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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Christmas Program
Luke's school put on a Christmas program the first week in December. Each class went on stage and performed a few different songs. These kids were so cute! Luke did a really good job, despite a few pre-stage nerves! Afterwards we went out for some ice cream to celebrate. I am looking forward for many more Christmas programs to come!
Santa in the Park
On the afternoon of Benji's birthday we headed down to the neighborhood park for the annual Santa in the Park festivities. We first went in 2010 when Luke was a baby, so we were happy to take Ben for his first visit with Santa (we were a little tied up in 2011 to make it).
Luke was excited to see Santa right up until we got in the line -- then reality hit. He didn't cry, but he was in NO way going to sit on his lap. We were able to talk him into standing in front of Santa while Ben sat in his lap. As you can see from the pictures, Luke did what he does best under stress (see pic #1) and Benji held up his end of the deal and cried! These will be fun pictures to get out when the boys get older :)
We spent the rest of the time playing at the park and doing Christmas crafts. Luke and Ben both love to swing and Luke is really enjoying swinging in the big boy swing. They also spent a lot of time going down the slides. Benji is a natural and loves everything about the slide. Luke always takes a bit to warm up, but before we leave he is usually wanting to go down the slide on his belly or back. I love my kids!!
Luke was excited to see Santa right up until we got in the line -- then reality hit. He didn't cry, but he was in NO way going to sit on his lap. We were able to talk him into standing in front of Santa while Ben sat in his lap. As you can see from the pictures, Luke did what he does best under stress (see pic #1) and Benji held up his end of the deal and cried! These will be fun pictures to get out when the boys get older :)
We spent the rest of the time playing at the park and doing Christmas crafts. Luke and Ben both love to swing and Luke is really enjoying swinging in the big boy swing. They also spent a lot of time going down the slides. Benji is a natural and loves everything about the slide. Luke always takes a bit to warm up, but before we leave he is usually wanting to go down the slide on his belly or back. I love my kids!!
Look what his big brother taught him ;)
Ben is ONE!
Dear Benji,
I cannot believe that my baby is one year old :( Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday we were counting down to the day of your arrival. It seems like I blinked only once an an entire year went by. It makes me sad because your baby days are over and you are becoming a little boy. Please stop growing, please stop growing....
At one year old you weighed in at 24 lbs, 2 ounces, but I truly believe this number was a little low considering you had a stomach bug the entire week before your birthday. If I had my guess you probably would have weighed in closer to 25lbs. At that same doctor's visit you were 31.5 inches long. You are growing like a weed and wear 18 months pants and mostly 24 months shirts. You look so much like I did (and Uncle Bub) as a baby, but you are looking more and more like your brother as you get older.
You love to eat! You can eat circles around your big brother and you are loving your transition to table food. The one thing you don't really care for is cow's milk. We are trying desperately to get you off the bottle, but you just won't drink much milk out of the cup. We are down to 2 bottles a day, but I am hoping to have those completely gone by 14 months (at the VERY latest).
You still are not walking, but you crawl at lightening speed. You climb on just about anything and you especially like climbing up on the 4-wheeler, the ottoman, or up the stairs! You love to play with the magnets on the refrigerator and you are so cute when you zoom your cars on the floor. Big brother is really ready for you to start playing with him, instead of just stealing his toys ;)
You are a talker, but unfortunately we don't understand the majority of things you say! You can say Mama, Dada, bubba, banana (nan-na), ball (ba-ba), night night (na-ni) -- everything else is jibberish! You do frequently repeat words or sounds that you hear, but that is usually just a one time thing. You have recently picked up on signing and will do the signs for "all done" and "more." Daddy did teach you to say yee-haw when you wear his cowboy hat, which is pretty stinking cute! You can also point to many body parts - Ben, belly, ear and eye. You get them right most of the time :)
Benji, you are our special gift from God and we love you to the moon and back!
I love you,
Mommy
Here are some pictures from the actual day of his birthday. We started the day off with some birthday pancakes and he opened his gifts from Mommy, Daddy and Luke. Later in the day we went to the park to see Santa (pic to come), and we finished off the day with a celebratory cupcake! What a great day to turn one!!
I cannot believe that my baby is one year old :( Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday we were counting down to the day of your arrival. It seems like I blinked only once an an entire year went by. It makes me sad because your baby days are over and you are becoming a little boy. Please stop growing, please stop growing....
At one year old you weighed in at 24 lbs, 2 ounces, but I truly believe this number was a little low considering you had a stomach bug the entire week before your birthday. If I had my guess you probably would have weighed in closer to 25lbs. At that same doctor's visit you were 31.5 inches long. You are growing like a weed and wear 18 months pants and mostly 24 months shirts. You look so much like I did (and Uncle Bub) as a baby, but you are looking more and more like your brother as you get older.
You love to eat! You can eat circles around your big brother and you are loving your transition to table food. The one thing you don't really care for is cow's milk. We are trying desperately to get you off the bottle, but you just won't drink much milk out of the cup. We are down to 2 bottles a day, but I am hoping to have those completely gone by 14 months (at the VERY latest).
You still are not walking, but you crawl at lightening speed. You climb on just about anything and you especially like climbing up on the 4-wheeler, the ottoman, or up the stairs! You love to play with the magnets on the refrigerator and you are so cute when you zoom your cars on the floor. Big brother is really ready for you to start playing with him, instead of just stealing his toys ;)
You are a talker, but unfortunately we don't understand the majority of things you say! You can say Mama, Dada, bubba, banana (nan-na), ball (ba-ba), night night (na-ni) -- everything else is jibberish! You do frequently repeat words or sounds that you hear, but that is usually just a one time thing. You have recently picked up on signing and will do the signs for "all done" and "more." Daddy did teach you to say yee-haw when you wear his cowboy hat, which is pretty stinking cute! You can also point to many body parts - Ben, belly, ear and eye. You get them right most of the time :)
Benji, you are our special gift from God and we love you to the moon and back!
I love you,
Mommy
Here are some pictures from the actual day of his birthday. We started the day off with some birthday pancakes and he opened his gifts from Mommy, Daddy and Luke. Later in the day we went to the park to see Santa (pic to come), and we finished off the day with a celebratory cupcake! What a great day to turn one!!
I love thse little hands!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Ben's 1st Birthday Party!
The Saturday after Thanksgiving we had Benjamin's first birthday party. We decided to have it a week early so that Aunt Sarah, Uncle John, and Jack could come, too. Like with Luke's first birthday party, we had the party at GiGi's house and we invited mainly family and a few close friends. Poor Benji was sick and I wavered on whether or not we should cancel the party all together, but thankfully he started to turn the corner and he party went on as scheduled. Considering his illness he did great. He partied like a sick little rock star :) It took him a little bit to dig into his cake, but once he did I think he enjoyed it!
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