The Hendon's

Family of Five!!!

2010-10-15T14:33:00.004-04:00

Miss Sadie Belle Hendon

Since my last post was titled family of 4, I thought how appropriate to introduce our little Miss Sadie Belle with a Family of Five post. Too tired to type a lot so here are just some pictures to keep readers happy! :) Everyone is doing really well. Sadie is eating and sleeping great and her big sister and big brother are very sweet with her and so excited to finally have her here! ENjoy~

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2010-10-01T15:45:00.005-04:00

~Our Family of 4~

(excuse my hideous outfit!)

I know it has been forever, and I always say that but this summer just flew by and now it is FALL 2010! Yeah, I love the fall. Cooler weather, football season, yummy food season and most of all our new little one will be joining us any day now. Here are some of the latest pictures of the kids and our family of 4.
Maddie and Griffin are now in school 3 days a week just in the mornings. Maddie loves it and remembered all her "best friends" from last year. It took Griffin a few weeks to adjust, but he is doing great now and loves it as well. Now, I just have a to find a spot for all their beautiful art work and crafts they BOTH bring home everyday :)
I probably will not be able to update this again any time soon, but will be posting a picture soon of our newest addition. So keep checking back here in about a week! til then~

Reading books before bed

the boys

WAR EAGLE!

First day of School

37 Weeks

WOW- It is JUNE!!!

2010-06-11T09:12:00.006-04:00

I know it has been forever, but here are some pictures to update everyone :) - Sorry for the LONG LONG DELAY. Enjoy~

First Hair Cut Ever!

Maddie at Dance Class

Ready for our naps - after playing at the beach and pool

Jiddee and Griffin enjoying breakfast

Playing at the Beach

Riding on the Amusement Rides

Addison and Maddie having a blast~

Addison, Maddie & Anna at the beach - ready for the pool

Spaghetti Night!

Church outfit... he just loves it!

2010

2010-01-24T21:34:00.005-05:00

I know it has been forever!!! But here are some updated pictures for those of you that follow. Hope everyone is having a wonderful new year. Maddie is doing great, loving school, completely potty trained and just turning into her own little lady! :) Griffin... almost 1 year old! I cannot believe it. He is so great, so much fun, babbling and getting a few ma-ma's and da-da's in there and trying to walk so badly. He is pretty close and that will be a whole new adventure!
I hope to update this more frequently but who knows when that will be! til then ~ Enjoy.

Maddie on her new bike

Griffin being himself, yep... I caught you!

Daddy and the kids

Chilly winter walks
Lounging before the movies start :)

October is Here!!!

2009-10-03T15:49:00.007-04:00

October is Here!!! Yeah :)

Pumpkin time!!! Yeah, I love fall.Friday night we met our friends Allison and Layban and their two kids, Connor and Cole.What a great time we had having a pizza picnic on the pier!!! And then we had yet another fun filled Hendon family Saturday morning outing! This time we went to the pumpkin patch and fun yard. Maddie got to go on a hayride, up and down these really neat slides, tons of jumps in the jumpcastle, and then just pure fun with pumpkins everywhere! Oh and how could I forget the "camo- maze"... Good thing we didn't pay for the cornmaze, Maddie was well... not the best at finding her way out! HAHA -- got to love it! Here are the pictures... and WAR EAGLE!!!
Oh and I had to throw one in from the other day that I had taken at the grocery store. This was Griffin's first time to "drive" the shopping card... as Maddie calls it.
Enjoy~
Oh.. pardon the no smiling, the sun was very very bright out there.

Cheers! Connor and Maddie toasting on the pier

Walking with Daddy to eat our pizza and play--off to find flipper

Who says Grocery shopping cannot be fun with two little ones?!?

Maddie needed a little guidance with the camo maze

Griffin enjoying the company on the hayride

Daddy and the kids on the hayride

Playing on the "swings"

Momma and the kids on the huge beach chair

Our very own little pumpkins

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins!

Our Weekend!

2009-09-27T21:32:00.004-04:00

We usually start every Saturday off ( well everyday for that matter) watching cartoons in Mommy and Daddy's big bed until the other sibling wakes up. Usually it is Griffin and I waiting on Maddie, but it just depends these days which one it will be first. Then, we move out to the den and Daddy will make his coffee, Griffin will have his breakfast, and Maddie will watch more cartoons and run around wide awake at this point. And then... FOOTBALL- FOOTBALL -FOOTBALL. Well Daddy was so nice to put ESPN Game Day on hold and take us all to Charlestowne Landing ( a historic state park in charleston) This park is soo neat it has so much history about the first settlers to explore the land. And this is what we took Maddie and Griffin to see, all the first animals that the people would come across. There are bears, deer, elk, pumas, otters, alligators, bobcats, turkeys and bison. SO COOL!!! Here are the pictures from this weekends adventure. These are all pictures of Maddie and the animals, Griffin enjoyed his ride... well as you can see :)

Black Bear...

Gobble, Gobble .. Turkey Hunt!

Looking at the Elk

Maddie likes these "reindeer", But where is santa???

Wheee... This is the life

Maddie ofcourse had to try it out, and look at that little guy down there!

Friday night on the pier looking at the harbor

Dan, Beckett, Daddy and Maddie swinging on the pier
I have definitely fallen behind in my posts and pictures, so more pics to come .. so sorry to those of you who follow our blog!

And WAR EAGLE!!! Go Tigers!

6 Months!

2009-08-22T21:43:00.004-04:00

Hi there!

