I love this fat, bald, round, beautiful fellow!!!!! I can't properly describe how wonderful I think he is, other than to say, I would PROUDLY claim him as mine!!!
Ben has the sweetest soul. He is also adorable and handsome and I am not in the least big prejudiced. Holy cow... if I didn't know that I was looking at his bedroom in the last photo I'd think I was looking at a picture of Brad at that age.
Valentine's Day seemed as good an excuse as any to schedule long-overdue photos for the kiddos. (And I'm posting all of my favorites because I can. Also so that my mom and Marsha can tell me which ones they want me to print for them.) Ben was an absolute turd during this photo shoot, which is why I'm amazed these pictures turned out as good as they did. I will have to Photoshop that sucker out of his hand when I order prints for the wall, though. Here's our little GQ junior model... Seriously, how could anyone stay mad at that face? And here's Miss Kaiya! She is growing up WAY too fast for my liking. This one is my favorite! So... once Ben finally cheered up, Kaiya acted up, and our attempts at getting a decent sibling photo were kinda' thwarted... This one will have to do :)
Christmas Eve We attempted to teach the Walker grandkids the nativity story by having them act it out. Ben was uncooperative and the costumes need some work (my fault), but the kids were pretty cute nonetheless. Ben cheered up when he got to play with this super friendly golden retriever puppy that my in-laws were babysitting/hiding (he was to be a Christmas surprise for some friends). What is it about this breed that is so stinkin' cute!? Kaiya decorated some cookies for Santa by emptying two jars of sprinkles. Christmas Day Since we video taped the whole procession, we neglected to take too many pictures Christmas morning. But here are a couple shots of the magic. Among other things, Santa gave Kaiya a puppy... as real a puppy as she'll ever get, anyway :) Santa also brought Ben his own little car which he's been driving around the basement for three days (alongside Kaiya on her new birt...
Ben is obsessed with Disney's Cars and Thomas the Tank Engine, so after looking at some ideas online (and not wanting to compete with this ), I decided on a Cars themed birthday party this year. It turned out pretty cute and was surprisingly easy to put together. I am a little proud of the invitation. Alicia and Blaine couldn't make it to the party, so they came to visit earlier in the day to deliver Ben's gift. He is pretty excited to have his own Thomas, but not nearly as excited as Jake was while giving it to him. It was like he was initiating him into his club. The whole scene was seriously adorable. Ben was moving around so fast during the party that most of my pictures are blurry or just plain awkward. But the food table held still :) Here's one of several shots of Ben getting plenty of "help" opening gifts from his cousins. Brad and I gave him a train table for his room (we were kind of sick of tripping over the tr...
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