Babies, Babies, Babies!

We have so many new babies in our life in the last month! Our dear friends Mike and Molly welcomed their daughter, Grace Hamilton, on November 10th. We were able to meet my cousin Matt and Erin's new baby, Charlie, at Thanksgiving. Our friends Matt and Jess also welcomed TWIN baby girls on December 4th, Ava and Natalie. Benjamin isn't so sure what to think of all of these babies, although he definitely does not appreciate his mom holding them! :)

Oh Christmas Tree

It was such a beautiful day the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so we decided that we HAD to go get our Christmas tree before it turned freezing cold! We went to Oxford to get our tree and Benjamin loved being outside. He was a little bit confused at first, but eventually he was running around like crazy. The cutest thing was when Benjamin wanted to "help" carry the tree after we cut it down. He insisted on daddy holding him while he carried the tree in a cart to the car.

Benjamin is doing pretty well with the tree, although he does enjoy taking ornaments off of it and occasionally taking a run through the living room while holding onto the ribbon on our tree.

Thanksgiving 2009

Well I realize that almost a month has gone by since Thanksgiving-but we've just been THAT busy around here. We went to my Aunt Mary Beth and Uncle Mark's like we do every year and had a wonderful time. Benjamin was able to play with Jack, who is my cousin Tim and Moe's son, and he loved following him around and playing with him. The next day, Uncle Paul, Aunt Natalie, and Grandpa Larry came over to our house for another Thanksgiving dinner. Benjamin enjoyed their company and as always, put on quite a show.

Me and My Pets

Wrestling with his best friend Chloe!
Spinning Spaz around in the chair-can you tell she's having fun?

Throwing goldfish at Chloe-one of Benjamin's favorite things to do! :)

Priceless expression on his face

Adorable!

My friend Kristie from work took this picture and sent it to me yesterday. This is her daughter Olivia, who is 20 months old, and Benjamin enjoying being outside. Kristie helped me out SO much and watched Benjamin 2 days a week for the last few months. It has been such an incredible November! We are loving spending time outside-hope this great weather continues and winter never decides to come :)

Benjamin's First Haircut

I can't believe it! Benjamin got his first haircut today-it was a bit overdue. He started to have wings on the side and wisps in the front. Benjamin took a trip to a downtown Royal Oak hair salon-what a big boy! The girl who cuts my hair, Kristyn, cut his hair and it looks ADORABLE! He did really good for the most part, of course he got a bit antsy at the end but overall he did really well. He really looks grown up tonight! When we got home I just realized more and more that he is a little boy and not a baby anymore!
Love this face. By the way, if you recognize this jacket, it was not originally mine! It turned up in our house right after Benjamin's birthday party and I never heard back from its' original owner. I do love it though, so hope no one claims it!

Happy to be free after his haircut!

Close up of the front!

Happy November

I love Benjamin's face in this picture! He is feeling the same way we are about less time to spend outside and it getting dark at 5:30 every night!
Ohhhh this dog never seems to surprise me. Stealing Benjamin's little chair that he loves so much.

Training him at a young age to be a power shopper!