Out of the Mouth of Ben

Ben: Mommy, I think the cushions really miss me. I better take them off before they get really dusty.

Ben: Grandma has a baby in her tummy. (Long pause with some very obvious deep thinking) Grandpa will be so happy.

And my personal favorite; if you ask Bennett what his daddy does for work he replies, "he makes soda."

As Time Goes By

Six years ago we took the plunge...

And now-

several jobs

3.5 moves, 

2 kids, 

a couple college degrees

1 house construction 

and 7 proposals later

we would still sign on for our crazy life together.

Yellow House...

...black door?

...red door?

Where Has It Gone?

Somewhere amidst everything else going on this little girl hit the four month mark! I could have sworn we just brought her home.

She is still as happy and easy going as ever. As you can tell she has found her hands and almost always has one of them in her mouth.

I think we will keep her around.

Our Views

The view from Ben's room...

The view from the family room...

(Plumbing is almost done and electric is being run. Drywall hopefully coming soon.)

We are excited to get closer to waking up to these views everyday.

A "Special Date"

  For over a week Bennett and I planned on letting Holland have a little bonding time with Grandma while we went on a "special date" to...

CARNIVAL!!!

                                

First on Bennett's agenda was the rides; specifically the "dragon" ride he had been eying from the street for the past week. He kept asking me if Hiccup was going to be there and I think he was a little disappointed at my failure to arrange an appearance.

                

As much as Bennett loved all the rides, I think his favorite was the helicopters. He kept telling me he wanted to touch the sky and while we were on the ride he had such a look of wonder.

Of course, there had to be cotton candy and cheap carnival prizes.

All in all it was a great "special date."

***Bennett has been referring to it as our special date since I first mentioned us going. I hope he thought it was special.***

Get the Camera

The other morning while I was getting ready I heard Bennett start calling for me to get the camera. Since lately he just wants to play with it I assumed that was the case. Then he started calling for me to get the camera and take a picture, so I decided to go see what the fuss was about. This is what I found:

I guess we need to stop grabbing the camera every time they are next to each other, so he doesn't think they are all Kodak moments!