Happy Birthday Benny-Boy!

What a busy few days!

We spent good time with some friends, did last minute shopping and time with Cindy's family, and flew out of Ohio first thing on Ben's birthday...so airport time included a lot of singing happy birthday :)

We started the day tired and needed lots of extra grace, but we finally got to Fort Myers around five pm and were thrilled to finally have Matt's brother, Casey, sister-in-law, niece and nephew meet Ben!

Today we spent the day getting hair cuts (Grammy is so pro!) and at Casey and Laura's house...celebrating this boy and being together.

ONE.  Walks with holding fingers or tables, but not on his own. Eats everything and has NINE teeth. man alive.  Got his first haircut, eliminating his cute little rat tail, and talks constantly but says no words :)  Loves opening and closing door and cabinets, playing trucks and cars, throwing balls, and dumping anything he can get his hands on over, and swimming!

He's a drool bird, and loves his sisters, playing guitar with Matt, any music, and being wherever everyone is, doing whatever everyone's doing.

Ben is very happy to have Nico, his only boy-kid relative!  

 

Ben was NOT so sure about the cake!

Tomorrow is a big day, with church in the morning, lunch for 22 with some of Keith and Barb's Haitian American friends and their kiddos, and a local play tomorrow evening...

I'm so sick of living out of suitcases I can't even tell you. But we only get each day once, and this time with family is so rare...we are enjoying each day deeply!