Stack 'Em Up

Now I Get It

Monster has finally discovered the many benefits of Ben. Number one being he feeds her food. We are in the midst of learning that once you offer the food to Monster, it is her's and you can't take it back. Monster is very, very good and never 'takes' food from Ben, but she definitely keeps very close when he does have food and is more than willing to gently take what is offered.

Just Getting Comfy Here

Who Knew A Door Could Be So Much Fun

Cameryn came over to play for a little bit yesterday. She and Ben had a good time playing open and close with the door. According to Sharon, these two play and play and play all day together at day care.

Children - Hazardous to your health

Kids are hazardous to your health. Ben busted up my nose this weekend - clocking me square on the bridge of my nose with a hard plastic cup. Luckily, I doubt it's broken and I did not end up with two black eyes. Just a big bruise and bump.

Suuupperrrr Daddy!

And to think, a year ago, Adam was nervous to just hold Ben. Now he's holding both big babies!

Group Hug!

My Most Favorite Remote

Awww, Ben giving his favorite remote a hug. Unfortunately his favorite remote is also the main TV controller, and searching for it all over the house is really fun for Adam and I.

The Carnage

The carnage of the toy box. Not a single toy left in the basket. Even the basket was demolished and flattened.

More Chair Antics

Ben loves playing in his chair. He likes to use it as a toy, a step ladder and an acrobatic device (flipping over the back). Please excuse the un-done up pants - someone wouldn't sit still long enough to have his jammies done up.

Happy Mardi Gras!!

What To Do with My Chair Today

Ben reading in his chair...

The chair has moved a few feet for a better angle to watch Monster...

The chair - in our bedroom, at a record pace. I don't know why, other than he wanted a better view out the back door.

A Thump-a-Thump

I thought this was kind of cool to share. It is an ultrasound of Ben's heart. He had an echocardiogram done last week after the doctor heard an unusual heartbeat at this 12 month check up. The diagonis is bicuspid aoritc valve, which is nothing serious, just something to be aware of and to keep an eye on (kind of the same thing as my mitral valve prolapse). But here is a little video of Ben's heart thump-a-thumping.

Start 'em Young

Ben is learning how to shovel at an early age. He learned the basics very quickly in a brief lesson from daddy this evening. We expect him to be fully up to speed by tomorrow morning when he will need to dig us out of our house.

Fun in the Snow

A Little Sleigh Ride

in the backyard. We got about 3 inches of snow this weekend, so we got out the toboggan and did a few laps around the backyard. Ben took a few spills off the side of the sled, but he seemed to enjoy his little ride. Monster was getting into it. She was jumping all over him and the toboggan and me...

Who Dat!!!

Videos

If you have been having problems viewing the videos, it is not the blog and it is not your computer. It is Google/Blogspot. It appears from the help forum that Google is trying to debug the problem. I tried a fix they had listed, which seems to have helped, but I don't know if it permenant. So, sorry if you can't see the videos, but hopefully Google will figure it out quickly!

Anyone with a blog that is having trouble with videos being unavailable, the google guys said to create a new post and save it as a draft. This will force something to tag to the udated Flash file for video. Apparently the issue is a new Flash program Blogspot is using...

All Cuddly

Oh so cute..Getting all cuddly with his stuffed doggie (and not touching the fireplace). He is actually being all cute because he was just getting in trouble for touching the fireplace again and he decided that he would hide in his stuffed doggie.

What, what?? I didn't do it!

Here's Ben getting in trouble for touching the fireplace. He likes to stand there and look at the glass and get ever so close to touching it without touching it. Then when you yell at him, he turns around and gives you this, 'What, what? I didn't do anything!' Yes, the terrible twos are going to be such a joy if we are already playing this game at 12 months.

Keep Away

With all the walking/running around the house these two do playing keep away, no wonder they are exhausted at the end of the day

Round and Round We Go

Ben has really gotten into playing with Monster lately. They play hide and seek in the drapes and Ben chases her around the house. Now his is trying to 'share' and give her toys to play with. Monster is still a little leery of his fur grabbing hands, but she is definitely getting better at playing with him now that he's running after her.