Quarter of a Century

I'm officially 25 as of this past Tuesday! I remember when 25 used to sound old, but now it's REALLY young... right? Anyway, the Friday before my birthday we went out to dinner with a small group to celebrate and Ben and I were actually ready in time to have our picture taken together. He's getting so big, before long he's going to be completely covering me up in pictures! hahaThis one is just a cute shot of one of the adorable, overly-serious looks we get from Ben very often!

Ben and I leave for Kentucky this next Tuesday so Ben can FINALLY meet my family. My grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are so ready to meet him and we are so ready to see them!! There will definitely be pictures when we return!

We made it through the first 12 weeks!

This is what Ben is doing while I am "blogging". He's watching patiently from his swing!

Ben is REALLY smiling a lot and making all kinds of cute noises! He has a Baby Einstein play gym that has all kinds of things hanging from it, but he loves two of the orange rings that are on either side. He's always holding the two orange ones, not the blue, purple or green... the orange. Maybe he has a favorite color already?! One of the orange rings is hanging from a purple octopus, and he has started smiling when he makes "eye contact" with it.

Look how much he has grown!!

The picture in the blue was taken March 10, 2008 (when we came home from the hospital) and the second, we took this past weekend (June 1, 2008). It's amazing how much babies grow in just the first few weeks! These pictures are the only ones I have that really give a scale for comparison! The weather was drastically different as well. It was about 50 degrees the day we came home from the hospital and about 95 this past Sunday. What a difference 12 weeks makes in weather too!! haha

This past weekend, Friday night, Ben spent the night in his own room. He has been doing really well. Actually Sunday night, he slept from 9:30 pm until 5:00 am without interruption and then went back down after eating until 9:00 am. Needless to say, I actually got some sleep for once! I'm hoping these great nights will get closer and closer together!!