Hey I am 6 Months Old !!! ( well, 4 days ago)

(Yes, the are holding hands)

So Maddie and I woke up as usual happy and playing and then mom said, kids time to go to the doctor! :( boo.. no fun!!! Maddie kept saying, "I don't need to go- I feel better." Then I explained to her that she was not getting any shots, just Griffin, b/c it will make him feel better when he gets his shots. Then as sweet as she is, said, " Okay Mommy, I hold Bissin's hand" -- SO cute, and believe it or not, she did hold his hand when it was time for his shots! :) such a great big sister.

Griffin did great at the doctors, he is healthy and a growing boy.
His Stats:
Height 27" (75%)
Weight 16. 12 lbs (50%)

I am so blessed to have healthy babies! Thank you Jesus! And as Maddie would say, " I go see Jesus tomowow at church, I see him, Mommy see him? Daddy see him? Bissin see him?"

Here are some pictures of our babies. Griffin 6 months and Maddie 26 months. Enjoy!

both having a frozen treat! Maddie popcicle & Griffin frozen banana

story time with Daddy

hey look I can sit up.. sort of !

playing in Griffin's crib in the morning

stickers on the window???

I love this thing

2009-08-17T21:47:00.004-04:00

Sweet Home Alabama! :)

This past weekend Cole and I and the two kids packed our things and headed to Birmingham, AL for one of Cole's fraternity brother's wedding. It was so much fun to see all those guys and where they are now. It has been way too long since we have seen most of them, very sad... but you know how time just flies by. I was also able to see one of my friends and pledge sister from Auburn. Abby (Bullock) Euten and her sweet little girl Ella. It was so much fun to see her and her daughter, it reminded me a lot of Maddie and I. The girls even look a little alike! We took the girls to go and get some ice cream. Abby is 40 weeks pregnant and looks AMAZING!!!! From the back you would not even know she was pregnant! Good luck Abby with your new little boy!!!
My parents were so sweet to fly down to b'ham to watch the kids while Cole and I were able to join in all the festivites of the wedding. The kids had a blast with Grammy and Jiddee.. no pictures b/c they were just too busy having fun to stop for a second to pose! :) They did the swimming pool at the hotel, fun lunches and dinners and then this amazing park with a great playground they said. ( Veterans Park)... Oh yeah -- we stayed at the Hyatt Place.. for all you moms who are looking for places to stay with little ones. These hotels were awesome! The rooms were huge and the price is right. There is plenty of room in there for a pack n play and tons of room for a toddler to run around crazy! I highly recommend these hotels!!!
lastly, we got to see a great friend, ALex Serota and his wife. They are expecting their first child any day now. Elise looks so cute pregnant, I know they are both so ready to meet their precious baby girl. It was so fun to be able to hang out with them. Alex was so great with our kids and I just know he is going to make an amazing father!!! We miss yall!!!
Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Abby, Ella and Maddie and I

Alex with our babies

Maddie helping Daddy pack his ties

2009-08-09T22:02:00.011-04:00

August has arrived and so has MORE hot and steamy weather in Charleston!

This is what happened when I stepped outside to take a picture of Maddie playing in the baby pool... excuse the nakedness - Daddy had her! :)

Well here we are and we have now settled back into our usual routine. The beginning of August brought lots more hot and humid weather - but thank goodness for the pools and splash waterparks! These are so great. It also brought Nana, Pops and Mary Kyle for a visit. Nana and Pops were only here for a short while, but Aunt Mary Kyle (aka.. Ka-Ka) has been with us now for the past two weeks. I have to say that Maddie just adores her and it has been really nice to have her here. It is also nice for Maddie to have a friend that is here 24-7 and lives just right upstairs (at least that is what my precious 2 year old believes). Ha!

Griffin likes her too :) She is so great with the kids - so Thanks for all the extra love and care you have given to our kids these past two weeks! We will miss you.
We are going to Birmingham this coming weekend for one of Cole's fraternity brother's wedding. Very excited to see some of our friends that we have not seen in years- some since our wedding in 2005! Here are some fun pictures that we were able to capture with Nana, Pops and Aunt Mary Kyle.

Aunt Ka- Ka with the babies

After a day of shopping - Griffin was excited to be finished and Maddie would ride this merry-go-round all day long if I let her~!

Having a tea party (yes, Griffin was invited by his sister)

Griffin falling asleep in the pool

Wagon rides are always a hit here

Maddie at her friend Molly's 2nd Bday party!

Bath time- excuse the nakedness! :)

Nana & Pops and the kids

Shopping... we just had too!!! ( Daddy is from Texas)

Reading stories with Aunt Ka Ka before Bed

Watering Flowers with Daddy ~ or the dirt?!?

Awww-- I just love this picture!

Swingin' with Nana

Our little Southern Belle.. excuse my facial expression! Ha - terrible

Sprinkler with Aunt Ka Ka

Being Silly with the Puppies

Loving the exersaucer!

Still being sweet after a morning at Church

We're Back!

2009-07-27T14:09:00.008-04:00

Our month of July has been super busy! And I cannot believe that it is almost August ( I know I wrote that in my last post about July, but it is the truth how fast time is passing.) Anyways, we had a wonderful time up in Kentucky. We are went up there for the annual 4th of July weekend at the Lake house. It was so great to see all of my brothers and sisters, parents, and ofcourse our little niece and nephew. Maddie had such a wonderful time being able to run and play outside for more than 30 minutes and not be dripping in sweat. The weather was perfect and in fact got a little cool the last few days. Playing in the pool, hot tub and lake water was awesome. Maddie loves to swim and she was getting pretty independent the last couple of days there. Griffin enjoyed a dip or two in the water as well, but he still prefers his warm bath water!

