Introducing Griffin Emerson Wellhouse

Hello, baby Griffin!

Sweet baby face

Finally, we get to see his eyes.

And his profile

Sawyer holding his baby brother
(They look a lot alike to me, same little nose and mouth.)

Momma with the tiny baby

Four generations

(Grandma Lewin, Aunt Cheryll, Me and Griffin)

Griffin and his Great Grandma



Baby Griffin arrived at 0948 on Nov 18th, 2009. At only 6 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long, he's by far the tiniest Wellhouse baby we've ever seen! (Sawyer was 8 lbs 12 oz and 22.5 inches long.) Griffin came into the world screaming, or rather growling, but for the most part has been very quiet ever since. A fairly content baby unless he's really hungry or naked.

Even though he's tiny, the doctors have given him a clean bill of health. AND he's already within 2 ounces of his birth weight thanks to the fact that he nurses like a pro.

Sawyer has adjusted really well to our new addition to the family. Our first evening home he came running in with a dozen pink roses for me yelling "Griffin's home! Griffin's home!" He genuinely likes Griffin around and always wants to know where he is if he is not in plain sight. Sawyer rubs his fuzzy soft head and points out all Griffin's tiny features to us...his tiny eyes, tiny nose, tiny mouth, tiny fingers and tiny piggy toes. He even tells us, "I love Griffin very much!"

That's all for now. Hopefully, it won't be too long before I post again with some updated pictures.

Love,

The Wellhouse Family

(John, Andrea, Sawyer and Griffin)

Fall and All Such Things

Sawyer enjoying the last of the summer's cucumbers and tomatoes

"How many cucumbers can you fit in your mouth?"

Ummmm, privacy please...

Sawyer inspecting the baby box turtles, a new addition to the Wellhouse family



Sawyer and Daddy picking out a pumpkin...but maybe not THAT big of a pumpkin!

Sawyer and "his" pumpkin, just the right size

Sliding into fall leaves, it just had to be done!

Backwards too!

Sawyer as a green front loader tractor for Halloween.

(We didn't come up with the idea, it was all his!)

Daddy even gave it working head lights!

Dad and his masterpiece

The finished "playroom" end of the bonus room.

The gym is not quite done yet.

Sawyer loves the reading corner, his favorite spot so far.

Baby belly

Well, I know you are all anxiously awaiting a post about the newest Wellhouse boy, but I had some other business to finish up first. Stay tuned, I'll post an update soon!

We've had a great fall. Lots of trips to the Farmer's market and the pumpkin patch all wrapped up with sliding into a pile of fall leaves. Sawyer never tires of finding pretty leaves and "collecting" them to show us. Halloween was a lot of fun. Sawyer was very specific about being a green front loader tractor...so his Daddy made it happen. Complete with wheels that turn and working headlights. Too bad he only wore it to one house and then we carried it the rest of the evening. Oh well, we had fun making it and Sawyer definitely thought it was pretty cool.

Potty training update: Sawyer is completely potty trained. We ran out of pull ups for night time and he's gone without ever since. No accidents so far. He always gets up at night to pee and then announces over the monitor..."I peed!"

Well, that is it for now. We'll post again soon. Until then, we wish everyone a happy fall and a great Thanksgiving!

Love, The Wellhouse Family