Grandmama multi-tasking

Getting ready for his week...

In anticipation of his surgery this week where we will determine the best way to remove his tracheostomy, I have been trying to take a ton of pictures and capture our little guy being cute with that trach in.

Bennett will be heading to Seattle Childrens once again this Thursday. We are meeting with the surgeon in the OR to determine what to do next... Our goal is to remove the trach but we are not sure how long this process will be. We just have to wait and see... Please keep our little guy in your thoughts that day. We have been waiting a long time to get to this point and we are very anxious to see what the surgeon comes up with.

Here are a few pictures from our weekend while daddy was away in Eastern Washington.

Cousin Reece... what a charmer

These kiddos are going to give us trouble together... what a cutie!

Our Nephew Reece Marquez!

Loves the Puffs, Yummy

With all the crazy surgeries Bennett hasnt really been a fan of anything but his bottle... until the sweet potato PUFFS. He loves finding them and plunking them in his mouth... I think he has had a few too many in the past couple days but I cant help myself... just too cute to watch him gobble them up!

Bennett sure loves the ladies...

Bennetts good friends Charli and Hadley came to visit today... what a treat!

They are the sweetest girls and it is so fun to see my best friends be such great mommies.

Helping daddy at work

Bennett and I have been loading up the jogging stroller and running to Joels work lately... He loves it!

And yes, that is a Dwight bobble head on his desk...

Happy birthday Stacey!

It is Bennett's nurse Stacey's birthday this weekend... So we had a
party for her. Well we wore hats and made a cake, but it was still
fun. Bennett couldn't wear the hat without trying to look at it the
whole time.

Stacey is moving next month and we will be so sad! We will really miss
her!

Crawling is so hard

Bennett is trying so hard to crawl. He sits on all fours looking
determined.... So far he can move his hands out and then it ends like
this... It is cute but still gets him nowhere.

The ZOO again!

Bennett took his friend Charli to the zoo today. He wanted to show her the tigers and elephants he saw the last time we went earlier this summer. Bennett got to see a few more of the animals up close and actually seemed a bit interested in them.

Thanks Stacey, Jania and Charli for a fun day!!

Bennett checking out the Tiger...

The Walrus checking out Bennett...

Yum Red Robin!

I don't know anyone who doesn't love Red Robin... Bennett was no different. This was his FIRST restaurant experience and he sure thought it was great...

But after a long day out he was pretty tired and caved to a nap right in the middle of lunch...

Aquarium!

We went to the Seattle Aquarium today! Bennett had a great time seeing a few of his friends and definately loved the seals!

Learning all about Northern Fur Seals

Checking out the seals from above

The babies and mommas

The Beach!

The family spent Sunday at the beach in Tokeland! Bennetts Great Grandmother Laurie lives there and finally got to meet him. We were able to make it down the the windy beach so that bennett could see the Ocean for the first time.

Bennett was a little confused about the wind but liked the feel of sand on his feet. He also got to wear his firemans rainsuit and his firetruck rubber boots that his Auntie Katy and Uncle Rock got him. (I think mom enjoyed it a little more than he did :)

Hurlie was the happiest out of everyone... she loves the beach for chasing the ball and getting dirty.