Amy and Michael's trip to Ohio:


As Mike was loading up his truck for the drive, I brought Gretchen out to get settled in for the ride. She jumped straight over the blanket Mike had arranged for her in the front seat and into Amy's car seat. I guess she still wants to be the baby.

Amy in action:

Great Grandpa Griffin and Amy:

Great Grandma Griffin, cousin Elizabeth, Great Grandpa Griffin and Amy:

Mike, Amy and I had adventurous 4th of July weekends. Mike and Amy (and Gretchen) drove to Clyde, Ohio for the annual Griffin family reunion. Mike hasn't shown me any pictures or told me any stories yet, but Amy now knows that a chicken says cluck cluck, a bird says tweet tweet, and a duck says quack quack. Mike says that that's what a farm teaches you.

As for me, I went to the Bahamas for Kim's bachelorette party. I didn't take many pictures myself, so I am crossing my fingers that the other girls share their pictures. This is Kim, me and Liz on the Stuart's Cove snorkling adventure. I had never seen water as clear or as blue as on this trip. It was like snorkling in an aquarium!

Spaghetti Photo shoot...

I am oddly very proud of this...

Amy is finally feeling much better, and has started eating solid foods again. Thank goodness!!!

Amy has been pretty sick for almost a week now. Her pediatrician thought it was strep, but the culture came back negative. She decided it was most likely gingivostomatitis, and after reading up on the virus on BabyCenter I agree. Her gums have been very swollen and tender so she hasn't had much appetite.

Fortunately, I think the worst of it is behind us. She has been nibbling a little bit the past couple of days. She has also been smiling and laughing more often lately.

Amy's first watermelon:

Now that Mike has fixed our computer, here are a few pictures
of what we have been up to lately...the neighborhood pool!

And being silly around the house...

We hiked a few miles around Mt. Falcon.
Amy mostly napped on Mike's back.

Here we are in Boulder.

Red Rocks Amphitheater

Amy and I went to the Denver Zoo while Daddy had to work.

Here we are feeding birds nectar out of a little cup.

Amy's favorite was the carousel. She rode the aardvark.

Our other favorite was the gorillas. Amy and I sat down in the shady gorilla exhibit for a snack and the gorillas came over to us. This is Amy really excited to see them.

Anytime Amy sees a monkey she says "ah-ah-ah" like a monkey. And when she wants to watch Curious George on tv she does the same.

Amy likes to smell flowers and blow dandelions.

Mike had a 2 week business trip to work at Denver International Airport. Amy and I talked him into driving so we could tag along. It was a very long drive, but we made the most of it. We stopped at playgrounds along the way to have picnic lunches and stretch our legs (and practice walking).

We stayed in Missouri the first night and visited family.

We stopped in Saint Louis on day two because none of us had seen the arch.

I took this video of Amy on May 22nd, but we have been on a long "sort of" vacation since then, so I haven't been able to share it until now. We are pretty pleased with Amy's new skill, if only we could keep up with her now.