He's a growing...

Griff had his 2 month appt. on Tuesday and the boy is big...
He weighed in at 13.9 lbs and is 23 1/2" long. He has had a growth spurt! He coos and smiles and is starting to make lots of babbling noises and even blows raspberries...I think Lilly helped him with that trick. When he is on his tummy, he can push himself over onto his side and then squirms enough to get on his back. Rolling over at 2 months is pretty early. Anyhow, he is doing well and just getting too big, too fast. I hate it-
The rest of us are doing well too. Mac is playing basketball and doing great in school. Lilly is "flying" around all the time, talks non-stop, loves to pester Mac, dress up Griff and will start swimming soon. Pat has been keeping busy with work and trying to keep his sanity with all our water leaks/problems with our house. It's nuts that you buy or build a brand new house and have as many problems as we have had. For those of you who didn't know- we finally got our bathroom completed and the very next day, woke to another BIG leak in our master closet. It had to be torn apart and redone too. Then about a week or two after that, our washer went out and leaked water all over the laundry room! We went and bought a new washer, got it home and all hooked up. I did one load of laundry and found water again all over the laundry room floor...YEP...our brand new washer has a leak!! That was 3 weeks ago and Sears is FINALLY coming out today to look at it. Ugh...we have been very frustrated with some things lately.
We did get away for almost a week after the washer incident. It was a much needed escape!
I am slammed at school with art projects, meetings, fundraisers, etc. It just always keeps coming. I am doing my best to keep up...I owe a huge "THANKS" to Destiny for hanging in there with me and keeping up with it all too! I'd be lost without her-
On another note- my Dad is doing awesome and is just about done with his 24 weeks of treatments/infusions for Hep C. The virus is NO LONGER detectable in his blood! That is just AWESOME. He should start feeling much better after his last treatment. He will be heading our way at the end of March. We are very anxious to see him!
My niece Catie Lynn is also doing fantastic. Here is an update from Sherry & Jimmy on her progress-

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to give you all an update on Catie Lynn.

I’m sorry this has taken me so long, but a couple weeks ago we had another round of testing. This included an ultrasound, chest x-ray and blood work. Everything came back cleanJ Also, they said that her blood levels are pretty much back to normal…..which is amazing!!! We now only go to the doctor once a month to have her port flushed. We are so thankful. She is doing great!! I don’t know if you all realize how much she has been quarantined. Maybe we were a little extreme, but we tried our best to keep her well during her chemo treatment. We only took her to the store or restaurants a few times during her whole treatment. She hadn’t touched a grocery cart since last May. This last month, we ventured out and she was so excited to go to the store! She loves seeing other people and is very sociable (just like her brother). She is so excited to get out, that she can’t contain herself, and runs away……but what almost 2 year old doesn’t?

We are looking forward to her 2^nd birthday at the end of March. We are so thankful that she has been healthy and happy through this whole thing (other than a few temper tantrums). She has gained weight like crazy, and is growing like a weed. We spoke with the doctor about removing her port in her chest. We have decided to readdress the issue after her next tests in April. We again, want to thank everyone for all the support and prayers over the last year. It has been a crazy year, but we truly believe that we are given hard times so we can really appreciate the good ones.

That's all I have time for now. Will get some pictures up soon. Much love to you all-