Look Mom, No Hands!

He might no be walking yet, but that doesn't mean he's not building the skills to. Ben has been getting pretty good at standing on his own and is practicing more and more each day. On Tuesday, he pulled up then let go and just smiled at me. It was like he was saying, "oh--this is fun". Here is a little bit of today's practice:

I'm sure he will be off and running before too long!

Fashion Show

It's only 8 am and She is on her 4th outfit already.... Here are two of her favorites:








Got to love my fancy little girl!

Pancake Time

Happy Saturday to you! In celebration of the long weekend, Abby had a new friend for breakfast:




Yah, I know it's a little early for M&Ms, but it's the weekend. And Abby is on a "no blueberry" kick so I figured, why not?

I hope your breakfast is as fun or yummy!

Rock On

It was party time at Abby's school and she had a blast jumping in the bounce house, riding the train and getting her butterfly painted on her arm. Then she decided to try the rock wall. I thought the line would get the best of her but she stuck to it and waited like a big girl. Then I figured she wouldn't let them get the harness on, but I was wrong again. I can't believe how much she is growing up into a big girl. Most days I live in denial but then we have days like today where you just can't deny it any longer. And on these days I try to remember to stop and take it all in because I know this will all go by much too fast.

Here is my big girl climbing the rock wall!








That was as far as she wanted to go but I was so proud of her for being brave enough to try it at all!

I love you Abigail!!

Happy Happy Mother's Day

I must admit, being a Mommy of two is a wonderful thing!  I feel so blessed to have such amazing children, part of me is willing to do it 100 more times and the other part screams "stop while you are ahead!".  Either way, today was a celebration of my wonderful life!  Abby, Ben and Michael made today special and I felt so loved.  Here are two of my three favorite things in this world (someone had to take the picture....)

To all the other Mom's out there--We hope you had a wonderful day too!

ONE

I can't believe that Ben is one today.  I honestly do not know where that year went!  But I do know that Ben is an amazing little boy who brings such joy to our family. 

Here is a quick run down of Ben's stats: Ben is easy going and happy 97% of the time.  He is a good napper unless he is getting a new tooth, loves to be tickeled and be chased as well as eat anything in the bread/cracker family.  Ben is crawling like a champ and starting to stand unassisted for a few seconds here and there.  Ben is well travled, for a one year old that is, having been to Colorado and Florida this past year.  Ben currently has two bottom teeth and one top tooth and is working on one or two more top ones.  As far as size goes, there is no denying he is one of mine.  He is currently too long for 9 month winter stuff but too skinny for 12 month stuff (he has been know to crawl right out of his pants...) so I think I'm going to put him in 9 month summer stuff for now.  We have his one year appointment later this month so I don't know hard numbers for height and weight right now. 

And as far a sisters go, Ben thinks Abby is the best!  It has been so much fun to watch Abby and Ben grow and play together this past year.  Abby clearly LOVES her brother and he loves her too.  Ben likes to play close to Abby or be able to see what she is doing.  He loves to tackle her and smoosh faces with her.  And needless to say, Abby always wants Ben to watch her do something, or wants to help Ben with something.  I don't think Ben would know what to do without her.  One of my favorite things he does right now is yell "Ab-ba" when he hears her upstairs or downstairs as if he is searching for her.  It is sooooo cute!

And now for the cute stuff:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ben, Thank you for an amazing first year!  We are so lucky to have oyu as a son and we can't wait to see what the next year brings!