10 Months!

It's hard to believe our little buddy is already 10 months old!  He has started crawling and would really like to be able to walk.  He crawls all over, pulls up on whatever he can get a good grip on and then looks over at us with a huge smile.  He is definitely proud of his accomplishments!  He is one smiley little guy.  He laughs the hardest when he knows he is doing something naughty.  He likes to get into everything...toliet water, cupboards, the girls toy masterpieces, etc.  He eats just about anything now but some of his favorites are smoothies, crackers, cereal and ice cream (yes he is our third).  He says lots of "ma-ma", "da-da", and other first sounds I can't really remember.  He sticks his tongue out a lot for no reason at all.  He LOVES his blankets.  If you drape the blanket over your shoulder he will nestle in for a good snuggle.  He loves his sisters and crawls wherever they are just so he can be a part of things.  He likes cars, trucks and balls just like all boys.  He is so fun to have around!

Christmas!

 Bennett was the first to wake up Christmas morning.  He was pretty excited to see Santa had left a room full of balloons.  It was good entertainment for him while the girls were busy opening presents.

 Christmas Jammies!

 Smiley boy!

 Happy kids on Christmas morning

Bennett's favorite gift from Santa was a pile of blankets.  He can't resist these!

Christmas Eve

 Christmas Eve was a fun day.  We started off the morning with a 5K run.  I organized a fun kid run, followed by the 5K and then kid games down at the park/beach.  We had about 10 families show up and it was a lot of fun!  The kids burned off some Christmas Eve energy and the adults ran off some calories so we could justify eating all the junk.  In the late afternoon we went to our friends house for delicious tacos (she even made homemade corn and flour tortillas), gingerbread house making and nativity.  We drove around looking for Santa, the kids fell asleep in the car-who could ask for anything more? 

Christmas-Fancy Clothes

 My girls love to dress up all fancy so of course Christmas Sunday we try to coordinate and make them all "fancy".  It cracks me up to see these pictures.  Why is it that babies are the easiest to take a picture of?  If I could just get all three of my kids to smile at the same time that would be a small miracle!

Our Little Trio

It's crazy how at such a young age siblings just get along and play together.  Bennett has just rolled right into the mix with playing with the girls.  He really thinks he is a lot older than he is and sometimes drives his sisters crazy.  They are so sweet to him and most the time try to include him in on what they are doing.  He loves it when they give him rides on the plasma car.

 Doing crafts together

 Hugs!

 8 months old in this picture.  We sure love this guy!