Creeping Baby on the Loose

Ezra has been getting up on his knees for a few weeks now but he finally crept forward today! He rolls from back to tummy and tummy to back and can sit up for a [very]short period of time....so it won't be long before there is a BABY ON THE LOOSE! Ezra is behind the other boys in this development. Ben sat alone and crept at 3 1/2 months and fully crawled at 5 months and Elijah sat and crawled (backwards, mostly) at 5 months. It's kind of nice to have one develop at a slower speed, maybe he won't walk at 9-10 months like the other two!

Flintstone Feet

I'm so embarrased of my feet sometimes. They're dry, wide, stubby toed and my toenails are short and wide. They only look cute on little boys! (Elijah and Ezra have my feet) Yabba Dabba Do!

Expressive Little Man

So I decided to have a little photo session with my super expressive little man. I bought this awesome, over sized wicker bowl that I got at target for dirt cheap and when I saw it, I immediately thought of it as a photo prop for infants--there I go, thinking like a photographer, one day maybe! I tried using this cute bucket but he really didn't like being in it--see pic #2.

He is soooo skinny, I was almost nervous to post these nearly nudes of him for fear that people would accuse me of malnourishment abuse! I jokingly prayed while pregnant that God would grace me with a lethargic baby with a high metabolism and now I'm beginning to wonder if God took me seriously!

When I look at this picture I see a little turtle stretching his head out of his shell. Ha--I love it!

This is my favorite, I love the spittle on his lip!

Happy 30th Kenny

Today was Kenny's 30th birthday. We didn't have a party or anything extravagant at Kenny's request but I couldn't resist getting him black balloons and a banner since he has poked fun at my age for nearly two years!

He let Ben release the balloons into the night sky and I teased Kenny to just let go of the negative energy that was surrounding him with turning 30.....haha. Oh well, it's just another birthday! Why can't it be fun like when we were little kids??? It is inevitable that we will age, my wish is that we will just enjoy the journey. Happy Birthday hon...I love you "Old Man"....love your even older lady!

Monster Jam

Benjamin has become a HUGE fan of Monster Jam....this all began when he was just 20 months old. Yeah, we were just a little crazy to think that a one year old would wear the ear phones because of the noise....it didn't bother him a bit, we ended up leaving a little early because he refused to wear them towards the end. After the first Monster Jam show we started to buy him the hot wheels monster trucks which became an obsession for Kenny's dad, he bought him a new one each time he went to the store and would call all the time to check on which ones he had and which ones he needed for his collection! Monster trucks were Ben's "security" item, he constantly had several in his bed and usually one in each pocket and always took them in the car! He would play with them by lining them up like a train (funny, Elijah does that now!) and still, he enjoys playing with them. Well, we decided that this year we would treat him to the big show knowing that he would finally truly enjoy the whole experience! Kenny's Dad and brother Steven joined them and Ben was super excited to be able to see a show in person rather than recorded shows....he thought that because he was going to see a live show that he would be able to later see himself on TV when they show this..LOL, I was sorry to disappoint him!

Getting the autograph of the driver of his favorite truck--Grave Digger.

I'm looking forward to the day that I get better flash equipment for indoor lighting!

Ben is at that stage where he makes this same awkward, fake smile...sometimes it even looks like he just got bit by a bug or is scared or something...it drives me crazy....well, that's not a long drive for sure, ha!

this picture makes me laugh cuz it looks fake, like I staged one of Ben's trucks in the back yard in a pile of dirt!

Ezra--5 Months

Ezra is just so darn cute! I love his gorgeous blue eyes and his toothy big grin that just lights up his entire face (all of the boys have this smile feature that they are blessed with from they're daddy). This Bear suit is a hand-me-down from Elijah and it was the best $15 spent...can believe I was unsure if I should spend that much money on such a thing! What a dork, I can be so cheap sometimes!

I tried to capture how Ezra smiles for Kenny, it is almost instantaneous if Kenny looks at him! Don't let those cute teeth fool you either, he can be vicious with them!

yay!

Kenny is growing his hair out! But not for long I imagine, he hates it!

More Snow

More snow....another 2 hour delay for school tomorrow.....oh well, it will be another easy going morning, no rushing around so early. This morning, Elijah brought me Ben's hair stuff (Got to be glued) and said, "look like Ben?" I told him that maybe we will do it later but obviously that wasn't good enough for him so he "prettied" himself up, when Kenny saw him he asked if he was trying to be Wolverine from X-men, hahaha! I left it like that all day, now granted we didn't go anywhere important...

CHEEEEEEZZZZ.............how funny is this, doesn't he look like he belongs in a Dr. Seuss book?

This is a common look that I get from Ben these days....poor thing, I think he has my attitude!

WOW, an actual smile, and what a sweet one it is! I can't decide if I really want to let him grow his hair out. Kenny wants it cut short (very short) and I kinda want it shorter so I can continue to style it but he wants it grown out, skater-like. He enjoys fling it to the side......we will see and so will you all. ha