First snow day of 2015

The other day when I posted "snow"... That was nothing compared to this week! We got between 7-10 inches overnight. 

It snowed and then froze - which resulted in a mess. Chris and I both had "snow days" off work so we kept Bennett home from school too

I went outside to document our snowfall and ended up with a ton of snow in my shoes! I was not prepared for how deep the snow was. 

When Chris shoveled the back - he wore flip flops... At least he had real shoes when he did the front - although one of our neighbors was giving him s hard time for not wearing a coat. 

Bennett learned how to walk in his walker... He needed a little help but was thrilled he could "walk" on his own!9

We had a long day of playing... And it ended with him falling asleep while we watched the latest episode of Downton Abbey 

Boxes

Chris and Bennett went upstairs the other day and Chris was the only one who came down... 

- So I asked where Bennett was and he said he was still upstairs

And then he leaned down

He played in this diaper box for a good 30 minutes 

So much fun!

Bennett's1st Valentine's Day

Bennett's class was going to do a Valentine's Day exchange so I wanted to do something cute. Katie helped me research different ideas and I decided on the following -

This was my intention:

This is how is actually turned out. Wish I could have gotten the lollipop to be in his hand but it just didn't work out that way. Oh well! Everyone at school still thought it was cute!

My wonderful husband surprised me at work by sending flowers

Elyse Ray-fuss 

And the sweet card ((swoon))

Bennett's school had a "wear pink or red"day for Valentine's Day. I originally I thought we could find one of his UofA shirts - but most of them are blue. So I found the i<3NY shirt that Auntie Katie got him! It was perfect for Valentine's Day!

This was when I went to see him at school

Chris also got me the cup, stuffed animal and balloon.

Bennett's school is the best! This is his Valentine's Day bag that he brought home with all his Valentines in it

All our loot!

Cousins Vera and Harper sent us the cutest card! Thanks Auntie Cody! We loved it!

Baby Bennett playing - he gets into everything now!

Train time!

He almost looks like he is doing the sign for "I love you"

We had a great Valentine's Day! I am so blessed to have my boys - my Valentines!

Bennett's first birthday party (attended - not his)

Azad, Bennett's friend from school, invited us to go to his birthday party! This was our first invite to one of his friend's (his age) parties so we had to go! 

On a side note- I don't really know any of the other parents of Bennett's classmates very well. I have seen them in passing but never really had an extended conversation with any of them - so Chris and I were both kind of nervous. 

It really ended up being such fun. Bennett had a great time! A lot of his friend showed up - and it was kind of neat to meet both parents of the babies (most of the time I only see one of the parents depending on who works closer to their school).

Azad's parents are both doctors so I was excited to see what his party was going to be like. I had head that when they originally toured the school- that Azad's dad admitted to delivering many of the babies in the center! Crazy! 

Well needless to say - they did a great job and went above and beyond my expectations!

The cake (larger than my wedding cake)

Dessert table

Bennett and daddy by the cake before many of the guests arrived

It was kind of neat that they put out photos of Azad's throughout his life 

Chris and I admired this series - too cute!

Party bags - with masks

All the babies were supposed to wear masks. Moms wore ear headbands. Dads had hats.

Bennett didn't like his mask

He liked momma's elephant ears!

Daddy's hat didn't fit very well

Family selfie

Baby elephant

I switched out my ears for smaller ones... Cow ears?

The babies had so much fun with this bean bag toss game

On the move!

I've never seen this before. They had 5 things on the floor in a row. The 5 things were to symbolize different career paths. Azad's ran straight for the keyboard - guess they have an artist/musician in the making!

They had a table with this book on it...

I LOVED this idea! It was a"guest book" - mat board that you signed... But you made a fingerprint animal and then signed your name!

It was sad because I think a lot of people didn't get a chance to do this part of the project- but we sure did!

We each made our "owl" with our own fingerprints. Chris made fun of mine cause I messed up the eyes... 

Happy family 

As we sang happy birthday - he got shy

He did not like the idea of the smash cake - didn't want to do it

Happy 1st Birthday Azad's! We had a great time!