Easter & a whole lot more

Lottie is almost 4 months and Bennett is almost 21 months.  Time has been flying by these last few months.  We love being parents of 2 kids.  Sometimes a little bit of a handful but so rewarding.  I find myself tearing up a lot with the little things they do and just thinking that I have never been happier.

We had Lottie's blessing in our ward a few weeks ago.  It was such a special time.  She looked so pretty in her little dress but was so much happier when it was off. 

Lottie sure lets her personality shine through.  She is happy most of the time like Bennett is.  She is constantly smiling and is starting to laugh a lot also.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bennett is getting so big and independent.  He loves to climb anything in sight and gets into almost everything. He loves to help with Lottie and gives her an unlimited amount of kisses. He talks gibberish nonstop and will throw in a real word now and then. He is such a crack up.

While watching Frozen the other day Bennett just stood up during Love is an Open Door and sang "Open Door" at the right part. So random that I can't catch these things on video yet.

When Sam called my cell last week, I was putting Lottie in her bed so I wasn't around to answer the phone. Bennett grabbed the phone but missed the call so he swiped the phone and called Sam back.  He also put it onto speaker because that is what I usually do.  I heard Bennett talking nonstop from the other room and wondered what was going on.  He ran towards me and kept saying "dada".  I could hear Sam on the phone trying to get Bennett to bring me the phone.  It really was so hilarious and Bennett was so excited that he was talking to daddy without me there.

First day of Nursery.  He loves it in there.

Bennett loves these 2 stuffed animals.  He always greets them with a kiss and will
make us kiss them multiple times a day.

  

 

 

 

Bennett and Lottie already love each other so much.  Lottie is very cautious with Bennett around.  She is really only safe when I put her in the swing and leave the room.  Bennett can be overly excited around her sometimes and she gets hurt but he is trying to be gentle around her.  Photo shoots together don't always work out but they end up being the cutest pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter was so wonderful and we had such a nice day and look forward to so many more holidays with these two.  Bennett doesn't quite understand what is going on yet but he loved his red pants!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter & Crawling

We have a great time over Easter.  We were able to go to Utah to spend time with family and friends for the weekend.  It went by so quickly but we had a fun time.  I was nervous that Bennett would be too scared to be around everyone in my family but he loved it.  He loved watching everyone and he even let them hold him.

Who can deny a little Easter photo shoot!!

 

 Bennett's first Easter Eggs Hunt!  He loved the eggs & he loved to watch all his cousins in action.

Barrett

Caleb

Benjamin

Maddie, Spencer & Sami

Judson

 Then we just had fun hanging out on the deck.  It was a great day.

Snuggling with Aunt Rachelle

Chris, Sadie & Maddie

Perfect night to hang out until after dark.

Bennett loved trying to imitate Chris.

We have a Bowling Tradition with Chris and Sadie almost every time we go to Utah.  This was Bennett's first time joining us.

 Bennett just loved my mom and had fun singing songs with her. 

Bennett also thought it was the most hilarious thing when Sam was playing basketball.

Back at home and we now have a crawler!!  It hit him a couple weeks ago that he could actually move forward.  He loves exploring everywhere!!

Here are videos of his first few times crawling.  He was crawling like he was a little tipsy but really got the hang of it especially if we would put something in front of him that he knew he wasn't supposed to play with like the laptop, remote or phone.  He is professional now

Bennett is also climbing up and standing.  Yikes!!  He does have a few falls but he is pretty good.

Here are a few other random things going on around here:

We were trying to brave the blizzard we had here.  We got over 40 inches in a couple weeks!!  The wind doesn't make it the easiest snow to go out and play in.

Bennett gets super bed head throughout the night while he is going crazy moving all around in his crib.  This is one of his many hair styles when he wakes up in the morning.

 He has loved using his feet to hold things.  This video is the perfect example.  Maybe one day he will be playing the piano with feet!