Smiling for Mommy

Check out Griffin's blog for a sweet video I captured yesterday of him smiling at me :)

http://griffinjonah.blogspot.com/2009/05/smiling-for-mommy.html

There is hope!

We found out this weekend that JC and Leann are expecting a GIRL!!! That means that there is some hope that Ishams can have girls, even though we would have never guessed it after so many boys these past few generations :)

Olivia Ruth Isham will be here in October and if she is anything as cute as her big brother we will ALL be in trouble!

Congrats guys.. we love you and are so excited!!!

One Month Old!

Griffin celebrated his 1 month birthday with his first trip to Tennessee! We were so excited to go and show him off to all of our family and friends. Sadly I misplaced my small camera that I take around with me all the time while I was there so once I find it I will get more pictures up. We did get to celebrate James' 50th birthday, meet his birthday twin cousin Caylor, visit with our nephew Tristan who is the cutest thing ever, AND Griffin stole the heart of his uncles Tyler and Mason :)

I am both loving and hating (because it is going too fast) watching him grow so much. One month has seemed to go by so fast and he continues to grow so much every single day. He has started talking to us now by cooing and continues to give his little half smirk smile too :) He continues to be more and more aware and alert and is sleeping very well too.

We sure do love our little boy!

Happy birthday Mason!!!

Happy 17th Birthday to my sweet brother Mason! The Ishams love you Uncle Moose :)

3 whole weeks!

Today Griffin is now 3 weeks old! We really cant believe how fast time has flown and how much he has grown too!

Look at the difference in just 3 weeks!

Griffin meets Aunt Liz!

We were so excited that Liz finally got to come in and meet Griffin. She is so amazing to drive all the way from Murfreesboro and we loved every minute of having her here! Griffin liked her a lot too.. she was so great with him!

And she was so sweet to bring goodies as well. Griffin 2 new ADORABLE stuffed animals and also something for him when he is older. She put a book together with predictions, advice and funny stories from all of those who are nearest and dearest to JR and I for Griffin. "Welcome to the World Griffin".... we treasure it so much already!

In celebration of Phillip and Liz's birthdays and because JR has been talking about taking Griffin for about 6 months now... we braved it and took Griffin to his FIRST Mudcats game! He did really well and we all had such a great time :)

Thank you for coming Aunt Liz! Please come back soon :)

And thank you also for giving us a photo shoot! Sad it was rainy outside but we turned our living room into a studio and got some pretty good shots! You da bomb Aunt WHIZ ha!

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Happy Birthday Uncle Phil

We celebrated with Phillip for his birthday today! Griffin was so excited about eating his first birthday cake.... ha just kidding :) We love you Uncle Phil!


Oh and yes as you can see I chopped my hair. Typical of a mom that just had a baby but I just couldnt resist when mom was in town.. and I feel like a new woman! It was just WAY too long :)

Wonderful Visit from Cici

Cici came to visit us and we loved every minute of it! She came on Sunday to celebrate Mother's Day with me and stayed until Wednesday. Monday was a rainy day, so after Griffin's doctor's appointment we just lounged around at home. As you can see both Cici and Griffin loved napping together :)

On Tuesday we took Griffin shopping at the mall for the first time! He was the talk of everyone as they couldnt get over how small he was and yet already looked so big ha.

He did wonderfully just hanging out in his stroller and holding onto his monkeys

We then met some girlfriends at California Pizza Kitchen for dinner. It was so much fun having a girl's night... well and Griffin and Jackson too of course :)

Do you think Cici liked his newborn shoot just a little bit? Oh I guarantee there will be a Griffin picture extravaganza at her house as soon as she gets home :)

We love you Cic and thank you for visiting us! Come back soon.. and bring Pipper too!

My healthy boy

Griffin had his 2 week check up today and he is a very healthy boy. He now weighs 8 pounds and 2 ounces (25 percentile) and is 21 inches long (55 percentile) so he is growing growing! We are so thankful for our healthy baby boy!

A wonderful Mother's Day!

I had the very best first mother's day! First of all it really felt weird when people would say Happy Mother's Day to me bc it still doesnt seem real to me... BUT I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT ANYWAYS :) Griffin celebrated being 2 weeks old and we went to church for the first time. He did very well and everyone thought he was adorable. I dressed him in his "I love my Mommy and my Mommy loves me" outfit bc I thought it was pretty fitting for Mothers Day :) He gave me his own present by sleeping for 5 straight hours last night and letting me sleep in some. Then he and Daddy came and brought me another present- a new addition to our family sign (see pic below).

After church they took me out to lunch at Mellow Mushroom. It was very yummy and we enjoyed being outside bc it was such a beautiful day. Griffin loved his first outing to a restaurant and just slept the whole time :)

My present from Daddy and Griffin- we had to update our family sign :)

The rest of the afternoon I just hung out with my boys. I swear Griffin just gets cuter and cuter every day ha! My mom got here at 4 and we all cooked out and enjoyed more of the weather by going on a walk together. Cici just cant get enough kisses from her little man... glad someone else feels my pain ha!

I will never forget this very special first mother's day! Celebrating a healthy baby boy with my wonderful husband and mom made it perfect!!!

My 2 week picture with sock monkey- wow I cant believe it has already been 2 weeks!