We love Daddy!

Zach was able to take 7 days off of work after Quinley was born, and we were spoiled! Zach has been the best Daddy ever! He loves his Quinley so much! He takes care of her in any way he can.  He'll change her diapers, feed her, read to her, rock her, sing to her... really he is the best! He would also take care of her in the mornings and let me sleep a little bit longer. Today he had to go back to work and we miss him a bunch! Thankfully he is able to video chat with us during his breaks and lunch! That has been nice.  Thank you Zach for everything...your girls love you!

She's here!

Okay...so I'm kinda behind in posting this, but SHE'S HERE! Quinley Adeline was born Thursday, March 10th at 11:07pm. She weighed 7lbs, 2oz and was 19 inches long. She is just perfect!! She didn't come how we had planned, but she was born healthy and that's all that matters.  I was admitted to the hospital for high blood-pressure and they decided to induce me.  After 24 hours of labor they informed me my pelvis was too small to fit her through and I would need to have a c-section.  I have no idea why they couldn't tell that sooner, but thankfully the c-section went well and I am doing much better than I anticipated.  They had me walking 12 hours after the surgery and i've just been getting better everyday.  I guess because I can't ever just sit still, I've been up doing all sorts of things. And now I get 8 weeks off with her! Which I am very happy about.

Nursery is Finished!

We finished Quinley's nursery last night. It has turned out great! Now everything is ready for her.  But I've told her she still isn't allowed to come until March 18th or later. :-)  It's still weird to think she could be here pretty much anytime between now and the next 5 weeks at most.

Here is a link to pictures of her nursery: Quinley's Nursery

Quinley Adeline

Incase you haven't heard...we're having a baby girl!! Quinley Adeline is due on March 27th, 2011.  We can't wait!!!!!  We have had 3 beautiful baby showers and have her room just about complete.  I will make my last big shopping trip this weekend with our Target registry completion coupon and the gift cards we received.  I will do 2 last loads of her laundry (her closet is PACKED!) and arrange everything in her room.  Then all that is left is to hang photos and decorations in her nursery.

Here she is!

Griswold Theodore

I found this shirt at Target on clearance for $2 I couldn't resist. I made him wear it yesterday. We also decided on a middle name for him. Mostly inspired by the fact that he tends to look like a teddy bear sometimes. Plus...if he does something wrong, we can say, "GRISWOLD THEODORE!!!!," haha We love our buddy.

my special birthday cake

Here is my birthday cake! Isn't it lovely? Ever since I was little my birthday cake would have a theme each year of one of the biggest things I liked or did that year. My Mom and Zach collaborated and got this cake made for me with a picture of our house on it. The lady who made our wedding cake made this one and it is yummy!

Griswold Griffin

Here is our new family member! Griswold Griffin!  We adopted him from our local humane society. He is an american cocker spaniel/poodle.  He is about 4 years old.  After we got him Zach planned an afternoon in the park with a picnic.  We had a really great time. Griswold loves to play and run around.  We just got him home about an hour ago and he is being such a good boy. We are so excited to have him.

Our House

We're buying a house!!!! We found it back in December and put an offer in January but we couldn't get it for the price we wanted so we just decided to wait since we weren't in a hurry.  Five months later we saw it was still for sale and decided to give it another try. This time they were willing to negotiate more! YAY for us! It's an older home in an older established neighborhood. The advantage of that is we have a larger yard, big mature trees and lots of nice houses around us.  We are going to update the house with new paint, rugs, refinish the hardwoods, redo the master bath, etc.  Gotta love having such an amazingly handy Dad who will help us do the work. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath with a living room, dining room, 2 fireplaces and a sunroom. We're really excited about it.  We are closing on it July 23rd or around there.  I'll post more pics when we start to fix it up.

a night out

On Thursday night Zach and I went downtown to Visulite for a show.  We saw John Mark McMillan and Public Radio.  The show was really great. We got to hang out with some of our friends as well.  It's awesome always having your best friend to go out with!

