Bennett's First Easter!

We enjoyed our first Easter with Bennett! I made Bennett's Easter basket, and the Easter Bunny brought him some books, a rabbit stuffed animal and a lion toy. The Easter Bunny even decorated the outside of our house with balloons! At Grammy and Poppy's house, the Easter Bunny brought Bennett a rattle, an activity play mat and rabbit stuffed animal with his name embroidered on the ear. Bennett had a great day and was really good during Church and even took a long nap in the afternoon at Grammy and Poppy's house. Bennett had a great first Easter, loved the Easter Bunny and loves playing with all of his fun new toys.

Our house decorated by the Easter Bunny!

Bennett's Easter basket!

Bennett on the way to Church.

Bennett, Matt and I at Grammy and Poppy's house.

The Easter Bunny left tons of goodies!

Bennett with his Easter basket at Grammy and Poppy's.

He loves his new bunny!

Mason, Matt and Matt in there semi-matching sweaters.

Cute family pic. Bennett was so tired!

I loved snuggling with him!

We tried to have a photo session...but it didn't go to well...

All three cousins....

Bennett with his Easter basket at home.

What a soft bunny!

"I love it!"

6 weeks!!

Bennett is 6 weeks old! Hooray!

Matt and I took Bennett to the doctor last Friday because he was getting extremely fussy after he would eat. We went through a couple weeks where it seemed like all he did was cry...we weren't sure if it was colic or tummy trouble or something else. The doctor diagnosed reflux and gave us a prescription. I am so happy to say that Bennett is feeling SO much better and doesn't seem as uncomfortable anymore. Hopefully the medicine will continue to work and Bennett will remain as happy as he is now! :)

Bennett's first experience with his rattle booties. He liked them!

What a big boy!

Bennett and his puppy Roxy.

Bennett and his puppy Minnie.

Half smile.

Silly smile.

Bath time fun!

After his bath...so happy!

The three of us on Matt's birthday.

Bennett's first smiles!

Bennett graced us with his first smile on April 7th! I was lucky enough to grab the camera and start shooting as soon as I saw a sign of a possible smile, and I caught it! First here is a picture of Bennett and his frog friend...then enjoy the smiles! :)

Bennett and his frog, Clyde.

**Now...the making of a smile step by step!

**His smile is pretty great! :) I'm so glad I was able to catch it!

What a cutie!

Bennett's 5th week!

Well time has certainly flown by...and I haven't quite been keeping up with my blogging duties. Bennett has changed so much and is getting bigger every day! It has been amazing having this time to be with him and watch him as he grows. During Bennett's 5th week he visited the Easter Bunny at Crown Center with his cousins Mason and Emma. The bunny was DARLING...and even though Bennett started off as a fussy duck, the bunny was able to help Bennett fall asleep. It must have been all of that comfy fur! :) It was way to hard to pick just a few pictures, so enjoy!

Naked boy!

So big!

Either throwing a punch or a pound sign.

5 weeks...in his darling whale shirt.

He loves his swing!

Bennett with the Easter Bunny!

What a great bunny!

The only way we could do the three cousins together was if Sherry and I jumped in the picture, too.

The fam.

Bennett during the cousin photo shoot...

Bennett, Mason and Emma.

Mason is SO good with the babies! He loves to whisper to them and tell them "hi!"

Love this picture!

Bennett and Emma.

So cute!

Bennett's 1 month checkup!

Bennett visited the doctor for his 1 month check up today! The doctor answered my huge list of questions and thinks that Bennett is doing great! He is 10 pounds 5.6 ounces now and is in the 59th percentile for weight. He is 22.5 inches long and is in the 71st percentile for length...growing like a weed!! The downfall of the visit was Bennett's first shot outside of the hospital. It was very traumatic...especially for mom and dad! I'm not looking forward to next month's shots at all!

Bennett had a great day (besides the shot of course). We played a lot and started working on some tummy time...which he is not a fan of...he even took a trip to Michael's with me and met Aunt Sherry and cousin Emma there as well. This weekend Bennett and his cousins are going to see the Easter Bunny! Hooray! Here are a couple pictures of Bennett from today!

Happy camper!

Playing on the blanket.

Tummy time. He doesn't love it.

These pictures are from Sunday night.

Playing with Emma's activity gym. He likes the bugs.

Matt giving Bennett his first bottle.