the beach!

Over 4th of July weekend, we took a short trip to Chincoteague, VA for a few days at the beach. We don't have tons of pictures, and those that we have are more from the pool than the beach. But we had a blast!

Chincoteague 2010

We've Been Remiss

We're sorry - we've left our adoring fans (ok, really, Benji's adoring fans) hanging with little to no information or pictures. We promise that we will share some new pics soon (truth be told, we haven't really taken any recently...), but we did want to update you on the little guy's progress.

We started Benjamin on "solids" nearly 3 weeks ago, and just this week, we are starting to make some progress. Benjamin eats rice cereal twice a day at school (the teachers think he wants to eat because he sees his friends doing so, we're not so sure) and has been experimenting with fruits and vegetables at home for dinner. Last night he ate half a banana and a cube of pureed sweet potato with no fuss. He swallowed it without the aid of a pacifier or a bottle - previously we've had to help him with the concept by giving him something to suck on.

Later this week we plan to introduce oatmeal and butternut squash.

And really, we promise to give you some pics soon!

Holy poop!

So on day five of little Benjamin's life, he went on his first non-Doctor's related excursion.  Babies r Us!! So exciting for the little guy.  He did great! We had a bit of trouble figuring out how to hook his carseat into the shopping cart -- but we made do!

After our shopping, we all grabbed lunch.  And then -- well, let's just say Chrissie learned a little lesson in projectile pooping.   But it was ok -- thankfully her instinctual reaction was to close her mouth, not open it. Otherwise, we're doing great.  Benjamin is becoming more awake, and is a little more aware of his surroundings.   He continues to eat every three hours, but we're having fun with the new addition to our family.