Thursday, May 28, 2009
Awkward family photos
Let's just hope that the family reunion doesn't result in us ending up on this site! LINK!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
It's official
My name is now Mama according to Bennett. I'm not one to argue, so if you need me I'll be in the back yard basking in the glow of my new name.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
11 months
Dear Bennett,
You are eleven months old today. It's so strange how the months have flown, yet the weeks stood still. You are crawling like a champ and standing up now. Your balance is getting better and when you pull yourself up on stuff, you even let go for a little bit, testing the limits of gravity. Sure, you've taken some good tumbles and gotten some nasty bumps. The worst was when you sat down on the edge of a round tub with your bare butt during "free range baby" time. You howled with pain for a good ten minutes and ended up with a moon shaped bruise across both cheeks.
These tubs, once the objects of your desire (you even fell asleep clutching one), are no longer favorite things. You're still searching for a replacement.
You now have eight teeth and you are taking a well-deserved break from teething. Let's hope it lasts a good long time before you begin working on new ones.
You're eating a lot more stuff now: cheese, yogurt, pasta, biscuits, simple soups and sturdier fruits and veggies like apples, plums, pears, beans, carrot sticks, and even the occasional red pepper, but your favorites by far are green peas. Peas!!! I think it might be your first word, though I wouldn't be surprised if it was "cheese" instead.
Uncle S got you a baby pool and we set it up last weekend. You loved it! We got it set up today, but it's not quite warm enough. Maybe tomorrow you can play in it. We also hung your swing from the back porch. You seem to enjoy it, but you get restless after more than five or ten minutes and it's time to find another distraction.
That seems to be your style: 5-10 minutes and then it's time to move on. The only thing that keeps you still is reading stories. Let's hope this trend never changes!
Love you bunches,
Your mamma.
You are eleven months old today. It's so strange how the months have flown, yet the weeks stood still. You are crawling like a champ and standing up now. Your balance is getting better and when you pull yourself up on stuff, you even let go for a little bit, testing the limits of gravity. Sure, you've taken some good tumbles and gotten some nasty bumps. The worst was when you sat down on the edge of a round tub with your bare butt during "free range baby" time. You howled with pain for a good ten minutes and ended up with a moon shaped bruise across both cheeks.
These tubs, once the objects of your desire (you even fell asleep clutching one), are no longer favorite things. You're still searching for a replacement.
You now have eight teeth and you are taking a well-deserved break from teething. Let's hope it lasts a good long time before you begin working on new ones.
You're eating a lot more stuff now: cheese, yogurt, pasta, biscuits, simple soups and sturdier fruits and veggies like apples, plums, pears, beans, carrot sticks, and even the occasional red pepper, but your favorites by far are green peas. Peas!!! I think it might be your first word, though I wouldn't be surprised if it was "cheese" instead.
Uncle S got you a baby pool and we set it up last weekend. You loved it! We got it set up today, but it's not quite warm enough. Maybe tomorrow you can play in it. We also hung your swing from the back porch. You seem to enjoy it, but you get restless after more than five or ten minutes and it's time to find another distraction.
That seems to be your style: 5-10 minutes and then it's time to move on. The only thing that keeps you still is reading stories. Let's hope this trend never changes!
Love you bunches,
Your mamma.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Birthday, Grandpa
My Grandpa Pratt was born on this day in 1910. Inevitably his birthday would fall on Easter from time to time. So, the tradition began to take his photo in front of the tree the family planted just after he was born.
The last one was taken a couple years before his death, and you can see how big the tree has gotten out in the yard! As far as we know that big tree is still standing by his home, across the field from the family homestead, down by the Solomon River, shading the house and quietly marking time.
Happy Birthday, Grandpa.
The last one was taken a couple years before his death, and you can see how big the tree has gotten out in the yard! As far as we know that big tree is still standing by his home, across the field from the family homestead, down by the Solomon River, shading the house and quietly marking time.Happy Birthday, Grandpa.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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