Snow Day!

Benjamin got a snowsuit at one of his baby showers and I have been so excited to use it. We finally had a perfect day - lots of snow and warm weather. Benjamin made a snow angel (basically I just put him down in the snow and he laid there) and helped mom build a snowman (he mostly watched). He had a fun time in the snow and he looked adorable in his snowsuit.

Playing with Mom in the snow

A Snow Angel in Progress

Still working at it...


With his baby snowman

It was too cold to make a big snowman!

Hey Benjamin! Look at the camera, not at the snowman!

So proud of his hard work

Benjamin Feeding Himself

What a difference a month makes! Just a month ago Ben made a face and spit out his green beans. Now he wants to eat them all by himself, at only 7 months old. Ok, it probably helps that I just mix his green beans in with his rice cereal but I'm still proud of his progress; he now eats green beans, peas, and carrots.

First Food

Benjamin finally graduated to solids other than rice cereal. To comemmorate the occasion we fed him green beans. He seemed to enjoy eating them but couldn't get over the new taste. Eventually we mixed the green beans in with his rice cereal and we hope he will gradually begin to like them. It sure was cute watching him try something new for the first time though.

Thanksgiving in Oregon

We brought our camera to Oregon for Thanksgiving , but we forgot to pull it out until our last day there. We got a few pictures though...



Benjamin with Grandma Mecham


Our happy family

That's it.

Penguin!

I found this really cute outfit at Target and I just had to buy it for Ben. He's about 6 months old in these pictures.

Sitting Up!

Here's a video we took today of Benjamin sitting up all by himself. He is not totally stable yet, but he is getting better with practice. He is getting so big so fast and we are loving every minute we have with him.

Happy Halloween!

Benjamin's first Halloween was a success. Mom got too excited and bought his costume the beginning of September so it was a little short, but it all worked out just fine. Benjamin was Tigger. Dad was Pooh and Mom was Piglet. I just realized I never got a picture of all of us together. Benjamin was the highlight anyway. Between trick-or-treating at my office and trunk-or-treating with Aunt Stephanie's ward Ben got a full bucket of candy. Not bad for a kid who can't even eat candy yet!