4 May 2011, Day 56

We ran errands in downtown today. Unfortunately it seems like every time I turn around another store is closing down. Luckily the bookstore has not been one of them and hopefully never will be! We always seem to find something in there. This is a make your own bookmark kit from Melissa and Doug for a whopping $4.50. Can't beat that value when it keeps her entertained for well over an hour!

3 May 2011, Day 55

I'm feeling a bit sentimental about leaving our amazing house where our kids were born. One of the things that I will miss most is our wildlife. After growing up in the suburbs of Long Island where the extent of wildlife is the occasional raccoon living in your chimney, we were both amazed when we moved here and had deer walking through our yard. Kaylee absolutely loves the deer too and she gets very excited when she sees them. This is her watching the deer from the kitchen window and drawing pictures of them.

Today was a big day for big Ben:

He starts on solid food. And doesn't he look oh so happy about it! He wasn't so thrilled with the runny rice cereal.

2 May 2011, Day 54

Lots and lots of cuteness today! We pulled out Kaylee's old jumperoo for Ben today. Of course Ben couldn't sit in it first thing in the morning thanks to his acid reflux so Kaylee decided she just had to sit in it!

Ben finally got a turn in it. Kaylee was more than willing to show him how all the toys worked. Ben doesn't seem all that happy in this picture, but I love that you can see his big ole cheeks and multiple chins!

And here's just a classic Benjamin look, when he's not flirting he can be very serious. And you can really see how much he's starting to look like his Daddy!!

After all the jumperoo fun we had Ben's 4 month appointment. The check up went very well. Ben is in the 50th percentile for everything. He's 14.8 pounds now!!

Big sister Kaylee had a blast since we were in a new room this time and there were some big bright murals of fish, dogs, cats, and rabbits. She almost named all the colors, she still has a tough time with orange, red, and green.

1 May 2011, Day 53

I managed to catch some early morning cuddles.

30 April 2011, Day 52

We had to be out of the house for 2 hours this morning while there was a showing at the house. For the first time during a showing, it wasn't raining! So, we went for a nice long walk with the kids and dogs.

I absolutely love my phil and teds stroller! Best stroller ever!

Daddy broke my cardinal rule of no getting out of the stroller and let Kaylee run around. Luckily there weren't many people on the trail and she was very well behaved.

She did want to take a few breaks. How could any 2 year old resist these benches. But she did manage to walk about a mile and a half. She took a nice long nap afterwards!!

29 April 2011, Day 51

Benjamin is 4 months old today! It sure has been an adventure!

28 April 2011, Day 50

Baby Ben got a new toy today. . . Sophie the giraffe. I've heard lots of great stuff about this toy and it was definitely on the expensive side. I think $17 for this toy. It got here today and it's basically a dog squeak toy. I expected a hard rubber teething toy. Oh well, he still enjoys it.

27 April 2011, Day 49

Kaylee is going through a not so fun phase where she refuses to take naps. She throws a tantrum when I try to put herin her room for a nap, then she doesn't nap the whole hour to hour and a half that she's in there, and then she's absolutely miserable to be around the rest of the afternoon. Then at 4pm she falls asleep on the couch:

And then you forget just how miserable that day was!

26 April 2011, Day 48

"I wear the black for the poor and beaten down" and because I just look like a bad ass!!

25 April 2011, Day 47

Kaylee is getting more and more daring while playing with Ben. She's figured out that when she lays on top of him he usually just laughs at her. That makes it pretty hard to punish her for it!