I took pictures of Benjamin every month in a different cloth diaper! It was fun to watch him grow and to enjoy my cloth diaper stash even more then I already do!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
12 months
Happy Birthday my little man! I would say that I can't believe that you are one, but it seems like you should have been one long ago. From the start, you showed no interest in being a baby. You rolled, sat, crawled and walked long before you brother and sister did. You have already learned how to walk up and down the stairs climb on the couch, and climb up the stairs to your big brothers bunk bed. You have more words then your brother did by the age of 3! Your vocabulary consists of Ma-ma(like never) Da-da, daddy, happy, blanket, bah-bah, bath, book, all done, up, open, cookie, cracker. You mimick sounds animals( and santa) make. If I hadn't given birth to you, I wouldn't believe you are only one. You want to be included in your big brother and sisters games so bad, you are clearly a motivated kid. Your learning efforts have paid off as you are now included in all of the Eberhardt children games. You are a happy, smiley and very adventuresome baby and I love you so.much.!!
Weight: 21 lbs. You are the smallest of my babies. You are in-between 2th and 50th percentile for both height and weight, a true Eberhardt miracle. You have already outgrown all of your 12 month clothes due to that big cloth diapered butt of yours.
Eye Color- Mostly brown and he has a beautiful set of eyelashes to go with those big brown eyes.
Sleep- One glorious 2-3 hour nap a day. 12 hours at night.
-Passed OUT!-
Eating- Mr. Independent. Good luck trying to feed him anything, he has to have a spoon or spork at every meal even if it doesn't require one (grilled cheese). Still great at eating fruits, veggies, meats...anything!
Daily routine- Wake up at 7, play until Breakfast. Eat a massive amount of food followed by play time with brother and sister. Play, play play, poop, snack play play until nap. No more bottles for you so nap time routine has changed a bit but you transitioned wonderfully. More play time after nap, a snack, play, dinner play play, bath play play bed time snack, play play books, prayers and bed. You LOVE to play!
Firsts: So many!!! New words: Happy, blanket, open
Climbing adventures climb on couch, climb onto Annie's bed, climb over the ottoman blocking the stairs- up the stairs- to Elias' room-up the steps and onto his top bunk( I almost had a heart attack,.....like a real one!)
CAKE!
Birthday Celebrations: I already feel bad for poor Benjamin. For Annie and Elias' first birthdays we had parties, cake, presents the whole shebang It was just Christmas a couple weeks ago, the kid couldn't possibly want or need any new toys, he doesn't even play with half the ones we have( who would with such fun siblings around). School and work had just picked back up and everyone was busy so...we decided to do nothing...I know, call me a bad mom, I deserve it. We reheated leftover pizza whipped up a cake and called it good. Grandma Mim had bought him some pj's and Grammy framed a cross stitch piece papa had made. Brandon and I re-gifted some old toys we had in our storage unit....like major fail as parents, however, he was VERY happy and didn't know any better so pat on the back to me.
Annie opening up lots of pj's for Benjamin he had found the video camera and was more happy with that...this is why we didn't buy him anything people!
Like all the children before, Benjamin was NOT interested in the cake....sigh one day one of my kids will dive in like a made for tv commercial. Oh. well. I got cute pictures of the event none the less.
What. is. this. magical light....Annie decided to crawl across the table and help her little brother blow out the candle
Hmmmm What to do with this?
Happy Birthday to me!
Friday, January 4, 2013
Happy Birthday Benjamin!
Happy Birthday to my baby boy! More on your birthday festivities later, first a trip down memory lane.
A year ago you looked like this:
And now you are all grown up and looking like this!
Your family all loves you very much and we can't wait to see you keep growing!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
2012 In Review
January
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Our sweet little Benjamin Martyn was welcomed into our family. The transition to a party of 5 was smooth and easy,(other than several sleepless nights for mama)
February
Disney on Ice, playdates with friends, UND basketball games and celebrating valentines day with our little family. Benjamin was no longer a fragile brand new baby, and the kids loved getting to shower their baby brother with kisses and hugs. Mommy's heart swells as she sees her babies all loving each other so much.
March
Bear turns 4, Annie starts gymnastics, Benjamin rolls over. Trips to the park tromping through the snow we go.
April
Grammy, PaPa, Auntie melissa, Cousins Skyla and Gavin move to town. Benjamin's first Easter. Easter egg hunts and egg dying. Baskets full of goodies! Elias starts his first season of soccer, he is a star(to his momma)
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May
Brandon and I Celebrate our 6th Anniversary! Trips to the park,planting a garden with Grammy, take a dip in the pool. The warm weather has arrived. Benjamin starts eating solid food and never looks back.
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June
Lots of first for Benjamin. Pool,zoo, sitting up, real solids, the list goes on. Water fun to be had by all. Enjoying lazy afternoons as a family in the front yard and at the park. Lots of trips to Grandma's and Grammys house!
July
Celebrate with Family, cookies and fireworks. Trips to farmers market and more gardening with Grammy. Family pictures for Grandma's birthday,throw a baby shower for friends far away. Wednesday evenings watching daddy play softball, Benjamin begins to crawl.
August
A trip to Bemidji, lots of park and water fun. New room for Annie and Elias, celebrating Gavins birthday party. Goodbye Kellie and back to school for Elias Jerome.Haircuts for all
September
Lots of football, UND and vikings! Playtime with friends, new bowling adventures Ugly mustache for Daddy,visit from Kellie. Annie celebrated #3 with all of her friends and family.
October
Pumpkin patch, pumpkin decorating, pumpkin carving. Halloween party with friends. Trick or treating in 10 degree weather, lots of candy. Benjamin begins walking! Final afternoons spent outside, leaves are falling so is snow.
