The Benedicts

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Playing outside

Just some fun pictures from enjoying the beautiful weather lately!

Adam's Birthday Party(x2)

On Cousin Adam's Birthday last sunday we got together to celebrate.

Adam got a fancy new John Deere Tractor to ride and he had a blast.

Then on Thursday, Adam has a party at Edinborough Park. It's an indoor play area that's actually in the same building as Carmen's daycare. Hard to believe I've been in that building almost daily for the past year and never had played in the area with Carmen. Needless to say, Carmen had a BLAST!!!

The aftermath..... :-)

Daddy and Carmen trip to the park

Last Sunday I was gone to a friend's bridal shower so Daddy and Carmen headed to the local park/airport to watch some airplanes and play.

Here are some pictures from their fun.

Carmen and Daddy

I just LOVE these pictures of Carmen and Daddy. Although she is turning into quite the Mama's Girl she still ALWAYS asks for Daddy when he's at work.

Park

Here are some pictures from our recent visits to the park by Grandma and Grandpa Skala's House. We went and played with Auntie Erin, Conor and Riley.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Today is Grandma Benedict's Birthday!

Happy Birthday! We hope you have a Great day!

We LOVE You!!!!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Happy Birthday Adam!

Today is our nephew/cousin Adam's 3rd Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!

We hope you have a GREAT day!

We Love you!!!

Monday, March 12, 2012

15 Months

This is a bit late, but better late than never :-)

Only picture I have from my phone right now.

Carmen….

~ Weighs 24.7 pounds (she’s in the 75^th percentile). She’s definitely showing off her toddler/milk belly these days! J

~ Still wears size 3 diapers. We tried a size 4 on a few weeks back and they were way too big. She is wearing 18-24 months clothes… a few 2T but most of that is still too big.

~ Has 12 teeth. She cut three of her 1 year molars at about the same time and we noticed the 4 molar came in last week.

~ Continues to excel at swimming. The instructor last week was very impressed as Carmen is the youngest in her class and she will do a back float with the teacher for 20 seconds without even moving (other kids definitely fight the backfloat). We just have to work on getting her to kick.

~ continues to love the bath.

~ Is still doing well at daycare. She is the youngest in the room but seems to hold her own with the older kids. A few of them like to get in her space and she definitely will let them know it’s not ok.

~ Is currently in a biting phase. I was told last week that Carmen has bitten a few kids on 3 different occasions at daycare. When she gets excited she tends to bite and that’s most likely what happens. When they discipline her, she knows she was wrong and will hold her head in shame for a minute.

~ Had a few different illnesses this past month: A sinus infection, RSV, a stomach bug and when we went in for her 15 month checkup they found an ear infection. But she’s doing well regardless of all this.

~ Is talking up a storm. Current words: Mama, Dada, Milk, Book, Shoe, Sock, More, Please, Love you…. Really working on saying (or trying to say) any words that we ask her to say.

~ Really misses Daddy while he’s at work. She’s showing some signs of being a Mama’s Girl, but certainly talks about Daddy all the time when he’s at work. We have the privilege of being able to skype on nights that Daddy has to work late and Carmen loves it. She loses interest fairly quickly but loves to see him on the computer. And then when we are done and log off, she will associate the computer to Daddy for a while by pointing to it and saying Dada, Dada.

Carmen – You continue to amaze us each and every day! You are growing and changing so much. We are so grateful and blessed to have such a happy and healthy girl!

Happy Belated 15 Months Carmen!