We are back home now in Charleston, trying to get everything back together :) Griffin is growing so fast. He is 5 1/2 months now- sleeping and eating well. .Loves all the fruits and veggies (no meats yet... because baby brother doesn't have teeth -- at least that is what little Maddie tells me! HAHA!!). Reaches for things and laughing at just about anything Maddie says to him. He just ADORES her!
Maddie (now being a big 2 years old) is so fun, talking more than ever and being such the best big sister that parents could ever ask for. She loves playing outside and helping momma cook in the kitchen. So much fun!
We also had a ton of Birthday celebrations... Maddie 2yrs, Anna 1yr, Aunt Meggy's 30th, Addison 3yrs, Uncle Steffy's 25th.. so as you can imagine there was lots of healthy cake and ice cream!!! YUM
Here are a ton of pictures! Enjoy

Dressing up! (Don't I look nice?!?)

At the fair in KY

Swingin' -- wheee!

Lots of Popcicles

gatti -town!

The BOYS

Anna Lovin on Griffin

Uncle Steffy's birthday!

Morning at the Lake House

Lots of Golf Cart rides.. and a little bit of driving too!

Never enough cuddles

Marching to the band

Addison and Maddie Birthday cake

Jiddee and his girls

Slip in Slide.. GOOO Addison

Baby Griffin ready for the boat ride

Playdough at Aunt Meggy's house

Tee Ball at Jiddee and Grammy's HOuse

Aunt Meggy's 30th Birthday Dinner Out

The Grandkids with Jiddee on the ' 69 Chevy!

Munchkin PatrolBaby G and Uncle Ro- Ro

Jiddee driving the boat with Addison and Maddie

Aunt Meggy with all the kids on the boat

Daddy and Maddie on Sea-doo

Happy 4th Of July (bright and early!!! )

2009-06-29T13:25:00.007-04:00

The Hendon Family!

Can you believe it is July????

Wow, where does the time go. We have been having the best summer so far. A little on the HOT side, but fun nonetheless. If you are reading this from the southern states, you know what I am talking about. It has been over 100 degrees with the heat index over the past three weeks! WOW -- who knows how hot July and August are going to be.

Griffin is now 19 weeks old and went for his 4 month check up last friday.

Here are his stats:

Height -- 26.5 inches (95%)

Weight-- 15 lbs 11 oz (75%) ~ So what this means, is he is taking after his momma... tall :) hahaha!!! yeah right.

Baby G about to roll over

Maddie had her 2 year check up on friday as well.

Here are her stats:

Height-- 34 inches (50%)

Weight-- 25 lbs 6 oz (45%) ~a VERY petite little girl!

"CHEESE"

Here are a bunch of pictures from the past 3 weeks. Maddie's 2nd Bday party, the Zoo, Grammy/ Jiddee's visit, and just having some fun at the house. Enjoy!!!

Jiddee and Baby G

Sweet Potatoes are Messy!

Birthday Morning with her balloons

Beckett and Maddie celebrating their # 2!!! (born on the same day)
Grammy & Jiddee and the kids after the bday party at Gymboree

The Penguins were a Big Hit

Maddie riding her Pony "Spooky"

Maddie feeding the Giraffes.. Salad (= lettuce)

Yes, This one liked My Camera

2009-06-26T10:42:00.003-04:00

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MADDIE!!!

Just wanted to wish our little girl a Happy 2nd Birthday today! I cannot believe that she is already 2 years old. Wow, how times flies. We have had so much fun with her, she is a such a great little girl. Watching her grow up as just been wonderful. More pictures to come from this weekend and last at her bday party... but for now~

Happy Birthday Sweet Princess!!! We love you~
Momma, Daddy, & baby Griffin

Sooo tired from all the celebration!

Summer is Here!!!

2009-06-08T13:34:00.004-04:00

Maddie & Griffin in their "sunny" yellow outfits!

I cannot believe that it is already June... seriously where does the time go?!? Maddie will be two at the end of the month-- wow!!! I remember every second of her birth. And little Griffin will be 4 months already on the 18th! My babies are growing up too fast :) but we are enjoying every second of it! Here are some pictures from some fun in the hot hot southern sun ~

Maddie and her friend Beckett playing the sprinkler!

Maddie enjoying her popcicle and Griffin...well Go Tigers!...
Enjoying, or should I say "hiding" in the flowers!
My Uncle Dick came down for a visit
Griffin enjoying a hot afternoon in the swing

Beach Trip

2009-06-02T15:27:00.006-04:00

Last week we had a great time with our visitors... Grammy, Jiddee, Aunt Meggy, Addison, Anna, Aunt Erin, & Great Mammy! We love having people come to visit Charleston. We went to the beach and played in the sand and found starfish with the kids! So fun! We cooked a huge seafood dinner and then just played in the sunny weather with everyone! On Sunday, Jiddee went back to Kentucky and all the girls packed up to go to the Myrtle Beach for the week. We had a great time. the kids especially loved the lazy river, "hiding" cousin Teresa in the sand and the amusement rides at Broadway at the Beach. I loved watching the kids play with each other and wish we lived closer to family so we could play more often. As Maddie enjoyed her time in the sand and in the pools, Griffin enjoyed the soothing ocean sounds as he slept each time we took him out to the beach! So relaxing :) Thanks for a great trip girls... we will have to do it again soon.

Baby Griffin snoozing to the sounds of the ocean

Lazy River

Kids with Great Mammy

All the munchkins on the couch

Auntie E with Maddie and Griffin

Bathing Beauty

Kids at the Amusement Park

Auntie E with her Godchildren

The Boys

Griffin and Cousin T

Jiddee and Baby Griffin

Maddie and Anna

Splish, Splash with Jiddee

Ride 'em Horsey

3 Months Old Today!!!

2009-05-18T11:03:00.003-04:00

Happy 3 Month Birthday!!!

