Monday, April 23, 2012

Benjamin is 2!

Benjamin turned 2 on April 6. I still can't believe it, time went by so fast. He is the best little boy that I could have asked for. He is so sweet and smart. He has finally gotten the hang of sharing and loves to share his blankie with Samson. He can count up to 4 without any help and up to 10 with help from daddy and mommy. He also knows a bunch of letters in the alphabet. He says the funniest things all the time and I started to keep track of them in a notebook. The last two years have been the best! I love being the mom of this beautiful child and I sincerely look forward to the years to come. For Benjamin's birthday this year we celebrated a few weeks early at Grandma and Grandpa Taylor's house where Benjamin got some awesome t-shirts and a spiderman swimsuit. Benjamin is obsessed with spiderman and he also loves Cookie Monster and sharks (even though he is terrified of them). The people at this party were Grandpa and Grandma Taylor and Auntie Kathryn. In Utah, we celebrated his birthday the day after and we had the family and a few friends over for pasta, breadsticks, and cupcakes. Trev and I got Benjamin an Elmo potty! I also attempted to make a cute cake for the very first time. The guest list for the party included Grandma Kelly, Hayley, Remmi, Blue and Penny, Tristin and Patton, Grandma Mary and Grandpa Kendall, Josh (Trev's business partner) and his lovely wife Carissa. 

Cookie Monster Shirt

Shark Shirt


Spiderman swimsuit...

...complete with spiderman sunglasses

Banana cake made by Grandma Taylor and decorated by me

The cake I made....I thought it turned out pretty good

Benjamin loves Toy Story..he got some brand new Woody and Buzz action figures for his birthday. 








Playing in Grandma's flowerpot




Random Fun

We have had a lot of fun over the last few months. Here are some random pictures of the kids and their adventures. 

cooking with Daddy

cuddle time



He loves painting! We have a lot of his masterpieces hanging on the fridge

Little artist



so dang cute!

learning how to turn the lights on and off


Benjamin's "movie" face


painting....again

We didn't get a lot of snow this winter but we took advantage of it when we did get it






Watching and singing along with Disney Sing along Songs

Benjamin decided that paper was boring, he was going to take the next step and paint himself




The frootloop bracelet we made for valentine's day








Bathtime! They love playing in the tub together. When I take Samson out, Benjamin gets so upset


Looks like his daddy... I have a picture of Trev making this exact face




Uh....mommy needed to clean the room without "helpers"





look at those fat legs!




Making homemade lemonade with Daddy!



So close to crawling 



Even superheroes need a break every once in awhile

mommy's shoes...perfect fit!