Funny Face

Benjamin has a huge repertoire of facial expressions. He tends to imitate anything we do, and if it makes us laugh he'll just keep repeating. This next face is definitely one of our favorites.

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Christmas Lights

Every year I go to this 1 crazily decorated street to look at the Christmas lights. You often have to park blocks away and the street just has tons of people walking down it to look at the houses. I think it's 1 of my highlights of living here :) Sam always has to tag along, but this year I got to take Grandma and Benjamin! So we bundled up since it was about 10°C here, or 50°F for those americans reading the blog :) I really don't think Benjamin and I would ever survive those canadian winters again. Even Grandma is amazed how fast she climatized to this weather.

Green Peppers Part 2

This video isn't as humorous as part 1, but I thought it would be nice to post an update.


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More pictures

This next toy is Benjamin's favorite. He just loves to put the balls (or any other small toy nearby) in the holes and watch them go down.
All bundled up for our cold arizona weather

Off to the park with Grandma

This is how Benjamin and Grandma spend their time while mommy & daddy are at work

Play Time

Benjamin's favorite activity during play time is pulling himself up on the toy box and taking all his toys out :)
Then there is play time with Daddy...

Halloween

Here is Benjamin, helping us hand out candy at Halloween (to our 100+ kids!)

Maully joined in on the festivities

9 months

Benjamin is finally starting to slim down. At his 9 month checkup he weighed 21 lbs-10oz (70th percentile). He only gained 6 oz in 3 months! His height was 30" (90th percentile). As for new activities, he STILL army crawls (we really don't think he will ever do 'normal' crawling) and he is pulling himself up on everything. It is very cute to walk in after a nap and have him standing there just grinning at you :)

The following picture is him in his swing, warming up after swimming with Grandma (yes, our pool is still swimmable as of Oct 31st for non-climatized Canadians)

Pictures for Carolyn

The weather has cooled down (no more triple digits!!)so we finally were able to walk to the park. Benjamin loved the swing. Some other new activities for him also include pulling himself up on everything! In his crib he uses the bars to pull up so he can get at the diaper caddy (which has now been removed). And he is still army crawling :) He will get up on his knees to rock, but when it's time to move (and can he ever move!!), he goes flat on his stomach and zooms around the house.

8 months

Benjamin turned 8 months yesterday so we filmed his new accomplishment! With his army crawling, teething (he's working on his 6th tooth right now) and standing (well sort of standing...we stood him up, he doesn't pull himself up on furniture yet), he is keeping us busy!

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New Diaper Cover

Well I finally got around to sewing Bens new lana wool diaper cover and it turned out awesome so I had to post a picture! On his legs he's got some leggings I made him from old tights of mine as he was getting serious rug burn on his knees from army crawling everywhere. What a stylin little man :)

Crawling and Grinning

As you can see from the 1st video, it's time to child proof our house! As for the 2nd....well that's a face Benjamin has been doing for a while to make us laugh - and it works!!

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Lake Tahoe & Oakland

August was a busy month! There are 2 more posts below with pictures of Benjamin's activities. We finished off August with a week trip to Oakland, California and Lake Tahoe with Nana & Poopah!

Going on a hike in Oakland. As you can see, all the walking tired Benjamin out :)
















Playing with Nana








Picture time with the family (Benjamin's Great Aunt & Uncle Barbara & Ken - whose house we stayed at in Oakland, along with Nana and Poopah)


Hanging out with the family at Lake Tahoe
























Lake Tahoe was just a little too cold for Benjamin!






Warming up with mom after swimming in the cold water!



Keeping warm on a cold day. Was it ever nice having a break from the AZ summer!



Hiking with the family

Swimming

This is one of Benjamin's favorite activities to do with Grandma! The two of them probably spent an hour in the pool every day.

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August

August started off with a visit from Grandma....and like usual we were very very busy! Benjamin went and got his first official hair cut (which he did not like at all!)

He was much happier when he was back at home, although he had more gel in his hair than I ever put in mine!
He has finally learned to sit still for story time and not try to eat the books
And he's starting to learn to crawl! He's focused on the orange block in front of him.
Here are more of his blocks that he just loves to play with!
And of course there is always play time with Maully :)