Friday, July 31, 2009

3 Months!


It's hard to believe that Beniah is 3 months already. The summer has flown by us.
This week I went blackberry picking with a couple of friends and when we got back to the house we decided to weigh Ben on his 3 month b'day. People...he was 17 lbs! He is pretty comfortable in his 9 month clothes now. I think that it is more of a length thing when we have to go up a size in clothes. He is now 26 1/2 in. (This is our unofficial measuring since he won't have another dr. appt. until the end of August.)
Still no camera, but his picture was graciously donated by Beth.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Beniah Updates

Sorry, we don't have any pictures to go with this (see previous post), but hopefully we will have that remedied within the next week or so. My words will just have to paint the picture for you. Ha! Anyways, Beniah is quite the good little baby. He has been sleeping through the night since probably the last week in June. He goes down around 9 pm and doesn't get up until around 7 am. Wow is right! And yes, we do realize that we are extremely blessed in the sleep area. When he wakes up in the morning he doesn't even make a peep. He just lays there, looking around, just waiting for someone to come get him. He is such a happy baby in the morning. He just smiles and laughs when you go in to get him. It cracks me up.
His development advances so fast! One day he just starts doing something new and Jeff and I ask each other, "have you seen him do that before?" Usually the answer is no. The other day, he started grabbing toys and I even saw him grab his toes. It's like his brain and body are developing at light speed. Speaking of his body, he is still growing rather fast. Jeff and I are going to have to take some measurements on his 3 month mark because he can't be anywhere near his 2 month mark. He is now in 6-9 month clothes (and some of the 6 month ones are getting a wee too tight). I might just start washing the 9 month ones that we have for summer. We also may need to sort through and add to the exchange pile. We seem to have a lot of fall/winter clothes in 9 months. Who knew that Ben would be "big Ben"? If anyone has a "for sure" calculating system for predicting how big kids will be in at different points in the future, I will pay good money for it...seriously.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Lost but not Found...

If you have been checking this blog you may have noticed our slight hiatus. Well during our recent trip North I seem to have lost my camera. Hopefully it turns up but in the mean time I will have to find a fill-in to capture all of Beniah's latest. So, hopefully I will return to posting on a more regular basis.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Let's Take a Vote...

Is anyone starting to see the resemblance?

New Website to Try...

So, I just came across this free website and signed up on it to get started. It is a meal planning site with a pantry, shopping list, and recipe functions. Check it out! I know I will be working through it to see if it is very useful.

More Birthdays!

Recently two of our good little buddies celebrated their birthdays. I wanted to make each of them something special and these are what I came up with. They were both very easy and from magazines that I would be happy to share if anyone is interested.
Elijah's canopy

Matthew's travel tray

Awesome Blueberry Muffins!

I found this recipe for blueberry muffins the other day and made them last night. Wonderful!!