November
Thanksgiving with family and friends, Mom and Dad's birthday.. Surprise Baby # 4 is coming next year
December
Christmas projects, Christmas cookies, Christmas music, Christmas presents.Gingerbread houses, sledding through the snow,lights galore Tis the season! Hope you and your family had as wonderful of a year as we did! Looking forward to another blessed year in 2013.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Longest Christmas Day...EVER
Christmas Morning Take 1: We started off Christmas morning by getting the kids out the door and to Grandma Mim's house for breakfast. Everyone, including me, arrived still in our pj's. Who has the energy at 8am to get dressed in real clothes, not the Eberhardts! We ate a yummy breakfast consisting of egg bake, which Annie loved, muffins, pancakes etc. The kids were dancing in their pants waiting for the kitchen to get cleaned up so they could start opening gifts. I pressed record...and 3 min later it was over. The kids tore the wrapping paper off each gift and immediately moved onto the next. They did go back and appreciate each gift one at a time as it was opened and set up. All the time it takes to shop and wrap...3 min! After the kids were happily set up with their new toys, the grown ups took their turn at opening gifts. Brandon and I received a 4 month membership to Choice fitness...awesome!! On a side note, it is sooooo nice in there!!!! After a couple of hours of playing, it was time to head home. I was feeling pretty sick and the kids needed a nap
Benjamin Santa
Elias Santa 2008
My three little babies waiting to head to grandmas' house
yummmmm first christmas breakfast
Let the tearing begin!!
ooooooooo my little ponies!!!
yessss teenage mutant ninja turtles
Apparently figuring out infant toys is perplexing
Happily playing
Hugs all around for the gifts
MY LITTLE PONIESSSSS
Poor Benjamin, all he wanted for Christmas was to climb the stairs...too bad
hmmm whats this???
Hua???
(1 min 38 sec later) OH wow, thanks!
Ahhh the sweater! Every christmas this has made an apperance and every year it surprises me that it does! It will never get old opening this up and dying laughing. Thanks jordan
Jordan makes this look good
So cute! Uncle Jordan reading to his favorite kids
Christmas Day Take 2: After we got back to our house, we gave the kids a quick lunch and Benjamin, Annie and I all took a 2 hour nap. After we woke up I was feeling terrible. This feeling lasted the rest of Christmas day and for the next 5 days!( more on that another time) anyways. I pretty much just sat on my butt and took pictures so there is virtually no evidence that I was present this Christmas .oh well, such is life of a mom.
We made the kids open gifts one at a time and this helped keep the mess and chaos under control. There was so much joy and so many smilies, hugs and laughter. The kids are now at a stage where they get really excited over their gifts and show their delight by showing us with hugs and kisses. It was a wonderful hour...then the cleanup began
Brandon hunkered down to start attaching the 106 stickers that belonged on the teenage mutant ninja turtle van we bought Elias while I attempted to put toys away, clean up paper etc..uffda!
We eventually got to a point where you could see the floor, called it good and headed to my parents house.
Annie was SUPER excited about her disney princess castle
Benjamin playing Santa
It took him forever to open a gift but he sure did enjoy doing it
This is one very excited little boy, let me tell you!
Benjamin and daddy opening a present from Aunt nikki!
I love this picture for the silly way that Elias' legs look! He was so excited for his sister he ran over and skidded to a stop.
DOC MCSTUFFINS!!!!!!!
Elias getting ready to open the gift from Aunt Nikki, she always gives the best gifts!
yesss
Police man legos! He didn't pay much attention to it on Christmas day but this toy has been at his side non stop for the last 4 days. It goes everywhere with him!Aunt Nikki wins again
Benjamin enjoying Aunt Nikki's gift
Brandon couldn't figure out how to open the Dr. kit...so I had to show him...men
Sibling love
Annie oogling over her dress up doll toys
Helping open a gift for the Benj
WOW! ROCK EM SOCK EM ROBOTS!
Enjoying the gifts
One last present! What could it be
PLAY DOH!!! I am telling you, these kids were soooooo excited over everything
HAHA! So. This year Brandon tried to get the kids in the spirit of giving. He took them to the dollar store and let them each pick out a few gifts for mommy. I guess the kids were overjoyed with their options and settled on a water jug, silk flowers( one set from Annie and one from Elias) TWO flashlights, one red, one blue and Elias' prized red clock that he just had to get for me because he knew I would love it so much. It was hilarious opening these gifts and hearing the stories on how they picked each item out. I love my kids!
We completely forgot about the stockings! oops
PRINCESS BOOKS!
What?
Attempt at a family picture
hmmmm where does sticker 78 go????
Christmas Day The Final Act, Take 3:We got to my parents around 4. My mom had a wonderful spread of turkey, ham, homemade mac and cheese, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, rolls etc etc etc. I was so sick I ate a few nibbles and that is all, next year I WILL make up for it!!!! The kids opened a few gifts from Grammy and Papa and played and played until dinner. Benjamin decided that he had had enough of being fed and demanded to feed himself and boy did he ever!He was double fisting as fast as his little hands could move. It was wonderful finally being able to spend Christmas with my family after 12 years of not celebrating with them! This was the first time since 2000 (when I was 18) that I was able to do so and it was great! It was a very tiring but very blessed day for all of us. The kids got some great gifts, hung out with family and enjoyed all the joy that Christmas brings.
Opening gifts with cousin
Skyla and her sweet footie pj's that I bought her
Mom and Dad on Christmas day
the Benjster doing what he does best
The new kitchen!!!!!!!!!
My hungry little man
ooooooo
giggling in delight as he shoves more food in his mouth
More play time!
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