Playtime for little boys and parents

Benjamin has been moving around all over the place when he decides he wants to travel, but when I put him down for some sitting play time he's been so cute!  I HUGE thank you goes out to my college roommates who got him a bus with some Fisher-Price Little People building blocks.  He mainly just trys to eat them but he does like to put his hand in the bus and swirl them around to hear the loud sounds.  Joe's glad that he's already liking building blocks. :)

On a separate note, Joe and I got to go to a good friends' wedding yesterday and Ben got to spend some time with his grandparents while we went to the reception last night.  We had such a wonderful time!  The place was beautiful, the food was unique and fun, and most of all, we got to be with some great friends. 
It was liberating to know that Ben was taken care of, I was with the man I love, I felt good and I got to dance!

Friday morning fun...
Benjamin looked up from his playing to make some funny noises between laughing and sneezing.  Then he added a little singing. :)

Creepy Crawling

We have forward motion!  Benjamin is creeping all over the living room now.  I can't leave him alone on the floor for more than a few minutes at a time because I"m always unsure of how far he'll get.  We switched out the coffee table for the plush ottoman but there's still plenty of hard things for him to head butt.  He often concentrates harder on getting moving than how close he is to something :)

Ben and I got to spend a week with my parents and it was wonderful.  It's great to have so much help around all the time!  I walk in the door and hand him over.  It was also great to see so many friends and extended family as well.  I have a couple fabulous friends who are a step ahead of me in the mommy game and it was such a strengthening grace I was able to receive to simply be around them and witness their lives.  It still cracks me up to think back to our high school days and contrast that to our lives now.  It takes such humility and confidence to be a mother and I'm in awe of women who do it well, I hope I'm on that path.

Peas mom, no more?

To continue with entertaining videos...

Ben tried peas a few weeks ago and sadly was not thrilled by the idea.

Happy Benjamin

Dad time

never know where he'll roll

Benjamin has been up to some fun stuff.  He's getting more mobile so the house is going to be getting some changes soon- padding on the fireplace, a padded toybox instead of the coffee table, etc.  He mobility comes mainly from just rolling and pivoting but we're starting to see signs of crawling.  He's started to pull his knees up to push his tush in the air :)

The last few Saturdays I've been busy with different things that have pulled me out of the house for extended periods of time- bridal shower, baby shower, lunch with a friend, and this Saturday is the Behold Conference.  Joe's been able to have some time alone with Benjamin.  It's so nice to be able to leave the house and do something without carting Ben and his stuff along and to know that he's having good bonding time with Dad. 

the list of foods we
like is getting longer!

I head to my parents' house on Sunday with Benjamin to spend the week there.  I haven't seen them since Christmas so I'm excited to get some time there!  I think I'll also get some time with the grandparents' up north, high school friends and more.

Gotta run to Moms and Tots at church...  I'll leave you with a quote from my morning -

Cat in the Hat: "Some birds like to eat seeds like a soup, then they carry them far away in their poop."