Baby Shower

The people at Daniel's work were so nice and gave us a baby shower for Benjamin and Hannah got gifts too!














Crystal and Benjamin















Hannah with the gifts








Sleepy boy







Hannah running to Aunt Ashley
she lit up when she saw her
I let her down and she took off running!

Trip to Dada's and Grani's Work

Some of HR hanging out on the floor with Hannah and Benjamin

Hannah and the BIG duck

Benjamin and Grani

Daddy and Hannah

Cookout/Game Night

This is a big step for Hannah. For quite awhile, whenever Jesse or Jonathan even looked at Hannah she would burst into tears and run to me. We have been slowly getting her used to them and now when we are at church she will give them hugs and kisses. On this night she talked non stop to Jonathan and let Jesse hold her! It's amazing! I think she might have even smiled for Jonathan! Jonathan didn't think she knew how to smile since she never does at church!

Happiest Baby On the Block

Who needs to read the book when I already have the Happiest Baby on the Block! This is a book one of my doctor's suggested I read...I haven't...and yet I do have the happiest baby in the world!

The Bald and the Beautiful

Don't get me wrong, the bald are beautiful too, it was just a catchy title, :)

Before

After

Beautiful Babies

"Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir

I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin

I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement

Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin"

(DC Talk Colored People)

weekend

This weekend the boys went away on a white water rafting trip and the girls scrapbooked and played with the babies. If you want to see the boys part of the trip check out Aaron and Johnna's blog, they have pictures posted.

From a household of all boys came a new generation - GIRLS - the girls are trying to outnumber the boys!
But don't worry there are some boys to carry on the family name! (Will loves Benjamin so much, he asked to hold him and he ended up rocking him to sleep).
Julie made everyone fried green tomato sandwiches. Luckily green tomatoes taste nothing like red ones so I was able to eat one too - without the mayo of course!
Some of the girls scrapping
The whole crew, can't see all of the kids in this pictures, the whole family was there, not one missing, it is nice to have Jonny and Julie and Adam and Melanie close again. In all there are 21 of us.

Benjamin is trying to figure Uncle Andrew out.

Matthew and Sophie

After dinner Uncle Andrew got the blocks out and "destructo baby" as I like to affectionately call her kept knocking down his creations. Yes, I'm am referring to my child she destroys anything anyone tries to build. So Poppy got out the tunnels for the kids to crawl through. Hannah went crazy! she was in and out faster than we could keep up. I had trouble getting a picture. In this picture she is being destructive again, she has jumped on it and collapsed the center. The tube you see standing up probably has a big boy in it.

Ok - so it won't let me give this a title. Hmmm....Well, the title would have been Zoo - nothing fancy or anything.

Good News - we had our camera in the bag with a bottle and the bottle leaked and the camera wasn't working. We tried even after letting it dry. So I thought I would at least try to get my pictures off and I got them easily. We thought the camera had met its demise and that this would be our last blog post for a LONG time (since we are poor and would not be able to purchase another camera). BUT...I tried one more time and IT WORKED! HOORAY! Now we can continue to keep a photographic record of Hannah and Benjamin without a few missed months!

We went to the zoo after church today. Last time we went with Joy and Aunt Mel we didn't get to see a lot of animals. It was lunch time and by the time we ate and let the kids play it was nap time for all. So I suggest to Joy and Mel to go back! They actually do have animals to look at!

Mama and Hannah looking at the Elephants
Daddy (kids below) looking at the Giraffes
Benjamin sleeping soundly
Petting the Goats
Staring at a camel.

Benjamin woke up - and as always is happy!

Daddy would say an animal such as "zebra" or "ostrich" and Hannah would point to it. When we got home I thought I would test her skills. I said "Hannah, where is the zebra" She went to her animal train and picked up the zebra and brought it to me. I kind of figured she knew the zebra, we worked on it at the zoo today and the other day she brought the zebra to Grammy when she asked for it. So I thought I would try another animal. I said "Hannah, where is the Giraffe?" She brought it to me! And so it continued with the elephant, tiger, monkey, and lion. I couldn't believe it! She has been watching baby Noah a lot and sometimes I hear her repeating the names of the animals with the video. They repeat the names and show a picture several times.

A picture for Grani

We were walking by and saw people with this zoo worker petting a snake. So we let Hannah pet it. After standing there for a minute and listening to her talk, this was not a zoo exhibit. One of the guests saw it in a tree and this girl (who works at the zoo) took it out and was letting everyone pet it. She said it was a rat snake. Hannah didn't seem scared at all, I freaked out a little when his head got near her hand because the girl was not holding the head at all where it wouldn't bite!

Benjamin's First Try at Cereal

HOW DID HE LIKE IT? YOU BE THE JUDGE!