Some Fun Firsts...

A few awesome firsts to document:

1. I discovered today that I can say "clap your hands" to Griffin, and he does it!

2. We had our first family pancake breakfast today, partly to celebrate Tom's upcoming 29th birthday.. Griffin got to eat a baby-sized pancake, sans coconut syrup.

3. Griffin successfully fed me a Cheerio (happened a few days ago), which made me gush with that wonderful proud Mom feeling. There have been several failed attempts where I'll open my mouth, Griff will hold a Cheerio right up to my lips and as I'm about to eat it, he tears his hand away, eats the Cheerio himself and laughs. :)

4. Griff ate meat! (organic chicken pureed with sweet potatoes) Yes, it does make the poop more stinky.

5. Griff pulled himself up onto his knees. (This happened while I was trying to undress him for his bath. He excitedly pulled himself up to watch the water fill the tub.)

6. Also, Griff recently started doing the funny Indian (feathers, not dots) pow wow sounds with his hands/mouth. "wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah". When Griff was younger and he'd cry, I would repeatedly tap his lips with my open hand and make the "wah wah wah wah" sound, which distracted him from his crying and made us both laugh. He then went through a phase where I'd start tapping his lips with my hands and then he'd make the sound, and this weekend he started doing it all on his own. He uses both hands closed together in a ball, and laughs while he does it.. what a funny guy.

See this video of Griff's latest bag of tricks:

Applause for a Great Family Weekend

A new first: Tom, Griff and I were laying in bed yesterday morning, when Griffin clapped his hands! (10/3/10) It was so freaking adorable- a great new trick to add to his collection. We've been practicing clapping forever; his ability evolved from closed fists knocking together with full assistance from Mom and Dad, to one open hand and one closed one, and finally he got both hands open and clapped by himself. Also, a hysterical moment to remember was Saturday morning, I coughed and Griff fake coughed to imitate me and then he'd laugh. It became a game where I'd cough and laugh, and then he would. What a little joker!

We had the most beautiful fall family weekend. On Saturday we took Griffin to Connor's Farm in Danvers, where we walked through a corn maze and spent time at the farm taking pictures, checking out pumpkins, and just enjoying the beautiful October weather. This was the same farm that Tom and I bought our wedding pumpkins at- the ones we used to carve out "Tom & Vicki ", which coincidentally also spelled "Ick Vomit" and "Victim OK"...

On Sunday we used our Groupons and went to the Stone Zoo. Our favorite animals were the coatis, 2-toed sloth, baby goats, meerkats, and gibbons! We kept trying to point out the various animals to Griffin, hold him up so he could see, or position his stroller so he'd have a direct view, but I have no idea if he really saw all of them. I like to believe he did anyway.