Bennett these days...

Doesn't he have the sweetest blue eye's you've ever seen?  

This is my 14 month old.  He is so energetic and busy!  But I love him for that.  He definitely keeps me on my toes!  Probably one of his favorite activities is to go into the bathroom, open the drawers and pull everything out as fast as he can and throw it on the tile.  Then he moves under the sink and pulls everything out of that and throws it on the tile.  We like to call him the "tile tester" around here! Don't ever leave your phone laying around or... you guessed it! He'll throw it on the tile. 

He loves hats.  Bryan always wears a hat to work, so when he comes home, Bennett just says "Hat! Hat!"... cute little thing :D

He says so many words.  I am always amazed at how much he knows! It seems like everyday there is a new word he learns.  Lets see if I can list them all here: 

Ooosh (shoes)

Hat

Hot (he usually says this when he sees steam, when his food is hot or when we put him in the carseat... that can definitely be hot!)

Bankie (blanky)

Beekie (binky)

Ummmm (whenever he eats ANYTHING)

Baba (bottle)

Wawa (water)

Bah (ball.  He also says this when he wants to go outside.  Because we are at my aunt and uncles house, he always sees the basketball court right outside when we go, so he just says "bah, bah, bah!" when he wants to go out!)

Duggee (Doggie)

De-ee(Kittie)

Mama

Dada

Dough (throw)

Kicki (kick it)

New, New (no, no... of course haha)

Choo-Choo (for trains, cars, trucks, etc)

Eeee! (wee, when he goes down the slide)

OOOO!(he says this for anything he sees that he wants to play with!)

His favorite word: Hiiiii! He is so friendly and says this to everyone, especially the girls.  Oh dear, I've got a little ladies man on my hands!

He also knows baby sign language, and loves learning new words! With baby sign, he knows: 

more

cracker

food

all done

dog

baby

signing time(he does this when he wants to watch the movie)

milk

He blows kisses, waves bye-bye and hi, and is just a pretty good communicator! He jabbers a lot, and I can tell he has a few words that are just on the tip of his tounge!

Splashing in the watering can

He says lots of animal noises! Probably his favorite is Dog... he can hear those from a mile away and just starts barking until I acknowledge him. :D He says sounds for:

Dog

Cat

Horse

Cow

Duck

Chicken

Snake

Bear

Monkey (for this he just breathes in and out of his nose really fast... I'm not sure where he got that!)

Riding the Vaccum!

He loves to "read" stories.  He will bring me a book, mainly just wanting to flip through and see all the animals.  He is just too impatient still to hear the story :D 

Although he is mostly sweet, he has been starting to throw little tantrums and will scream like a little girl... so joyful I know.  We're working on using our "quiet voice". :D

When he wakes up in the morning or from his naps, he throws everything out of his crib (except one blanket) and onto the floor. If he keeps a blanket, he will hand it to me to put on my shoulder.  He likes to lay his head down on my shoulder :D

Nice... :D

He is SUCH a daddy's boy.  He wakes up in the morning asking for "dada!" and starts to cry when I tell him he is at work.  When Bryan gets home from work, he jumps right in the shower before holding Bennett, because he's been spraying pest control.  Bennett thinks this is the WORST thing in the world! He cries and screams until Bryan gets out and there is nothing I can do about it! Needless to say, he loves his Daddy!

I love seeing Bennett learn and grow.  He changes so much everyday! I can't wait to see what he will do next :D 

I love you Bennett boy!

World's worst blogger?

So I think that I should officially be dubbed "World's Worst Blogger"!  For me, the purpose of having a blog has been to stalk everyone else's blogs and to keep them all organized.  Well thats what it has been in the past, but I am going to try to be a little better about it.  At LEAST once a month... haha (keeping my fingers crossed!) Not that you all CARE that much about our lives... :D  But we are LEAVING to live across the country, and I think this will be the best way to stay in touch with everyone.  Bear with me here... 

Well I have a one year old!   He is actually on his way to being 14 months, but we'll look over the procrastination on my part... This year has flown by, and we have had so much fun getting to know our little one and being parents! 

We had a very fun birthday party for Bennett with some friends and family... I wish I had gotten a picture of everyone who came! It was quite the party!

Bennett's Birthday cake and cupcakes... I'm an amateur ok? 

Yum!!!

Probably one of his favorite birthday presents... this CUTE little puppy.  He sleeps with him and we can hear him barking in the mornings :D

Easter Sunday: wearing the cute outfit from Grandma Mimi

My mom and I flew out to Philadelphia with me to look for places to live.  We had a really fun trip together!  We rented a car and drove all over the place.  It was SUCH a beautiful time of year to be there... everything is green and growing and the weather wasn't too hot just yet.  

At Reading Terminal (a very fun open market with fun things for sell...) getting my first ever Philly Cheese Steak!  It was ok... they told me that the original way it was made was with Wiz cheese, so I got it that way, wanting to be authentic and everything.  I didn't love it though. I think I'll do provolone or something like that next time... Notice the man making my cheesesteak smiling in the background!

Aunt Glenda was there for a convention for her husbands work so she met up with us at Reading Terminal.  We tasted sooooo many delicious little treats :D

Independence Hall.  We got there too late to do the tour, but I'll be living there for the next 3-4 years so I figure I'll get there sometime.  Visitors, anyone? 

We went exploring and found Bryan's school, right in the heart of the city!  I'm so excited and proud of him!

The next day we decided to do a little exploring.  We went out to Amish country (Intercourse, PA... I know, weird...).  It really was so beautiful! We saw so many little buggies and cute little children running around. We even saw a man plowing his field with 4 HUGE horses! That was really amazing.  There is this touristy place called Kitchen Kettle Village that was really fun to explore.  They have little shops and good things to eat.  My favorite place was this jam and relish shop.  You can taste EVERYTHING in the store, and all of it is SO good! Oh my, it was like having lunch.  I will bring you here when you come to visit me :D

Kitchen Kettle Village!

Then we drove down to Delaware to this beautiful estate called Winterthur Gardens.  It was owned by the Du Pont family, who made millions by selling gun powder during the revolutionary war.  The grounds are extensive with beautiful gardens, and it was (as I've said...) the PERFECT time to be there.  All of the Azaleas were in bloom and it was gorgeous.  The house, a 9 story, 175 room HOUSE, has been turned into a museum for American style furniture, all of which Henry Francis du Pont loved to collect.  All of the pieces are original from the time period, and it was seriously amazing.  I did, however, study much interior design at BYU, so that is kind of a passion of mine :D

The beautiful azaleas!

A side view of the huge mansion.  

And there you have it! A quick update on our busy lives.  Since Philadelphia, we have been down to California to surprise Bryan's dad for his 50th birthday.  When we got back, I came down with Appendicitis and had surgery for that (yay!).  Bryan is working spraying for pest control, and we are just biding our time until we move to PA.  Hopefully I can keep my self together when that time comes...

(OH ok... one more of Bennett :D)