(excuse the snowflake pjs... hand-me -downs!)

Three months old, where does the time go?!? It seems like yesterday that we were driving to the hospital getting ready to meet our little boy! We have had such a great time watching little Griffin grow. It is so amazing to see how they develop into their own little person. Maddie is so great with him and we are so proud of her for being the best big sister ever!
Griffin is doing so wonderful... he is sleeping well, eating great, starting to be able to sit up a little, playing, smiling and now LAUGHING!!! yeah :) I love it all! My family is coming in this weekend and then we are all heading up to Myrtle Beach, SC for a few days to enjoy some fun in the sun and sand with Aunt Meggy, Addison, Anna, Auntie Erin, Grammy & Mammy!!! How fun... cannot wait to go and get some good pictures ofcourse! Til then~

Maddie playing with her baby brother

Beckett, Griffin, & Maddie chilling outside

Friday May 15, 2009

2009-05-15T15:30:00.004-04:00

Summer Afternoons at the Beach~

Well if you live anywhere near the beach or in the hot & humid South you will appreciate these pictures even more. Every day it is hot and steamy in the mornings creating the wonderful 20% scattered thunderstorms in the afternoons. So this is what we did on our Friday afternoon... since we had to cancel our playground playdate! :( Sad...

a little of this....

a lot of that....

on a day like this!!!!

May 14, 2009

2009-05-14T10:12:00.004-04:00

Mother's Day Flowers!

Mornings with my babies

cheese... smiley boy!~

Maddie being silly in Griffin's crib

Mother's Day in Auburn ~ 2009!

We packed up the car and headed to Auburn, Alabama on Friday May 8th for Aunt Mary Kyle's (ka-ka) graduation. It is always so fun to be back in the place that Cole and I met. We love Auburn and love every chance we have to get back there to hang out. Congratulations to Mary Kyle on her graduation!!!
We also spent Mother's Day at a wonderful brunch at the Auburn Conference Center, hanging out in the hot tub at the hotel, having pizza dinner with Cole's family, and then at a great park in Auburn. What a great day... and then we had to leave and drive the 6.5 hours back to Charleston. Poor Cole-- he drove the whole way! What a sweet husband!!! here are some pictures from the weekend.

Aunt Ka-ka's graduation!

Daddy & Maddie throwing rocks in the creek

WAR EAGLE!

Nana relaxing with Baby Griffin

Moments before bedtime with Daddy!

May 7, 2009

2009-05-08T08:35:00.004-04:00

Happy Friday!

This picture was too cute not to post! Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are heading to Auburn today for Aunt "Ka-Ka's" (Kyle) graduation.

BIG NEWS!!!

2009-05-06T10:02:00.006-04:00

Big News!

Maddie has been showing interest in the potty for a few weeks now, but Sunday night she really did it! Yeah!!! She said, "Momma Potty" and so she took off her diaper and we ran back to the potty room and she sat there and went potty! I could not believe it, I don't know who was more excited me or her. So then last night, she said it again and did a "little potty" in her big girl potty!!! YEAH for Maddie ~ and she gets two "gummies" every time she does it.
Ever since she saw Addison doing it, she has wanted to do it more and more, but up until now, she would just take her diaper off and say potty... but really she has already just gone in her diaper. So this should be a fun transition! Other than that, and the talking up a storm.. she is doing GREAT!!! Cannot believe that she will be 2 years old next month.. how crazy!
Griffin, has not been sleeping that well.. but last night he slept 7.5 hours straight!!! First time in a week since he has done that. We are so proud of him and hope that this trend continues over and over again :)
Here are some recent pictures~ Enjoy!

Bath time

Saturday Mornings with Daddy!
My Sister did this to me

Beach Days
Maddie and Molly
Beckett and Maddie playing in her bed!

Pops Came To Visit

2009-05-02T13:56:00.006-04:00

Hello!

Pops Visit

Here are some picture that are now almost a month old, but I just got around to posting them. Cole's Dad came to visit early April and to help out with some outdoor landscaping around the house. So sorry these are dated, but better late than never!

Pops and the kids

The Boys

Maddie and Beckett at Barnes and Noble

sweet angels

Maddie in the jump castle!

check out the bed head on Maddie

2 Month Check Up!

2009-04-25T14:23:00.011-04:00

Griffin went for his 2 month check up this past thursday, and the doctor said that everything looked great and that we had a "healthy" boy. I think that he was saying "healthy" in the nicest way possible as to mean that you have a PORK CHOP as a son :) haha! Maddie calls him "chop-chop" Here are Griffin, Jr's stats as of April 23rd :

Height 23.5 inches (75th percentile)
Weight 13.4 lbs (90th percentile)

WOW!!! What a healthy and strong boy we have that loves Momma's milk. Everything at the house is going well. Maddie is loving that the weather has been so warm and we are able to go outside with our shorts and crocs! :) so fun. Griffin is doing really great, he is on a more regular schedule now. Still sleeping anywhere from 5-6 hours at night and then 3-4 hours the next shift. (He even gave us 2 full nights of 8 hours.. april 26 & 27th.. but now we are back to the 4.5 hours --ughh!) But that is okay, as long as he is eating and sleeping and growing... everything else will fall into place soon. (This post was started a week ago - and finished today!- check out the date...)

Ouch!!! Shots are NO Fun!

