Mom and Tyler came to visit

Benji and Grandma, Mom and Miles

We didn't get a very long break in between visitors this time but we had just as much fun nonetheless. Grandma and Tyler got here late(ish) on Friday night after an hour delay in Idaho Falls. We picked up some Hawaiian BBQ on the way home and then started a late viewing of the third Harry Potter. Tyler had the goal of watching all of them before the weekend was over but we decided that starting halfway through the series would be an easier task to accomplish.

Benji was a little hesitant of the water, but
Miles couldn't get enough! 

So we watched the 3rd, 5th and 6th Harry Potter movies, watched While You Were Sleeping  and Enchanted, played Mario Kart, went shopping, celebrated Mom's birthday and ate junk food all weekend long: cookies, cinnamon rolls, icecream from Freddy's, popcorn, and donuts. We also took the boys swimming in their little inner-tubes and had a blast splashing around. Moral of the story? It was a fantastic weekend full of fun and good visits and great food. But we are all ready to get caught up on sleep because late night movies did a number on all of us! Thanks for coming, Grandma and Tyler, we had a blast.

Loving the water

Benji and Miles love their daddy.

Miles and Tyler, Grandma and Benji
watching some Tarzan.

Dad and Josh, Tyler and Miles

YUM!

Miles loved his first taste of Watermelon! 

Big bites for Benji, and such concentration.

Benji loved his first slice of Watermelon! 

Some light Sunday reading with Grandma.

Tyler had fun with the camera.

Grandma and Benjamin warming up in the sun. 

Oh yeah, that's my good side. 

Benjamin

Tyler is all smiles. 

Thank you for this flattering photo, Tyler. And
thank you for dunking me in the pool.

Benji loves his books. 

Ty, you have a great eye for good photos. 

Miles and Benji love Grandma. 

Benji and Milo love their uncle Tyler. 

We are so excited he came to see us! 

11 Months Old!

Miles and Benji

11 months, already? Sheesh! These months have gone by way too quickly, but we are sure glad to have happy healthy boys that grow faster than weeds in a garden. Here are some of the newest things that this last month has brought with it:

BENJAMIN

• He has learned how to sit up on his own.
• He is really close to pulling himself up to a standing position.
• Benji loves to talk. 
• Josh caught a full two minutes of non-stop talking on the camera the other day and it was just of Benji chatting with himself. 
• He loves stealing his brother's toys.
• He is always on the look out for Milo while he is standing because it is the optimal time to pull him down.
• He loves watching balls/toys spin on the kitchen floor.
• He has gotten Very good at feeding himself.
• Benji will make the elephant noise when we get to the picture in the animal book.
• He gets scared very easily.
• He has developed stranger anxiety.
• He loves laying on his back and kicking the floor very loudly (the neighbors have complained...).
• He is learning how to plow over Milo.
• He smiles whenever Jane comes on the screen while watching Tarzan.
• He loves playing peek-a-boo.
• Benji loves playing with his shadow and is very good at finding it.
• He can say, "Daddy".


• Josh is very proud.

MILES

• He has gotten VERY fast at crawling.
• He loves putting rocks in his mouth.
• Milo is very curious.
• He loves to climb over his brother, and anything else that stands in his way.
• He can pull himself up to a standing position and likes to try it out on everything.
• Miles throws a little fit every time a bedroom door gets closed (he likes to play with the door stopper).
• He loves watching Tarzan.
• He loves baths.
• He is very brave. 

• He will stick his face under the water, dive head first out of the tub, and climb straight off of mom and dad's bed.
• He loves giving Mom mini heart attacks.
• Miles has developed stranger anxiety.
• He loves teeth.

• Josh calls him his little dentist because he will just sit and pick at/stare at teeth whenever he gets the chance.
• He loves to snuggle during Tarzan.

We love our sweet little boys! We have a little wager going and we think that Benji will start talking first and Miles will skip walking and go straight to running. We love watching our boys grow and interact with each other and with the world around them. We feel so lucky to have them here, so happy and healthy! 

Photos Galore

We love taking pictures of our adorable boys, what parent doesn't? So instead of writing the same little paragraph about how our days are filled with sunshine, laughter and adventure, I will just skip ahead to the fun pictures. Here we go.

After a quick little bathroom break, I came back to find
the boys getting into some trouble. 

I don't think Miles was too excited I caught them
and Benji was bailing, as if I it was Miles
 who put him inside the dresser.

Miles

Benji
"Whatever did I do wrong, Mother?"

They are pretty good at the "stink"eye. 

Miles doing his "stink" eye.

I caught Miles giving the window some kisses. 

Miles knows how to work the camera. 

Miles and Benji, catching some rays out on the porch.

They look so cute in their little sun hats! M and B

Happy St. Patrick's Day! -Milo

Happy St. Patrick's Day! -Benji

Milo's new trick, a headstand! 

Mom and Trev Came to Visit!

Benji, Grandma and Milo reading some books.

Grandma Murphy and Trevor came down to visit for the weekend and we wore ourselves out! We went on a lot of walks around the complex, visited the duck pond, went shopping, took the boys out to Thai food, and went hot tubbing. It was an exciting weekend full of fun and good visits.

Thai food was an adventure though. We had been shopping for about two hours before we decided we were all pretty hungry so we left to go to the restaurant. I didn't anticipate the boys being sick of sitting (20 minutes in the car to and from the mall, and two hours in the stroller). In my head it was going to work really well to take them out because they can feed themselves, and sit really well on their own. Well, I learned my lesson. Three hours is WAY too long for the babies (especially Miles) to sit. They (especially Milo) wanted to move and crawl and didn't want anything to do with dinner and their high chairs. So after our Tom Yum soup, we asked the hostess to bag up our entrees so we could just take them home. It all worked well after that. The boys were very glad to be home with room to play and we were all very happy to have happy boys and food in our tummies.

Miles loves his carseat.

It was a blast having company here and although we were all pretty exhausted afterwards, we wouldn't want it any other way. Thanks for visiting, Mom and Trev!

Miles and Benji loving bath time.

Benji, posing for the camera.

Miles and Benji

Milo loves the camera AND bath time! 

Benji screams the whole time.

Miles and Benji, captivated during Tarzan.

Posing for the camera.

Miles, Mom, Dad and Benji after church. 

Trev, Miles, Grandma and Benji

Benji being his cute self. 

Miles, Mom, Dad and Benji playing outside.

Trevor, Miles, Benji and Grandm

Such cute boys!
Milo and Benji

The boys love spending time with
their daddy! 

Grandma and Milo singing some songs.

Miles loves the camera. 

Miles was one captivated audience! 

Benji trying on Dad's hat.

We love warm Arizona weather. 

Benji, playing the air drums with dad.

Benjamin 

Milo

Milo, Grandma and Benji
reading some of the favorite books.

Benji, and Miles reading with Uncle Trev. 

Sending a group picture to Dad! 

Yummy popcorn made us miss dad.