Is it already December?

The last part of november has been such a blur of sickness and sleeplessness, but here is a recap anyway!

The weekend of the 20th, Benjamin came down with something, so I was up most of the night with benjamin while rob was being soaked at a boy scout camp out. Both rob and I were really exhausted from the weekend with benjamin being sick and all, so we decided to keep him home from church that sunday.

Apparently, Benjamin was really sick, and had a high fever that triggered a febrile seizure during his nap. We really didn't want to take him to the ER, because we have been through these seizures with him before, but the on call DR said we should take him to the ER to find out why he was having his fever. 6 hours later, while we were in with the ER DR. Benjamin had another seizure for 90 sec. Which, as sad as it is to see your kid have a seizure, it was good to have the DR. see it. So far, we think they are just febrile seizures-- seizures that he gets when he has a high temperature. However, since Benjamin has had 6 seizures in the past 10 months the DR wanted us to get a EEG scan to make sure its not something else.


Thanksgiving:

My parents drove down from wichita, KS, on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We were supposed to celebrate thanksgiving with rob's sister's families, but due to the amount of sickness that was going on in everyones homes, we opted to just have thanksgiving with my parents and robs parents at our place. Considering how tired we were, it was a really nice low key thanksgiving. It was fun to spend time with my parents, and Benjamin LOVED playing with his grandparents. Every morning when he would wake up and say "grandma? Grandpa?" After my parents left, Benjamin would always ask where they had gone. Rob eventually had to explain that Grandma Gail and Grandpa Dave wouldn't be coming back for a while.

That weekend, benjamin came down with the croup-- my least favorite sickness that Benjamin likes to get. Thankfully we were able to nip it in the bud with steriods and meds before it could get any worse. The past week and a half Benjamin and mommy, have been on the mend. Lets just say there was one day where I seriously slept all day because I was so tired from everything. Benjamin is an amazing kid! No matter how sick he is, he is always such a happy kid!

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!