Thursday, January 28, 2010

Playing Outside!


Still hoping spring time weather will come soon, Bennett and I took his 4 wheeler for a spin in the driveway. Although he doesnt quite have the driving and stearing down, he really seems to enjoy it. He is sure his daddy's boy!

We can not wait to get some more outside time this spring & summer!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Busy busy boy...

This is a snippet from a day in the life of Bennett. He is on the move, thinking it is pretty fun and sure expects a lot of praise for his fabulous walking... which he definitely gets. This will also explain all the bumps and bruises. He sure doesn't seem to be phased by all the crashes and is just happy to be up and moving again.

As you can see I definitely get my aerobic workout chasing this kid around.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

A break from the constant rain

We went for a walk today for the first time in forever. Bennett likes
to go up our road and visit the horses in a near pasture. He loves
being outside and getting to say hi to the neighbors!

We can't wait for spring!!!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

His two favorite ladies and a new friend


Bennett had a play date today. We spend the early afternoon at our friend's Shannon and Hadley's house (Hadley is 11 months). Our friends Jania and Charli (Charli is 7 months) were also there. Some new friends came to, Megan and her son Drew (10 months).

We had a quick check up doctor appointment at the hospital before heading to their house so I was thinking Bennett would be near taking a long nap but instead he started playing and didn't stop. Hadley has learned to walk recently and had a thing or two to show Bennett.

He was very happy chasing Hadley for her veggie puffs and finally getting close enough to make her spill them on the floor... this is when he went in for the victory, shoving as many as he could in his mouth at once like Hadley was going to come and make him spit them out. It was hillarious to see him interacting so much with his friends.

We can't believe how much his friend Charli is growing up. She is crawling like crazy and into as much as the older kids. We were also happy to meet our new friends Megan and Drew. Drew is a sweet heart and seems like he will be in the running for Hadley and Charli's hearts before we know it.

13 months and loving every minute of it!


Bennett has been doing so great lately. Although everything seems to be going well at the time we always seem to be looking back thinking "man that was really hard, I can not believe how much easier this is" Bennett was a changed little kid after he got his trach out and even since then has made many more milestones that have just kinda snuck up on us.

Bennett has learned to sleep through the night... that is right, we put him in bed and he doesn't get up until the morning. This sounds like something easy and something we should have conquered months ago but it just didn't happen. As the months went on we always just thought this is how life is with a baby, getting up every couple hours to see what he needed. Anyway, now that he is sleeping better he is awake more during the day as are his mom and dad after FINALLY getting some good sleep.

Bennett is also WALKING!! We have officially counted TEN consecutive steps. He is moving and happy to be doing it. He sure had fun chasing Hadley this week at his play date... practicing for many years of chasing the girls for sure!

We have been looking forward to a his first speech therapy appointments in the next couple weeks (we anticipated a speech delay with the trach and tongue surgery) and I am already dying to hear that first "mama" not that his friendly "aaagggghhhh" when I get him in the morning isn't just as lovely.

Everyday we think "how could we be so lucky?!" and then he amazes us with something new and we are even prouder... We have finally been thinking "oh this is why people have more than one baby..." No little siblings on the way yet but definitely something to consider...

Monday, January 11, 2010

What a happy new year already!



It is no secret that we are excited to be done with 2009... It was a hard year but we are thrilled with right where we are, looking at a fresh 2010 with lots of fun plans.

Apparently first on the list is LEARNING TO WALK! We have been practicing and he is sure getting better. As you can see it is definitely not his primary mode of transportation yet but I have counted quite a few steps here and there.
I have heard "they grow up so fast" a million times... and I now know truly what they mean! I can not believe how fast the last year has gone... and I can not believe my baby is going to be running before we know it!