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October 22, 2017 ~ 22 weeks

This was a big week around here! First, we got the news back regarding Brutus’ growth on his back right leg – it is a benign histocytoma. Whew, I was thankful to hear the news. He saw Dr. Mansfield at our vet practice and I really like how she interacts with our dogs and her personal phone calls to give us information. She is great!

Next up: a trip to Portland, Oregon for me! I agreed to go on this trip for work back in July, and honestly since then I’ve been wondering why I said yes! I’ve never been away from Reid and certainly didn’t leave Griffin when he was this young. It ended up being a good trip and a fast one as I was gone less than 72 hours! Sadly, we were in meetings the entire trip and I had no time to see the city. Literally, didn’t even see it in the daylight as we left for the seminars when it was darkish in the morning (it was raining there) and we were finished when the sun had set! I didn’t snap a single photo other than my breakfast one morning and a coffee I grabbed at the airport on our way home. We flew in at night and out on a red eye so I didn’t even see the city from overhead. Maybe one day we’ll head back for a vacation. I’m thankful that Jim and Pat were able to come stay with Kevin to help with Reid and Griffin. Reid spent the first night in his crib during the night while I was away!  These are a few pics from the morning I left. As always Brutus tried to insert himself for some lovin’ too.
Brutus reminds me so much of Cammie. He loves the sunshine and loves to just soak it in. He’ll lay in the sun on the hot black driveway or on the patio. I regularly find him inside in our bedroom or in the dining room soaking in the rays.  Griffin had lots of fun while I was away too. Debbie and the kids made applesauce and even Reid got in on the action. Oh, and Brutus too, of course. He’s never far from the activity.  Debbie took Griffin to his soccer practice this week. I was happy to see this pic in the app while I was traveling to Portland. 🙂 Grandpa got a lot of outdoor time with Griffin during their stay. Here they are getting in a game of Lacrosse after I got home. It was a beautiful and sunny Friday morning! Here is some more of Griffin’s artwork from this week. The fire department visited preschool and they learned all about fire safety and were able to see the fire truck visit school.  On Saturday we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to Young’s for Reid’s first fall trip there. We got several of our traditional pics that we took when Griffin was little, sitting on the cows and riding the wagon to go pick a pumpkin. Griffin picked a lovely orange fella. Afterward he and daddy played putt putt and then we enjoyed dinner at the Jersey Inn. Reid is so ready to eat big boy food. He talks and moans and watches me eat every time I’m holding him while I’m eating. Soon enough big guy!

Finn ~ 29 weeks

DSC_0179Griffin continues to sleep really well at night – anywhere from 8-10 hours. We’ve been starting the night time routine of eating followed by bath time a bit earlier. He is typically in bed between 9:30 and 10 pm. For awhile now each night he migrates toward one end of his crib and most nights the “alarm” that is connected to a sensor under his mattress would go off. He had moved far enough that the sensor couldn’t sense his movement or breathing. I mentioned this to my sister the other day and she told me they had moved theirs to the area that Greta moves toward and I was like “duh!” why don’t we do that?!  And it’s been great ever since! When he is awake he likes to be out and about moving around. He can get anywhere he wants, but isn’t yet full fledged “crawling” with his belly up off the floor just yet.  However, he is always trying to pull himself up – like this!IMG_20131001_182518_529

Kevin’s “go live” date of October 1 came and went rather uneventfully! The weeks preceding he had spent some really LONG days (which more literally were days and nights) working to get things ready for the deadline. All in all the project is going quite well and we are all thankful for that. He has had a much less busy week this past week which has been great. He’s had a bit of time to rest and recover from the long days and we enjoy seeing him in the evenings! Since we’ve all been together for dinner we decided to give Griffin “real” food for the first time on Monday night – avacado!  It’s a bit of a soft food, and just a wee bit messy, but that’s part of the fun, right?! He played with it a lot, smashed it and smeared it on the tray, put it to his mouth and licked it several times, and of course made some good funny faces.  All in all hardly ate any – but had some fun in the process.DSC_0045 DSC_0046 DSC_0051 DSC_0060 DSC_0064 DSC_0066 DSC_0074 DSC_0075 DSC_0079 DSC_0081 DSC_0082 DSC_0087 DSC_0090 DSC_0093 DSC_0097 DSC_0105

The President’s Cup festivities were happening this week in Dublin. Wednesday evening we headed over to Fore Fest in Old Dublin where they closed the streets and had a festival. It included 5 stages of live bands/music, food trucks, beer tents, and my personal favorite – a cupcake vendor that I learned about on Facebook, Little Star Cupcakes.  They are delish! I had the pumpkin one, of course!IMG_20131003_191422_479 IMG_20131003_191523_556

Griffin is talking and babbling alot more in the last week.  Especially first thing in the morning or when he wakes from naps.  Usually it is pretty quiet chatter but he can get loud when we feels like it!



Friday night was date night so we dropped Finn off at Chez Bethune and we headed to see Gravity in 3D at the Easton Dine-In Theaters.IMG_20131004_204402_840Saturday we had a fun family day. We started by going to pick apples and check out the market at Lynd’s Fruit farm. We picked Red and Golden Delicious apples.  They are pretty tasty and were super plentiful so the actual picking only took about 5 minutes! We dodged rain drops in the car both before and after we picked. Then we spent some time at the market where they offer a huge selection of local produce, amish baked goods and cheeses, gourds, pumpkins, and pretty much anything you would think you might find at a farmer’s market.DSC_0112 DSC_0117 DSC_0120 DSC_0121 DSC_0122 DSC_0123 DSC_0131 DSC_0132 DSC_0156 DSC_0161 DSC_0166 DSC_0169 DSC_0175 DSC_0184 DSC_0189 DSC_0192

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While we were in the car feeding Finn we thought, hey, why not make a day of it and go to Young’s Jersey Dairy Farm in Yellow Springs to pick pumpkins and have some ice cream?! So we hit the road and called Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong, and Uncle Brett and Aunt Missy to let them know we were headed their direction. Everyone was able to meet us at Young’s where we spent a couple of hours taking in the farm happenings.  All in all a really fun day!DSC_0293DSC_0222 DSC_0229 DSC_0233 DSC_0237 DSC_0241 DSC_0255 DSC_0261 DSC_0268 DSC_0272 DSC_0275

Grandpa Armstrong drove an Oliver 88 growing up on the Armstrong farm just a few miles (farms) from the Young’s farm.

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