Benjamin turned one on January 26th! It has been a quick, wonderful year! We had a small celebration with friends and Gramcee.


Benjamin is so close to walking. Here he is pushing his walker. (Sorry for the sideways video).



Benjamin had his first dessert at his party! He loved his vanilla cupcake. (The lights kept being turned on and off so sorry for the darkness and lightness of the video).



Benjamin ate every last crumb of the cupcake and then was on a happy high for hours after that.

Christmas 2008 in France

Benjamin is now crawling more than scooting, and he is getting fast. Sophie was having fun racing him.

Benjamin is pulling up on everything, cruising and even letting go for a few seconds and standing on his own. He also will walk all over the house holding our hands. It won't be long now before he is walking! He loved the kitchen set in France (it was a gift for Chloe years ago).

Sophie - Monkey Bars

Sophie has learned to go across the monkey bars. She is building up those arm muscles!

Benjamin exploring the laundry basket

Benjamin loves the laundry basket- crawling inside of it, turning it around, flipping it, etc. He also loves Sophie's horse, Bonnie. He looks like he is close to doing a real crawl, but he still does a fast scoot.

Sophie Dancing

Montreal, Labor Day, 2008: Sophie loves to dance- and she learned all of her moves on her own. :) This will make you laugh!

Benjamin Playing

Benjamin is getting good at releasing the ball and watching it go down the spiral.

Benjamin on the move

Benjamin is ready to move. For weeks he has been going from sitting to belly, then started moving small distances, but today he moved across the room at daycare when I came in. He can't wait to move but he is also not sure he is happy about it because it is hard work. He should sleep well tonight! He was 8 months on Sept. 26th.