Dance off 2009!

Bennett is lucky enough to have a cousin, Owen, who is just 3 months older than him...the boys haven't hung out all that much, as Owen lives in California, but at Uncle Jim and Aunt Lauren's wedding in May, the boys gave us all a taste of what's to come in future years by having a dance off. Imagine the pictures to Hungry Like The Wolf. Awesome.

Pumpkin Patch? Yes, please.

Being the good parents that we are, we decided to take Bennett to a pumpkin patch. For me, pumpkin patches are a total thrill- no pumpkin patches in Vegas that aren't in an Albertson's parking lot -so of course I take advantage of having a child to do all the things I secretly want to do....So, this morning, after realizing we were having a brief reprieve from the rain, we packed up Bennett and went to Spooner's Farm in Puyallup. Bennett had a much better time this year than last year (I know, what a shock that 5 week old Bennett didn't have a blast at the corn maze we took him to!). The farm was pretty crowded, especially for a Sunday morning at 11, but it was easy to see why - homemade donuts, a small pumpkin patch for little ones, animals, pony rides, and did I mention donuts? Also, there was no admission fee, so score one for Nick! Anyway, Bennett had a good time (until he started to have nap time breakdowns), and, after a rigorous testing process, picked out three perfect pumpkins ....

I never should have changed my name....

Wow...who knew Jenny Durcan would have come in so handy?


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Ugh.

New post coming soon. I promise. So quit bugging me about it!

Awesome 4th of July!

We had a GREAT day yesterday! During the day, we went with our friends Andrew and Hillary on their boat off of Gig Harbor. We of course brought Bennett, who was excited for his first day of crabbing, boating, and sun. The day did not disappoint! We all had a blast and Bennett did great- he didn't get burned at all, loved the water, and even took an hour long nap...we spent almost 6 hours on the boat without incident - I was definitely pleasantly surprised by how the day went! We saw porpoises and sea lions- although I don't think Bennett was really able to focus on that!

After a short nap, we packed up again and went with Andrew and Hillary to his brother's house for dinner. Since we last saw Pete and Jen a few years ago, they went and had a baby too, so Bennett had a blast following around 2 year old big boy, Colin. Colin was kind enough to share his swing, which Bennett loved! Bennett's normal bedtime is between 6:30 and 8:00, so I was watching the clock, wondering how he was still going at 8:45, 9:45...then at 10:45 when we took him to the car, he was out! He really enjoyed the fireworks and I can't wait until next year. Pictures to come!

Happy 9 Month Birthday to this Guy!

Time for the monthly post...

Well, at least this time I have a good excuse for not posting: we've been in the process of moving! We sold our house in 20 days and had to hurry and find a house- we closed on our house May 4, so we got out the weekend before....facing homelessness (our new house didn't close until May 11), my kind in-laws allowed Nick, me, Bennett. our 2 dogs and (grudgingly) our cat to stay at Chez Andrews for two weeks. Then, after getting into the house last weekend, we turned around on Thursday and flew with Bennett to Wisconsin for my brother-in-laws wedding. The 12 hour each way trek was worth it, and Bennett was a super star! Soon I will be posting pictures (hopefully)