Our
little ginger is 8 months old! Actually, he's not so little anymore. He weighs
19 1/2 pounds and is wearing 12 month size clothing. His latest accomplishments
are pulling himself up to stand, crawling without using his elbows, and saying
Mama and Dada all of the time. I can tell he is trying hard to communicate with
us with his lines of consonants and vowels and grunts and squeals. His top
front teeth are finally making an appearance after a month of teething. Benson
loves balls, standing, swinging, and chasing Brig around the house. I will put
Benson down and he will crawl as fast as he can to Brig's room if he is in
there playing. Benson has a double ear infection at the beginning of the month.
He thankfully escaped the pneumonia and bronchitis that the rest of caught
later in the month. We are finally all feeling better.
 |
| The boys in their matching suits and bow ties. |
We stopped in Choteau to see the dinosaurs and eat ice cream at the Old Trail Museum. Brig thought the dinos were "awesome" but he wouldn't go near the triceratops because it was too scary.
Labor
Day weekend we had a fun day with Papa Moo Moo and Nana riding bikes and 4
wheelers down to the Gibson Dam. It was mostly downhill and a peaceful ride
with the wind in our ears and the aroma of pine trees in the air. We ate a
picnic lunch at Sawmill Flats and Brig decided to go skinny-dipping in the
creek. Brrrr. We hiked to the top of the dam and had a look around.
 |
| He's practicing up! |
We had a fun day picking pumpkins, playing games and seeing the farm animals at the fall festival.
This was our last nice day at Canyon Ferry. Brig and Jared played in the water while Bens and I relaxed in the sand. We are sad to see summer go.
Brig started going to preschool once a week with six of his friends. The moms and I take turns hosting it at our houses. We focus on one letter a week. Brigham just loves it!
The
boys and I took a trip to Missoula to play with the cousins. We went for an
evening ride along the river trail. We ate some Mcdonalds at a park along the
way. We didn't go too far due to the fact that Benson hated the bike trailer
and cried the whole time.
It's been raining the last couple of days. We like to go outside and pick up the worms!
