Merry Christmas!!

A little delayed, but nonetheless I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.  We went back to visit my family and had a great time.  We even had a white Christmas since it started snowing early Friday and didn't stop until midday Saturday.  Ben had a great time sledding and my parents have the perfect hill in the front of their house that we used along with a classic wooden sled. 

Christmas Eve was filled with family at my grandma's house and it was great getting to see everyone and all the kids.  Ben had more fun playing with other people's toys, but was still happy to open books as his present which I'm sure will not happen every year.

Christmas morning he only wanted to open two presents and was done.  Luckily we were able to slowly open a few more throughout the morning (there weren't that many in first place)!

Here are some of my favorite pics - sorry there's a lot.


Wearing Papa's hat



Perfect greeting card, don't you think?



Snow!!



Sledding with Dad



Deebo's Snowman

 

Who doesn't enjoy a Slinky?!



Sitting on his shopping cart before it's put together

Deebo showing him the Choo Choo on the Tree

 

Ben playing with his cousins Molly and Ella

 

Riding on a doll's scooter



Indoor Play

As I'm sure most other kids at this time are getting cabin fever, Ben is definitely hit that point already and cannot run off enough energy inside some days.  So yesterday we decided to take him to Little Monkey Bizness in Shawnee and if you haven't been there and your kid is under probably 3-4 I would highly recommend it!  All toys and play area is designed specifically for this younger skill set and they even have a baby area, art area, food, and private parties.  Parents are free and the cost for him for the amount of time we were there may be a tad pricey, but it was well worth it in my opinion and we will be going back to get through the rest of winter.  Here are some pics that I took with my phone so the quality isn't all that great.

Also, I had another sonogram and although she is measuring as 'petite' for some things she is doing well.  Just about in the third trimester so 2/3 of the way there!  In this pic she was playing with her feet.  You can see her profile with a hand up towards her feet.

Santa!

My work is lucky enough to have Santa and Mrs. Claus come visit every year and this year Ben was very interested in Santa.....from afar.  He watched many other kids sit on Santa's lap, but when it came his turn he wasn't up for it on his own.  To start things off, we had Brian sit with Santa and Mrs. Claus to get a decent pic of Ben with them and then it was time for his solo with them.  I'll let the pics talk for themself and I'm sure you can see the progression coming.

I'm also behind on stats - his 18 month check up was a few weeks back and the results are holding steady it seems although with a little bit of height increase surprisingly.

Weight - 23lb 15 oz (25%)
Height - 32" (50%)
Head Circumfrance - 18-1/2" (25%)

Leaves

Ben helped rake and play in the leaves on Sunday.  He had a blast and is really becoming a good helper with cleaning and picking up his toys.  It really looks like fall, hopefully winter won't be too bad since all Ben wants to do is be outside!