Birthday Boy!

Here are the LONG awaited Birthday Pictures- Enjoy!!

Getting ready to get dressed for the big party! Ready to PARTY!!

Here comes the Birthday Boy! YAY He was so excitedPreciousBenjamin & Grandma Connie- he was not to sure about all the people....especially when I left him....Enjoying his Pizza Opening gifts he really liked Elmo- He loved looking through the plasticWe saw this face a couple of times when we took things away from him poor little guyPeeking in the bagLike I said he loves Elmo- pure delight on his faceThe cakes- (his smash cake is the football) Getting ready to go eat some cake! Waiting patiently
Singing Happy Birthday.....and blowing out the candles.He wasn't to sure about that cake.....but by this point he let us know....he really didn't like it :(Getting cleaned up in the sink- I couldn't believe he acutally fit in the sink! Precious little chocolate finger prints.

God has blessed us above and beyond what we could have ever imagined with these 2 little boys. Benjamin is such a precious gift to us! His smile and laughter light up a room and when he looks at me it melts my heart. I can't imagine what our life would be like without him. He is VERY independent and is always trying to keep up with his big brother. He is strong and loving. I tend to call him a little spicy...he is very strong willed and determined but hey he gets it honestly.

We are so blessed!

One Year Check-up

I took Benjamin for his one year check up.

26lbs.(85%)

31 3/4" long (95%)We have often thought that he was much bigger than Christian but not really he only weighs about 1/2lb more and 1/2" longer. I am going to get some of his birthday pictures tonight and will try to post them tomorrow! So this will have to do until then! :0)

Benjamin is ONE!

Wow--- where does the time go? I can't believe that our second little man turned one on Saturday. For Christian's 1st Birthday we took a short family trip to the beach. It was wonderful the weather was still warm and we were able to enjoy the water. A totally diffrent story for Benjamin being born in Febuary. The forcast was wet and rainy so we decided to head to Richmond for the weekend. Before I post a few pictures I thought I would share some of what he is up to these days since I haven't done it in soooo long...

*He is totally off of baby food and has been since about Thanksgiving he is a GREAT eater and will eat Christian under the table almost every meal.

*He has started walking some. Just last Thursday he walked 1/2 way across the living room and has done it once or twice since then.

*He has 10 teeth he had 4 for the longest time and just in the past month he has gotten 6 more!

*His vocabulary is growing he can say-- Mama, Ball, Bye Bye, Hi, Hey and he has recently started tring to say vroom vroom as he drives cars and trucks around like his big brother. We have not used sign language with him nearly as much as Christian but he does tell us more more

*He can clap his hands

*He loves to jump

*He can wave

*He is off of the bottle

*He is sharing a room with his big brother

*He loves to dance

Getting ready to take his first ride facing forward in the car!
He was so excited he is waving bye bye bye

This is what he does when he see the camera come his way now- so cute!
Eating Spaghetti for the first time on his birthday at Olive Garden
I would say that he likes itMessy Messy Trying to eat and do his smile at the same time!
So we stuck with it and didn't give Benjamin any sweets until his actual birthday which is what we did with Christian but it was much harder this time around. Here is the cookie we got for him to try. LOVE this picture look at his little face. They came out and sang happy birthday to him and then set a little bowl of ice cream in front of him. His face looks like he is in udder shock.
It didn't take him long to dig in! Trying his cookie
I think if he could have fit the whole piece in his mouth at one time he would have!
So funny this is when he got a good bite of that cold ice cream Happy Boy!
Asking for more....... and totally disappointed when he didn't get more.
Our family on Benjamin's 1st Birthday! Happy Birthday Benjamin. I can't wait until his party on Saturday and will post more pictures after that!

A Glimpse of Spring!

This past week there was a day that the weather was awesome so we spent a little bit of time at the park. Here are a few pictures.

Benjamin crawling around the mulch...yes he is all boy I will just wash the clothes :0) (right Julie B. ?)

Sweet Benjamin just hanging out-

Emory & Christian heading up the step to the slide

Christian's turn he LOVED going down on his belly

Look at that face! Emory's turn! Go Emory!! My big boy he has really taken on a growth spurt lately and is getting sooo tall.

Thomas Rules the World....

in Christian's eyes. I can not even begin to describe how E-X-C-I-T-E-D Christian gets when he see's something that is Thomas or hears a train it is just amazing to me. His eyes get as big as saucers and his mouth opens and he just says its Thomas or its a Train. We (Mommy & Daddy) had decided that we were going to do sports theme in the boys room well long story short we could not find anything reasonably priced so I started looking at other options. Well last week I found a Thomas Bedding set for a Toddler Bed on clearance and we had a coupon so we got it for a REALLY REALLY good price. Here are some pictures of Christian when we went into his room and saw it on the bed for the first time!

You can't see his face but he was saying ITS THOMAS ITS THOMAS!

Jumping in his bed to check it all out (for those of you wondering he sleeps all over his bed so we keep a bed rail on so he doesn't fall into the floor). Pointing out all the trains on the sheetDo you think he is counting sheep....I doubt it I am sure it is TRAINS! :0)

Sleeping like a little angel my sweet boy he is getting SO BIG!!

What else can he say??

Christian is growing up more and more everyday. The past couple of days he has said or done a few things that I want to remember so this is just a quick post so I wont forget them.

This past weekend we went to a suprise party for his Great Aunt who turned 80. Christian helped me wrap the present which was a picture of the boys and when she went to open he said "Its a picture for you!" Of course he yelled it out BEFORE she opened the gift! I guess I wont be taking him shopping with me for Benjamin's birthday.

Yesterday we were in the Walmart parking lot and I was a little miffed about something I don't even remember what it was...and from the back seat I hear a little boy saying "Be Patient Mommy Be Patient." Wow a lesson for me as I seems to always be telling him to be patient wait a minute or keep trying!

Today as I was bringing a few things in from the car Benjamin was in his exersaucer and Christian was playing with him then I hear Christian saying "Benjamin you are a handsome little boy." :0) As I rounded the corner there he was with the squirt bottle and hairbrush fixing his little brothers hair.

What a little man he is becoming! I will write more as they come to mind or as he says them!