Labor Day weekend...

Here are some pictures from 2 weeks ago when we were in Pismo Beach. Ben loved the beach! I wasn't sure how he would like it. As soon as we got there, he was ready to play in the sand and the water.

What will it be...

I am sure you have all heard the news now... Ben is going to be a BIG brother. In the weeks to come, we will be finding out if Ben will be having a little brother or a little sister. Will the new name for the blog be changed to "The Little Men"? Or will it be changed to "The Little Man and the Little Lady"? If you haven't already made your guess, do it soon. Once we find out the gender, the game will be locked and we will have to wait until the little bean makes his/her appearance to see who was the closest guess.

http://www.expectnet.com/games/waitingforbabybean2

He's become a regular...

For only being 21 months, Ben sure has flown a lot. His first flight was when he was 7 months old and he has made a total of 6 round trip flights since then. Our latest flight was last week and thank goodness it was a short one. It used to be easy to fly with Ben, that is before he was able to really move around. He has a hard time sitting still for more than 5 minutes so you can imagine what it would be like to fly with him. These pictures aren't very good (out of focus and bad lighting) but I thought they were funny. The plane was pretty empty on both flights so we had no one sitting on either side of us. Therefore, Ben sat in his own seat for part of the flights and even figured our how to work the seatbelt pretty quickly.

Family Trees...

Drew really likes random t-shirts. When I first met him, a lot of his shirts came from the thrift store (which he hasn't shopped at since I've known him). One of my favorites he had was a yellow t-shirt with a family tree on the front that included a bunch of random names. I think what made it so funny was that he had no idea whose family shirt he was wearing. Two weeks ago, we were in Pismo Beach for a Mosley (Cary's side of the family) family get together. They had t-shirts made for everyone that very much resembled the old yellow shirt Drew had (too bad we don't have it anymore). The other night when he got home from work, he put it on so after Ben's bath, I put his on him to get some pictures of the two of them. They both looked pretty cute in their shirts. I can't help but love my boys.

"Super Ben"

Ben grabbed a towel from the kitchen and when I looked over to see what he was doing, he was wearing it like a cape. He thought he was funny.

Ben's morning routine...

When Ben gets up in the morning, he is always in a good mood. As soon as I walk into his room, he gives me a big smile and is eager to get out of his crib and make his way into the family room. He sits in his chair and waits for me to bring him milk and cheerios. We then watch his favorite show (which I record every morning so we have a new episode to watch), the Imagination Movers. Although they are quite annoying and a little strange, Ben loves this show. He will sit and watch it as long as you let him. The show is about 4 guys (who wear blue jumpsuits), called the Imagination Movers who solve people's problems by brainstorming ideas and working together to come up with a solution. Throw in a mouse, a neighbor who likes everything boring and beige and lots of weirdness and you have the show.

Maybe this will give you an idea of what we have to listen to every day, over and over again.

As you can tell by these pictures, Ben gets really into it...

This is what Ben is learning in gym class...

The past few days, Ben has been using his chair to do this...

Alfalfa

Ben woke up this morning with some hair on top of his head sticking up and despite some attempts to making it flat, it just won't do it. We had a busy morning. First we went to Ben's gym class where he got to jump on the trampoline and practice walking on the balance beam. I think he remembered going there last week because as soon as we walked in, he got a big smile on his face. He has done great during his first couple of classes and definitely gets a lot of energy out. After a trip to Target (where we got new stuff for Ben's bathroom. He is going to have a monkey theme in there), we came home and played a little, ate lunch and then Ben took a nap.

Here he is at lunch, eating his grilled cheese. Too bad he kept trying to feed it to Lewey while I wasn't looking.

A little fun before nap time...

We have internet!

After two weeks, we finally have working internet. I am so excited! We are still busy unpacking and getting everything back to normal but I promise to update more often now. I did some catch up entries today so make sure to scroll down to see them.

A wedding weekend

Two weeks ago, we spent the weekend up in Oakhurst (near Yosemite) so that we could attend the wedding of Drew's cousin Diane. The wedding in the woods and a lot of fun. Ben spent a lot of the night on the dance floor, dancing with anyone who would go out there with him.

When did he stop being a baby?

This was taken after the holidays, almost 8 months ago...

and this was taken last week. Doesn't he look so much older?

It only took all summer...

for Ben to go past the first step and all the way into the pool. He took his time and now he loves to go all the way in. Him and and his dad go swimming a couple of times a week now. He would stay in for hours if we let him.

Who can resist cupcakes?

Ben does enjoy cake but since he makes a huge mess eating it, I am hesitant to give it to him. He did get to eat one of my birthday cupcakes and he loved it!

At first, he was just stuffing as much as he could in his mouth...

he then took a little break...

and let out a little smirk...

before he realized that he could wipe the icing off of his high chair tray and lick it off his fingers.

It only took about 10 minutes to clean up the mess.

I haven't forgotten

Hi Everyone,

Sorry it has been awhile since I have updated with new pictures. I have not forgotten about it, I just haven't had a chance. We have been so busy with the move and now we don't have internet (we are in Barnes and Noble right now). We are getting our internet installed this Friday so I promise to update once it's working.

Check back in a few days for some new pictures (and maybe even some videos).