Thanksgiving '09

We spent Ben's second Thanksgiving in Sierra Vista visiting James' Aunt Lynn and Uncle Pete and were luckily also joined by Mom and Dad and June and Julie and got to ride down with Auntie Grace and Uncle Paul and Doug and Nick! What an adventurous day we had! On the ride down our little guy got car sick so that was a bit unfortunate but it didn't seem to bother him, after it happened, so therefore we laughed it off and went on to have a fun day, eating, laughing and watching Ben run around the backyard and entertain everyone! Uncle Pete said he likes how uninhibited Ben is, how he will go to anyone and enjoy being held by them, even if it's been awhile since he's seen them. I hope he continues to have those sweet traits of being as friendly as he is now! All in all, even with all of the travels of the day, we had a really nice Thanksgiving and we are all thankful we got to spend it with The Michauds and The Lims!

Dinner with the Greats!

Having such a large family is a huge blessing, one that I am very thankful for but it means taking turns with our "sides" of the family and it's been a little while since we have seen my Mama Willie and Papa Gene so we had them over for dinner tonight, a little "early celebration". It started out with Benjamin showing Papa his coloring skills and giving Mama and I some time in the kitchen to get things started and visit, although he was on some of his best behavior tonight he was a complete showoff and garnered plenty of attention! He showed off his dancing skills during our lengthy conversation at the dinner table(after having eaten ourselves silly with a huge Scampi dinner and Ceasar salad). What a hoot that kid is, always making us laugh! It sure is nice to hear what a funny kid we have since we are the ones who spend the most time with him and think he is not only funny but a sweet, sweet boy who adds endless amounts of entertainment to our lives. I treasure time with my family, it was a lovely evening spent with my Grandparents, Benjamin's GREAT Grandparents, we are very thankful to have them in our lives! Happy Thanksgiving!

My little monkey had another fun day at the Zoo!

Grammy came down to spend the night and go to the Zoo with us and we were lucky enough to also have my Grandpa (Benjamin's GREAT) and his wife Grand-Mary, join us! We had a great day, gorgeous weather! We decided to fed the giraffes and when we were escorted up to the feeding area Ben kept clenching me tighter and after we were instructed how to feed them he kept saying "No, no", he DID NOT want to feed, touch or be close to those enormous animals with long black tongues and I had a hard time containing myself it was so funny to see him fearful and basically disgusted by them. After chasing my little animal around the Zoo we had yummy Cheeseburgers and fries and enjoyed being entertained by my friendly guy, he was going up to all of the tables near us, old or young, smiling and saying "Hi", what a charmer!

Our days are spent swinging, coloring with chalk, playing in puddles of water and getting dirty outside!

B 6

Ben and I were outside this morning, he was drawing with his chalk on our patio (great invention) and I was showing him how to do some letters so after A, he loves to say B! He says it over and over but we moved on to "C" although he thought 6 came after B so every time we got to B he would say "B6" instead of C. It cracked me up! It reminds us of bingo. B6! Silly little man!