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Monday, January 31, 2011

Ben at 15 Months


Oh my, oh my! Ben's personality is coming out, and we love it!

We took him for his 15 month well visit and here are the stats ...

Weight: 22lb 1oz (16%)
Length: 30.75 (37%)
Head Cir: 18" (25"%)

He didn't get his vaccinations because he tested positive for the flu. Hopefully we'll get those later this week.


Most of our pictures of Ben are in the highchair (which he can say by the way). He never sits still. He runs all over the house and climbs anything he can. He keeps us pretty busy. He eats all day long, usually just enough to get going again.



Ben moved up to the next class at his Montessori school and he loves it. It's a small class and he gets lots of one-on-one time. He misses his teachers in the baby class, but he was getting bored with the babies. He's bringing home worksheets where he is starting to color, learn letters and shapes, and sponge paint. He was absolutely worn out the first two weeks in the new class and went straight to bed when he came home. Things are back to normal now and he's loving rough-housing with Sam before bed. He's FINALLY interested in books and will sit still long enough for us to read him a few. He points at the pictures and wants to know what things are called.



Ben is getting attached to his lovies aka buddies aka boys aka pets (depends on what mood Sam is in what they are called). His best buddy is Adrian Dog that Sam gave him for his birthday. He'll pick up AD and Doggy Bear and take DB straight to Sam. He gets a big kick out of both of them dragging their dogs around.


Ahhh! Immy-immies. We have an M&M addict on our hands. It started with the candy in the Christmas stocking. Ben points to the table and shows us exactly where he wants his pile. We have to make two separate piles or they fight over them.


What a fun, cozy place to hide and play.




Muffins and donuts ... breakfast of champions ... essential part of the toddler food pyramid.


We kept Ben at home the day of his well visit. He'd had a fever of 102 the day before and tested positive for flu, but he definitely did not act like he had the flu.


He ate all day long and didn't have any fever that day. He loves to share his food.


I turned my back on him for one minute and he pulled my cup of coffee off the table and onto the carpet. He loves the Spot Bot. I think he would spill stuff on purpose just so we would get it out. He kept asking for more, more, more.


Snacks and reading.


He loves these touch and feel books he got for Christmas.


More, more, more books.


This is Ben's absolute most favorite thing to do ... play on Sam's bed. It's even better when Sam is there to play with him.



He rolls around, stands up / falls down, hangs from the canopy frame, climbs the ladder, and flips off the bed.


And there he goes.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Out and About with Sam


Here are a few shots of us out and about with Sam, mostly taken with my new iPhone 4 that I got for Christmas. I've posted most of these to Facebook, but I build our family albums off the blog site so I wanted to post them here too.


Sam started taking swimming lessons again in September. He love them and he is really starting to swim quite well on his own. His favorite parts are the big water slide and finding the rings under the water.


Sam is getting better and faster at skating now that he has gotten used to all of the equipment.



Allen Americans hockey game


Sick with the flu and an ear infection



Playing his Leapster ... he is sorta obsessed.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Pretty Snow


We had a beautiful snow day a few weeks ago. Huge fluffy snowflakes fell for hours.


Snow angels


Neighbors


Stomping through fresh snow


Timothy said, "I'm not happy about the snow. It's too cold."


Ben wasn't quite sure what to think. He was very cautious in touching the snow.


The snow hung around on all of the north facing yards for almost a whole week. I had a beautiful view looking out my front window while I worked.


Hoping we have another snow day soon. (maybe on a week day so we can get a day off!)

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Christmas Photos


I'm FINALLY getting around to posting the pictures from Christmas. I was hoping to edit some videos too, but that's obviously not going to happen. LOL!

The advent calendar was a big hit. I think I had just as much fun with it as Sam did.


He got really good at following the directions for the Lego sets.


This is the tree on Christmas Eve. We got a new tree this year - 9' instead of 7'. It's amazing how many more ornaments it takes to decorate that extra two feet! Momma and Aunt Sharon helped out by giving us lots of ornaments (old and new). Sam even made lots of new ones to hang on the tree.


Mimi didn't leave for Mississippi until Christmas day, so we got to see her for Christmas Eve. Yay!



Ben loved the ornaments. He did a lot better with the tree than I expected. He broke a few of them, but they all went back together with superglue. He was especially fascinated with the ones that made noise.


It was quite the Christmas Eve celebration with Lulu, Andrea, Eric (and Lucy)!


The boys were thrilled to start opening gifts.


Once Ben got started he didn't want to stop.


I loved my pine cone ornaments that Sam and Lulu made for me!



"Merry Christmas, Mister! It's a coffee maker!" (Yes, he really said that, before Andrea even started unwrapping it.)


Sock Monkey!






Colored fizzy bath tablets and bath foam were a big hit and the only reason we could convince them to get in the bath!



Christmas morning ...


Stockings!











Presents!







Playing with all the new toys!





Christmas with Pops. More Christmas? Heck yeah!