ben loves.....himself

during last week's thunderstorm in dallas, we decided to shack up at a hotel due to the lack of electricity and a/c that resulted....not important, anyhoo...what is important is that there was a nice full length mirror there for ben to play with his new best friend....himself! he loves mirrors...i'm not sure if all babies are like this, but he loves to touch himself and make out with himself.....his mirror image, that is.
p.s. he also loves to attack cell phones, cameras and video cameras that are shooting him.

ben loves nordstroms.

there are very few words for this picture...except that i am teaching benjamin to LOVE shopping at nordstroms! see?



this was a few weeks ago, but still awesome. i am sure daddy is proud!

Benajmin is 9 months old!

Very hard to believe, but benjamin is 9 months today! He has really grown up in the last few weeks. He is always on the go as you can see here (and is developing a nice little attitude to go with it...must be the red hair) He is really a lot of fun these days.

ben in his new ride:



slideshow of this week's pics:

Little Mr. Sunshine

We had a lovely weekend at the goldman house...including an awesome wedding (post soon to come on that) and time with grandparents and a cousin, new friends from the Valley and last but not least...a baby photo shoot with the 2 CRAZIEST stage parents ever - Mark and Marjorie (grandma). I found a cute baby contest online (from GMA) and am shameless enough to enter benjamin...BUT my mother and Mark have taken shame to a new level. These two nuts spent forever taking pictures and then proceeded to go online, peruse the already entered babies and talk trash! Mark and Marjorie would fit in great at a small town texas beauty contest. Little Mr. Sunshine here we come. Here are the pics...come back soon for more pics of the wedding festivities. (posted by Caroline - who helped a little with the photo shoot, but did NOT insult helpless babies).