Bathtime for the Boys

Once Ben graduated to the big bathtub, the boys could take baths together. Both of them think this is the greatest thing ever. Ben laughs at everything Philip does. And Philip loves that!

Sometimes bathtime can get a little wild these days!!

Ben - 9 Month Stats

Ben just turned 9 months old - the months have flown by. He weighs 18 pounds and 6 ounces, and he is 27 1/2 inches tall.

Ben is on the move. He is crawling, standing, and cruising around tables and other furniture. It seems we might have a walker sometime soon!

Early Spring

We have had some really nice weekend weather lately.

Ben loves his new swing!!

These boys love to be outside.

Philip's School Valentine's Party 2011

Philip's Table

Ready for Lunch (and some candy)!

Playing Valentine's Bingo

We had a fun party!

Valentines Day 2011

My 2 little valentines. I love my little boys!

Winter Soccer 2011

Philip played indoor soccer this winter.

He was on Team Rush.

We had lots of fun again this season.

And the highlight - the trophy!

Team Rush!

Ben's News...

Ben can sit up on his own!!!

Ben - 6 Month Stats

Hard to believe - Ben is 6 months old! It seems like just yesterday we were headed to the hospital to finally meet him. Now he is eating baby food, working on sitting up, and is developing a sweet little personality. Ben thinks his big brother is pretty great - Philip can always calm him down and make him laugh.

He weighs 16 pounds 14 ounces, and is 26 1/2 inches tall. He has lost some weight since his last check-up - we will be working on that this week. Once again, he did not enjoy his three shots.

Christmas 2010

Santa came again this year!

He left these gifts for Philip...

And these for Ben!

And he took our Elf back to the North Pole with him.

We were up bright and early. Philip started asking if Santa had come at 5:30 a.m. We started the Christmas festivities around 6:00.

After checking out the gifts, Philip started on the stockings. He of course found a Toy Story ornament with Woody and Buzz!

Ben didn't know what to think of everything.

Philip making sure he finds everything in the stocking!

More army men!

Helping Ben with his stocking.

Going through the gifts from Santa again.

Trying out the new rain boots.

Thinking about taking a test drive in the den - not a good idea!

Ben checking out the new tractor.

After some breakfast - we started opening gifts. When we told Philip we had to eat breakfast before opening the presents - he told us to "take bigger bites and let's get going!"

Excited Ben!

Philip showing Ben the gift he picked out for him!

After we got dressed, we headed over to my parents to open more gifts and have lunch.

Philip got a new airplane and airport.

Philip was in charge of opening all the gifts once again.

He took his job pretty seriously.

Ben was super excited about this new mirror.

He thinks looking in the mirror is really funny.

Playing with the airport.

We had a wonderful day!