Griffin's Baptism ~

Snoozin' with Jiddee

Bubble time

The Skaff Crew

Relaxin' Easter Sunday

Maddie's new "bath time" babydoll

Baby Anna with her new rattles

Easter in KY

the never ending egg hunt :)

Easter Egg Hunt In Charleston,SC

We went to KY this past weekend for a mini vacation and for Griffin's baptism on our "Holy Saturday" so that is pretty cool. Cole actually converted on "Holy Saturday" 3 years ago as well! So that is pretty neat that they can share that together. We had a great time in KY playing with all the Skaff aunts and uncles, Grammy & Jiddee, Cousin Addison and Baby Anna, Nana (Cole's mom) and Mammy (great grandmother). Maddie loved playing with all the relatives and especially little Addison, she was so worn out when we got home that tuesday she took a 3 hour nap.... which rarely ever happens.
We were able to go to the horse races one day with the kids and Maddie loved to yell, "Go-Go-Go Horsey!" So cute!!!
Besides the trip to KY we have just been spring cleaning and playing with the kids. Enjoy ~ til next time!!!

2009-03-28T16:33:00.010-04:00

6 Weeks Old!!!

Mommy went for her 6 week check up and everything went great! It is so hard to believe that it has already been 6 weeks! :) Seriously, where does the time go?
Life here as been great, Maddie is the cutest and best big sister ever! She helps me feed, burp, change diapers and hold the baby all day long. What a huge helper! She is also showing some interest in the potty. The other day, I was feeding Griffin and she kept saying, "Momma poop! Momma Poop!" So I said, hold on sweetie I will change you here in a second after I finish feeding the baby. Then I looked down and she had taken her pants off, laid down on the floor(as if i were changing her diaper) and took her diaper off. Then I looked to the side of her and there it was --- P-O-O-P on the floor!!! hahaha! I just laughed and said, well at least she is telling me that she pooped or had to at least. :) SO we are now, trying to use the "big girl" potty seat. I will let you know how it goes.
Baby Griffin is doing great! Sleeping longer hours which is wonderful - He is a night owl like his sister, but that is okay if he will sleep 5-6 hours at a time. He is going down about 11:30pm-12 midnight and staying down til about 5 or 6. then feeds and then goes back to sleep for about 3 hours! SO that is great :) we are all getting " a little" more sleep now!!! :) yeah!
ohhh forgot to mention, that Baby Griffin decided to make his mark at the OB's office today!!! I was just talking to Toya about her little boy and if he ever peed everywhere. She said yes, she got squirted in the face all the time. And then it happened, I was changing his diaper and turned to throw it away and there it went .... everywhere! On the wall, on his outfit on the floor and on me and the doctor! haha :) it was definitely a good relief for baby Griffin.
Also, wanted to say thank you to all of the visitors we have had over the past month. Thank you for all the help! Endless yummy meals, playing with Maddie, cuddling baby Griffin. We are truly blessed with such a wonderful caring family and friends!! WE cannot thank you enough!
Here are some pictures from more visitors and just hanging out with the kids. Enjoy til next post! (who knows when it will be, haha!)

Two babies before bedtime

Nana, Aunt Ca-Ca, and Maddie at dinner

Grammy swinging with the kids

Sweet Baby Griffin!

Maddie carrying "her" baby in the bjorn

Grammy, Jiddee, Maddie and Griffin swinging!

Jiddee, say "CHEESE"

A little smile from the boy~

Maddie being silly at Shem Creek

More swinging with Aunt Ca-Ca

Maddie swinging at the park!

Daddy & Maddie sweet kisses

Mommy and Maddie

Maddie with her Mardi Gras beads on!

Maddie being sweet with Grammy

2009-03-22T20:04:00.009-04:00

Visitors! Visitors! Visitors!

We have been so blessed to have so many visitors in the past month. Thank you to everyone that has come to Charleston to help us out with our two little ones. I was trying to capture everyone that came to visit baby Griffin and Miss Maddie, but I did fail to a few. So I am sorry to those of you who did stop by and didn't get a chance to get a picture with the baby. (Allison, Allison Z., & Christy and Stacie- I am sorry we will have to get a picture of yall with the baby soon)
One month post will be coming shortly-- Hopefully that is :) Enjoy these pictures for now.

Teresa, Megan, and Maddie
Aunt Meggy & the boy

Cousin Teresa and Griffin

too cute not to post!

Kerr and Baby Griffin

Grammy Sittee and the babies!

Nana and the kids

Fr. John blessing the baby at the hospital

Matina and Griffin

Dr. Toya Pound and our new baby boy!

Sarah & Griffin at hospital -Ashley & Griffin at hospital

Jiddee & Griffin

Aunt Mary Kyle with Griffin

Baby Griffin has arrived!!!

2009-03-14T19:52:00.006-04:00

Welcome Griffin Cofield, Jr.

Well, on February 18, 2009-- baby boy Griffin was born. He was born at 12:32 pm, weighed 7 lbs 8 oz, and 21 inches long. Healthy and cute as can be. We are enjoying every minute of our little boy. Maddie loves being a big sister, she is very nurturing and copies everything Momma does! It is a fun filled day as you can only imagine here at the Hendon house.
Griffin is eating and growing very well. Went to the doctor yesterday and he weighed in at 10lbs already!!! I cannot believe it 3 weeks old and 10lbs. What a porkchop :) I love it though. Here are a bunch of pictures that we have been able to capture.
Our black lab, Tucker, had surgery on his hind left leg this past Monday. He is doing as good as he can with a bum knee, but seems to be recovery nicely. Maddie says he has a "boo-boo" on his leg and kisses him and hugs him frequently throughout the day.
For now, here are some pictures! Enjoy - more to come soon.

Maddie kisses little brother at hospital 3 hours old

Big sister holds little boy at home

Flowers from Addison and Anna

Family of 4

Maddie decorates Griffin in stickers

Hanging out one afternoon

2 1/2 weeks old posing pretty in blue

Snoozing in the big bed

Maddie loving her little brother
Supervising :)

Last weekend as a family of three!

