benny

i've realized that in my excitement for the new baby to come i have neglected to show how benny is progressing. he is doing really well right now. i can't believe what a big boy he is turning in to. he really is not our baby any more and we're so excited to see what a great big brother he's going to be.

be prepared for a whole lot of pictures. and believe me, i chose carefully. :)

back in december i finally took him out to walk through the snow in the back yard. he had a great time!

in front of the greenhouse.

after playing in the snow he went to play in his stack of blankies. i love the smile on his face. he looks so happy!

spencer and i scored big time for christmas for benny. we got him this little car and he couldn't stay off of it for days! he absolutely loves it still and the really great thing is that the noises it makes aren't horribly annoying.

we also got benny this little table with a couple of chairs just his size. he loves eating like a big boy with a plate.

he's also getting really good at eating with a fork. spencer taught him to stab his food and eat it. he still needs some work with the spoon, but that will come. and he still switches between righty and lefty, so we'll have to wait to figure that out.

spencer has wanted for a while to get benny a couch or chair just his size. shortly after christmas he found this great spiderman couch online that folds out into a little bed with a built in sleeping bag. i love how excited spencer was to open this box.

benny trying out his new couch for the first time.

benny loves looking at all his books. it just cracks me up that he'll do that while sitting on his car. he just doesn't want to miss out.

also reading on his spiderman bed. another favorite spot.

i thought it would be fun to make a little house for benny out of the box that the couch came in. all i did was cut a door into the side. benny loved it for a while (i think it's dying down finally) and would keep asking me to close the door and push it right open again (playing "where's benny?").

i started noticing that things were going into the box and not coming back out... benny's stash.

last thursday spencer and i were in the living room and we heard benny in the kitchen asking for cereal. before either of us had a chance to get up we heard some cereal being poured. how else was he going to get it if mom and dad weren't going to get it? and there he is holding onto a little tupperware lid that he likes to use as a dish.

sunday morning reading the comics. i love the look on his face.

just cute.

spencer dressed benny today and i thought he looked like such a little man. i just wanted to share these.

sitting like a big boy.

hope you enjoyed our last month-and-a-half with benny. i'll try to be more on top of things in the upcoming months - we'll see if it happens with a newborn...