Sitting Up and Stripping Down

I can't believe how fast Griffin is growing up! As you've seen in my videos he's been "talking" and playing a lot more lately. It's such fun to see that toothless grin when I make a funny face or when he hears Ryan's voice. He's such a doll! He's getting stronger every day, and recently we've been learning how to sit up with the help of the Bumbo seat. I don't know if he really likes the seat or not, but he seems to enjoy the new vantage point it gives him. Just like he's one of the big kids now.

We've also been doing our best to have fun outside despite the increasing temperatures this month. The weather's been great until the last few days and we've enjoyed several walks in the stroller. But as the month of May goes by, the temperatures have been slowly creeping up. Not a big deal until our air conditioner decided to curl up and die. That's right, just as the summer is beginning, our 11 year old unit stopped working and we had to bite the bullet and replace it. Sometimes I really miss the carefree days of apartment life, when I could just call the maintenance hotline and let someone else worry about fixing (and paying for) things like broken air conditioners. Oh well, better now than in the middle of August when things really heat up!

Anyway, during the 3 hour period it took to install the new unit, with our thermostat reading a steamy 86 degrees, we had to find some way to cool down.

In our world, Texas summer + broken air conditioner = naked baby! So we stripped the little guy down to his diaper and found a cool satin blanket to relax on.

Thankfully, the new air conditioner was installed before bed time and we all got a good night's sleep. Even Griff seemed to enjoy the cool night air and slept from 10pm till 4:30am. Not bad in my book :) Could sleeping through the night be around the corner???