Christmas Day

Benjamin celebrated his first Christmas! He had a great time visiting with Gram and Pop Pop, opening gifts, and playing with the wrapping paper and bows. We went to church on Christmas Eve, and he seemed to enjoy the service and kept pointing to the lights!

Aunt Nicole, Uncle David, and Emma were at our house with Gram and Pop Pop that night, and we opened most of our presents then. Ben got a lot of new books, toys, and clothes. He is a lucky little boy, and thanks everyone for his gifts.

We spent Christmas morning at home, then went to see Ben's Grandpa and Grandma Sawicki in the afternoon. Overall we had a very nice Christmas and hope that you all did too!

Enjoy the pictures and Happy New Year!

Ten Months Old

Benjamin has been busy as usual! He is chattering up a storm, and exploring the house more every day. We feel like we are constantly chasing him around, but I know that will get worse when he's walking. He also likes to climb anything-the fireplace, the bouncer, etc. Not good. Also, he is showing an ever-increasing interest in books. He looks at them himself and has several favorites already. Here are some pictures of the little ham!

Ben loves this box!

Ben and Emma dressed in their finest

These are the chairs that my sister and I had when we were little-just the right size!

Ben pulled all of these books down himself and looked at them for a while. I caught him making this silly face at the camera!

Teeth!

Benjamin was being a funny man tonight at dinner, so here are a couple of videos. I was making faces at him while he was supposed to be eating, and he was easily distracted. The first one he's just laughing a lot, and in the second one, he's more interested in talking and chewing on the spoon. If you look closely, you can see his new teeth! He has the two front ones on top and bottom now. And also if you look closely, you can see the bruise on his forehead from his dive into the ottoman yesterday. Poor baby. He has been exploring a lot more, and is therefore quite dangerous-see the picture below! (He climbed into the windowsill all by himself!)