Ben and his Girlfriend!

This is a picture of Ben and my friend Carrie's baby Abby. This was taken the day after Ben was born. Abby is on the left and Ben on the right. The two of them looked so cute together, we knew that it was love at first sight! Now scroll down.....
Here are the love birds 5 months later. Ben is on the left and Abby is on the right. We had a recent playdate with a few friends and I caught this picture of the two kids on the floor. Abby was so cute holding onto Ben's arm! The romance continues!!!!

Halloween Fun!

Halloween was so much fun this year, but the time went by so quickly! Jeremiah was a Stormtrooper this year and Ben was a skunk! We started out trick or treating over by a a few of our friends houses. JJ did great going up to the door and saying "Trick or Treat!" and of course a nice "Thank You!" after getting the candy. After a half hour, Ben and I headed back to the house and Mark and JJ continued trick or treating for another hour! We have enough candy to last us a year!

Our first stop was at my friend Stacey's house!

Here JJ is trick or treating with a our friends Jesse and Kari's daughter Madison.

Mark had a little too much candy at this point of the night!

At this point Ben had had enough trick or treating and was done for the night!

THE LOOT!

Fun In Chicago!

During a recent trip to Chicago we took JJ to Haunted Trails!! We had a great time playing minature golf. JJ swung at the ball like a baseball bat! And after hitting it one or two times he simply used his feet to get the ball in! It was the quickest 18 holes of mini golf that Mark and I have played.

This was the final hole in the course. JJ is such a ham!

We took some time to go to a mall that had a Lego store! This is JJ's newest interest! He picked up a new kit and of course had to put together as soon as we got back to the house. Here are the two boys finishing up the new lego kit.

Here are the boys with Grandpa!

Chattin' and Rollin'

I caught a few moments of Ben chatting up a storm (he gets that from his big brother). Plus he is big into rolling over now! You can barely put him down on the floor and he is onto his tummy within a few seconds! We are going to need to buy a baby gate soon!

Jeremiah's first field trip!

The kindergarten classes took off on their first field trip! We headed up to a local apple orchard as part of our unit on apples. Jeremiah sat with me on the way up there, but rejoined his class once we arrived. It was alot of fun!

Goofy boy on his first bus ride!

Just Chillin'

I caught this fun picture of B.B. just relaxing in the sunshine! JJ and I called her name to see if she would move, but all she did was turn her head to glance at us and went back to relaxing.

Just having Fun!

This was just a fun moment I caught one day of the two boys having fun after supper.

JJ learns to whistle!

Jeremiah worked hard all summer on learning how to whistle. Here is one of his practice sessions!!! He is getting pretty good at it now and daddy has even taught him the art of whistling at a pretty girl!!

Crazy Sleeper

I had to go in and take a quick picture of Jeremiah one night when I found him sleeping sideways on his bed! What a nut!

Ben's first food..PEAS!

At Ben's 4 month appointment we got the go ahead from the doctor to try fruits and veggies with Ben. So the first veggie we tried was peas!! Ben's reaction varied from..."What the heck are you feeding me?" to "I guess I can swallow these down." It was hilarious to see his first reactions to his first real food. I have to tell you that since then we have tried more vegies and so far sweet potatoes seem to be our favorite so far.

Here is the "What the hell is this?" look! Priceless.

This one seems to say "Do I really have to eat anymore of this?"

The Boys

Here is the latest picture of the two boys. It took a little bribery to get JJ to pose with Ben for this picture, but I did get it!! Jeremiah is starting to enjoy Ben more now that Ben is starting to play with toys and interact with us more. The other day he said to me, "I am so glad that I have a brother!" It only took him four months to get to that point! Oh well.

Ben Turns 4 months Old!

I know this is a little late...sorry. Things have been crazy since I started back to work. Ben is now 4 months old!! He currently weighs 19 lbs 3 ozs and is 27 1/2 inches long! I know, I know, he is HUGE!! The doctor kept making that comment throughout his exam. Ben also had 4 shots given and took them like a trooper. He cried for about a minute and was over it!