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Birthday Week

This is the week in the year that Daniel and I have our Birthdays. My birthday was last week and Daniel's is this coming week. It is nice having our birthdays so close together. My family has always had quite a few birthdays in November so Daniel fits right in with us. We have some friends here at school that also have birthdays in November... or right before, so there is a lot of cake being eaten here!


Benson was really nice a bought me a present when we were at Wal-Mart on Thursday...


It was a Bing Crosby Christmas album that came with the movie Holiday Inn and this Santa hat he modeled for me.


This is my birthday cake that was just awesome!! Thanks Bethany and Julie. They didn't want me to have to make a cake on my birthday so they volunteered!


I was able to blow out all my candles so no boyfriends this year!! I think Daniel was relieved by that!

Well Daniel really spoiled me this year. We always have breakfast in bed for birthdays so I ate breakfast at 7 before he went to school and he gave me my presents. My mom gave me a new watch (Thank-you!!). Daniel and I bought bath sheets a few weeks ago as a shared birthday present that we have been using ... why not? Daniel also got me a metal water bottle from the school and last but certainly not least!... Tickets for Wicked! Yay! It is coming to Portland in March and he got tickets for it.

Friday night we went out for dinner at a place called McMenamins. It is really neat. They take old buildings a restore them for the restaurant and have different attractions at them. This one had a theater so we watched Mamma Mia while we ate. It was really neat!


Benson's new favorite thing to do is putting Hot Wheels down his shirt. I think it started by us putting them up his sleeves at church to keep him busy. In this picture I think there are about 10 or 15 cars down there. What a funny kid.

On Sunday night Benson was crying in bed so I went in to check on him and found blood drooling out of his mouth. The poor kiddo must have bumped his chin on his beds side board and chomped through his tongue. He is doing better now but is dealing with a swollen tongue and nasty looking sore on it. He really is a trooper.

That is all that is happening here. Friday is Daniel's birthday so look for a blog/pictures shortly after that! Have a great week!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween one and all! We had a fun Halloween. Benson still doesn't understand it but loves to eat the candy.


I was trying to get a good picture of Benson in his costume but he wasn't cooperating!


There was a carnival at the school that we went to. Benson had fun playing in the gym and dancing to the music. I will post a video of it next time. Here he was sitting on the stage waiting for the costume judging to be done.


He wasn't doing so well at sitting still so I sat with him. We tried to have some blood on him but he kept trying to wipe it off. It lasted through the drool for the night though.


Sitting by Bethany and Chandler during the costume judging. Benson wasn't so impressed anymore. Chandler was such a cutie!


Benson made friends with PB & J. Mike took him on the Astro Jump and wanted to hang out with him the rest of the night. Just after this he took quite the liking to Julie as well.

I took Benson to a couple of houses but he was pretty tired and hungry. We had some friends over for dinner and pumpkin carving. We had stew in little pumpkins for dinner with orange juice with black licorice straws.

Then we had some more people over for games. All in all it was a pretty good night. We had fun with our little vampire and look forward to the Halloweens to come. Have a great weekend!

It's a wild Zoo out there!

Yesterday we went to the zoo. We had a lot of fun there. Some of the other wives here in our complex were going and invited us.

It was a little cold so we layered up and put on our tuque and mittens.


We saw fish swimming right beside us!


We got to pet the goat. Bens tried to feed him but the goat wasn't very interested.


Bens and I stood by the bears to see how we measure up... I think it was kind of a close one but the bear won!


After we looked at the frogs we played on the frog sculpture. Benson had a lot of fun until he tripped and fell on the dirt.


After lunch we we played on the hippo sculpture...

and the camel sculpture.

Benson did really well at the zoo. We also visited the Polar Bears, Sea Lions, Otters, Ducks, and many more animals. This was Benson's first trip to the zoo. On the way home he fell asleep but went right back to sleep when I put him down for his nap. Yay!

Stay posted for more pictures from Halloween. We are going to a carnival at Daniel's school and will probably carve our pumpkin with another family. Have a great day!

Nursery Time!

So Benson got sick last Sunday and was a sad little man. I went upstairs to throw away his diaper and I came downstairs and found him crying and laying on the floor like this... Poor kiddo!


As soon as he saw a flash he perked up and looked at me. How could he resist a camera? It took a few days but he got over his fever and is back to normal. He is still sleeping in his 'big boy' bed. We had a little bit of a rough patch while he was sick but sleeps there all the time now.


Saturday night I got sick of Bens' hair and got out the clippers. This is his 7th hair cut! He is just growing up so fast!


On Sunday we dressed Bens' for church and just loved his outfit and had to share it with all of you! It was kinda difficult to get a nice picture though!


It was Happy 1/2 Birthday Benson on Sunday as well. We can officially put Benson in Nursery now! Yay! I totally put him in for the last hour last week and they said that he will probably need somebody to stay with him next time. Well I think he was clingy because he was getting sick so this may only last a week before we are completely free to enjoy our meetings!


He really is the light of my life... How could I not lot a face like that?! This picture really shows how small our 'yard' is. We have a sidewalk with about 1 1/2 feet to the fence. Other than that we love our place!


This morning Benson was in a fairly good mood and was having fun on our computer chair.


I was dangling a cord that he wanted to play with by the camera so he would look at it. If only he stay still long enough to get a picture!


He looks like he has a secret to share but won't share it... If I find out what it is I will pass it along!

This week we went to a couple of parks and played. Some of the other Mom's in our complex want to take the kids to a playground once a week just to get out of the house. It was nice to go with them. We went to a park that is at a preschool so everything was low and Benson sized!

The next day we went to the community center and payed a dollar to go into the gym where they have a whole bunch of toys, balls, Little Tike cars, a tramoline... pretty much any toy Benson would enjoy. It was great. Benson found a big red wagon that had seats in it. I pulled him around for about 10 minutes in it. He was in little boy heaven!

Have a great day and have a Happy Halloween if I don't get on before then!!

Our Big Boy!

Hello all!

Benson is becoming such a big boy! A couple of nights ago we tried Benson in a 'big boy' bed. He lasted about 10 minutes, the second night he lasted 2 hours. We heard a thump and Daniel went to check on him. He was standing on the ground by the end of his bed. Daniel picked him up and Bens just started feeling his face. When he realized it was Daddy he snuggled in. Daniel put him in his bed and he stuck his hand up with a sock in it. Daniel took the sock and Bens fell right back asleep. So last night Benson made it all night! Yay! I went into his room this morning and he was still in his bed happy and having fun.

Here are a few pictures from the past couple of weeks. We got "Boo-ed" last night. We were given some chocolate cover cake suckers... they are so good! If anybody knows how to make them please send me the recipe!! Anyways, enjoy the pictures!


Bens was only happy when he was upside down in the picture!




Bens has taken to putting is food in his hair.

Portland

So we have been here in Portland for a couple of weeks now and we are loving it. Everybody here has been so nice. There are quite a few families living in our complex that are students at the Chiropractic College.

Benson has started making friends with some of the kids. Well not so much friends as someone to steal toys from. They go back and forth taking the toy from each other. Sometimes it is great but others Bens or the other child get sad so we are working on the whole sharing aspect of friendship. It is kinda neat to think that he is going to be actually friends with these kids by the time we leave.

Benson has found a cupboard that he likes to sit in. I have my pots and pans in there right now so he doesn't fit so well. I think I may be rearranging my cupboards so that he can sit in there. He thinks he is so clever. Next time he gets in it I want to take a picture so I can post it for you!

Brooke's wedding went really well, I think I mentioned that in the last blog. I finally have pictures to put up though.

Enjoy the pictures and have a wonderful day!