A big day.

Yesterday was a big day! We went shoe shopping, swimming, had a barbeque, and played with some new friends!

I got some cool shades, the ladies are going to dig these at the Beach!!

This is my Grandma Loraine, she is kind of everyone's grandma!! She is 85 and lots of fun to play with!!

This is my new friend Audrey, she is 17 months old! She was visiting Nana Anne, they are from Missouri. She is nice, but she kept taking my paciy, she was kind enough to stick back in my mouth though.

And, finally these are my new shoes! The man at the store put my foot on a very cold thing and then told mommy that my foot was a 4w, whatever that means! Anyway, after I got already for church this morning I got Daddy to take some pictures!

Happy Birthday!!!!

This post is specially for Auntie Muggs!! Today is her birthday and Ben and Beary wanted it to be extra special! So, they did a few things to show the love...

First they made you a lovely poster! Then....

They wanted to show you how we would have partied if you were here!! They are crazy men!

But then it was time to be serious. "Just how old is Auntie Muggs?" Ben asked. So, I told him....

He took it pretty hard.

But I explained to him that people live to be much, much, much older than that. He felt better.

Happy Birthday from all of us!! We love ya!!!

Help!

I heard a strange clanking noise, when I went into Ben's room I found him beating his paciy against the rails. Apparently stuck!

Dad's a Great Guy!!!

No matter how many hours Dad has put in at the hospital, he never says he's too tired to play!!!

Foul Ball!!!

We went to the Diamond Jaxx game tonight. Just as we were about to leave so Ben and Beary could go to bed there was a fly ball, and guess who caught it? That's right Ben and Beary, okay, well Dad helped! They were soooo soooo excited! Ben is already practicing throwing it!

The Talk

I had to speak in sacrament meeting this morning. I would have been less nervous if they had asked me to play for the entire hour!! Ben was kind enough to give me a pep talk before we left. I was feeling pretty confident when he got done!

Children's Menu Please?

After a hard day baby proofing we took the little guys to Perkins for dinner.

First they read the menu....


then they destroyed the menu....




then they threw it on the floor!


Possibly the best part of the evening was introducing Ben to pear juice, He made Beary try it first. Beary actually liked it, he is an easy bear to please. But Ben... not so much!

Ben and Beary Baby Proof

Ben and Beary are becoming mobile. Ben scoots on his bottom, and well, Beary flies each time Ben flings him! We went to Lowe's yesterday to get some baby proofing gear. We put all Kitchen chemicals in a completely separate room and emptied the front bath, the one across the hall from Ben and Beary's room. We are going to shim the bookcases, Mom said that worked well at J.L. and Lisa's place, so we thought we would give it a shot! I know we can't protect them from EVERYTHING, but we are sure trying!! Now all we need is a baby gate to keep them out of our bedroom and the office.

Matt thought some hard hats would be the most universal protection for a little boy, not sure he isn't right!

After that Beary suggested maybe some Caution Cones, again plausible!

But the trip wasn't all work, They had a little Man Fun too! Nothing like sitting on a lawn tractor to really get your heart going!

Give me my Paciy!

You can take Ben's Paciy away, but not for long! He knows right were it goes and how to get it there!

Ben is 8 Months Old!

Ben and Beary turned 8 Months old yesterday! There is just barely enough room left in the chair for Ben and the football pillow!

Ben had company!

Aunt Melissa and cousins Dalton and Brayden came to stay with Ben and Beary while mom was in Bartlette. I got to play PS3 with Dalton and Brayden, I love it. and I have been practicing my crawling.