day but when she got out of the bath she peed in our bedroom, oh well. BUT, since Monday NO ACCIDENTS at all! Yesterday we went to Publix with panties on and peed before we left and when we got home: ALL DRY! Later that day we took her to my OB visit and in the waiting room she told me she needed to pee so I took her and she went! I just can't believe how well she is doing, now I know what it feels like to be proud of your child! I am sooooooo incredibly proud of her and you know what, it is SOOOOO nice not having to change diapers all day. The next step is nightime, she almost always wakes up wet so we'll have to work on that but Saturday and Sunday she woke up dry and Wes said she also did Monday morning when I went to work, so I guess that's a good thing. I am not rushing anything but I just can't believe how well she's doing. And let me tell ya, she has got the cutest little hinnie in the world in her big girl panties, I just love watching her run around in them!!!!! I guess this is good timing because we have plenty of time before the baby comes to perfect her potty skills and hopefully it's enough time that she won't regress when the baby comes but we'll see, I am just so proud!!!

Welcome Madeline Kaye!!!!!

One of my bestest friends from college, Leslie had her 1st baby girl, FINALLY after a million other kids that have all been boys!!! J/k the proud big brothers are Talan (3) and Noah (1) and they are just the sweetest little family ever. Madeline will definitley be the cutest and best dreesed gal in all of CHIEFLAND!!! Lots of love and kisses to the newest addition to the Griffen family!!!!

Keys Videos

Our Vacation

We just got back from our wonderful vacation in the Keys and we had such a great time!!! Addison had soooooo much fun! She loved riding on the boat and wearing her lifejacket and had a blast swimming in the ocean. It was really nice to hang out with all my family. I got to see a lot of my cousins and Aunts and Uncles and we had such a nice time. We went down to Key West one afternoon, had a yummy luch on the waterand then headed down to Duval Street and of course they were having Lobsterfest so it was sooooooo crowded and so miserably hot but hey, you have to go to Key West when your in the Keys, right? We got Addison the book "Goodnight Key West" which you can only get down there and it's like her favorite book, "Goodnight Moon." We also got a book titled, "My Pop-Pop Is A Pirate" which she thought was hilarious! On our last day while all the adults went on the boat diving I took the kids to Bahia Honda Beach and we spent the morning swimming and having fun. The beach was so perfect for Addison because after you walked through the semi-deep rocks there was a HUGE sandbar that was maybe 3 feet deep and Addison loved it. She swam and swam and swam and I felt safe because it was only 3ft deep. Well of course I took over 400 pictures and a couple of videos but I put some of the pictures into a video with some catchy tunes for your viewing enjoyment so just make sure you pause the music player on the right before playing the video. The video's about 6 minutes long so hang in there it's worth it! The pictures are also in our family album which is on the right of the screen too but you can also just click here and it will take you right there! Enjoy!

A Perfect Heart

So we went to Addison's cardiologist (heart doctor) yesterday for another check-up of her heart condition AND she got a CLEAN bill of health and Dr. Appleton said she has a PERFECT HEART!!! Yaaay, no more holes and everything looks great and is functioning great. He said he doesn't ever want to see her again! He said only if her pediatrician ever hears an abnormal heart beat or murmer would we need to come back to him. I am so happy and so thankful, God is good!!!!!!! Now I leave you with a picture of my perfect little girl!!