Happy Halloween

Sharky & Bones

Olivia loves watching Jake and the Neverland Pirates especially when she gets to sing along. Papa even took her a few weeks ago to see them live at Downtown Disney. She also loves to make her brother laugh and this particular video shows her signing the pirate song to him.

Chatting with Olivia Part 2

Conversation #1:
10 Minutes after she fell asleep she came in the kitchen to find me having cereal.
Olivia: What you doin' Mommy?
Mommy: Having a snack.
Olivia: I want some.
Mommy: You were just sleeping!
Olivia: I'm done sleeping.

Conversation #2:
Mommy: Papa will pick you up from school today. Then Mommy will pick you up from Mommom's after work.
Olivia: Ok that will be great!

Conversation #3:
Olivia: I have great news!

Conversation #4:
Mommy: Say 'Hi' to Gigi
Olivia: I'm busy.

Conversation #5:
Olivia: Mommy do you have macaroni?
Mommy: Yes.
Olivia: Do you have cheese?
Mommy: Yes, would you like some macaroni and cheese?
Olivia: Yes, Mommy!

Conversation #6:
Mommy: Good Morning Princess
Olivia: I made a pumpkin in school.
Mommy: You did?
Olivia: I made a pumpkin for YOU!!

A Night With Daddy

Wednesday I had to work a golf tournament in Tampa so it was a night with Daddy in charge! Here are some photos and video that he sent me.

Retirement

Today marks a bittersweet day, the retirement of the pump! For the past 5 month's it has gone everywhere with me and today walking into work I only had to carry my purse. My other shoulder felt a little empty. My goal was to get Benjamin to 1 year on breast milk, I think with my stock he should make it to the end of the year. Pretty good in my book!


The sign from my office door! Jamie made this when I came back to work.

I am looking forward to getting to sleep all night without having to wake up to pump at least once. It was nice to have to sit for at least 15 minutes without having to jump up 10 times to do something for someone else a few times a day.

Another Milestone

They are coming fast and furious over here folks. Benjamin hit another milestone over the weekend. He learned how to sit up all by himself. The past week he has been trying to figure out how to sit up but his one leg always got in the way.

Big Girl Bed

This weekend Ben worked furiously to finish Olivia's crib conversion. He has been working on it for the past month or so trying to make it perfect for his little princess. Olivia helped Daddy put the finishing paint strokes on Saturday afternoon and once it was dry she helped him measure where the screws would go. She was very hands on right next to her Daddy.

Here is the finished product!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Benjamin

Everyday I see a constant reminder of the 39 weeks that I spent carrying around our little man. It is a mark that will tie me to this little boy for all my life and I know that it's redness will fade but our love for him will not.

Weight: 17.8 lbs

72nd Percentile 

Height: 26 1/2 inches

50th Percentile

My poor little man visited the doctor this morning. Good news is he is perfectly healthy and doing everything he is supposed to. Bad news he had to have 4 shots and an oral vaccine.

Benjamin is doing great with his solids, we have now had rice cereal, green beans, squash, carrots (his favorite), sweet potatoes, apples, and banana's. Each morning he has his cereal and a fruit and each evening he has cereal and a vegetable. You have to be quick in shoveling this stuff in his mouth because he is waiting mouth wide open for that next spoonful. He is dying to get his hands on some real food, if we have him in our laps at the table his hands are grabbing for anything close to him. I'm pretty sure he would crawl across the table after yummy food.

To him Olivia walks on water, everything she does he is in awe of. When she is around his full attention is on her. Every move she makes he laughs hysterically at. 90% of the time their relationship is this loving and laughing cycle but the other 10% of the time their is hitting (on Olivia's part) and he gets back at her by pulling her hair. Let me tell you this kid has a grip to, when he grabs her hair their is no letting go, we have to pry his hands free.

August 30, 2012 a tooth appeared, a gleaming little white corner of his first tooth. We knew it was coming because this kid has been a drooling fool for the past month. We watched as this tooth pushed up a little more under his gums every day, so when it finally popped through we were so excited. September 17, 2012 tooth number 1's little friend poked its little head through. Benjamin now has 2 little teeth!



We are a drooly mess!

We chew on everything we can get our hands on!

 Milestones have been abundant this month along with teeth he is now proudly sitting up all by himself. His new favorite place is to sit in the pack and play and go after all his toys. Once he is tired of sitting up he lunges forward onto his belly and begins trying to crawl and rock to get to everything.

Taking his picture this month was not so easy. I got 2 out of the many I took, the rest looked like these.