Baby Animal Days

Last weekend we went to BABY ANIMAL DAYS with some friends and we had a great time! We saw piglets, calves, baby goats, baby ducks, chicks, lambs, AND a BEAR CUB! ROAR! We also saw a ginormous sheep...this picture just doesn't do it justice. In addition, Nicki Welling told us of her secret ambition to ride a mechanical bull. After much prodding, we still could not coerce Nicki to ride the bull...we were all so disappointed! By the end of all of this excitement, Benjamin was ready for his nap. So that was the end of our Baby Animal Days experience of 2010. Please click on the collage to enlarge it and enjoy the fun pictures!

Benjamin & Jessie

Benjamin loves Jessie - almost as much as I love her....but probably for different reasons. Benjamin loves her because she gives him vanilla wafers whenever he asks and he can throw all of her DVD's on the floor and they both just laugh about it....hysterically. Here are some pictures I took of Jessie and Benjamin before Jessie had surgery and can't get on the floor with Benjamin OR lift him...he's WELL over 10 pounds!

I had a video...but it wouldn't upload. Sorry, I'll try again later. It's a fun video! Thanks, Jessie, for being the best Aunt Jessie EVER! We love you!!!

Benjamin & Paige

Paige Alayna Stagg is my niece - my one and only sister's youngest daughter....did you follow that? Paige was born about 11 months after Benjamin and because Benjamin's birthday falls on the last day of September, he and Paige will be in the same grade together. They're pretty tight. When we were there a couple of weeks ago we took some fun pictures of Benjamin and Paige. Don't be alarmed by the top two pictures, he doesn't hate her...he just loves faces! The bottom right hand picture looks like they're arm wrestling...who do you think is winning? Click on the picture to make it bigger.

My dearest Beth Ann

I love Beth Bernards! We met each other shortly after we got home from our missions. We were music majors together, love pink together, sang in Properly Pink together (the GREATEST women's barbershop quartet EVER!), went to St. George together, got up early to work out together....you get the point. At any rate, she and her good husband couldn't very well live in the same city as me for the rest of our lives (though I thought it a great idea) so they moved away. Then they moved again, and again, and have moved yet again even farther away. But before they went far far away on Judea's plain, they came to say hello to me. Here are some fun pictures from our visit.

Here is sweet Boston LeGrand Bernards...he's such a doll!

Here are Boston and Benjamin looking guilty about something. Sadly, Benjamin wasn't quite feeling well...it made the visit not quite as fun....so sorry.

Here are me and Beth as mature as we always have been.

Here we are again....sorry about my less than steady camera hand. Doesn't help that I have short arms. How great it is to have such a wonderful friends!

The latest buzz

My awesome friend, Jessie Hylton, was over yesterday and we got to talking about children's hair. We talked about how it grows in thicker and fuller if it's buzzed. In fact, at work yesterday a lady that I work with told me that in South America they shave their babies heads, even girls, just so that it comes back in faster, thicker, and fuller. So I made that comment that I should give Benjamin a buzz. Then I said, I should just do it now. Jessie said that would probably be good because then when summer rolls around he doesn't have to worry about no hair and getting sunburnt as easily. So I did it...I buzzed Benjamin's head. I have more pictures, but just wanted to get this one out for now. He actually did really well...I was very impressed.

Of course he still looks darling and as cute as ever...but I kind of have cutters remorse. Only because I loved his soft, shiny baby hair. But nonetheless, it will grow back and he will look dashing...like he always does.

The new pick

Josh went to get his guitar, and this is what he saw!

I think Benjamin was using it to strum the guitar.

Sweet Dreams

Josh and I check on Benjamin every night before we go to bed. This is how we found our wonderful son the other night. When Josh went to take the picture I told him not to. But just this ONCE...I'm glad he didn't listen to me. When I look at this picture, all I can do is laugh. He's in such an awkward position, and yet he still looks so peaceful!