Swinging

The park just got a whole lot more fun. Our Bennett boy has joined the ranks of the swingers. He sure loves it. And his sister sure loves having her buddy by her side! She also loves pushing him, but has found it tricky to not get knocked over while she's at it:)

My Shadow

As I was curling my hair for church today, Addie came and asked if she could have her hair the same way. It was just too adorable!

Another Month Gone

It's that time again.

Bennett is another month older.

5 months!!!

I really love this age.  He's still a sweet, cuddly little baby, but he sleeps (most of the time) when he should and is becoming so social!

He sleeps pretty well, going to bed between 6 and 7 and waking up between 6 and 7.  Sometimes he wakes up around 5ish and we just pop his binky back in and he's good until morning.  The biggest thing about Bennett is that he is such a content, chill baby.  People are always commenting on how mellow he is.  He rolls with the punches quite well.

He is also sooooo giggly!  Whenever anyone around him laughs, he will usually laugh.  He knows just how conversations are supposed to work and is eager to be apart of the fun.  Last week in sacrament meeting, he was full on belly laughing during the sacrament.  So not reverent, but so adorable!

Here are a bunch of random pictures of Bennett:

He's so happy when he's surrounded by us.

I must have made a really funny face!

He spends a lot of time hanging out with Addie.

He is my cuddle bug and mine alone!
Scott tries to get Bennett to cuddle, but he won't have had it!  Those rights are reserved for his Momma.

Do you see the massive mosquito bite?!
His fair skin shows every little mark as if he's being beat.  But we would never do that:)

He got to go to the temple for the first time and was happy as usual.

 He likes to wake up early in the morning.  Early to me is 6:30.  Since he and Addie share a room, this means Addie (who usually sleeps until 7:30ish) is also up.  I am so not ready to start our day this early, that lot's of times we'll just come snuggle in my bed.  This particularly morning, Bennett kept launching himself on top of Addie.  He was out of control!  He wanted to be with her so badly.  Finally, I stopped fighting it and I let him maul her until she had had enough.  I loved seeing my kids really playing together!  See how happy Addie is?!  She really loves him.

He was particularly sleeping during this squash feeding.  He kept rubbing his eyes when I was feeding him, which rubbed squash ALL over his entire face.  It was adorable!

My goodness, this boy melts our heart!

Halloween Wrap-up

Our last Halloween event of the season was the ward Trunk or Treat.

Before we went we got all dressed in our costumes and headed to Chipotle for $2 burritos!

There are no pictures, because I was too busy eating delicious food.

Addie giggling with her friend.

 For weeks Addie has been OBSESSED with Halloween costumes.  She would ask random people at the grocery store what they were being for Halloween.  She'd ask me all day long what her Aunts, Uncles, Grandmas and Grandpas were being.  She was particularly obsessed with what her Aunt Sarah was going to be and would ask anyone who would listen if they knew what her Aunt Sarah was going to be.  She kept telling me that I was going to be Mrs. Potato Head to match our little Mr. Potato Head, but after working on the kids' costumes so much and spending more money than I cared to, Scott and I decided that we weren't going to dress up this year.  This was unacceptable to Addie!  Finally, the night before, we caved and started trying to figure out something we could do for the next day.  That's when the Double-Stuf Oreo was created!

Addie got to do a little fishing

She got some candy from the sister missionaries.
She is completely enamored with the sisters!

Got some wonderful face paint from my young women.

Met up with her friend Cinderella.

This girl made it out of there with more candy than a human being should ever consume!  We had such a fun Halloween season, but now come the best holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Oil Ranch

Every year for play group our ward goes to the Oil Ranch. This year was our first year to make the trip, and I'm so glad we did!  We were even lucky enough that Scott was able to take the day off to come with us.

Pumpkin Picking

Train Ride!

A whole lot of bouncing fun with friends.

 I really hoped to have an adorable pic of Addie riding a pony, but instead you get to see a pic of her flat out refusing to ride the pony.  The pony line was long and Scott was such a nice Daddy and melted in the blazing sun for the 20ish minutes that it took while I was in the shade feeding Bennett.  They even got attacked by fire ants.  All that, for nothing.  Oh well.

The boys took a little rest in the hay.

Addie got to meet "Daisy" and was shown how to milk her.
This is as close as Addie dared to get.  

Apparently Daisy did make quite an impression on Addie because she talked about her for the next few weeks!

Can you believe the sitter we have!  He did this long before he was even 5 months!

There was a tractor ride and the kids got to feed some cows.

We thought Addie would be too nervous to do it, but this cow didn't give her a choice!
He got right in her face and pinned her, so she had no option but to give him her food!

YMCA Bash

For our first time, we went to the Halloween party at the YMCA!

We've been missing out all these years!

I know that the lighting is horrible, but just take note of Bennett sitting completely by himself!
He's been doing it for weeks and it blows mymind!

Addie loved the bounce houses.
Except when the kids were too big and rough, she'd just lay there and let them bounce her around.

Getting some love from my Spud.

Addie even got to ride a camel.
Yes, a camel!

Thank goodness her friend, Jacob, was so excited to ride that he convinced Addie that it would be great.

Addie pretty much squeezed the life out of Jacob then entire ride.
But she said she loved it!