Walkin' & Talkin'

It is as it seems...Bennett does this all the time now!  Thankfully he also knows how to fall down without major injury.  It is a bit of a mummy walk with his arms out but it's sure amazing to us to watch him develop so fast.

Although Bennett still stares down most people for a good 5 minutes or so, when he gets babbling at home he can get pretty loud and make an array of sounds.  He also loves to make a fish face with his lips, click his tongue, clap, and open every cabinet and drawer in sight.  It's adorable, even the messes.

 Paxton wanted to take my picture, so here it is with my new haircut.  It is shorter than I've ever had it.  The photo doesn't show how short the back is, but you can tell I have some bangs now.

 No matter what he's wearing, in photos Bennett's eyes look quite blue.  But there are times when the light hits them a certain way his eyes can have a touch of green.  Bennett does need a haircut and I'm considering doing it myself.  Or maybe I should drive to Ogden to get the pro to show me - what do you think Jen?  I'm a little scared because baby hair is so fine and I fear it would should the tiniest mistakes even more.

 Paxton wanted a picture of his new shoes - they match his clothes perfectly here.  He just LOVES to be outside, I had to buy something brown because black or white seem to get so dirty so fast.  The only time he won't go out is when it's really windy, but otherwise, rain or shine, snow or not, he wants to play out there.

Here is Paxton at daddy's pottery wheel - he seems to enjoy it!  Jared is a bigger man than I (obviously) to let him get so messy.  I don't even like him to play with play dough!  But he is learning so many things, like how to write his name and understand what words begin with which letters and so on.  He still likes to paint with watercolors too.

Wonderful Christmas

Because pictures are worth a thousand words, we won't add too much to these photos but I'm sure you all know how enjoyable our Christmas was this year!

Our dog LOVES to unwrap presents too so she was right there at every opportunity.  At this point, she is more effective than Bennett.  Here you see him sporting a hand-made cap from our niece.  She is skilled and so sweet with our boys.  Paxton was really helpful trying to teach Bennett how to open his gifts.

One of the funnest gifts was this tunnel and pop-up tent set that Santa brought.  Both boys like to crawl through it, especially after each other.  Bennett, crawl towards the light, you're going the wrong way!

 

Look how big they are both getting!

At any given moment, Bennett has SOMETHING in his mouth.  I even caught him with his thumb in there today.  He loves to crawl around with whatever toy he has found clenched in his teeth.  Maybe he spends too much time with Chula?

The first, and only snow we had in the whole month of December.  Paxton had to make a snow angel.

We went to the "bouncy place" before Christmas and had a good time.  This whole warehouse has trampolines connected that you can jump from one to another, this section is just the kid's part.

Pre-Christmas we visited Grandma and she had her share of holding our hefty little guy.

This year for the Davis family Christmas party we decided to schedule in time to sing some Carols.  We all enjoy singing, but if it isn't planned we rarely break into song.

Wyatt, Bennett is too young to juggle three balls, he only knows how to juggle with two! By the way, have you finished eating those oranges yet?

Every kid loves it when the couch cushions are on the floor...our boys also like to play under the dining table.  Paxton says it's his house.

One down and ten more to go.  Bennett has loved eating Cheerios while we all sit down to eat.  We need more baby friendly finger food ideas for him, so any of you moms feel free to comment : )