Sing-A-Longs

Here is a little view into our car rides these days. If it has any type of music in it, Ben will attempt to sing it. :)

Benjamin is "2" Today!

Listening to Nana & Papa sing to him this morning

Birthday Dinner @ Chili's, Mmmmmm... It was so good!

I was ready for some cake and Ice Cream

Helping mommy put up the Christmas Tree

~Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant and anticipating the arrival of our little man, and now he's 2! How can it be? We are enjoying the everyday adventures that come our way with a now 2yr old. Ben is such a happy kid and loves to sing and dance to all his favorite songs. He can count to 10 and can sing his ABC's. he knows most of his colors, but Blue is his favorite one right now. We had his birthday party last weekend at the Bowling Alley before all his friends left for Thanksgiving break and the kid has become a Pro. He loves all things sports related and is in heaven if you take him to Buffalo Wild Wings or BJ's where he can watch some sort of game on the walls of Televisions(This makes daddy very happy). He is talking more and more each day and I love listening to him watch a show in the car with the headphones on,it makes me remember stories my parents told of my brother and I singing way to loud.

You are growing into such a big boy, I cherish every minute of everyday and thank God for letting me be your Mommy.

Oh! and here's his stats

Height 3' 1"

Weight 27.5

At this rate he will be 6' 2" by age 18 :)

Happy Halloween

We are all ready for Trick-or-Treating tonight and Benjamin is a Dragon this year and has been working on his ROAR!!!!! I decided to do things a little differently and instead of handing out candy to the kids I opted for Purple & Orange glow necklaces and fruit snacks. I did get some fun dips for the older kids. Hopefully they will enjoy it, I mean who doesn't like glow necklaces?! It is a gorgeous day here today with highs in the mid 80's so I took advantage of the weather and cut back all the shrubs in the front of the house and while doing so found me a new friend AKA....Mr. Tarantula crawling up the front of my house near Benjamin's window, of course he had to show up today of all days. How weird is that?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN YA'LL

Underwood Family Farm

Yesterday we drove down to LA with friends to the Underwood farms http://www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com/. We got to see a tractor parade, animals shows, and even went on a tractor/hayride through the pumpkin patch. We left with a huge pumpkin that had to be rolled out in the stroller :) It was definately a great day for all and we couldn't of asked for better weather.

Growing up so fast!

It's hard to beleive my baby is almost 2yrs old! Where has the time gone?

I Wanna Rock!

These were the words coming out of my sons mouth Friday night, I Wanna Rock!. Ben is always playing with Adam Guitar hero and any other kind of guitar he finds in a store. I was lucky enough to find a plug and play guitar at a kids consignment sale Friday morning for $6.oo. It has been two days now and when you ask Ben if he wants to watch a show or do anything he says"I Wanna Rock". I guess we have a future rock star on our hands :)

Cool tub toy

Thanks to Uncle Dave Aunt Jari and Mikayla and Adelyn for my new super cool tub toys. It has been a huge hit and was perfect to take on our trip to Disneyland.

Thank You!

SETP Conference

We were very fortunate to have Nana out again this year for our SETP conference at Disney Land. We ventured out to the parks during the day while Adam was in the conference, Had dinner with our squadron(60+) and lots of fun watching the parades at night with daddy. It was a lot warmer this year than years past so we were all exhausted by the end of the 3 day trip and ready to head back home. It's sad to think this was our last SETP conference here at Disneyland, but we've sure had a great 3 yrs being able to go.

USS Midway

We headed out to San Diego Friday morning to spend a little time with Auntie Berta. She was in for a conference and was able to duck out early so we could do some sight seeing. We had a great time and wished we could have seen her longer but know she had to head home.
Saturday morning we went over to the USS Midway to look at the ship and all the airplanes and helicopters on it. We had such a great time and Ben thought it was the coolest thing ever. Here is the picture they take right when you come aboard. I will post more of the air crafts later.

Poor Guy!

Benjamin fell in the kitchen yesterday morning and once again busted his mouth. This one was a lot worse than the first one and it bled for 1 1/2 hrs. I thought about taking him into the doc for possible stitches but it finally stopped gushing and the day started to look brighter :) These are just a few pics I took last evening and a lot of the swelling had already gone down.

I know this isn't the last, and we will have many many more boy traumas to the face and body as he gets older.

Getting caught!

The pictures speak for themselves!

Haircut

Ben had another haircut yesterday at Kid castles in Lancaster. He likes being able to pick out which car he wants to sit in and has always been very still for the ladies cutting his hair. He gets so serious when they start cutting, and his facial expressions are a hoot!!

WildFires

I never thought I would live somewhere that it would rain ash! It is really stinky and smokey outside right now from the current wildfires. I stepped outside for just a brief moment to snap a picture and had to come right back in because it was getting so thick. Our prayers are with all the firefighters working out there!

Potty

He might have broken the cup!

We bought a potty for Benjamin last month when he started showing an interest in our bathroom breaks. This little potty has been sitting in his bathroom since with the occasional sit with clothes on until just recently when he now wants to take his diaper off and sit like a big buy. He seems to do this after he's already wet his diaper but we are encouraging it anyways. I know he will kill me one day for posting these photos but they are just so cute and shows that he's just not a baby anymore :(

Maybe having a best friend 9 months older is paying off !

Major Promotion

We are so proud of Adam! Saturday was his change of rank day from Captain to Major and being the quiet guy he is he wanted to get by without a ceremony. Well his commander made sure he had one and made it happen during the morning meeting today. Benjamin wanted to be right beside his daddy while he took the oath( this was so cute!). Congratulations Adam! I love you so much and am so very proud of your accomplishments.

Toddler University Wk#2

Here is just a little bit of toddler university.

I think He likes it!

This Movie is sooooo goooood.......

Leaving the dealership

Daddy can I drive? Please!!!!!

Benjamin is just in Love with "HIS" new van. We are still trying to figure out all the cool stuff it does, but he learned real fast to put on his head phones if he wants a show.