I took these pictures of Griff today. I am by no means a photographer, I wish I was. What's up with the need to take pictures every five seconds with a new baby. I think it is my attempt to hang on to these first precious moment that go by too fast. Part of me wants to bottle Griffin up and do all I can to keep him just five days old. I just love his smell, his softness, his funny unconscious smiles, and especially those newborn squeaks. The other part, which is reality, understands that we can't go on like this forever. Eventually Devin will have to return to work and eventually I will need to get sleep in larger increments than two hours. So life must go on and Griffin must turn six days old. You can bet I will be all over him all along the way with this camera, just hoping to capture the reality of these first sweet days.

He's such a dude!

We just love our little man. He is such a DUDE. We are having so much fun taking pictures and just loving him. I just love the first days of a new baby, especially one that is mine. They smell so good, they are just so tiny and soft. I just want to eat him. He is so sweet. I won't eat him though, that would be way rude.

We have been careful to watch Griffin's two little mothers (Dylan and Alex). Dylan is so stubborn and independent that she thinks she should be able to wash him, change him, and do everything but nurse him on her own. She gets so completely offended and upset when I explain to her that it just can't happen that way. Alex has already mastered "baby talk". She is quite good at it. She is also a poker. I think she just wants to make sure that he is real. Sure enough he is real enough to cry when she pokes his eye.

Baby Griffin is Here!

Hooray for us! Baby Griffin came boogie boarding our way today! Griffin arrived June 20, 2008 at 6:16 PM. He weighs 8Lbs 2 OZ and is 19.5 inches long. It's been a wonderful day for our family. Jackson, Dylan, and Alex are bursting with excitement. They are ready to take him home, I am not quite ready for that though. I told Jackson he has two days to learn to change a diaper. He just says, " Oh Mom, you are just joking me." He knows me all too well.

Dear little baby Gorringe,

We were just wondering why you haven't come yet. I promise it will be so super fun to be in our family. I can tell you love your current situation so much, so I promise to take you swimming whenever you want. We love to swim, we can work it out. So on behalf of the whole Gorringe family, come on out, we can't wait!

Love,

Your big Mama Gorringe

(who would love to be smaller very soon)

Happy Birthday Devin! 30 Years Old!

We celebrated Devin's birthday Saturday and Sunday. Saturday night I arranged a little surprise party for him at one of our favorite resaurants, Bonsai, in Sandy. Here's how it all went down....The plan was to meet at the restaurant at 6 PM. Dev and I dropped the kids off at my parent's house a little early. I am usually running late so this was something different for me. Devin was prepared to drop the kids and take off immediately, but I needed to buy some time. Luckily my mom had some new pictures of my bro from Norway, where he is serving a mission. So I bought a few minutes, but not much. At this point we are about 12 minutes before six. As we left Mom's house I asked Devin where he wanted to eat, as I suspected, he said, "you choose". I acted really indecisive and we drove around for about 5 minutes. Then I suggested Bonsai. He didn't seem all that into it, but being the sweet husband that he is, of course he went along with it. I ran in Bonsai to put our name on the list ( this was already taken care of, I just wanted to see if anyone was there yet.) We were the first to arrive so I had to think quick. I suggested a nice stroll around the parking lot. If you have been to Bonsai lately you know that most everything around it is closed down and it is like a nice ghost town. Luckily Devin figured I was just trying to go into labor by walking around. During our 10-15 minute walk I saw each nearly all the members of our party sneak in the restaurant without being detected. Good job guys! We walked in and for a split second Devin just thought it a coinsodence to see a friend until everyone yelled "SURPRISE"! Devin was so surprised and had a great time! It was a hit.

Sunday was Devin's actual birthday so we had both of our parents over for a little party. We had dinner, opened presents, and sang happy birthday. It was such a fun weekend for us all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEV! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!