Saturday, March 26, 2011

Spring Break Beach Trip












Grandma & Grandpa's House

No one better touch my marionberry pie!
The amazing full moon from the window during dessert (no tripod...).

Monday, March 14, 2011

Big Mouth

We have noticed a common facial expression of Benjamins...



























...I guess it will make tonsil examinations easier!

Happy Husband


Dirty, Happy Dog

Remember when the topic of our blog was about this poor neglected dog? ;)

20-Month Update

I think we've got a left-brained kid. He sorts everything; stacks his blocks by color, lines up his cars end to end, divides out his crayons, and even likes his food in neat piles. He has quite the sense of humor, quickly picking up on what you think is funny and repeating it. My mistake for laughing when he called me "Kristen!" I'm not "Mama" for the time being. He thinks he's magical when he blows open the garage door, and turns on and off the lights. He loves when we sing to him, and he's learned how to weasle "one more" song out of us at bedtime. He's perfected the fist bump and the high five. He loves to be covered up with pillows and blankets. Today when reading "The Three Little Pigs," he told me all about how the wolf went down the "chimpanzee" (chimney). He sings a cute version of his own ABC's and counts to 20. Still a very cautious little boy; doesn't like horse snuffles, the sound of the blender or vacuum, or when Mom leaves his sight.











Sick Baby

Benjamin succomed to his first real illness with a fever and the lovely upchucking. Before this, he has never sat in one spot long enough to watch TV. This is a picture commemorating his first TV watching experience- Sesame Street!! He's officially a fan now. His watching repertoire now includes Winnie-the-Pooh too. :)

The Daily Stroll

When the weather is nice, Benjamin's favorite thing to do is walk to the park down the street. He does everything without Mama's help now- he runs down the sidewalk in front of me, climbs up to the slide and goes down without any help and is pretty much our little independent "Mini-man."





Happy Valentine's Day!

We were all matchy-matchy.