Benjamin's First Birthday

It's so hard to believe that a whole year has passed since Benjamin was born. I am so blessed to have him as a little brother. Here's a slide my mom made and some pictures of Benjamin's birthday:

Benjamin on the ''Turbo Turtle''.

Balls, balls, and more balls!

Benjamin opening presents

Benjamin opening more presents

Benjamin

It took a lot of work to get that hat on Benjamin.

A very messy birthday boy

One of Benjamin's presents that Samuel labeled.

Peek-a-boo!

Did you know I'm cute?!

Superbowl, Here We Come!

The Steelers have one more game to win until it's off to the Superbowl! I'm so excited because we are big Steelers fans, and every time they have a big game to win, we always cook all sorts of yummy stuff! Last week, they were playing in the playoffs, and we had a blast screaming and cheering for them. Here's some pictures:

All of us wearin' our Roethlisberger jerseys

Me, Hannah, and Sam

Hannah cheering for the Steelers

Me and Dad chompin' down on some yummy food

An adorable baby named Benjamin

Poor Benjamin...

Mostly everyone around the house has been sick lately, including Benjamin. He had croup, but it has gotten a lot better. He ended up going to the ER at midnight on Sunday. That afternoon, we tried to use a nebulizer, which had medicine that comes out in steam, and when you breath it in, it opens the lungs. It worked pretty good. Later that night, around 11:00, when we did another treatment, it didn't help at all. Here's a picture of poor Benjamin:

He's back to his old self, including getting into trouble.

Sooooooo Busy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I haven't been able to post lately! Some close friends that we hardly see, got to come and visit for a week the day after Christmas! Our week was filled with fun activities, and luckily we got some great pictures!

All of us gathered around the Christmas tree.

Julia (9) holding Benjamin.

Julia

Jacob

Jeffrey (14)

Mom and Sam

Benjamin decided to start cheering us on.

Benjamin lookin' adorable!

Staring off into space...

Since they got to stay for New Years, we decided to have a New Years Eve party! We had a blast, and boy were we tired in the morning! Here's some pictures:

Some delicious sandwiches

Barbecue wieners


A yummy cheese dip with sausage


Some sweets to keep us up all night

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!