A Monday Afternoon

So, Bennet is officially sitting up all by himself and we don’t need to worry about him falling over.  He’s grown up so fast and now will just sit on the floor and play with his toys.    I caught him this morning just sitting on floor, sucking his thumb and watching Mickey Mouse while Hayden and I had breakfast.  He melts my heart.  And Hayden, while I was putting Bennet down for his afternoon nap, got in his crib and started reading this book.  How cute is that?  It amazes us how Hayden can climb in and out of his crib, but stays there every morning and after nap time until we get him.  We’re hoping that lasts until he’s three and advances to a big boy bed.

Hurricane Irene

Well, Hurricane Irene proved to be quite uneventful here in Wake County.  It started on Friday night and it just rained and was really windy.  The same weather pattern continued throughout Saturday and eventually just went away.  Unfortunately, a transformer blew in our neighborhood, so we were without power for the majority of the day.  The four of us made the best of it though and tried to keep ourselves busy by going out to lunch and to the mall.  We ended up finding a cute, new place to get lunch by NCState that we’ll definitely be going to again, so we were pretty stoked by that.  Hayden got to wear his rain boots again and splash around in some water – heaven for a toddler.  Overall, not too bad of a day, but we were quite relieved when the power came back on Saturday evening.

RDU

The four of us went to the observation deck at RDU this afternoon to watch the planes take off and enjoy a new recipe that I tried out for a snack.  I think Hayden had a good time watching the planes and running around. 

A Sound Sleeper

Bennet definitely is our sound sleeper.  He can literally sleep through anything.  I love how he sleeps with his legs all curled up under him.  So this morning, I thought I would take a picture of him in this position. 

Morning Talk with Bennet

Bennet usually wakes up before Hayden in the mornings, so the two of us go downstairs and have breakfast. It's always nice to spend some one on one time with Bennet and relax with some coffee. He's become quite the talker and it's so fun to listen to him. He's so calm about it and like any baby, just babbles. Right after he ate today, I got the flip out to record it, because I definitely don't want to forget how cute he is. Lately, he's been saying Ba...ba... or da....da. He's such a sweetie! I definitely can't kiss those little cheeks enough throughout the day.

Army Crawl

I took this video the other day of Bennet while Hayden was still napping. He's definitely been starting to move a lot this past month and is army crawling everywhere.

A Glimpse of Our Busy Summer

This summer just flew by and the four of us had such a great time.  I can’t believe that it’s almost over and I’m so behind with posting pictures.  Basically, we’ve kept busy going to the neighborhood pools, playground, park, our new gym and just good ole family fun hanging out at home.