Walking (Sort Of)

So Benjamin pretty much went from zero to sixty in the last 36 hours. He went from taking a few steps while holding our hands to walking across the house with the use of his little walking toy. Chrissie's predicting full-on walking by the time we're back from Mexico next week. Check out the video below.

In other news, today was Chrissie's last day of work! We leave Friday for Mexico, return Wednesday. She will start her new job at FDA on Monday the 12th.

Stay tuned for super cute pics of Benji at the beach!

I walk the line from bnzvideo on Vimeo.

Spring has Sprung!

To celebrate Spring, we took Benjamin to the park on Saturday to try out the swings. He enjoyed them SO much, that we had to return Sunday morning with Cousin Ezra to do some more swinging. Benj is getting over his croup and still has a very runny nose so his excitement is tempered a bit by those issues. We're confident, however, that the next time we swing, there will be more smiles from ear to ear.

Weee!!!

Party Tricks!

Despite having come down with a mild case of croup this week, little Benjamin continues to grow. At his unscheduled trip to the doctor, the little guy weighed in at 22 lbs., 4 oz. -- approximately 15 lbs more than he was when he made is first appearance last May. Anyhow, we caught this video this morning and wanted to share.

How big is Benji? from bnzvideo on Vimeo.

TJ and Benj

Here are some pics from the cousins' bonding over the weekend. We were in NY for our new nephew, TJ's, Christening. You'll see there are several pictures where we tried to get the little ones together looking at the camera. There are also several pics of Aunts Ali and Marissa with Benj. So the babe that isn't Benjamin is TJ - pics can be found by following the link above to Rhonda's shutterfly account (so I can't add captions). There are some great ones of him smiling at the end. Enjoy!

The picture below is of Aunt Ali getting her first hug of the weekend from Benjamin just before the actual christening (check out his dapper outfit!).



But again, to see the album, click here!

Big Boy!

So Benjamin's teacher, Ms. Helena, kept telling us that she sits him at the table at school, rather than in a highchair, to eat his meals (the little babies use the highchairs!), and we were skeptical. So, she caught it on film (well, digitally, but you get the idea). The picture is below.




Benjamin also met his little cousin, TJ, this past weekend in NY. He's pretty cute, and we hope to post pictures of the two boys together soon (we actually went somewhere without our own camera, so we need to get our hands on the pics!).