Griffin's Special Day

Griffin started out the day by putting on his "Look at me I'm finally 3!" shirt. My intention was to give him waffles with whip cream and strawberries. I didn't quite make it to the grocery store so he had waffles with vanilla icing and grapes! Don't make a face, he LOVED it! (And has since asked for them every morning.)

After cupcakes at school it was time for a special lunch with our friends at Chick-fil-A. Ms. Deanna gave Griffin a sweet surpise, dress up clothes! Thank you guys!

After a handful of chicken nuggets it was time to play!





Gabe loves being in the thick of things and even when he's not...

..he's always watching :)

Our last big event was a birthday dinner at Cracker Barrell with all the family (except Aunt Erica & Uncle Andrew--we missed you guys!) We had the staff sing to Griffin which I thought he'd love but he surprised us all and was very, very shy. It didn't help that he never did nap and I think he was practically in a sugar coma!

I'M THREE!

Happy Birthday sweet boy!

A break from our regularly scheduled Griffin posts...

Today marked the end of our first week open at Classic Cleaners. Between learning the ropes of a new business to tropical storm Fay what a week it was! We marked the special day (and our survival!) with an important ceremony. Our preacher Paul and his wife Carol came in to bless the business and building. This was important to Jonathon and I because we know none of what has been possible has been so without God. We want to glorify His name in everything we do and our business is no exception.

Brother Paul led us in prayer and then anointed our front doors with oil. He even had Griffin help with the oil! I so wanted to take a picture of Griffin kneeling with Brother Paul but thought whipping out a camera during a religious ceremony was a tad inappropriate. I'll try to capture the little fingerprint-smudged cross on the door tomorrow for you guys to see.

We had told Griffin ahead of time that we were going to be saying prayers and having to be quiet and that if he could listen and stay still and fairly silent there was candy to be had. He did fabulous and before Brother Paul could get that last "amen" out, Griffin knew it was coming and squealed "Candy!!"

Lastly we just want to thank all of our friends for their continued love, support, and PRAYERS. We could not have done it without you guys.

And now, the progression of Classic Cleaners!

Back to School!

Today was our first day of school! It just figures that the ONE day Griffin needed to get up on time he decided to sleep in. It didn't take much to get him up and awake once I told him where we were going so thank goodness for small favors.

Here we have our nutritous (ha!) breakfast of waffles and milk. Griffin wanted to walk himself to the door ("I do it!") so I follwed close behind, camera in hand.

Best buddies heading off to their 2nd year of school together.

Griffin & Ms. Shawna

The picture on the left is of Griffin on his first day of school last year. The right, today. Where has my baby gone?! Sniff, sniff.