buns vs diaper

When we got home Wednesday night, Brandon took Bentleys pants off so he could crawl easier. We are not sure if his diaper just got shifted, or if it happened when Brandon took his pants of, but clearly, something was not right!

A close up

Apparently his little bunners were hungry too! :)

He has been loving his new chair, lately, as I mentioned before. Last night, the tickle monster came and got him while he was trying to watch TV. :)

[[this]] && {{that}}

We have been keeping just crazy busy lately!! I know that my blogging has been getting neglected, but being that we are so busy, I haven't been taking many pictures lately either!

I have snapped a few lately and taken some short videos too. Bentley is really into mimicking whatever Brandon does these days, and its quite hilarious at most times. Last night, Brandon was sitting on the couch watching TV with his arms crossed. We noticed Bentley over in the corner, trying to figure out how to cross his arms. After a few tries, he figured it out, and turned around and showed us, with a smile like "see what I learned, Mom and Dad?"  He was quite proud. :)

He has also learned this recently:

I told Brandon to pick his nose last night and see if Bentley mimicked that too - but he didn't :) Instead, Daddy just looked like a goofball!!!

We got him a chair for his birthday, and lately we cant get him out of it. He just goes and sits in it, usually with a tractor or two, and smiles, while we ooooh and aaaaah over how cute he is.

He is learning SO much these days, its just amazing to us. We are just loving watching him learn and grow, and turn into such a little boy.

He also took a few steps on his own last night, so we are sure it wont be long before he is walking around everywhere. Daddy can't wait to have a little buddy to hold hands and walk around with. :)

[[boys.day]]FRiDAY::part.two::

I forgot these in my other post, which was probably okay since it got kind of long.

I mentioned that the boys played very well together, I forgot to mention, it was only when the toy in the video below got "put away" for the day... :)

as you can see, Bentley was not about to share that loader with Preston! Good thing Preston was a toughy and could hold his own!

After Brandon got home, he, Hunter, and Bentley had a great time playing "boo!" Bentley's laugh just cant help but make me smile!

These three boys (little) boys, and my (big) boy are just the greatest! <3 I am so blessed! xoxo

[[busy.busy.busy]] weekend @ the Posma's

We have been keeping very busy around here, but we like it that way! Its so much more fun to do things with Bentley now, because he is actually interested in them. :)

He still isn't walking, so we went outside the other night and practiced his walking up the driveway for a bit.

He did good for a bit...

Until he spotted some dirt. go figure!

Thursday night we went to the Van Andel for the Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus.

He ate an entire jar of puffs to keep busy. Sadly, the circus didn't keep his attention like we thought it would...

Friday night we headed down town with Jenna & Robert for the live mannequins show - WOW! was that ever amazing. All the store downtown can choose to participate and this year the theme was TV so each store front picked a show, and had live mannequins from that show. How creative everyone was! It was amazing!!!

Didn't get too many pics - but here is Bentley trying out his winter hat. :)

Sunday was a very lazy day at our house, so we just relaxed, napped, and clipped coupons. Apparently this is something I need to start doing when Bentley goes to bed....

He would spread them all out and roll in them. what a ham!

Daddy thought he needed his hat on, in the house, in just a diaper.

They are goofy!!

He is pretty handsome, though! :)

[[boys.day]] FRiDAY

This past Friday we were able to help out my friend Sarah and watch both her boys all day! What a busy and fun day we had with Hunter and Preston.

The boys came over early, still in their pj's and Bentley slept in. Sarah bought Bentley the same pajamas she sent the boys over in, so when Bentley woke up, I changed him so they could all match! :)

They played alllll morning. They really all play well together.

the matching boys - getting them all too look at the camera at the same time was about as impossible as getting them to part from their trucks for a picture. :)

Hunter left the  bathroom door open, so of course the little boys couldn't pass up a splash in the toilet. :)

We had lunch and played outside for a while. The boys ALL napped all afternoon, at the same time. It was almost a miracle! :)

Hunter slept the longest - just like this, on the couch.

Preston slept the least, but that was okay, we had some fun playtime with just the 2 of us!

playing trucks...

group hug.

We are so thankful that Bentley has such fun neighbors and friends that he gets to play with and grow up with! We look forward to many more days together!!!

Bentley's Favorite....

...must be his DADDY!

I ask him to say "Ma-Ma" and this is what I get....

Out with the old...

...to make room for all the new.

The amount of toys that our child has is insane - and to me, very overwhelming. So last night, after we finished unboxing all his new toys, and he went to bed, I put away all the "old" toys. The sad thing is, he has his favorites, so alot of the things I put away have hardly ever been touched.

Then, I organized his new trucks, tractors and toys. I know it won't stay this way for long, but you can't imagine how good it felt to sit on the couch last night and be able to see the living room floor!!!

All his tractors in a line - he will be so impressed when he sees this! :)

This winter when he gets sick of all these toys, I can haul the old back out and they will be like "new" again!

And then, it will be time for Christmas.... :S

BENTLEY'S [[birthday~party]]

On Sunday, we celebrated Bentley's first birthday with family and friends. We had the party and G&G Slagh's house in the hangar, and everything turned out perfectly. I was overwhelmed by themes when I had started to plan, so I decided to just do my own thing and keep in neat and simple. I made everything, including the decorations.

Here are some pictures of our fun day!

the hangar - all decorated for the birthday boy.

His birthday banner I made out of paper plates.

Gift Table

and yes, I did make the "poufs" myself too!

Food table, with his birthday picture sign

His cake.

One of my proudest accomplishments yet!

It was SOO fun and so easy to make, I can't wait till I can make another one next year!!!

Hammin it up at the kiddie table with cousin Craven.

Such adorable boy cousins!

Getting ready to open presents with Daddy!

Divin right in!

His ride on truck from his girlfriend Charley

(she helped him open almost everything, but she was most excited about this one)

Bubble Gun from Uncle Jim

Chuck the Truck!

A tractor! Can you see the "just give me that thing, Dad" look on his face?

Socks?? Really, Auntie Sarah?

(Being the bestest friend that she is, Sarah asked what he really NEEDED for his birthday, so I told her socks. He definatley wasn't thrilled, but Mom was!!!)

Gettin the hang of tearing open the wrapping paper!

Papa and Cohen takin a snooze during presents.

[[brandon and his crew worked on a road project alllll weekend long, pretty much around the clock, friday to sunday. no wonder papa was tired. daddy would have been doing the same thing if he could have gotten away with it!]]

A wagon! yay!!!!

Not sure who took this picture of Craven, but it is adorable, and it is totally him.

He loves tractors very much too!

the cupcakes

our family <3

being a ham.

but he can, hes the birthday boy!

time for cake!!

diggin right in, after mom dis-assembled the cake to avoid some choking.

YUmMmMmM!!

a frosted mess

frosting kisses for Papa.

he ate about half the cake, and three of the four doughnut tires.

his belly had to hurt.

the aftermath...headed for a bath in the sink

his friends enjoying his gifts while he gets a bath

Brandon and I had ordered this chair for him for his birthday, but it was on backorder so it didn't make it in time for the party.

It was waiting for him last night when he got home from Ms. Vickies.

I'm pretty sure I am more excited about it than he is...

...I mean why would he want a big plush chair when he can have a loader, dozer, dump truck and three new john deere tractors??

Thanks to all our family and friends for coming to celebrate our little prince. We truly cherish all the memories we have made this past year, and look forward to many more to be made!!!