Ben is 6 weeks old!

Bless little Ben's heart. He's had a rough first 6 weeks of life. He's on the mend and changing so much every day.

Apparently I'm boring him.

A tale of two completely different births

On the left we have Jack. On the right, Ben. On the left the hair is a little more crazy after 21 hours of labor, two hours of pushing, an epidural that was turned off and then a c-section. On the right; hair in place a little better after a scheduled c-section and a spinal that worked - aaahhhh!

Showing off my nieces and nephews

It's time to update. When Ben was two or three weeks old, Aunt Jen, Madison and Lauren came for a visit. I'm just now posting the pictures of that visit. I have since received some great pictures of Nicholas and Nathaniel and I had to post those; they are too cute. Nicholas is playing t-ball and it's just a scream! Enjoy!


















Aunt Jen and Jack

Lauren and Ben

Madison and Ben

Lauren, Nicholas, Madison and Nate

This picture kills me! Uncle Casey mowing and the boys in tow with their ear protection (aunt Jigi and uncle Sam are so proud).

And last but not least - t-ball. Is that helmet as big as Nicholas?

Memom and Nate watching the t-ball action!

This is what tired dancing looks like:

Jack is still into "Cars". He does the cutest dance during the, "Life is a Highway" song. But today he was so tired from his play date yesterday and missing his nap, he danced just a little. It was still funny - to me. I think he's also showing signs (ever-so-small) of better rhythm. Care to comment?

Look Alikes while reading

These are pictures of Jack reading and Ben reading at virtually the same age. I think they look alike here. More comparisons to come...


Ben

Jack

Late Easter Egg hunt Pictures

Easter weekend we tried to attend a Easter egg hunt at Eckert's. The line was so long that we didn't stay. Instead we took pictures with tractors and "Mater's daddy" (a truck) and the Easter bunny. It was cold and windy. The next day, (Easter), we had our own egg hunt in the yard. Here are the pictures.

We've had lots of other things going on lately, which I will update as soon as I can, but the blog has taken a back seat to life right now.

Mater's Dad

Egg hunt in our yard

Jack's excitement caught on tape!

More Jack and Ben Pictures

I made Ben a tri-fold black, white and red "book" since those are the colors he can see. He loves to "read". There are also a few shots of Ben and big brother.

Pictures from the Hospital with my camera

All the pictures so far have been from my mom's camera. I just loaded pictures in the computer from our camera today. Here are a few and there are tons more. I don't have a lot of free time anymore and my commentating will be short. Enjoy

Baby Ben has arrived!

Benjamin George was born March 17, 2009. He weighed 7 lbs. 7oz. and was 20" long with dark hair. As soon as he came out and the happy tears were flowing, Sam and I immediately noticed how much he resembled his big brother, Jack. Below are some of the pictures from the day. More to follow on a day that I don't need a nap desperately:)

The day started with Jack heading to school with his big brother t-shirt on.























Waiting on Sam to park.


















Heading back to surgery























Surgery's over, here comes baby Ben and Sam, (although he didn't have a name at this point).

Memom and Ben.

This is Jack on his way to the hospital to meet Ben. I LOVE this picture. Aunt Neen and Memom are bringing him. (He is sitting in Nicholas' car seat and reading Nicholas' books, trying to wear Nicholas' hat which is too small).

Our first picture as a family of four.