First Christmas

'Twas a wonderful, white Christmas for Bee Boppin' Bennett!

Bennett was very pleased with the amount of gifts he had to open.










Rory, not so much.

Oh, how the times have changed!








We had a pretty mellow Christmas overall. Woke up, started the breakfast casserole (Nana's yummy recipe), unloaded our stockings, opened presents (Bennett tried to eat them), played with Bennett's toys, Skyped with family, ate breakfast, cleaned up all the wrapping paper, gathered up kid & gear and heeaded out to the city golf course for some cross-country skiing, then went over to the Hardan's for an awesome Christmas dinner. It was a great Christmas Day - thanks everyone for all the gifts!!

more christmas goodness

one way to get a baby to sleep...

dog?

Bennett's new discovery this week: Logan!

I was sitting with BeeBop on my lap when Logan came over and sat right in front of us. Then, for the first time ever, Bennett reached out with his fingers spread wide to pet Logan's face! It was so cute. When Logan turned away, he simply put his hand down. Then when she came in close again, Mr. B tried to pet her again. It just seems so crazy for him to be at this stage already...but I guess he's been grabbing things for awhile now.

Logan & BeeBop will be BFFs after all!!

4 months!

We survived 4 months!!! Yay!!!



well, let's see...Bennett is now 14 pounds and 25 inches long - just your "average" baby according to the doctor, which is fine by us. We like "average" around here. He's rolling over, smiling, laughing, reaching & grabbing things, focusing on objects, following things with his eyes, sleeping in 4 to 7 hour stretches at night, "talking" a lot to himself and his funny lookin' Papa, and is getting better at eating oatmeal cereal. We haven't tried anything else yet, but he seems to be into the spoon thing. Good on you, Bennett!!

B's first tracks

Today we decided to get Bennett (and ourselves) out of the house after spending all week indoors avoiding the -20 degree temperatures!! If this kid is gonna be a rough and tough Montana boy he better get used to the snow, by gawd!! So we drove up to MacDonald Pass and tried out the new sled on the cross-country ski trails. A bunch of our friends pitched in to get us this sled for Bennett before he was born (thanks everyone!)and today was the first day out...it was awesome and he loved it!!

Don't worry, he was much warmer than we were!

the proof

thanks to Cassie!!

new tradition

This year I've decided to start a new tradition for the Christmas season. Last week the Helena Independent Record published Empty Stockings, a Christmas wish list for families & non-profit organizations in need. I was just heartbroken to read about some of the families. After reading the list over and over I just wanted to try to help ALL of them. But I knew I couldn't do that so I decided to buy clothes, shoes, diapers and wipes for a struggling father with 3 small boys. I ALSO decided that this would become a Christmas tradition that we can involve Bennett in once he is older. We can all go out together and shop for a family in need instead of buying ourselves so many presents. We'd like to teach Bennett to be a giving person and this new tradition might be a good start.

roll on

I guess we've hit a milestone today: Bennett's first time rolling over!! We placed him on the tummy time mat (Lily's ladybug mat to be exact) on the big green chair and he kept pushing up on his side but didn't have room to roll back.


So we moved him down to the floor and right away he rolled over! We put him back and wham! Rolled over again! After that his big ole head must have gotten heavy cuz he started to smother his face in the tummy time mat. So we let him have a break from performing tricks for the night. It was pretty cool to see though! This kid is growing so fast. I think I say that every day.

bloggin

OK, So after spending some time lookin' at other people's blogs I've realized that I haven't been very good at "bloggin" lately. I mean, I'm good at posting cute pictures and videos of the cutest kid in the world cuz they just speak for themselves. But since Bennett does have his own blog...maybe I should use it to its fullest and actually "blawg" about him!! So here goes...I'm gonna try to be a better blawger from now on and write more about the goings-on in the world of Bennett.

I apologize in advance for my terrible writing....I never signed up for this thing for my writin' skillz. Its mainly to keep the peeps informed on the life and crimes of B-Dizzle.