The Benson Family

7/13/10

She loves her pizza Elmo! She likes to put her finger in the pizza's mouth!

She loves the baby bear book!

She will blow and suck on her toes. I think she's imitating what I do when I blow on them after I paint them!

She wanted me to take this picture close up, it was funny!

She loves her Baby Einstein book! She is learning new things daily. She can tell you where several of her body parts are! She will point out several different things in this book as well. Each time you turn the page it's different sets of things from food to animals! We really love it!

Little Hillbilly Raye!

Raye giving Lola kisses. She can say Lola and Dukey. She calls Holland "booboo" since he got hurt. He is still at the vet and will hopefully come home soon. They wanted to monitor his drain they had to put in last evening when we took him and watch over him. It's best for him to be there where they know how to handle it better than we do. We will keep our fingers crossed he comes home tomorrow.

This is the Lewis crack, I know her PawPaw appreciates this! This is a trait passed down from several generations of Lewis', i'm sure her Great Gramps would of got a kick out of this. :)

Here's our Hillbilly running around without a shirt! She's crazy!

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She loves her Lola!

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Awwww

7/12/10

We had a busy weekend! Holland came home on Friday night and he has done great! We had to take him to the vet this evening though and he had to stay. He has some fluid built up in his leg they have to drain. He also had a fever of 103 so they wanted to maintain that and get him feeling better. He's getting around great and doing really well though. Ellie really missed Holland. She stayed the night with Nanny and Papaw on Friday. She loves to go to Nanny and Papaw's house. She has developed several routines there! She knows exactly where her snacks are and isn't afraid to get them out. She also enjoys cuddling with Papaw in his big chair. She enjoys helping Nanny clean and playing with her baskets! When Nanny brought her home she was so EXCITED to see Holland. She points to his incision and says "booboo." She will also whimper when he gets up to move. She's very concerned about him, it's really precious!

My Dad and Kim had a diaper shower for John on Saturday night. They had a blast! All of John's good friends came to it and they all enjoyed themselves! Ellie and I hung out at home with Aunt Casey. Ellie decided to tell me "shhhh" with her finger in front of her mouth on Saturday night in front of Aunt Casey. She had a really fun time playing with her! After the diaper shower we had Michael, Casey, Steve, Amanda and Emma over for a bonfire. It was a lot of fun! Holland even wanted to come out and lay by the fire between John and I. It was really sweet! :)

On Sunday we lounged around after going to my Dad's for pizza for lunch. It was nice to have a lazy evening. Ellie decided to stay up till 10 because Daddy let her take a nap from 4:00 to 6:00 while I napped. She was partying. She even watched Big Brother with us! Oh and I forgot to mention she ate a big onion out of PawPaw's garden so her breath smelt awful!

Today I had to go to the dentist so she went to MawMaw and PawPaw's while I ran to the dentist. We then came back home and played for a while. She then went back to MawMaw and PawPaw's this afternoon to stay the night. She played outside and swam this evening!

We have been staying pretty busy that's for sure!

Raye chillin in Great Grams Lewis' car. We spent Friday morning with Great Grams while we got Daddies windows tinted in his truck. It was his birthday gift from us!