2009-02-16T17:00:00.007-05:00

Valentine's Day 2009

We had a wonderful past weekend as a family of Three! Soon to be a family of Four. I cannot believe that we are going in tomorrow to the hospital. We are so excited to meet our new little one. Mary Kyle was here this weekend and we had a great time. Nana came in today and will be here through the weekend to help with little Miss Maddie :)
Enjoy these pictures, I probably will not get a chance to update this for awhile.

Getting ready for Mardi Gras... beads from Auntie E & Uncle Ro-Ro

Beckett & Maddie at Barnes and Nobles

Lobster Dinner on Vday!

Daddy giving his little sweetheart her Barney for Vday

Aunt Mary Kyle, Nana & Maddie

Awaiting Baby Hendon #2

2009-02-13T17:34:00.011-05:00

counting down the days 4 more to go!

Plans have changed a little bit, for the arrival of baby #2-- we are now planning on going in to the hospital Tuesday 17th around 5pm, if the baby has not come by then. They will start the cervidil that night and then if needed the pitocin in the morning. We are all doing well, just excited to meet the new little one. Maddie is excited too as she has been practicing the names for either a boy/girl. She is such an angel.

My sister, her two kids and my dad were all here last weekend and we had such a blast with them. It was so much fun to see the kids all play together. Maddie loved chasing Addison at 8am up and down the hallway. And she loved baby Anna and didn't want to leave her alone! :) it was pretty cute.

Jiddee played at the beach with the kids and also made cookies (with a tiny mess involved). It was so great that we were able to enjoy the nice weather and get the kids outside! We also went to the park and played on the playground and chased all the birds :) really fun to watch.

Making Cookies with Jiddee

Maddie and Baby Anna

the girls & Aunt Meggy on the slide
at the beach on a sailboat :)
building sand castles with Jiddee
baby Anna at the beach

kids on a walk & down the pier they go
Addison, Maddie and his favorite pup-- Tucker
kids at park chasing the birds

Here are some pictures from the past two weeks and our visitors. Probably the last time I will update this before the new baby arrives... then it might be awhile :) Enjoy the pictures and cannot wait to have some on here of the new baby. til then~

Maddie kissing the new baby
Flowers from Daddy to his girls!
Maddie in action eating at her new "big girl" seat
dressing up before bedtime
Maddie and her friend Molly playing in the igloo

We will have lots of visitors these next couple of weeks to help out so that will be great. Aunt Mary Kyle is here this weekend, then Nana, then Grammy, then Aunt Meggy & Aunt Erin. Looking forward to it, as I know Maddie will be so excited to see them all.

Baby # 2 is coming soon...

2009-01-28T21:18:00.005-05:00

37 weeks!!!

Don't I look so great!?! :) ha

So here we are at 37 weeks! Yeah :) The baby seems to be healthy and everything is looking good. Went to the doctor today and she said that if the baby does not come before Feb 18th, then she will go ahead and induce me that morning. SO I guess we can plan a baby to be here no later than the 18th! :) So exciting, Cole and I both cannot believe that it is already here. It seems like yesterday that we just had Maddie and she is now 19 months old. So hard to believe-- but we have loved every second of it. Cannot wait to make more memories with baby #2.
Here are some recent pictures of Miss Maddie ~ Enjoy!

Not the best face, but love this outfit!

giving the baby kisses

Fishy!

2009!

2009-01-16T09:13:00.012-05:00

19 months old (well almost on the 26th of Jan.)

Here we are 2009 ~ Cannot believe how time flies! We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. So much fun to be with family. We were in Kentucky for Thanksgiving with the Skaff's. In Charleston, for Christmas this year with the Hendon family. And at home for New Years ( very uneventful.. but that is the way we like it :)) We were also able to travel recently to Dallas to go and see Cole's brother Clay that was home on "leave" from Iraq for a few weeks. It was so nice to see him and catch up since it has been since last June that we were able to see him. He is expected back in late March... so that is good news! We are so proud of our soldier!!!

Halloween 2008

Our little Charleston Crab

Carving Pumpkins with Daddy

Thanksgiving 2008 in KY

Making cookies with Jiddee

The girls~ Anna (5months) & Maddie (17 months)

Addison and Maddie at the kids table

Ride 'em cowgirl!

Auntie E visits Charleston Dec 2008

Shopping at the children's museum

December 2008

So as you can see, we have been quite busy traveling and trying to get ready for baby #2. This second pregnancy has really flown by, I still cannot believe that it is only weeks away now. It is pretty funny that the baby's actual due date is on Mardi Gras day-- coincidence??? Hope this baby is not a party animal and night owl b/c of that! ha! Okay well that is all for now, everything is going great here in Charleston, SC.

Santa Mickey and Me

Momma and I having fun!

Beach Pictures in December

Christmas in Charleston 2008

Playing with Christmas toys

Chasing birds at the park

Dallas 2009

Aunt Mary Kyle and Maddie

Getting Ready for Mardi Gras

Uncle Clay and Maddie

Nana and Maddie

Having my favorite snack~ Popcicles

Spaghetti night

Maddie is growing more than ever, talking up a storm and saying "No- No" A LOT! but that is normal for this age, just really funny to us, that everything is NO- NO :) but with a smile ofcourse. She is so precious and cannot wait to be a big sister as she kisses my belly everyday (numerous times) and says "hi, bebe!" What a sweetie! I just love her to pieces, cannot get enough of her as I am sure all you moms out there can understand. Okay enough for now- enjoy the pics! (some are from as far back as October ... but this should bring us up to date!)

Go Tigers!

