25lbs and Still Can't Move

Our sweet little Case is now 6months old. He is such a joy to have around. Such a joy that when he's awake the poor little guy is often fought over. He is every one's favorite toy.

I find myself getting a little bothered at times when I have to share him. It's AMAZING how much love a baby can bring into a home. Our little man is lacking in the area of movement, and "tricks", or I guess you can say development. He's very alert, and attentive. However, he weighs a little over 25lbs. I guess that's a lot for a baby this age. I see him everyday so it's not so weird for me that he's a little on the large size. I don't have a lot to compare him with. His hands have cute little dimples on them.

His feet look like a women's when we are about nine months pregnant, and swollen.

This is a picture of Case and his friend Rylen Christiansen. Rylen is 2 and 1/2 years old. I'm sure Case will grow out of his "Baby Fat".

The first day at our new ward "Church" a little girl who was about 4 yrs old came up to us and said," Your baby has a "BIG" face". He does, I think that's why he looks so big sometimes is because his cheeks are so big.

Anyways, what I'm trying to say is..... it's not that big of a deal to me so I don't really notice that he's that big. My other babies have all been pretty average, and usually early on the development side. Now, as far as Case goes, he's 6months old, he "STILL" doesn't roll over, (most of his friends do this around 4 months). In fact this is what I found McKenzie doing one day...

Yes, she is trying to teach him how to roll over. lol He "CAN'T" sit, unless propped by a few pillows, or blankets. He doesn't do anything but laugh, and smile. He is the happiest baby you will ever meet. He has the most infectious smile in the world.

He lays around most days ( that's if he's no being held) you'll often find him lifting his head up as though he was going to do a sit-up. That's about it on the movement side of things. The litttle man has quite the little six-pack going on!

One of our kids came to Brian and I worried about Case when he starts school. The child said," Mom why don't you stop feeding him so much. Kids are going to tease him if he's that big when he goes to school". Lol

It's funny that the kids even care. I think that they have just noticed all the comments lately. They also witnessed that when we were at the cabin the little man couldn't even fit in his size 12month life jacket. The other cousins who are only 3 weeks older, as well as almost a year older could fit into it. And then there was Case....

Poor kid, he could hardly breath!

I love this little guy so much! I get so excited to hold him, and love on him. If I run to the store, and leave him behind with Brian for a half hour, I miss him, and can't wait to get back to him. Even in he middle of the night, I get excited to just hold him, and care for him. I know it's kind of weird! It's just amazing how much love we can have for one child, and to think that I love my others just as much, it's amazing. I remember when I had Taylor, and was expecting McKenzie, I was worried about even loving her as much as I loved Taylor, and how could I possibly have that much love to go around. It's amazing how we just do, and how that love grows, and multiplies. One of my greatest joys about Case is watching others lives being touched by his joy, smile, and giggles. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me to make a simple comment on his contagious smile or something. It brings so much happiness to me to see such a fresh new little one light up, or brighten someones day. The smile, and sincerity on the person's face is priceless. (It makes me feel bad about all the people I purposely avoid because I KNOW they are going to make a comment, and I'm in a big hurry, and don't want to have a conversation with them. Rude, I know). I guess that right now I shouldn't worry that little Case is behind on a few things. I know he'll grow out of this. I'm sure it would help if he wasn't held ALL THE TIME. 25lbs is a lot to move around at such a young age, no wonder he can't do much. I've waited a long time to have a baby, so I guess I'm just soaking it up, and enjoying every moment of it. I sure do love my little Case!

Our NEW information

Sorry for being so slow with this. I'm not going to post our new phone numbers, and address on our Blog. Not that I don't want you all to have our information, I just want to make sure that I know who is receiving our information. I'm not 100% sure of EVERYONE who reads our blog. We are going to send out a mass email to everyone that we have an email address for. Leave me your email unless you know that I already for sure have your email address.

