Christmas fun

Baby steps and baby reindeer. This kid is so much fun!

We are having a great holiday thus far. Nona arrived on Christmas Day and Grandma and Pop arrived on Thursday. Here are a few fun pictures....

Christmas Time

It's hard to believe that Benjamin is 10 weeks old! I haven't updated the blog since before he was born. The time has been wonderful but going by oh so fast! Everyone warned us about this- so I am not surprised. All we can do is take in every single moment and enjoy it... and we are doing just that!

We are currently working on mastering the art of napping. We have Aunt Meredith aka " sleep consultant" to help guide us in the ways. Meredith is graphing and researching and lucky for me- she gives me the condensed version of what we should be doing. I have to say that things are going fairly well so far and we seem to have crafted a pretty regular routine. (yes, I am using Meredith's charting graph and Jason thinks we are nuts)

Part of the overall routine involves the evening bath which we have dubbed the "Willard Spa". Ben loves his bath time! We dim the lights and Ben gets to splash around in the warm water to relax. So much fun! Bed time falls around 9-9:30 and he will usually sleep until about 3am. Jason is off until Jan 7th and so he has been taking the 3 am shift which is absolute heaven for me. Benny is then up again around 6 and I pull him up into bed for that feeding. Oh the life of a little baby! Did I just say little? Benjamin is weighing in at 13 pounds! He is a little chunk! I can't wait to see what the dct says at his appointment next week.

I am feeling much better and just got the green light to start exercising. I have been walking and just started taking Ben in the bjorn which we both love.

We have a Christmas tree and it is beautiful. Jason put up outdoor lights as well. (a strand of red, white and then blue) which our friends are jiving us about. We are very excited for Benjamin's first Christmas- even though he won't really remember any of it, it is fun for us.

So much to be thankful for!

I go to Vallejo usually every week to visit with Mere and Alina. This week I took up matching outfits and we put Ben and Alina together and it was hysterical. (see the pics below)

This will no doubt be the first of many photo sessions with the 2 of them together.

Christmas Tree Tailgater

We went to Skyline Ranch to cut a Christmas Tree. Who knew it was a tailgate? The Barberini's knew. We had a great time. We dressed Ben in camo so the bears wouldn't notice him. LOL!

Holiday Fun

We had a fun week. Johnny and I ran a turkey trot on Sunday (no babies on the trail so Ben took the opportunity to nap) and for Thanksgiving we all went to the big house (Byron has a new friend). Maybe all the fun is what is helping him sleep a little longer at night!

He's got a pretty big baby face!

Ben is gaining chins but he is so darn cute. It must be his coach potato attitude. He was channel surfing trying to lose a chin and then I caught him dozing during the 49ers game.

He's growing so fast!

Everything is happening so quick. How do we slow it down? I guess we can't slow it down but we can just love every second of it. And if you can't tell...we are loving him!