Benjamin at 16 months

Oh our little man is getting so big.  Even though you can't understand a lot of the words he's jabbering about, he has such emphasis when he speaks.  Two helpful "words" that are understandable are "all duh" which he says when he's finished eating.

I'm not sure if you can tell in this picture, but Ben's shirt is soaked on the arms and from the waist up.  The reason is that he is oh so fond of playing in water so we have instituted water time into our daily routine.  He will stand at the kitchen sink usually after breakfast while I am cleaning up and pass his plastic dishes from one side to the other.  

Another past time during our day is exercise time and recently we have enjoyed running around our kitchen table since we can't run outside yet.  Ben loves to get me to chase him and will laugh out loud when I am on the opposite side of the table as he peers through the rungs of the chairs.

Aron - 2 months old

Aron is a little peanut, but he is mighty strong.  His little neck and head pop right up when we pick him up and he loves to look around at his surroundings.

Here's a smile shot.  Thank you Shelli for capturing our happy boy. 

Emily - 4 years, 6 mo. - Feb. 16

Like Mother like Daughter, Emily has begun humming around the house while she's playing.  She used to hum little diddys that she would make up, but now I can tell she's humming along with the music we play in the background.  She really enjoys her music class she attends on Sunday nights at church.  Her favorite song right now during our music time at home is Father Abraham.

I love to see little children's excitement when playing dress up and it's even more special to me when kids play dress up in their parents clothes.  Emily is very fond of a comfortable dress that I usually wear during the Spring and Summer months.  She put it on recently and said "Mommy, lets pretend this costs 35 million dollars".  I had to laugh.

Emily's question for the month was "Mommy what does honor mean?".

Family Time

We had the chance to hang out with Aunt Kristen for an extended time back at the beginning of February.  Ben decided he would rather sit in one of the toy baskets which I didn't think would work, but much to our surprise he fit.

 Snug as bugs in rugs - rug (a.k.a. warmest Steelers blanket ever made)