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Bennett 's twin cousins were born a week ago during the great blizzard of 2016! I have been in New York staying with Katie and Cupcake during the transition to having the babies. 

While im away Bennett has been spending quality time with Grandma Shirley and Grandpa John who came to stay at our house in Virginia. Actually Chris has gotten to join in on the quality time since they have all been snowed in since Saturday! 

Bennett and Grandma in our driveway.

Reading books with Grandpa John 

Nightly cuddles

More investigating of the snow

Looks slippery!!!

I'm so thankful that John and Shirley have been able to take the time to stay with my baby so I can help my sister and brother (in law) get adjusted to having theirs!

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Bennett loves bubbles... We have a bottle of bubbles that we keep on top of the fridge... He was yelling at Chris for what he thought was "bobo" which is the word Bennett uses for dog... Nope - bubbles!

This face!!! Smiles!

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We always say Bennett does "monkey see". Awhile back I got an adult coloring book and whenever I am working on it, he insists on helping. Other monkey see moments are picking my phone up and "talking" on if which is usually when we are Facetiming Auntie Katie. She knows the side of his face, ear, and back of his head pretty well! He just started "showing" things to people while Facetiming - he'll turn the phone around to show you his toys or pets.

He loves sitting at his little table and chair that I got him. Usually while enjoying a snack. And usually he had all his toys lined up to watch him eat (or to keep a close eye on them!) 

Love his little crossed feet 😻

He also loves sitting in his high chair and putting his get on the edge of the table. This is a nightly occurrence during dinners! 

(All photos taken from today)

Jan9th 2015 -First Swim Lesson

One of the things I was most excited about when we first moved to our new house was that there was a year long swim school down the street (note: indoor). This seemed like a great idea to me - to get Bennett  started in lessons so by the time summer rolls around he would be comfortable in a pool.

I also figured this would be a good thing for Chris and Bennett to get to do together (when possible)...

So today was his first lesson. Parent child lesson.  It all started great! Waiting for his class he seemed excited to see he other kids in the water. Excited to be there! Happy!!!

I asked Chris to take our picture..

 This is as good as I get when I ask... When I questioned Chris he said "what?! You're in it aren't you!?" 

Yes... Indeed I am...

Cute speedo boy!

At this point I was watching from inside the parent waiting area...  Bennett is not happy

He sees me... Still not happy

At this point they asked me to come inside so to try to calm him down...

Reaching for momma

He finally seemed to have fun when he could either throw something or knock something over

Not into riding in the middle

Kicking

Not wanting to participate 

He was suppos d to be standing on the float... And as you can see - he is doing everything he can to not put his feet down

So he hated the first lesson... probably so did everyone else in class that had to listen to his screaming and crying.  Next class I will be going in the water with him... Hopefully it will get better!

Really hoping my baby turns into a water baby!!!

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Taking after my cousins and doing the one post a week for a whole year. Starting this off with a photo of Bennett Facetiming with his twin cousins

We can't seem to stop talking about when Katie and Cupcake's girls will arrive and he is as excited as I am to meet them!