how he does it

This is how Bennett has been falling asleep for his nap lately. Thumb in mouth, hand over the edge of the mattress, and foot up on the crib. He keeps trying until he can get his toes just right and then settles in to sleep. He is hysterical. 

Easter playdough

All four of us were recovering from a nasty stomach bug over Easter weekend. On Sunday, we were able to play a bit and be ourselves. Graham is a big fan of play dough, and we had gotten these cookie cutters from gigi and pawpaw, so we put them together to make Easter shapes. Above, Graham is putting fingerprints in the Easter egg cut out. 

The ears kept falling off the bunny, the antennae kept falling off the butterfly, and the carrot kept losing it's stem, but he enjoyed getting to make shapes with play dough. 

pizza lover

Brett loves pizza. He could eat it almost every meal. Graham does not like pizza at all; refuses to even try it. 

Bennett on the other hand, seems to be a fan of pizza. Brett's pizza was not safe when Bennett was crawling around. 

Because he has shown an interest in pizza, I decided to give him the crust of a piece I was eating. 

He loved it! Bennett ate the whole thing, and then chewed on another two pieces. 

Brett's got some company in the pizza category. Good luck keeping your pizza safe now Brett!

Christopher the Bear

My mom and dad sent Graham Christopher the Bear for Easter. You read his books and when you say certain things, Christopher talks to you. It is super cute, and Graham is a fan. And Christopher is good for hugging. 

After we read a book, we tried him out and when to sleep early (fake sleep) and he was a hit. 

It's good to know you can still twirl the hair while you hold your new friend. 

Thanks nana and pawpaw. 

therapy update

The same week Bennett was finished with this helmet, he had his last therapy appointment! He has met all the goals and is right on track with his age, so all done!
In one week, Bennett was able to finish his helmet and therapy!
We are so proud of him, great job Bennett!

playing together

helmet update

Bennett had his bi-weekly helmet appointment last week. Usually we go and he gets his helmet moved around to fit his changing dome shape. But this time, he got his head scanned again to see how his head shape was improving....

hanging out on the couch while she looked at the difference, and....

Bennett is all done with this helmet!!! She said he looks awesome and that he is all done! I am so proud of this little guy and how well he did with wearing the helmet. Great job Bennett, we are so excited for you!

sleeping baby Bennett

I could not help but take a photo of Bennett sleeping the other day. He always takes a hand over the end of the mattress, and the other one goes in his mouth. This nap time, he had a foot  over the end of the mattress. adorable

a cowlick?

He randomly had a cowlick the past week. And he seems to be super happy about it too 

It is no longer there. 

related to their pawpaws

our weather lady is a nice looking lady. Both pawpaws think she is pretty foxy, and Bennett seems to have been listening to them. He pulled himself up to watch her give the weather report. 

And this kid...walking though Target and he sees this giant bean bag chair to sit on and we of course, have to sit on it. For a while too. I don't really know why this one counts as a pawpaw action, but I think this is something either one of them would do if given the chance. 

Love both of you pawpaws!

walk around the block

Here we are when we ventured out for a walk. We have this awesome stroller that allows both kiddos to ride at the same time. Graham has the freedom to get on and off by himself and Bennett gets to be in front. They both seem to like it, although being in the front gets too scary for Bennett sometimes. 

The happy guy...his legs kicked the whole time. 

Graham leans to either side to look at the wheels and other stuff as we walk, which means your arm gets crazy sore since you have to compensate. You totally get an upper and lower body workout with these kids. 

brotherly love

We are so fortunate that we are able to face time or Skype with both sets of grandparents. We all love seeing each other, and we battle over who gets to be in front of the camera and who gets to talk the most. Graham has better skills at being persistent and loud when he has something to say, so he usually wins. I like that during this Skype call, we were able to have both boys in view for gig and papa. 

We also started this cute little thing where Graham pushes on Bennett's nose. 

and then taps him on the head. 

more tapping, maybe some rubbing. Bennett loves his head being rubbed. 

total joy for both boys. They love being around each other and are really starting to make each other laugh. 

my boys

We started going out on the porch to wait for daddy to come home. And it gives us some fresh air and we sit on a corner of prime real estate to view all the cars going by. Some days it is cooler than others, so we bundle up. I took this photo and i absolutely love it. It makes me so happy so have this time with the boys. 

sleeping Dr. Graham

Graham carried around this shot for a while...you never know when you have to fix a case of the rakhohoduons-tosis. (I am glad I live with a doctor who can fix asdhasildlfdsf-atosis quickly)

cleaning his wagon

Graham gets into a cleaning mode where he needs to clean, and clean, and clean again the same wagon. 

He then started wrapping the wipes around it like bandages.