What could we possibly be up to now?
Well I am in the middle of a transition at work. I am going to be in charge of marketing in my office, rather than office manager. I am having a hard time thinking about someone else taking over my job because I really do love it, but this will allow me to be home more with Griffin which is AWESOME!!!

My first big task was to create a booth for the Orem Elementary School Carnival. Thank goodness for my fantastic husband! We whipped up this little beauty in less than 48 hours!


The kids had to throw the rings onto the brackets and it was no easy task! They kept coming back and trying again and again! We were a hit! We also donated 2 sonicare toothbrushes to the auction to help the school raise money.

It was a crazy and stressful 48 hours and then a fun 3 hour carnival!

Baby Barrett

My friend Cortney and I met eight years ago while working together at a dental office. We have since moved on to greener pastures but have remained very close friends. Cort and I are so different in so many ways. For example, she loves surprises and I can't handle suspense, so I really don't like surprises. So, she decided not to find out if she was having a baby boy or girl. Well, since I couldn't give her a gift for the baby because we didn't know what it was I decided to pamper the expecting mama instead. I made her a hospital gown with a coordinating pillowcase and slippers. After all, you have your picture taken a million times in that hospital gown, so why not be as fashionable as possible right? I think so! It was so fun for me to surprise the person who loves surprises with this little gift!

Who looks this fabulous when getting ready to have a baby? Well after all that suspense she had a perfect, beautiful baby girl! She has 2 boys and I begged Cort to let me throw her a shower and she has always refused. I kept telling her that every baby deserves to be celebrated and finally she gave in. This little sweetie is Barrett Whitney Vance.

This is the first baby shower that I have hosted and I had an absolute blast! Since Cortney lives in Layton we held the shower at her house.

Rather than playing games (don't we all hate those dumb shower games anyway?), I brought my old fabric scraps and we created some custom onesies for baby Barrett. It was so fun to see everyone's creativity and Cort has gone onesie loco, making all kinds of cute things ever since!


After everything was done it was so fun for me to sit and hold this sweet baby. There is nothing like holding a newborn. I just love how they melt into your arms.

I love you Cort and your little MV3!

His Eleventh Month

Look at this boy! How did this happen?!

Not only has September been a busy, crazy blur, but so have the last eleven months!

What's Rockin in Griffin's World: aka- New Tricks!
-crawls all over the place
-pulls himself up on everything
-says: Mama, Dada, Ka (which means Ruka), Uh-0h, Baba, Unt-uh(when he's doing something he knows he shouldn't be, like eating Ruka's dog food, while shaking his head)
-waves bye bye- it's very flowy, kinda like a beauty queen...He's hilarious!
-gets his groove on whenever there is music playing

-refuses to eat baby food- and loves everything that we are eating. For example: chicken, pork, hamburger, beans, spaghetti, bread, potatoes, french fries and much more!

Here are a few pictures of this little cutie this month!

I can't believe how he just, all-of-a-sudden grew up! He looks so old to me in this picture!

Hanging out with his friend, Olivia

He looks so young in this picture, but I promise it was taken just yesterday!

HAIRCUT

Same look, just a little less punk rock.