El Mariachi

Ryder is quite musically inclined and what Griffin lacks in rhythm, he makes up for in enthusiasm. And Lilah's just hella cute. She's the manager and does back-up vocals.

Re-Edit

I went back and posted a half-written blog and it went to live back on its date of origin. I wanted to make sure all fans of G Dawg and his Krewe knew where to find it. I would hate for you to miss cute pictures and a video of Lilah narrowly avoiding being whacked with a xylophone.

Conversation with a Lemur

You have to be very careful when you feed almonds to a lemur. He'll take all your nuts and try and lure you into a closet.

"Mama, come," has replaced "dat?!" as Griffin's most annoying commentary. Where I once had to define 10,000 dats a day, I am now dragged around by my finger at the whims and mercy of small primates.

Ridiculousity

Toddlers are such silly people. They act really ridiculous most of the time. They get offended at the slightest provocation while being oblivious to most everything else. Check out Griffin's manhandling of Lilah while she appears totally unconcerned that she was almost brained with a glockenspiel. Then she runs into my face.

We had some technical difficulties that were prohibiting us from uploading more videos. Now that I have moved gi-normous amounts of video footage onto an external disk drive, my computer isn't cussing at me every time I ask it to do something. As a result, we have more pics from Lilah's visit that we'd love to share.


I don't want you to think we're a one-trick-pony over here, but we couldn't bear not posting the rest of our Griffin/Lilah/Ryder photos and footage. If Ryder and Lilah weren't so cute, maybe we wouldn't have to talk about them as much. Griffin loves to read the baby blogs on the computer and insists we watch the Lilah videos over and over (at least I can trim his nails.)


There were some good times in the wagon. Everyone was happy and dirty and bumping along.

Jake (looking especially woodsy,) hauled the children all around the farm- over to see the pig, chickens and sheep.


What's not to love about three tykes in a little green wagon?



Griffin still manages to look concerned. He can be a little over-analytical at times. He comes by it honestly.


Lilah, however, is all smiles. Unless she's screaming bloody murder. Seriously.

The Set Up

In case the montage of wagon photos needed some set-up, I found this video where Mat explains to Ryder how important the eggs are and Lilah relaxes in her low-rider posture. Lady L's meltdown occurs approximately 60 seconds later when Ave dares to straighten her up and secure her safety belt. Meanwhile, Ryder has been entrusted with the eggs and Griffin is just along for the ride. Please note Floyd the pig in the background. He is not long for this earth and will soon be appearing as boudin. Mmmm......... boudin.

Lilah's Wagon Needs Fixin'!

All Ryder wanted to do was bring eggs in from the chicken coop, he didn't ask for all the drama. To her credit, Lilah was a real trooper until Ave adjusted her seatbelt, but then all bets were off. I kept Ave at bay long enough to snap this series of pictures. I love the way Lilah's utterly indignant and the boys just seem clueless. And then there's the egg.

I've got to run. No time to blog. Someone is trying to boycott his nap and has already removed his pants (and diaper) peed in his bed and now appears to be really grossed out that there's pee in his bed. Don't blame me, I haven't peed in a bed in decades. Doesn't Griffin know I'm trying to blog about him and don't have time to deal with my actual baby (who should be napping) when my online baby is so much quieter.

Gumby and Pokey

Griffin found a mini-Gumby and Pokey in a little box and told me Luci gave it to him. He was right, but she sent them to him when he was three months old and we lost them until now. He pulls out the most random details and hangs on to them. Note to self: no more occasional f*bombs.

This is how he plays these days. He really likes little animals and carries them with him everywhere. Some of his favorites are Panda, Sheepy, Camel, Moosey, Otter, Wolfy and Zeebee. He's Mr. Finemotorskills and likes to line them all up on the edge of the bathtub before knocking them down and worrying about them.