11 Month's {Benjamin}

How crazy is it that in just one short month Benjamin will be celebrating his 1st birthday?

Didn't this just happen?

When did we get here?

This has been a big month for the little man. He can walk now, on Valentine's Day he started walking and hasn't stopped yet. Still a little wobbly but the cutest little wobbler I have ever seen. I do have a video that I need to get up here so watch for that).

He has begun to sleep through the night almost every night now. I think we are on the slow down between teething and growth spurts that were keeping him waking about 3 times a night for a while. Speaking of teeth he did sprout a new one on February 17, another bottom one. We are getting so close to real food that I think he is getting as many teeth as he can to prepare.

As we get ever closer to the BIG ONE, we have been giving him some big people food. He has enjoyed rice, chicken, banana, lunch meat, any kind of bread, green beans, and mashed potatoes. Benjamin would rather eat off of our plate then his own food now. We are also working on cutting down his bottle intake which seems to be going pretty good so far. His morning bottle is pretty much gone now, he starts his day with fruits and oatmeal. Once he turns one he will have milk with breakfast instead. Last night he ate so much with dinner (6ozs of Chicken Noodle Dinner, 2oz of fruit, and a yogurt) that he only had 2ozs of formula before he was out.

This boy is the epitome of schedule, he wakes at the same time every day now (around 6:30-7am) and goes straight into the carseat on week mornings. He gets his breakfast within the first hour of waking up and then it's play time until around 10-10:30 when he takes between a 1-2 hour nap. Once he wakes up its time to get dressed, have lunch and more play time. By 2:30-3 he is ready for his afternoon nap which is about 2 hours. Then its home from Mommom's on a week night, dinner at 6pm, baths at 7ish, and then he is ready for a bottle and night-night time.

Happy Heart Day

From Dr. Love

& Sweet Princess

The Little Artist

You can not confine an artist to paper.

All while she was supposed to be going potty.

Never trust a toddler when they are quiet.

Chatting with Olivia

Ben and I often find ourselves looking at each other over things that Olivia says. Many times we are trying very hard not to laugh but she just says the most hilarious things. I want to keep these little moments fresh so we can share them with her when she is older. So every few weeks I will post the funny things that she says, I will call it "Out of the Mouth's of Babes!".

Conversation #1:
Olivia: I'm talking!
Mommy: Yes, you are!
Olivia: And your talking, and Daddy, and brother, and Oakley.
Mommy: Yes, Mommy and Daddy talk, and brother talks in his own way, but Oakley...
Olivia: He doesn't talk Mommy, he barks!

Conversation #2:
Olivia: I toot toot! I farted!

Conversation #3:
In the car Benjamin was reaching out to Olivia
Olivia: I can't reach you brother.
Benjamin keeps reaching
Olivia: No brother I can't hold your hand. I can't reach you.

Conversation #4:
Olivia: Beds are for jumping not for sleeping.

Conversation #5:
Olivia: I don't like firetrucks.
Mommy: Oh really? Uncle Wyatt drives a firetruck.
Olivia: I like firetrucks.

10 Month's {Benjamin}

No doctor visit again this month, we don't go back until he is a year old.

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth...
and so he got! They came in just a day before his very first Christmas. He now has 4 little pearly whites peeking out at us. In his stocking was a new little tooth brush just for the occasion. He just loves having his little teeth cleaned and I'm sure the feeling of the brush rubbing on his gums.

He is an eating machine still, and we have been able to add some big people food to his routine as well. He loves snacking on the little puffs, Num Num's, small pieces of chicken, and whatever else we can give him from our plates. He is not picky at all, at least yet!

He pulls himself up on anything he can reach even if this means that it's not stable enough to hold him up, like his ride on toys or Olivia's shopping cart. poor kid took a tumble on that one. He got his first head wound when he tried to stand holding on to her shopping cart and it tipped over and he hit his head right on the edge of the door. He was fine, a little bottle and boo boo Elmo cold pack later he was good as new.

The good thing is he is figuring this whole standing thing out and I have been told by many that he will be in the middle of the floor and just stand up holding onto nothing. I have yet to see it, sad face! I know it's coming though. He is just so much more of a cautious soul then Olivia-the-jumps-head-first-into-everything!

He has learned a few new things like clapping, shaking his head no, waging his finger at you (we say 'no no no' while we do the same), and he can sign 'more'! Our smart little man. He still can only say Mama or sometimes it is Mommy and Dada. He would much rather speak in his little language.

His sleeping is a little off since he has between the teething and growth spurts. During those times he wakes several times at night in pain or hungry. Unfortunately not during those times he still wake usually once at night. I think he gets to off his normal schedule and it's hard to get back to it. The good thing is this one loves his bed and room. He happily sits in his crib when he wakes up and talks to himself or plays with whatever is in there. I have gone in on many occasions to find the bumper untied and in the middle of the bed.

He is so lucky to have a big sister that wants to play with him and just loves on him although one day he may hate that I let her dress him up with her jewelry. But for now he loves it and so do I.

Big Girl Panties

We have been working on the potty training since before Olivia turned 2. Unfortunately she never had a huge interest in it. We never pushed her to pee on the potty but we always asked. But since just before Thanksgiving she started showing more on an interest in it. Slowly over the last 2 months she used the big potty and her little potty more and more.


OK let me share the story behind this picture. (Yes, Jamie she will kill me for this and I don't care) I had both the kids home while Ben was at work this past Saturday and I was putting Benjamin down for a nap. I came out to see that she moved her potty into the living room so that she could watch her movie while she went poopy!I about died laughing when she told me this.



We are officially potty trained in this house. What a great way to start the new year. She still sleeps in a diaper (yes, a diaper because she wants to wear the ones that brother wears) and we are ok with that. It's a lot less to clean up, although 90% of the time she wakes up dry.

Needless to say I am truly amused at how many little panties I wash on a weekly basis. Hello Cinderella, Hola Dora!!!



Who knew I would be washing a zillion panties each week.

Santa Came

Christmas morning came all to quick around here. This year Olivia actually understood what it was and who Santa was. What was even cuter was when she went over to the nativity scene we have set up and said Happy Birthday Jesus!

We left cookies and Milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer although she wanted to drink the milk. Then it was off to sleep with her, it wasn't as easy as it usually is when she knows she will wake up to presents.

In the morning she woke about 7:50, just enough time to get her hair fixed and brush her teeth before everyone arrived. All of our family came to watch the kids open their presents. She anxiously waited in the kitchen since we wouldn't let her anywhere near the tree. We wanted it to be a big surprise for her.

Let's just say she was thrilled when she walked into the room. She went right over to check to make sure that Santa drank his milk and ate his cookies. And what a surprise, he even left a note for the kids. How sweet that Santa is. She is more and more like me it took her twice as long to open gifts as her brother. She wanted to play with everything she opened. Santa brought her exactly what she asked for. It was a great Christmas for all.

We spent the afternoon at Nana and Grandpa's house for Christmas #2 and dinner. The Holiday's were amazing and we love spending so much time with all of our family. 

Christmas #2 at Nana and Grandpa's House