Water Baby!

Ben went swimming with his friend in her wading pool today. He had so much fun and really didn't want to get out when it was time to go! He crawled all over the place and kept putting his face totally under the water. It made me a nervous wreck, but he didn't seem to be having any trouble holding his breath. Once he even slipped and fell in all the way on his back. I got him out as quickly as possible, and he really didn't even cough then. He just smiled and reached to be put back in the water. Maybe we have a future swimmer!

FFF

Ben LOVES the park and just being outdoors in general. He could hang out in this spot, looking through the bars, and feeling the breeze on his face all day I think. I love the look of total joy on his face in this picture. That's why I chose it as my fave even though I have a lot of others that are a better quality picture. This one is just so totally him! For more FFF, go to Sarah's blog!

Backyard Fun

Ben absolutely LOVES being outdoors. He doesn't care what we are doing, he just loves being outside. Last night we were grilling out so he was outside crawling around in the grass. He played with his soccer ball and had a blast chasing bubbles from the automatic bubble blower I set up for him. He is such a happy baby! Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Outdoor Fun!

The weather was sooo very nice yesterday that we spent most of the afternoon/evening outdoors. Here are a bunch of pics of our outdoor fun!

Tony and my niece putting mulch around our bushes

Drew flying (or at least attempting to fly) his kite

Ben's silly grin

Ben playing in the sprinkler

Ben getting his feet wet in the sprinkler

Belle working with the plants. She planted flowers, put down mulch, watered the shrubs and generally had a blast!

Belle trying to fly her kite.

Ben playing soccer
Tony showing off his soccer skills

Belle giving her mommy (my sister) flowers she picked.

Even the dogs wanted to come outside! (They did get to come out for a while but couldn't stay out because they were trying to get the food from the grill)

Tony and Ben sharing a moment
One of Belle's many falls-this time because she stepped on the soccer ball as she was trying to kick it! There are a whole series of shots leading up to this that crack me up!
Ben attempting to throw the soccer ball.

We had so much fun and are looking forward to lots more nice days outdoors spending time together!

FFF-Mommy

This week's Fave Foto Friday theme from Sarah's blog is Mommy. I have lots of Mommy and Me pics, but I narrowed it down to two.

The one is from the very first day I met Ariana in our hotel in Guatemala City. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. She looked at me with such curiousity and then broke out into a huge smile. I am so thankful for those memories with her.
This one is from the very first time I held my sweet baby Ben in my arms. It was in the NICU and he was 6 days old. I remember this moment like it was yesterday. I was standing there, looking down at him, not really believing that it was really happening. I remember looking at the adoption agency director and asking if I could hold him. I'll never forget her response-"Why are you asking me? He's YOUR son!" She snapped this picture for me with my cell phone because the other babies were sleeping and the flash from my regular camera was too bright. The picture quality is terrible, but it's still my favorite.

For more FFF's, head on over to Sarah's blog: http://www.kissthefrog4me.blogspot.com/

More pics of my sweet boy!

Ben in his new Gymboree jammies.

Having a snack

Sweet smile



Precious baby

"Evil Ben"

Too cute!

My camera is finally repaired!

I am having a minor celebration that my Canon camera is finally fixed and home again! These aren't the greatest pictures because my subject was less than cooperative and it was a gloomy day out, but I had to take a bunch just because I'm so happy my camera is back!

This is Ben's Michael Jordan look-he sticks his tongue out like this any time he is concentrating on something. It cracks me up!

Ben loves looking out the windows!

Fake smile for the camera (please ignore the messy house!)

This boy LOVES his books and he is so careful with the pages!