But he doesn't like to be dirty for long, so arts and crafts time was short-lived.
We watched some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and read the newspaper. Ben's new phrase is "want to get snuggly" and it was pretty much the cutest thing ever when he told Andy he wanted to get snuggly to "read the book" about toys. He was sure to find the deals on each and every ball and hoop.
It was a delicious meal with all the trimmings, including Ben's meal of choice…
He was seriously too busy playing to eat more than a few bites, but I suppose that I should just be thankful he is so healthy despite his eating habits!
Our next stop was Andy's parents' house. Ben was clearly excited about seeing his cousin, Jacob.
We had an Italian meal, since Andy's mom knew that we were already having a big turkey feast. Believe it or not, Ben had round 2 of his fruit feast.
We did manage to get a family picture in though. Counting down the days as a family of 3!
It was a nice and relaxing day. Andy wanted to host this year, but I am quite glad that we didn't! Once we have more room to entertain, we hope to host more holidays at our house!
Andy had a lot of school work to do last weekend in preparation for his finals this weekend, so he studied while Ben and I had fun. My mom and Auntie Anna watched Ben and my cousin's kids while I did some shopping. He was in heaven. He loves, loves, loves Theo, Simmy, and Lydia.
He even got to decorate his own Christmas tree at Nana's after the other kids left. This boy is SO loved.
I'm mostly done with my shopping, but it was nice to have some free time to run errands. It was also nice that the crazy black Friday crowds had dwindled by the time I was out. The crowds were in full force at our favorite restaurant on Friday night! Definitely worth the wait, as always!
On Saturday morning, it was Simone's baptism. This is the best picture I have. She was so content and smiley the whole time. Love her!!
It was a small but nice little service and then we had a lunch for her. Ben was again in heaven getting to play with his buddies! He and Theo had matching green pants---unplanned!
I have to sneak in our family photo too. They are getting harder and harder to take!
It was one party after another on Saturday. I was exhausted, but Ben was a raring to go! We decided to make a quick trip to the tree farm on Saturday to pick out our tree. This was one of my favorite holiday memories from last year and we had a blast this year as well.
Ben did a great job helping find the perfect tree. I love his face in this picture.
He forgot to bring his own saw (because we couldn't find it) so he just helped by watching daddy cut the tree.
Ta-da! The perfect little tree!
And just to prove that I was there too…
We rushed home from the tree farm to go to my cousin Brian's 40th birthday party. I, for one, was exhausted, but Ben and Andy were ready to celebrate. Ben loves all of his cousins so much, so of course he was excited to play with them again!
He thought he was pretty darn cool playing shuffle board. Well, until his hands got sandy, which he did not like.
He was otherwise all smiles!
Cheers, Brian! And congrats on your ENGAGEMENT as well!
Saturday was a fairly late night for Ben (9:00PM), and he slept until 8:00 the next morning! It was amazing! He woke up and "got snuggly" with Andy doing some work.
Then we went to brunch with Maddie. We've had to cancel plans with them for various reasons, so it was nice that we were all healthy and able to get together! Ben got to see so many of his favorite people this weekend! (They are our favorite people, too!)
Andy studied on and off the rest of the day. We also did a little holiday decorating. Baby's personalized stocking arrived! Oops, we had it facing the wrong way. ;)
Last, but not least, we decorated our tree! Honestly, tree decorating was not the highlight of my weekend, but all's well that ends well! Ben was less than gentle with all of the ornaments, even though we tried to give him only the plastic ones. We had just put up the very last ornament and DOWN went the entire tree--breaking ornaments and dumping the entire bucket of water on the carpet. Long story short, our tree was too skinny for the stand that it was in, but after a quick run to Target, we were back in business. Most importantly, no one got hurt! (And our tree is now secured with rope, just to be on the safe side.)
Our Advent calendars are up and my heart is so full and ready for Baby Fish #2 to arrive! November flew by and I'm anticipating that December will go even faster! We are teaching Ben about Santa but we also want him to know the real reason for the season. Our other Advent calendar is a nativity scene and he gets to add a piece every day.
I can't believe this Thursday will mark the point I was in my pregnancy when we got to meet Ben! I cannot wait to meet his baby brother! Hoping and praying for a smooth and uneventful remainder of my pregnancy.
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