Ben Ben

Can you guess who this darling little girl is? Not very difficult. Me at around 4 years old. I was looking at my baby book the other day to see how closely Bennett resembled me when I was his age. Same cheeks and same eyes! Although he is growing up so fast I hope that his cheeks will stick around for a few more years. If he is following my time schedule, I started to thin out in the face around 2nd grade. I hope that is the case with him as well!










And this is a picture of Bennett when he was a year old. He loved to sit in our vents. So silly and so cute. Still the same today!

Owen's Big Boy Bed

Since baby #4 is due to take up residence in the crib in a few months, we thought it was time to start working with Owen on sleeping in a regular bed. We thought we should do it sooner rather than later so that Owen forgets that it is his crib and won't get worked up when this foreign baby all of a sudden kicks him out. There is enough sibling rivalry as it is. He has spent 3 nights in it so far. I think this new found freedom is a bit too much. Several times we have found him either in the hall or sitting on the floor in his bedroom crying. He doesn't quite know what to do with himself. However, there have been a few times when he knows exactly what to do with himself when left alone in his room. He tears it apart. Books and clothes everywhere! During the day Bennett and Owen have decided that it is a good trampoline and spend hours running down the hall and jumping on it. I guess I should stop this unruly behavior, but at this point if they are playing happily together I have no complaints.

Pet Peeve

Now I know there are some moms out there that think their children are absolutely perfect and would never get annoyed by what they say or do. I'm not one of them. This little quirk that my Ben Ben has is somewhat annoying to me when I'm not laughing about it. Bennett is a little particular about his choice in clothes and how he wears them. He insists on having his pants rolled up so that they don't touch his shoes, and if he is not wearing shoes, his ankles. This is especially annoying because I am the exact opposite. I am quite particular about the length of my pants and will not wear them if they don't touch the ground. So you see how this quirk of his would bother me. Every time I see him with his pants practically rolled up to his knees I cringe. And every time I try and skip the second roll so they are at least in the same neighborhood as his shoes he notices and insists on them being rolled up again. So one of the many reasons why I can't wait for summer is the fact that he will be in shorts and I won't have to deal with this quirk until fall!

Legos!

My boys love Legos. Many a mornings I wake up to the clicking of legos as one of them starts his day by sifting through the box looking for just the right piece for whatever he intends to build. It would also explain why I can't walk more than a foot in our house without seeing one, stepping on one, or sucking one up with the vacuum. I use to get extremely annoyed by this, but now I'm just use to it.

Some of the most highly coveted pieces are the Lego guys. If one of them manages to find a guy with a face that hasn't been worn down, 2 arms, 2 legs and a helmet with a visor they guard it with their life much to the dismay of the other two. Sadly due to the fact that they are played with constantly, most of the guys have unidentifiable faces, missing limbs and long since lost helmets.

I have been meaning to buy them some more men, but Lego is pretty proud of them and do not sell them cheap. For Bennett's birthday I broke down and bought him this set. My heavens, you would have thought I gave him and the other two boys a million dollars! They have been entertained nonstop ever since the party. The best part is, is that this set came with 4 pre-made can't take them apart and then ask mom repeatedly to put back together 3 wheelers. Now the battle is trying to keep track of these wonderful new pieces and who has claimed what as their own!

First purchase for baby

I was at the mall the other day and decided to go look at baby gap for any cute newborn items that were on sale. I must admit I did look longingly at the girl's side of the store. They make the cutest clothes for girls!

I found this cute romper for half off. The funny thing about it, is that I probably have a dozen of these already in various sizes and colors. I'm a sucker for rompers. Unfortunately when it comes to boys clothes I have every style ever made. And that is about a total of 6. Khakis - yep, overalls - yep, polo shirts - got those too. The colors may change, but the styles do not.

And speaking of daughters I do not have, I have seen my minnie me up at Taylor's school. A friend of mine has told me several times that there is this girl up at school that looks just like me and I need to go see her. She also told me this girl is a bit naughty. It hasn't been on the top of my priority list of things to do. Scott however has seen her and admits she looks like me. Yesterday I went up to the school to help with the spelling bee. I was waiting outside of the 4th grade classroom when the TA from the class walks by, looks at me and blurts out "You must be Megan's mom", to which I respond "Uh, no".

My interest in now peaked and I'm thinking that this must be the girl my friend has been talking about since a complete stranger also thought I looked like her as well. I went into the classroom and before I even found out who this Megan was I picked her out. It's all about the eyes. Now my last step is to confirm with my friend that Megan is the one she has been talking about as well. However, I'm pretty sure this girl is the same one because she had an attitude and it wasn't a good one. She may look like me, but surely I don't have an attitude like that. Right? :)

Taylor's Baptism Day

We had a great day! Everything went smoothly. Taylor was the only one from our Ward getting baptized this month, so it was all about him. Both his grandpas gave talks on baptism. Scott gave him a wonderful blessing. He looked so handsome and grown up! I am so proud of him and the choices that he is making.

The only disappointing part of the day was the lack of pictures. Once we got to the church I was busy playing prelude music. I totally forgot to take pictures of Taylor and Scott in their baptismal clothes. I only remembered after the baptism when they had changed back into their clothes. I figured I could at least get some pictures of everyone at the church right after we were done. That didn't work either due to the fact that when I went to turn on my camera there was no memory card and my spare was sitting on the fireplace at home. :( Where was my mom with her camera that is permanently glued to her side. Who knows? So the only shot I managed to get was this pathetic one after we got home as I was trying to get lunch put together for everyone. My mom took one of our family at our home as well, but who knows when I will see that. Can I blame my forgetfulness on pregnancy? Yes I believe I can. What can you do?