A Little Catch Up

Well I started this post about a month ago to do a quick catch up on pictures.  But I've just kept adding to it and so it's turned into a big catch up!  Enjoy! :)

My shopping buddies!

His favorite part at HEB!

Me and my crazies!

Playing at the library with Ellie

Happy boy when he was still working on sitting up!

When it hasn't been raining, we've enjoyed lots of time outside!

Trent came home one Friday afternoon during nap time so we had a little happy hour on the patio while the boys napped!

Bennett telling Trent what he wants to order at Escalantes!

Saturday morning pancakes!

Our big boy after a haircut!

Eating dinner with Colton and June

G and Ella!

Trent teaching the littles how to play washers!

Fun evening with friends!  This was the day Graham ended up getting really sick.

An easy Sunday morning at home.

And a trip to urgent care to get some meds and he was soon on the road to recovery!

Nothing a Sonic shake and meds can't fix!

B was supposed to be practicing his sitting, but he decided to lay down so he could watch TV!

A trip to Target

A quick check up at the dr for G!

Cleaning out B's clothes one morning with my cute helper!

Sweet sleeping boy

He loves playing with his Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree that Nana made for him!

Being silly one evening!

Singing songs at the library!

He and Trent were playing hide and seek one evening.  G climbed up in my lap and said, "Hide me Mama!" and covered his eyes!

Crazy drivers, watch out!

And this is what happens at 6pm when he decided to sing the whole 2 hours of nap time instead of sleep.

And another HEB trip with both of my buddies!

Happy Wednesday!

Bennett at 7 Months

Wow...7 months!!  This sweet boy brings so much joy and laughter to our family.  He is bursting at the seams with personality and is just the happiest and sweetest baby!  We are so thankful for him!

Stats: Weight 23 lbs 3 oz 99%

Height 29 1/2 in 99%

Head Circ 18 1/4 99%

(from 6 month appt on 3/24)

Eating: Bennett eats a 6-7 oz bottle at 8:30, 12:30, 4:30, and 7:30.  And he still wakes up once during the night to eat, usually between 3-5.  He eats a fruit or oatmeal at 7:30, veggie at 12:00, and veggie at 6:30. 

Personality: Bennett is Mr. Social.  He loves to talk and smile at anybody who will pay attention to him!  He is so easy going, happy, and sweet just about all of the time!  The 5-6 o'clock hour can still be rough some nights.  And now that he's sitting up he loves to just watch everything that is going on around him, but mostly laugh at his brother!  He and Graham are interacting and "playing" so much together, and it has been so neat watching their relationship.  Graham loves that he makes Bennett laugh and squeal.  

Sleeping: At night Bennett sleeps from 7:30pm - 7:00 am.  He takes a morning nap at 9ish for about an hour and a half.  And his afternoon nap is about 1:30-4.  This month he has become a tummy sleeper.  He sometimes starts out on his back or side, but he always ends up on his tummy.  I also gave him a lovie this month, and it's so cute watching him hold it while he's sleeping.  

Likes: Graham, toys that make noise, being outside, talking and laughing, Praise Baby DVDs, swinging, singing, bath time, sitting up and watching, remote control, my keys

Dislikes: having his nose wiped, taking medicine, being put in his carseat but he likes it once the car starts moving

Milestones: He is officially a sitter!  I can leave him by himself without worrying about it.  He still occasionally has a face plant or falls backwards, but he's gotten so much better just in the last few days.  And he's figured out how to gracefully get to his belly from the sitting position.  

Bennett had another ear infection last week.  

I keep thinking he is going to take off crawling any day.  He can army crawl across a room and get a toy that he wants, but on all fours he just rocks back and forth and then kind of lunges forward.  We've had quite a few carpet burns on his face!

Also Bennett stayed with Nana and Bop for the first time for 3 nights - we all survived and did great!

Clothes: Bennett wears 9 month clothes in everything.  He's in size 4 diapers, both regular and overnight.  

Favorite Moments: This is such a fun stage, and I love that he can play and explore so much more now that he's sitting up.  Also it has brought tears to my eyes multiple times watching him and Graham play together.  Graham has been so sweet to him and loves to make him laugh!

Looking forward to: nothing in particular, just enjoying these sweet days with my boys!

You just think Bennett is smiling really big at you until you see the way he smiles at Trent!  He LOVES his daddy! :)

Oh sweet B, we love you so much!

Cousin Fun

On Wednesday we set out on another fun adventure!  This time our destination was Georgetown to see our cousins for a few days!

 It's not a road trip until you stop at Sonic!

 Caden feeding B when we got there!

 We loaded up all 4 crazies to go to Awanas at church.

 B loved watching the big kids!

 Pancakes for breakfast on Thursday morning!

 And a big treat for all of us - having lunch with Caden at school!  I can't believe he's almost a big 1st grader!

 Being an aunt is the best!

 Love this girl!  Poor Kaki has to put up with all of the boys!

 Aunt Katie and B, who is too busy watching the big kids!

 Kaki and Graham "sharing" - G following her around waiting for the second she took her hands off so he could take it! :)

 Ready for some dinner!

 Scooter and stroller races might have taken place in the house to get us through the 5:00 hour.  Oh and some wine of course!

 Playing on Friday morning before we headed home.

 Happy B!

Not even 5 minutes after we left...he even slept through me stopping for lunch!

Playing with cousins is exhausting!

Such a fun trip and sweet visit with our cousins!  We can't wait until Cousins Camp in June!