new job

Today I started working at the front desk of our local hospital (which is 4 minutes from home). It's definitely something i've never done before but I think it will be pretty good.  One thing I have liked about being a temp within our healthcare system is each position I get is totally different and I learn new skills each time.  This time I will be working with people all day.  My last job I had my own project and hardly ever came in contact with anyone.  My hours are also different than i've had before... 5am - 1:30pm.  It is nice that i'll be done by 1:30 and have the rest of the day to do whatever I want...like workout! 

extra time

Two and a half weeks ago my temp job with CHS ended because of their finances...so i've been off.  It's been pretty nice...I can sleep in, workout, get errands done. Zach and I went to the beach two weeks ago for a long weekend.  We had a great time.  We saw The Killers at House of Blues the first night we were there. Now i'm looking forward to Valentine's Day.  Yesterday I decorated the apartment up in valentine things...it looks really cute.  Saturday we're probably going to go to Sushi 101 for dinner. But tonight is the UNC vs. Duke game.... That's almost like a holiday in the Griffin house.  Go UNC!

no news is good news

Yeah...it's been awhile...but as they say, "no news is good news".   We had a great Christmas with our family.  We ventured up to McAdenville which was prettier than I remembered. On Christmas Eve we had our first service in our new building at Southbrook:Monroe.  Our New Years Eve was fun and relaxing...we stayed home, ate our favorite snacks and watched the shows on tv...and the UNC game ofcourse. Zach and I got new bikes for Christmas and today we took our first ride...it was a lot of fun.  Tonight Zach is at the Panther's game so I went a did some shopping and now I'm relaxing at home. Go Panthers!

Asheville, NC - Biltmore

Last weekend we went to Asheville, NC to see Biltmore decorated for Christmas for our anniversary! We had an awesome time.  We drove up Saturday and checked out the local mall, went back to the hotel to watch the UNC game and then enjoyed dinner at Outback.  The next day we slept in, went to Starbucks (I now have Zach hooked on coffee!! BIG accomplishment! hehe) checked out Blue Ridge Parkway, went to the fancy Biltmore Village McDonalds and then off to Biltmore.  We went on the Winery tour and then to the Estate for the Christmas Candlelight tour.  I've never been to Biltmore before and it is an amazing house.  The next day we went back to the Estate and walked all over the grounds to see the rest of the beautifulness.  

charlotte checkers

On Saturday night Zach and I went to the Checkers game with Chad and Joey. We had a really fun time! Unfortunately they lost...but there was a great fight at the end! Afterwards we went to The Penguin off Central for burgers and fried pickles...yummy yummy.

we feel special

My lovely friend Ashleigh wrote a Happy Anniversary to us on her blog.   Check it out here: http://ashleighpaige.blogspot.com/

1 year anniversary!

Tomorrow is our 1 year anniversary!! It has been the best year.  We've had a lot of fun times. In two weeks we're going to celebrate by going to Asheville for a nice getaway to include Biltmore Estates all dressed up for Christmas. 

  

fun fall day

Today was a very fun day.  We went to Duke's for lunch.....yummy burgers!!! Then we went to Carowinds and had a blast.  On the way home we stopped at a pumpkin patch and got our pumpkin.  We came home and carved it...it looks awesome. Zach did a great job on it.

Our New Adventure

We are very excited about a new adventure that has come into our lives.  Last month Zach accepted the Worship Pastor position at Southbrook:Monroe.  It is a campus of Southbrook:Weddington.  Right now we are meeting at Benton Heights Elementary but in Mid-November we will be moving into our renovated building.  Zach isn't full-time right now but will be as the church grows.  We are happy to be helping out either way. Above are some pictures from this past Sunday.

Peak at our Apartment

Here is a peak at our new apartment.  This is our living room.  We really love it here.  It's back in the woods a bit so its pretty quiet and our balcony is almost two times the size of our last one. 

Night with Our Neighbors

Earlier this week our neighbors, Chris and Jade, came over and asked us if we'd like to come over for dinner...so tonight that's what we did.  We had a really awesome time.  We ate dinner and then played Wii!! I've never played before but always thought it looked like lots of fun...we played bowling and tennis.  They are both 25 and moved here from Albany a little over a year ago. I think we'll be hanging out with them much more.