2008-10-01T16:44:00.003-04:00

GO TIGERS!!!

Hey, well I forgot to post these pictures from labor day weekend in Auburn to the previous pictures. Sad! So here ya go.. enjoy this sweet little tigerette :)

DADDY AND MADDIE AT THE FIJI HOUSE!

NANA & POPS IN AUBURN (SEPT)

PLAYING AT AUNT MARY KYLE'S WITH BEADS :)

AFTER A HARD DAY OF PLAYING IN CHARLESTON (SEPT)

15 Months Old!!!

2008-09-26T09:39:00.011-04:00

Yeah! 15 Months Old and having a blast!!!

So, here we are almost October and I am just now getting around to updating this... haha! Maddie is growing so fast and we are having so much fun with her. She is such a little person now, no more baby it seems like. Just a sweet, precious, little angel of a little lady. Not to mention such a Daddy's girl. The best part about her walking and talking and understanding our language is around the 5:30pm mark everyday when Daddy's car pulls into the driveway and I say, "here comes Daddy!" and she runs to the door! Bouncing up and down waiting for Daddy to come thru it with the biggest smile on her face. And as soon as he opens the door a huge hug for Daddy and then runs to play 'chase' around the house with him. I love it!!! :) It truly makes my day.

My MADDIE chair that I got for my birthday! I love it. I watch my cartoons in it every morning.

Enjoying my birthday cake! (June 2008)

Party guests :)
My Daddy! :)
My new baby cousin "Anna" (July 2, 2008)
Swimming with Jiddee (KY ~July)
I love Anna! (KY~ July 2008)
This is my new sibling... don't quite know what to say! :)
Me and Grammy at the Lake (KY ~ July)

Ridin' on the sea-doo with Aunt Meggy

Okay so since the last post lets see... we have had a 1st birthday party, an arrival of a new baby cousin Anna, a soon to be new sibling (in "Momma's belly button), trips to KY, Dallas & Auburn, and lots and lots of football. Here are just some of the wonderful moments I have captured of our sweet little princess! Enjoy~

Daddy pushes me in my shopping cart.. wee!

Me and Mommy one chilly morning before our walk (Sept)
At the children's museum in the "grocery store" (sept)
Before Church ..nice and pretty and clean in all white :)

11 months old!!!

2008-05-28T15:14:00.011-04:00

I know finally right?!? We have been so busy with Maddie and traveling and working around the house... yeah, I know lame excuses. but finally I am able to update this a little bit for the people that like to visit it and see recent pictures of Madeline Kate. I cannot believe that she is 11 months old-- which means one more month and she is already turning 1!!! I know it is a cliche but wow! does time fly by. She is growing up so fast.
She is now trying to take some steps of her own. She is getting to be very brave! We try to go out to the beach a couple of times a week to let her play in the sand and walk around. The latest trip brought a whole new level to our easy beach trips. It appears that we have a little water bug on our hands. Once she saw the water she just crawled right to it and kept going, no fear! A little scary since everyone knows the water gets deeper and deeper. Not to mention the water being around 75 degrees. Neither I nor her daddy want to go in after her :) BRRRR..Too cold!! (haha, that is the mommy talking) Nonetheless it is so fun and so peaceful to be out at the beach.
Maddie is now preferring table food, aka. "people food" rather than the pureed veggies and meats. She will still eat the fruit. And if anyone knows her mommy, you know why she likes the fruit! Her favorite up to this point has been chicken and peas, but last night we feed her steak for the first time and I definitely think we have a little carnivore. She loved it to say the least, she ate about 1/4 of mine and 1/3 of Cole's. The dogs were a little jealous this time b/c we didn't have any scraps to give to them.

Okay well I think that is a pretty good update. I know that I am leaving a ton out, but time only allows me to do so much. Some of these picutes are very dated but wanted to include them on here. Enjoy! Til next time, who knows when that will be :)

Stefan's Graduation- New Orleans In May

Mary Kyle and Maddie at the beach

Addison and Aunt Meggy's visit in March

Girls trip to NYC for Mom's 60th Birthday! ~March 22
Uncle Clay and I are still pretty sleepy!

Pops and Nana came to visit while Mommy was in NYC

My parents are the biggest nerds!

Daddy did this to me :)

Hot tubing it in KY~ April ~ Mom's surprise Party!
Vegas trip ~ April

Hey Everybody!

Mommy and Maddie!
Auntie E and Me ~ Ky Aril trip
Going back home to SC~ I love to fly!

Grammy Sittee & Jiddee Visit

2008-02-27T09:14:00.007-05:00

This past Friday I woke up to a wonderful surprise, my mom and dad were in my kitchen! They had it all planned out with Cole and decided to drop in for a surprise for my birthday. What a great time we had. Of course, they loved playing with Maddie and she loved it too. Grammy Sittee & Jiddee came with tons of fun toys for Maddie to play with. My dad bought this hilarious "mambo monkey" spinning toy ~that she just loves for some reason (See the picture below). Kinda funny to watch her b/c the toy is a bit silly! Maddie also got a new swing for outside, which she LOVES!(can't you tell?!?) It is going to be nice to put her in there and let her enjoy the outdoors. Except this week is a bit chilly here in SC, hopefully the weather man is right and it will be back in the 70's this weekend. Oh and how can I forget all the adorable clothes that everyone gets her, she is quite the fashion model. Here are some pictures from the weekend. Hope y'all enjoy! Oh by the way... the last picture is Maddie not believing that she is 8 months old already!!!

For an update, Maddie is almost ready to actually start moving forward on her knees. She gets there and is so ready, takes one attempt to push her arm forward and then falls. So I know it won't be long now until she is mobile :) She is also wanting to pull up on everything. We had to lower the crib bed from the middle section to the last b/c when we walked back into her room last night, she was standing up holding onto the rails smiling away... ahhh!!! So watch out.. here comes Maddie.

