Birthday Time!

Benjamin turned the BIG ONE a few weeks ago! I can't believe our little Benji has been with us for 12 whole months already! It seems like it was only a few days ago that I was wishing they would just let us take him home, and then getting home and realizing that the being up all night was going to last the rest of my life! Boy am I glad that was so short, it is only 3 months but it feels like an eternity when you're in it!

Benjamin has been such an amazing blessing in our lives. Everyday he makes us laugh, feel sad (for him), want to purchase ear muffs or tear our hair out, and love him unmeasurably.  He has changed so much in such a short amount of time. He is walking around now like crazy, he started the day before his birthday party. It is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen, when he falls, he just picks himself right back up and walks again. He drives cars around making "bbbbbbbppp" sounds, he signs eat/food anytime he sees anything he might like to try, he drinks cows milk like a pro, and gives mommy big open mouthed kisses often. When asked for a kiss by daddy or anyone else, he offers his cheek or head. He hugs and kisses his toys, but also swats at them when he's feeling tired and onery. He gives big squinty eye, cheesy grins when I get out the camera, see first picture for example (don't ask me how he figured that out!). He adores his cousin Maddy for some reason (dispite her mothers disclaimers, Maddy believes that she will marry Benjamin in the temple when they grow up, Lol! ) and always thinks all kids want to be his buddies. He is still very tall and skinny, with a big head. He's 8th percentile for weight, 80th for height and 80th for his head.

For Benji's party we had a big baby dino themed bash with Tongan food and a huge cake.  His wonderful cousins danced and he got loads of presents and a pretty good amount of cash for such a little guy. We are so lucky to have such amazing family who love and support our son so much! I'll have to blog later about the different things I did for his party to tie it all together. It was a lot of fun!