Benjamin Halloween!

We had so much fun this year with benjamin. He actually understood the concept of it (well at least, you go up to peoples door and they give you candy). He even would put the candy in his own bag, and run to the next house. I will post more later, but here are some pictures

our little Vacay!

Rob had a 9-80 weekend, and a conference up in Dallas the following week, so we decided to make a quick trip up to visit my parents for a couple of days. Benjamin LOVES his grandparents! He had a lot of fun getting spoiled with attention. One thing I love about benjamin is that he warms up to people quickly, especially family members. Its doesn't take him too long to remember his grandparents.


Here is a cute picture of him and my dad cuddling!







We then drove back to dallas and spent a week there, keeping rob company! It was nice to get away from everyday life, and have a low key schedule. benjamin and I also got to spend some time with my good friend Susan and her boys. Here are some pictures from the pumpkin patch!





gotta love that sweet smile!






Benjamin bouncing on the moon walk



I thought this face is so funny!

Benjamin

Table Manners

He has started to talk alot, and is learning so many new words. He is also becoming a neat eater, and is starting to not like getting his hands messy while eating. He is eating so well with a fork now, and instead of throwing his food everywhere when he is done eating, he is now starting to hand me his plate while saying "all done." Today, at dinner, he did a great job of eating neatly, and he also had two helpings. It was amazing when he said: "more... more chicken." That was a first for him to specifically ask for something! It sure makes life so much easier when your kid can start communicating more!

IImagination

Benjamin sure does have a little imagination. Sometimes I wonder what is really going on in his little mind.
Since our visit with my parents, Benjamin has become obsessed with trains. He loves them! For christmas, Benjamin is getting my old school "vintage"(since anything that is old is called) fisher price train. The other day, Benjamin had two of his cars lined up, bumper to bumper, and he was pushing them together at the same time in a straight line saying: "choo choo!" I'll be honest, I thought that was really clever for him to create his own train with cars.
Sometimes I will catching him cooking up a storm with pots and pans, but the cutest thing I've seen do is take a building block, and push it around like a car, and say "beep beep! car!"

The Dancer
I am not to sure if this is a bad or good thing, but benjamin is quite the little dancer and singer! He loves music, and is very good at catching the beat of any song, whether is it s a slow ballad, the MoTAB, or pop music. He also really really enjoys the oldies-- sometime I will have to post a video of our little dancer! Whenever there is music some part of his body it keeping the beat. Sometimes its his two little pointer fingers tapping along.

When the mommas go out...

This past saturday, my sister-in-law, Kiersta and I went to garage sale galore! Rob was such a great sport about it! From 7am to 12:30 pm Rob and the kids hung out. I think that the kids had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures from their day. Sorry, I have no postings of my spoils from the day, but I did get a lot of great books for benjamin, education stuff for benji and christmas presents (for benjamin again)! Kiersta, as always, came out like a bandit with some awesome finds. I am excited for her to post some pictures of her sweet chair she bought!) Anyway-- thanks again ROB!
The house was in great condition when we got back--- The only evidence of the chaos that the babies created was only found on the camera! Benjamin and Errson together are such a duo!

My Orchids

I just had to post a picture of my orchids that Rob bought me. I Love how beautiful these pants are, I love the organic irregular shape they have...

Just Pictures

Here are some pictures of our boy! He is sure growing up so fast! He doesn't look like a baby anymore... Its strange to think that this time last year, Benjamin was just starting to crawl! We love you so much Benjamin and are so proud of you! You make our lives so much fun!

Gotta Love the 9-80's

9-80 FRIDAY!
At Rob's new job he works a 9-80 work week, meaning he works 9 hour days and gets every other friday or so off. We really like those, because then we have an extra long weekend.
Since rob had this friday off, we went to Hermann Park and hung out as a family. We rode the little train, which Benjamin loved! He sat the entire time, frozen, taking it all in, and screamed when we had to get off. He loved it so much that he didn't want to leave. Afterward, we rented a paddle boat and paddled around the ponds. I'll admit, I was a little terrified that the boat may tip, and Benjamin was not pleased at all about putting on a life jacket. He totally flipped out. Least we know he doesn't go down without a fight eh? After a while, he started to get more comfortable on the boat. It was a lot of fun just to spend some quality time as a family!


look at benjamin's eyes in this picture-- he was so terrified. After a while, he enjoyed the ride!











Benjamin's new talent!
Ever since Benjamin was a little baby, he has loved music. I will never forget the first time he "noticed" music. He was maybe 4 months old or so, and heard the Sarah Brighman and Andrea Bocceli "time to say good night." Benjamin was utterly stunned when he heard it. In july when we went to the 4th of July symphony celebration, benjamin was clapping, laughing and "dancing" all around. Currently Benjamin's latest talent is singing. He loves twinkle twinkle little star, and often I hear him singing/jabbering it. The only way I know that he is sining that song is periodically I will see him dancing and hear the words "star" and "up" "star". He also loves Book of Mormon Stories and ABC song... I love it when he sings "ABC" ABC".