Just Be a Duck

Sunday, March 15, 2015

I'm 12 months old!

WEIGHT: 21 lbs

FAVORITE TOY: Balloons - for his birthday we blew up many many many balloons and I wasn't sure how they would go over. Well it turns out he LOVED them. Chasing them, kicking them, hitting them. Throwing them so they bounce off the fan. anything involving balloons and he has been a happy boy. He hasn't popped any yet - I'm sure then his love for balloons may be another story!

FAVORITE ACTIVITY: Making noises when he hits his mouth with his palm. I wasn't to say its what people do to reference a traditional indian? I don't know - trying to be politically correct - but thats the closest thing I can think of to the noise he loves to make. He also likes to play his lips... making a noise when he hits his fingers agains them. Hard to explain in words - but it's all about making weird noises. He also loves being chased! He loves to "run" away but ultimately loves being caught and tickled. He laughs the cutest little giggle.

MILESTONE: In the last few weeks he has really learned how to walk in his walker. He loves it because he can go wherever he wants - and isn't able to get into much trouble cause he is contained. When auntie Katie and Grandma Shirley were in town - they both encourages him to "run" around a lot and ever since then he has LOVED running from the living room to the kitchen.

DISLIKES: Being told no. He recently started throwing tantrums when he doesn't get to do what he wants to do. This can include things like - when you take away the remote control to the tv, if you take away the kleenex box cause he wants to pull out all the tissues. I guess he recently started to understand that when he starts to cry and fuss that we will try to do certain things to make him stop - and he thinks he can get what he wants... Smart boy.

Bennett was very serious during his photos this month.

Too old to smile now I guess :)

Pointed toes!

Profile

Again?!

He is always on the move now. during these sessions I always have to make sure Chris is standing close by incase of moments like this where he suddenly jumps forward!

BALLOONS!

Monday, March 2, 2015

The short month of February

Some random photos...

Lately he has been into climbing up the back of the couch

And wanting to eat anything and everything his momma is.

This night it happened to be pizza

And gummy snacks - notice the beggar Georgia waiting for something to fall on the ground

More snow

Bennett wasn't a fan

Not amused

He prefers to observe the snow from the warmth of indoors

I love this photo of him :)

Saw this when I was driving to lunch the other day. It looked very real at first! Totally made me do s double take!!!

Creative!

I run on dunkin

Bennett was playing upstairs with daddy! I think he enjoyed being able to see me from up there!

He is very into doing things he know will make momma or daddy run after him... Like crawling really quickly into the kitchen to play with the dog's water bowl. He will take off and then start laughing when he knows he is being chased. He loves being chased.

Chris has a sweet tooth and apparently so does Bennett. He usually only begs me for food/ but tonight daddy was the sucker! And boy did mint Oreos make s mess!

Love this blank stare of not understanding why momma is taking so many photos

Passed out cuddle bug!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

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.