Alive and Well

Well, we made it to our new home town. Price, Utah. We arrived late Thursday night, June 25Th. We drove into town, went straight to our new home to preview it before we bought it the following day. Brian and I were kinda nervous buying our house sight unseen. We were a little hesitant because the house was a foreclosure. Brian's parents, and Dan, and Valarie ( our good friends) both saw the house. We really put a lot of trust in them! Thanks guys!

We closed on our home Friday June 26Th. All went well.... We are officially home owners "again"! Hear is a picture of our new home!

The move out, and the drive out was a little crazy....... Need I say more!

My Mother, and sister Lani rescued our children that Saturday for a couple of weeks. They took them to Canada so the kids could spend some time with their grandparents, and cousins. The kids had a blast, and grandma whooped them into shape pretty quick. They got to help out on the farm, play in the pool, and just be kids. They also got to go to Grandpa & Grandmas new cabin on Echo Lake in Montana. Uncle Chad, and Aunt Lani taught Taylor, McKenzie, and even little Jackson how to water ski. I couldn't believe it.... Little Jackson water skiing! He's ONLY 5 years old! Now that's amazing! ( Lani, I need those pictures). They said it was "really" cute!

Meanwhile...., Brian, and I have been busy, busy, busy!

The movers arrived Tuesday the 30Th of June. We had a few days before they arrived to get the house cleaned, and a few projects done. We've had some good quality time together while getting the house somewhat settled, and ready for the movers to arrive with all of our stuff.

A few of Brian's brothers, as well as Seth, and Hailey came to help us unpack.

John & Clint

Brian & Greg and the BMW ( notice they are out playing with the car while the others are in working, they are so busted)

Hailey was such a good help with Case

Seth was our "chore Boy" he did everything that the rest of us were too lazy to do.

It's so nice to live closer to family for that reason. We didn't even ask them to come help. Now that's some awesome family! Taking our kids for us or a few weeks, unpacking, retrieving our now destroyed car from the dirty transporter, not to mention the many other things they've done for us. We've definitely got it pretty good....

Poor Little Case... OUCH!

Little Case stayed back with us. He's seriously the best little baby. He's been so good during all this craziness. He also got second degree burns on his face the day that we moved in. He fell asleep in his swing in the garage, IN THE SHADE for a good part of the day. When he woke up he was burnt! We couldn't figure it out! We thought that the reflection from the driveway may have done it. We didn't know... then a few mornings later while Brian was in the shower he had been thinking about it, trying to figure it out. He remembered that above the swing that Case was in is a dome shaped mirror, Case can look up into it and see himself, as well as all the little hanging toys. Brian figured that the mirror had probably acted as a magnifying glass and reflected from the sun, onto Case's sweet little face. Poor little baby! He didn't even act bothered by it, or fuss about it.

We felt so bad about it! The one child that was left in our care.... Whenever we went out in public we would place a blanket over him and the car seat, so people couldn't see him. I'm sure people wondered why his blanket was moving around, ( Case was laughing, and kicking it) and why he was covered up. He's all better now. It's amazing how fast his little face healed. He's such a doll!

We sure do love our Case!!!!

4TH of JULY

The 4TH of July weekend, we started by spending some time, and staying the night with Nate, and Lisa Christiansen. ( Our good friends).

( I really need a better picture of you guys, I've got a ton of the kids, just not the whole family)

We went to dinner, ice cream, and went landscape looking with them. They are always so kind to let us stay with them, even if we have laundry to do at their house, and are in need of computer access. It's nice to have such good friends, that we are so comfortable with. It will be great to be able to see them more often.

We also went up to Logan, to visit with Brianne, and Nate. ( My sister, and her husband who just finished up his residency in Michigan) Nate, is one of the new ER doctors in Logan. Candace, and Jason, ( another sister, and her husband) were able to go as well. We had a lot of fun! We did the traditional Lewiston parade. We got to see some of our Griffeth family at the parade as well.

John & Michele Griffeth Family

One of the highlights of the weekend was running into my good friend Tara Coppin. I haven't seen her in a long time. We have some great memories together, and now that we live closer hopefully many more memories to be made.

