Benjamin is walking!

Sorry for my absence from blogging lately! We have been busy this summer with visitors and small trips and just with daily life. It has been a great summer and I love this stage that Benjamin is in... do I say that about every stage?? He is talking up a storm and just this weekend he started walking!! He has been taking steps all summer but this weekend he decided he could do it and just let go, now there is no stopping him. I feel like this week he has gotten faster and faster. Here is a video we shot on Sunday:

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Korean Baby Doll

Yesterday we celebrated and Benjamin's birthday with Seung Hwan's family. It is was a fun celebration and Seung Hwan's family was so sweet to be so excited over our kid. Here are a couple of pics of our Korean baby doll:

It's party time...

We had a great time celebrating Benjamin's first birthday. It was a beautiful day and we had some family and friends over to play in the backyard and party! It was a wagon theme... here are some pictures. Thanks to Melissa for some of the pictures.


The birthday boy on his birthday!


I cannot believe my baby is a year old!!


Getting ready for cake!!!


Digging in... (notice how patient Vale is being, she was ready for some cake)


Benjamin sharing his cake with Vale


The aftermath - thank goodness we took his clothes off


Beck was also here to join in on the fun!


Wagon Wheels


The cake the rest of us enjoyed.

We did not take enough pictures, but thanks to all the friends who came to celebrate!

Also, we had Benjamin's one year appointment yesterday and he weighs 21 pounds 3 oz and is in the 25% for weight and is 30 1/2 inches long and is the 75% for height. Thanks to all who have prayed for his weight over the first year. This is the highest percentage we have been in!!!

What a difference a year makes...

Wow! I cannot believe I have a one year old. This year has been the best and hardest year of my life. Lots of change from being career driven to a stay at home mom. Many, many days of dying to self and getting up to serve my family when all I wanted was one more hour of sleep. But it has been worth it. I love being Benjamin's mom. Here is a look back over the last year...

Birthday



1 month



2 months



3 months



4 months



5 months



6 months



7 months



8 months



9 months



10 months



11 months



12 months

Happy Easter!

We have had a fun and busy Easter weekend. Our friends Anna, Bradford and Bradford, Jr. have been visiting and we have loved having them. Amy Anderson hosted a Easter Egg Hunt and the kids did not really understand picking up eggs but had a great time playing on a water table, taking wagon rides, and playing in the yard and the adults had fun eating some yummy desserts. Today we went to church and to brunch with my parents. It has been a good time to remember the sacrifice Christ made for us on the cross... something that should be remembered every day. Christ is Risen, indeed!!

Little Mirror

I know I have been absent from the blogging world for a LONG time and I have a longer update post coming but I had to share this. Someone once told me that having a child is sometimes like having a mirror and that was very true for me this week. Benjamin started shaking his finger at Gunner when I would say "Gunner bad dog..."

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I was thinking to myself, where did he learn that, then I realized....