Ob La Di Ob La Da... Life Goes On

Here we are, it is already June 22 and it has officially been 6 weeks since Michaela was born. Matt and I are having a blast having her in our lives. It seems like she has always been here. I can't believe how she is growing and changing daily. She is already weighing in at around 10 pounds and is a smart 22 1/4 inches long. Every day brings a new little development that makes us so happy to have her here with us. She is smiling and starting to "talk" and coo and giggle just a little. She is such a good baby. She gets the hiccups all of the time and she just sits there until they go away and doesn't complain like a lot of babies do. Her ADORABLE wispy blonde hair is getting longer and she has started playing with it in her fingers when she is nursing. So cute. She sleeps for 3-5 hours at a time at night and goes right back to sleep when she is done nursing and has a fresh diaper. I am absolutely infatuated with her. She is content during the day to sit propped up on her pillow or in her bouncer or on my lap and just kick kick her little chubby legs and talk and grin. She loves it when Matt or I give her kisses and her neck muscles are so strong already, she sits with her head back and looks at us when we hold her and smiles when we give her kisses and nuzzle in her neck. I've always loved babies but this is really special.



Life is crazy for us and the days are going by quickly even though we seldom get out the door. Well, Matt does. He is working so hard for his band and songwriting so he is in and out a lot but Stef and Miki just hang out at home and run errands occasionally. That is a good thing for sure considering it's like 80% humidity and around 100 degrees outside right now. Gross, I know. I guess this summer is not typical for Nashville but it's our first one here so we have no frame of reference. All I know is that it's hot and humid and not fun to be outside even though it looks like it would be when you look out the window. Our main swimming pool in our apartment complex was damaged in the flood and just opened again last week. Once I feel more comfortable in a bathing suit I might go down and take a dip... so I may not get there this summer. He he:)



We are looking forward to some more visits from family in July and August. My youngest sister Kelli is considering coming out here for a week in mid July and I fully support that idea. Matt's sister Mariah and his Grandma Shirley are coming out the end of July for 2 weeks. Grandma Shirley is itching to get her fingers on the baby, and who can blame her? She is the cutest baby in the world. That's not a biased statement it's just the plain truth. I am hoping beyond hope that I will be coming home to CO for a visit sometime in the middle of August until at least the first week in September. I want to make the rounds with Michaela and spend Labor Day Weekend with my family at Powderhorn ski resort on the Grand Mesa like we do every year. We are praying that this works out.


Well, we hope that all our friends and family are well and happy. We love you and pray for you all daily. Thank you again for your prayers and well wishes as we keep on truckin through this thing called "life."

Signing off for now, the Griffiths

Family Times

These past 4 weeks have been a whirlwind for us in a good way and a bad way. The good way is that we have been so busy with Michaela and we are already learning so much and enjoying so much the joys of parenting.
The bad way is that time is flying by and, as of this Tuesday, all of our wonderful family visitors will be gone and it will be life with just us. I am excited to get into the daily routine with Miki and Matthew but not so excited to have my family all gone. But I'm getting ahead of myself. We have had many visitors over the past few weeks and I wanted to highlight them all here. Jen was here for the birth of Miki as you all know. She stayed from the 10th through the 24th of May and it didn't even feel like she was here for a weekend! We were very busy as you can imagine. She helped us out so much and got to spend some amazing quality time with her new niece. Her husband, Nick, came out here on the 20th and stayed with us till the 24th when they packed up and drove home to Fort Worth, TX. We all enjoyed the time together for sure and we look forward to visiting them in Texas possibly this Thanksgiving if not before. I LOVE Jen so much and I am soooo grateful for what she did for me while I was going through such a monumental event in my life. I will repay the favor for her if I possibly can. Next, we welcomed my mom here for her maiden voyage to Nashville on the 21st of May. She is still here and will leave on Tuesday the 8th of June. :( This is the longest vacation she has ever taken and it too is flying by like a bird in the sky. She doesn't even want to think about saying goodbye to her new granddaughter yet so, we won't mention how hard it will be for all of us. My dad also came on the 1st of June and he just left tonight on the 6th. I loved having both of my parents all to myself. I don't know when that has ever happened before. It was awesome.

We were also blessed to have the Griffith family out here for a week. Matt's parents Rick and Bev and his sister Mariah and his niece Krysta all came out from the 21st through the 28th. We all hung out in our little apartment for the week and enjoyed each others company. It was crowded but fun. It was very hard for them to leave us and hard for us to see them go. We hope that the visits will not be far between. After my mom leaves this week, I will be open to hanging out with anyone who would like to. Miki and I look forward to a great, fun Nashville summer. We will be spending a lot of time in the air conditioning... it's already HOT here. And humid. Yuck.



A shout out to Kelly and Jared Blumenberg for letting my in laws stay at their new house while they were visiting! We could not have survived the week without your help. We owe you one!!

So, now that things are getting back to our new normal... Matt is working on getting his songs out there for more people to hear. He would love to be able to get some kind of publishing deal and continue playing with the band BrookLine and see what happens there. He is working so hard and, unfortunately, not getting paid for most of it so he is looking for a day job as well. Stefanie will be staying home with Miki and possibly cleaning houses or doing some babysitting/day care in the coming months to bring in a little more income. We would appreciate all prayers and thoughts sent our way that we will be able to make ends meet. We are working on it and asking for some help from the Lord to know what we can do to be successful.


We are VERY blessed and grateful for the opportunity to be parents and we can't wait to have so much fun with our new daughter! Thank you to all of you who brought us food in that first week and came and visited us in the hospital and at home. We welcome visitors if you would like to come meet our new little Michaela. We love her and are very happy to show her off.

Stefanie is looking for any and all suggestions for her summer reading list. I can't wait for the 3rd book in the Hunger Games series to come out in August but I will need more things to read before then.

So, ta ta for now. The Griffiths