Bennett Family Blog

Hey All

Well, my goal of posting pictures every month was thrown off by my back surgery, but trying to get back into the swing of things.  So, I’ve posted some pictures over the past few months of the kiddos.  Most recently, we had Graham’s birthday party this past Sunday of which he got many Veggie Tale related toys and a new bike!  He is very excited and the expression on his face when he saw it was priceless.

Anyway, you can check out the pictures here:

 http://picasaweb.google.com/atbennett2/SummerPics02#

Potty update:  Well, Gray is finally potty trained!  He turned a corner about a week or so ago and I don’t think we’ve gone through even one diaper since then.  We still put one on at night, but he’s woken up the past 5 or 6 days in a row with it dry!  We’re all very excited.

Hope you all are doing well!

Adam

Well, it’s that time again.  We recently got 9 months pics of the little girly.  If you’d like to take a peek, you can go here to check them out.  Once again, Dan did a fabulous job!  Hope you’re all doing well!

Enjoy

Adam

Cara and I finally had an opportunity to get out and take some pictures. You can view them here.

Ethan had a pool party! We have pictures!

We’re starting to get a bit caught up on pictures. And here’s some from our visit with Gpa and Gma. We had a blast with them as you can see!

Click here to see the pics.

Ella got some pretty flowers from Gpa and Gma today. She wanted to say thank you - she loves them very much. She giggled when she saw them and when I read her the card. :o)

Ella got a cast on her broken arm today. Here are some pictures.

At Christ Community tonight Ella tripped and fell while running around in the gym/fellowship hall (along with 10 other kids). We didn’t think much of it, since, you know, kids fall and get hurt. Later while eating though, I noticed she kept holding her left arm near the wrist. Then she tried to pick up a corn chip with her left hand, but she couldn’t get it into her mouth (her hand kept shaking).

I figured that’s not a good sign. So Deb took her to Redimed (a walk-in clinic) while I facilitating the church service and preached with a pit in my stomach, worrying about her. The X-rays proved it: she broke her left forearm, both bones, near the wrist (same arm Raina broke if I recall). She is in a splint tonight and will get a cast tomorrow.

Thankfully she’s not in much pain - she actually sang most of the way home. She’s a trooper. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow of our trip to get the cast. See y’all soon (maybe she’ll let you sign her cast!).

Well, the day has finally come. Elsie has *finally* cracked a wee little tooth. It took almost nine months and we were started to wonder if she would go her whole life toothless, but alas, it was not meant to be. Her bottom right middle tooth (I’m sure that’s how dentists refer to it) popped through today. We’re guessing more are on the way. I would have taken a picture, but she’s a might squirmy these days and can’t seem to get a good shot. If you’d like to come visit to see for yourself, you’re all more than welcome.

Also, since it’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted anything, I should mention she’s also doing the toe crawl exactly the same way that Graham used. Totally prone on the floor, but will “crawl” by moving herself with one, and only one, big toe. She’s been tootling around all over the place finding all sorts of fun stuff to eat. Who needs a vaccumm cleaner when you got bebes.

Oh, and I guess I’m doing alright too. My back is still a little sore, but mostly in the mornings. I still have some nerve pain in my leg, but it seems to get a little better everday. I also have some cramped muscles that I’ve been trying to loosen up for a couple of weeks, but other than that, doing pretty good.

Hope you’re all doing well.

Love ya

A, J, G and the “toothy” E.

Sorry this has taken so long. I know you’re all anxious to see these pictures. I had to laugh… during the ultrasound the technician was searching to see if the baby was a boy or a girl. She finds what she was looking for and was a bit taken aback.

“Wow”, she said. “It’s a boy”.

“Are you sure”?, I asked.

“Without a doubt”.