Too good not take advantage of.....

The weather has just been too good to not take advantage of.  The first weekend of nice weather we went to the park and this past weekend we went to the zoo.  Yesterday we ran some errands and then when we got home we let Bennett play outside.  We just laid down a big blanket and put some toys out there and let him go.  It was funny though because he stayed on his blanket the whole time.  What's the trick?  He didn't want to touch the grass.  :)  Even when I put a toy on the grass he didn't want to have to touch the it.  But he had a ball out there on his blanket and I enjoyed watching him play.  Here are some pictures and videos for your amusement.  :)

He's got a leaf!!

I LOVE that face and hair!!!

Just chillin' and watching the other kids play!

Riverbanks is Great!!

Today we took Bennett on his first trip to the zoo.  We are very lucky to have a great zoo just 15 minutes from our house.  I hadn't been to the zoo in a long time so there were several new things I hadn't seen.  It was a gorgeous day to go too- I think the temp got up to 64 degrees and the sun was shining bright!  We first started our family fun day with lunch at Hudson's BBQ.  Bennett ate well- he loved the mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans and banana pudding.  :)  Then we headed off to the zoo, along with about 200 hundred other people.  :)  It was crowded but we managed to enjoy ourselves anyway.  To be honest, Bennett enjoyed watching the people and children more than watching the animals.  But we took him by the birds, walked through the kangaroo exhibit, which was really neat, tried to see the gorilla but we couldn't really see him, saw the elephants and giraffe, went to the farm and saw the cow and llama, sheep and chickens, watched them feed the lions, and watched the monkeys swing from branch to branch.  We also took Bennett to ride the carousel, which I think he loved.  All in all, it was a great trip- I can't wait to go back!!!  Here are some pictures:

My little monkey!

Watching the elephants

So sweet!

Looking at the little chicken

Riding on the carousel, in the peacock!  :)

Having fun!

The Saluda River

10 Months, My Goodness!!

Bennett's 10 month birthday is tomorrow.  So hard to believe, but I say that every month.  I know it won't change- he's going to grow up no matter how much I don't want him to.  I should realize each milestone is going to come.  I guess it still amazes me how fast it's all going.  He is doing so much now!

He gets up about once a night.  He's sleeping sooo much better and I'll take once a night over what we were doing a month ago.  I'm  not breastfeeding him anymore and I really miss it.  But I felt like my milk supply was dwindling and I just couldn't keep up with his demands.  So we have now switched him over to all formula.  He took the switch pretty well- I guess as long as he was being fed, that's all he cared about.  I think I miss it more than he does.  :)  It was truly rewarding and I'm so very glad I stuck with it and breastfed him as long as I did.  That was probably the best decision I have made as a mother.

He's pulling up on everything now.  He can pull himself up from his stomach to his feet.  It takes a lot of muscles to do that!  He has finally conquered that battle.  :)  He's clapping, which is the cutest thing!  I can tell he's trying to cruise around a bit, just hasn't quite taken very many steps.

He's making so many different noises with his mouth.  This past weekend he discovered he could stick his tongue out and spit with it.  Do you know what I'm talking about?

He keeps getting more and more hair.  It's got a little bit of a reddish tint to it.  Right after we wash it, it looks more blonde though.  His eyes are a beautiful shade of blue- I hope they stay that way!! They are absolutely beautiful!!

I'm trying to give him more and more real food. Tonight he ate green beans, rice, and some baby food fruit mix.  He loved the green beans and rice.  I gave him some mac and cheese last night and he loved that too.  I think he likes to eat what me and Jason eat.  :)  He likes his juice and he's still learning how to drink out of a sippy cup.  Hasn't quite figured out he's got to tilt it up to get it to come out.  :)

Bennett is just a sweetie!  We love him to pieces!!  Such a joy and I love to see him smile- it melts my heart!  I've made an appointment for his 1 year pictures and I'm sooo excited.  The photographer's pictures look wonderful on her website and blog.  I can't wait!!  I've also started to think about his first birthday.  I think I'm going to do a Dr Seuss theme.  :)  I'm excited about that too!  So much fun stuff coming up!!!

I tried to get some chair pictures tonight since he was in a wonderful mood (you never know what kind of mood he's going to be in at night).  He was not wanting to sit still long enough for me to do anything, but I did manage to get a few.  I might try again tomorrow and see what we can do. 

Silly Boy!!

Spring Fever!

With the weather being as nice as it has been the past week, I now have spring fever.  Knowing SC weather, this is just a tease and will get cold again before it stays warm.  But we definitely wanted to take advantage of the weather today so we decided to take Bennett to the park.  We took him to the Virginia Hilton park off Main Street in Lexington.  It's such a nice beautiful park in the middle of the city.  I guess everyone else was taking advantage of the weather too because there were a lot of kids there.  I can't wait til Bennett can actually play on everything!  Of course Mommy had to take pictures!!  :)

Daddy and his boy!

My favorite one of the day!