We also ran into our good friends John, and Julee Sanchez, and their cute kids.

The Sanchez Family

We've been able to see them a few times in the last couple years. They are really good friends of Lani, and Casey. We knew them while we lived in Logan, but most of all we've gotten to know them better when we've been out visiting Lani, and Casey, and they just happened to be going through town at the same time. They have been such a great support to Lani. They have made many trips to visit Lani, and Casey in Vegas. They were able to come to Casey's funeral and spend some time with the family. We sure do appreciate all the love and support that they have shown. We are especially glad because of the friendship that we've developed.

One of the main reasons for us going to Logan for the 4Th was, we've been wanting to put a headstone on our babies grave. We were able to go the the cemetery, visit the family grave site, and see how much room we had for a headstone, and just get a few ideas. What a feeling of comfort we felt at the grave side.

That evening we enjoyed watching the boys, Brian, Nate, and especially Jason light fireworks.

They were very entertaining! We got quite the laugh. The kids were pretty cute to watch as the fireworks went off. It sure was weird without our kids being with us on the 4Th.

These are Brianne, and Candace's cute little kids.

It's amazing how much more you can enjoy other peoples kids when yours aren't around to distract you. We sure had a lot of fun with them. Our children still had a ton of fun though. They got to celebrate....... CANADA DAY !

CANADA DAY was July 1st while they were in Canada. The kids had a lot of fun things to tell us about. They said that the parade was the smallest that they had ever seen, ( I think there were maybe 3 floats, and 50 horses) and that someones float had a swear word on it....

One of the floats said " The Dam Float"

another said " The Biggest Dam Float"

and the last said " The last Dam Float"!

I laughed, only because I'm from Hillspring and understood the joke. My kids, not so much! I thought that now would be a good time to teach McKenzie how "swear words" really are spelt.

A family that works at the dam by the town, and is in charge of maintenance of the grounds entered the float in the parade.

Anyways, Thanks everyone for a great weekend, it was fun to see everyone, and visit with you all!

Quick Trip North

We decided to go get our kids a little early, and relive my mom. She was at her cabin with eight grand kids. We thought she could probably use a relief. We enjoyed our quick trip to Montana. It was only about 9hrs from Salt Lake. The cabin is beautiful, about 6000sq. ft. It's HUGE! Great for family gatherings! We were especially excited to see our children again. Nobody loves our kids like we do. What a big help it was to have them gone for a while so that we could get our new home in order. Thanks Mom, Lani, and Diana, We really appreciate your help!

The Cabin

A look from the back of the cabin

The Cabin has its own little bay, and then opens up into the lake.

The kids had a blast at the Cabin, and are already talking about going back in a few weeks. What a great place to go, and spend some time together. The pictures really don't do justice. The Cabin, and views are beautiful!!!

Crazy Griffeth Family...

On the way home we got to stop at "hotel HULL", (my sisters house) for a few nights. We attended Dave and Jill's (Brian's little sister) newest little baby, "Knightley" baby blessing on Sunday. The blessing was beautiful, (even if we had to hear it from the hall).

Mom and Dad with the three newest grand babies #31, #32 , & #33. ( I think) Treyton, Case, and Knightley.

Afterwords we got to go to Jill's for a Family Dinner. Great food, and entertainment! Never a dull moment with the Griffeth Family. This is only two of probably about 25 pictures we tried taking of the family, and you think it's hard getting little kids to cooperate for a nice little picture....... Try getting this bunch to take a picture. Now that's a headache!

Greg, John, Mike, Clint, Brian

Jill, Mom, Dad, and K'Lyn ( we were missing Jeff)

The girls doing what they do best, being wild, and crazy! Just like their Dad's...

Savannah, Abbey, and McKenzie

Even the boy cousins enjoy and have a lot of fun together, even if the "girls", sorry, "boys" do dress up like little girls. Boys.... This picture will haunt you forever!!!

Jackson, Taylor, and Pratt. ( not the best picture of Taylor, or Pratt. You really needed to be present to get the good laugh)