Anna Goes to the Circus

Grandpa Chuck took Anna to the circus a few weeks ago and she loved it. Here she is describing that exciting event.

Anna Channels Betty Crocker

Anna loves to cook and bake with me. Here we were whipping up some cookies for daddy...and us. I love her goofy smile. She just cracks me up. I tried uploading a video of her, but ran into difficulties. Hopefully next time.

When Anna does something that she thinks is "naughty" she'll say to me, "You have to be nice to me, mom." (As in, don't get upset and don't put me in time out.) I'll give her credit, I do feel like being nice when she says that to me first.

Anna has started asking things or stating things and then telling us how she wants us to respond. It is hilarious. For example: Anna- "Please can I go outside to play. And Daddy you say 'Sure Anna'." Again, it's hard to say no when she's thought it through so thoroughly.

Winnie-the-Pooh Blankie

My mom made a quilt for Anna and made this Winnie-the-Pooh blanket for Benjamin. Of course Anna thinks it is for her, and Ben was nice enough to share.

I think that Ben looks like a turtle in this picture. An adorable turtle. hehe

Brother - sister bonding time. Anna was "helping" me change Ben's diaper.

I love baby fingers and toes...they're so tiny! And the smiles are so big and gummy.

Baby Ben is awake!

Morning time is Benjamin's favorite, most awake time. Just look at that big smile. His personality is really starting to show. He is a lot more smiley than I remember Anna being. She was pretty serious/concerned for quite awhile. Ben is always trying to tell me things in the morning. (I didn't really think this "photo shoot" through or I would have had a cuter background. He just had his diaper changed.)

I think he looks a lot like Ethan in these two pictures above, and I'm not usually one to "see people" in little babies. Maybe it's just that dimple...and the hairline...and the eyes...and the lips. Ok, I'll stop.

Big stretches! I love it when he startles himself with his stretching. Notice that Ben is finally starting to put some meat on his little chicken legs. I have a feeling we're in for another adorable, chubby cheeked, roly poly. Yay!

Morning Stretches

This totally reminds me of Ethan when he wakes up in the morning. Seriously, sometimes Ben has to stretch for 10 minutes before he's actually ready to wake up. We just have really sleepy babies. I realized we didn't have as many pictures of Ben as we did of Anna at that age so I've been stepping it up a bit. Hence the videos. (We've been busy, but that's no excuse.) They change so quickly at this stage. I'll get a video of Anna up soon.

I Know He's Trying to Tell Us Something...

I love when babies first try to start communicating. You just know they're trying to tell you something important...you just can't quite tell what it is. Ethan and I find it very amusing putting words into Ben's mouth and speculating what he is trying to tell us. Benjamin is 6 weeks old today and I cannot believe how fast it has gone. He is changing and growing every day. It's sweet. Oh, sorry about my creepy whispery voice but a) Anna was still sleeping and b) Ben usually reacts to the high "baby voice" that I swore I'd never use. Enjoy!