Grammy Sittee & Jiddee saying bye - bye to Maddie
Maddie outside enjoying the sun with her new hat from Jiddee :)
Just relaxing on Sunday afternoon
Check out those bellies
Grammy & I go for a stroll
This is my boyfriend Beckett.. he tastes good!
This monkey thing is hilarious!
Hey, I am 8 months old!!!

ALERT!!!.... Hot Babe loose at the beach!

2008-02-19T20:13:00.014-05:00

This past weekend Auntie Erin, Uncle Roland and cousin Belgie came to visit us. We had such a great time. We took the puppies to the beach as well as our beach babe :) The sand and water was enjoyed by all. Maddie had no fear of the sand and tackled it as soon as we got there. She immediately wanted to taste it and enjoyed it so much she smeared all over her face and clothes, not to mention mom~ ofcourse.I think that her cousin Addison taught her all the tricks for beach adventures. She out the picture of Addison last year (a couple months older but still eating the sand!)

Auntie E and I before the beach
Uncle Ro -Ro "Gramps" makes me laugh!

Belge's first visit to the beach~
Addison at 11 months - enjoying the yummy sand (last year)
She did so great at all the restaurants we went to. All we needed was her sippy cup and her fruit sticks and she was good to go. She loved playing with Auntie E and Uncle Ro -Ro, or should I call him "Gramps." Funny story we were out to eat one night and the lady behind us asked how old his granddaughter was, and he gave them a laugh and went along with the idea of a 35 year old grandpa! :) haha~ He has a pretty young cute wife I might add.

Cousin Richard and Treyton came for a quick visit to say hello too--

Maddie and her daddy like to play dress up - doesn't she look like a pretty princess with her crown, cape and wand ?!? I wonder what she will be for Halloween ( I might have to help with that costume!) haha
Maddie was sad to see everyone go as she looks forward and cannot wait for her next visitors to come to Charleston (she loves showing them around all her favorite spots!)

I almost forgot but here are more pictures from way back, (sorry a little out of order) It was a special request to see more pics-- so here ya go!

Maddie at 7 weeks- bundled up after her bath
A proud Grandma "Nana" with our newborn~

Maddie in her jumper, I would highly suggest every parent to have one of these! (Nov 2007)
Uncle Clay makes me smile

You forget how little and helpless they are! Aww... how times flies. Maddie at 4 days old. Pops, Aunt Mary Kyle, & Daddy with little Madeline Kate.

Yes, Finally I am Getting to Update! ~Christmas & 2008

2008-02-15T12:43:00.004-05:00

Well -
Here we are February and I am just now getting a chance to get some pictures and updates on here. Maddie has kept us busy. We had a great time over Christmas break visiting family and going out west to ski Lake Tahoe. What a trip! Maddie did great - she loved the snow and all the family to play with her.

Jiddee, Grammy Sittee & Maddie (grandparents)
My Cousin Addison and Me (twins!)
I Love Presents!!!
Ready for the bobsledding team

She is now 7 1/2 months old. Where does the time go?!? She is sitting up perfectly and now trying to crawl. She gets herself to all fours and then doesn't quite know what to do next. She holds that position for a few minutes and then gets frustrated and tired and plops down to her belly once more. She has been such a joy for Cole and I, we are truly blessed with a little angel.

~Now what?~

A day at the beach~
Drinking from my Sippy Cup!
Daddy and the Kids :)

I almost forgot to mention that she loves the puppies so much. We go for a walk everyday (if not 2 a day) and she tries to hold their leashes and definitely pulls their hair. Tucker doesn't mind so much - but Savannah is a grouchy girl and gets up and moves away. At any rate Maddie thinks it is hilarious!
Maddie felt pretty special on Valentine's Day when her sweet daddy bought her 2 dozen beautiful calla lillies! Geez, have I been pushed aside ( just kidding ~) Okay, that is all for now... more to come later on. Enjoy the pictures!

Kentucky and Maddie's baptism weekend

2007-10-19T15:02:00.000-04:00

Aren't I A Pumpkin!

Well we were on the road yet again- This time to Kentucky for Maddie's baptism and the UK vs LSU football game. WOW what a great win for the CATS and what a great time we had with the whole family. The Hendon's were able to join us in KY not to mention my whole family so that was so great to have all of us together to celebrate such a joyous occasion of our little one baptised into Christ the Church! Here are some pictures from the weekend. Maddie is days away from being 4 months old, hard to believe how time flies~ ENJOY!

Addison loves his baby cousin Maddie!

Whoops!

Kate and her two favorite munckins~ playing with the pumpkins
Maddie's Baptism before getting dunked in the holy water! Grammy Sittee and Maddie

Maribeth Comes to visit us!

2007-10-02T22:04:00.000-04:00

It is hard to believe that our little one is growing so fast! We seem to find ourselves running for the camera every chance we get. We are loving parenthood and Madeline Kate makes it so easy for us. She is such a blessing and joy to watch grow. Here are a few of the latest pictures that we were able to capture.

Maribeth and Dan came to visit us here in Charleston last weekend and we had such a great time catching up with them. Not to mention, watching such a huge win over Florida~ Go Tigers! Oh yeah, Maddie loves watching football with her daddy!

Katy and May cooking out before the Auburn /Florida game

Maddie Kate plays with her favorite toy!

Maddie & May smile for the camera!

Pictures of Madeline Kate

2007-09-12T20:27:00.001-04:00

Here are some pictures of our precious angel! Madeline Kate Hendon