Benaiah's first bites

Cute cowgirl

"Pwincess"

Sometimes she is a "Butterfly Pwincess" and other times a "Butterfly Dancing Pwincess".

Love is in the air...

...beautiful fresh fall air. We had a great time out at dinner, then out for ice cream and made sure to come back after the kids (at least the two older ones) were in bed!

Max has the sexy detective look going.

Gramma here means...

Date Night!!!!

Working hard

Max took a temporary break from hunting this long weekend to work on cleaning up the yard. The kids were ecstatic to have him around and to help him on yard work. Max's mom is here until tomorrow because Max has been gone a lot due to work and now hunting, which is a good break for him. Having Gramma Shell here is a great break for me!

Raking Leaves

Gloria and JB are raking leaves on a beautiful fall day. The changing trees are so pretty right now. JB was very motivated because we said that he could earn a quarter by helping rake and bag leaves.

Sporting a hand-made hand-me-down

There's no question that this is a hand-me-down from his older brother. A very cozy one. JB was born in Grand Forks, ND and when Gramma Shell was visiting ND, we went to Cabela's in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. We bought some big Cabela's sweatshirts that were on Clearance and Michele with her sewing talent made a sleeper/cold-weather suit for JB when he was baby-sized. It's 38 degrees here now and supposed to only get up to 51 degrees today, so this will keep Benaiah warm on our errands. Not exactly Grand Forks cold here, but after the warm fall weather we're used to, it kinda feels like it.

Animals and Insects

We could not resist dressing them up. We finally decided to take them trick-or-treating in the immediate neighborhood. It turned out to be a very good way of connecting with the neighbors. Actually, only Max went out with them. I stayed and had fun with my little elephant.

Big ears

JB wore this elephant outfit at about 9 months and it fits Benaiah tighter at 6 months!

Look, I can sit now!

Here's big foot!

zipline fun

We went back to the pumpkin patch and tried out the zipline this time. It was less intimidating without the mud I guess (last time it had rained and was muddy).

JB and Gloria as babies

Gloria as a baby in Jump Up

JB at 2-3 months

I think I know what Benaiah is going to look like in about 3 months. This is JB at 9 months. Benaiah is now 6 months. See the resemblance between brothers?

6-month old Benaiah

He's just starting to sit, although I have to be with him because he might tip over. He only "slithers" backward on his tummy. He can roll over from his tummy to his back but not from his back to his tummy. He kicks his legs a lot and hard! I think he's always checking to see if he'll bounce like he does in his beloved "Benaiah Bounce Up"...otherwise known as Johnny (or Jolly) Jump Up. He loves sucking his thumb.

Beautiful fall day

Our outdoor swing was being put to good use (birthday present from Max to Tams) with Gramma Shell reading to all three grand kids. They sure do love having grandparents around...me, too...since I can watch from the sidelines. I was sick all last week (along with Benaiah) and still getting over the tail end of the nasty cold, so this was a much needed break last weekend!