Yes, we are still alive

I am sorry I'm a horrible poster, but I thought I'd let you know that Skye and Bennett are still alive and growing (a little too fast for my liking). My love for the two of them continues to grow and I feel so blessed to have them, even if they drive me nuts on some days. I still can't believe how fun and cute these two are.

Skye has decided that she dresses herself from here on out. Some days I can convince her to wear something specific or to let me choose (usually just Sundays), but most days she just likes to choose for herself; a battle I'm not willing to fight every day, even if the colors clash like crazy. Oh well., I am sure it could be worse. (ps-this outfit was on a ridiculously cold day too).

Luckily, Bennett still lets me dress him. :)

We go to the park just about every day. Both Skye and Bennett love being outside especially when bike riding, slides and swings are involved.

In short, I just love these two!

Lil' bit o' Skye & Bennett... and Halloween! (it's a long one)

These two have really started to like each other. At the beginning, Skye would play a little too rough with Bennett or would just out right hit him. But now, she loves being his older sister, making him laugh and giving him toys to make him happy. I sure love the little relationship building that is happening and hope it continues. (Please ignore the chunk of goldfish in Skye's teeth :))

Here are some random pictures of them individually with their adorable personalities--

We are still working on what "smile" means. She just can't quite get it right yet.

Bennett, on the other hand, will smile away with any attention given to him.

Skye LOVES wearing my shoes, especially the ones that make noise when she walks. She looks a little too grown up in this picture for my liking though... she's not old enough to wear those!

Again, our smiley little man.

Playful little Skye

With this whole lot of pictures I accidentally took off the 'red-eye' on the camera and so a lot of cute pictures are ruined... like this one. This is Skye's excited face, it is very hard to capture this moment because she doesn't show it often even if she is really excited... and what is she so excited about....? .....

...Her rain boots of course! She loved splashing away. We had to keep changing her pants though because they would get so wet and she didn't really like that but wanted to keep splashing.

We did a Sunday afternoon photo-shoot - (this is the best pic I could get of the two)

Bennett had his first food - peas. Yum! I love their first reaction to food, but as you can see, Bennett gradually began to like them. He ate them rather fast and is a great eater now, no picky-ness in sight... hopefully.

And Happy Belated Halloween! Skye was Little Red Riding Hood and Bennett was a soccer ball.

Bennett just wanted to eat all the leaves...

And this is all of us out to dinner with my parents. We really do enjoy being a family of four!

A Little Taste of Skye and Bennett and Our Summer

Skye loves to try on my shoes and pick out a purse to wear. She puts it all on and walks away saying "bye!" I don't know where she gets the purse idea because I use them maybe once every two months or so... if that.

We went to the splash park a lot this summer, which Skye absolutely loved. Look at the face and the form - determined! She is bound to be a track star. :)

Grandma's Ipad, a new found favorite.

Skye loves to love Bennett (most of the time) but sometimes she does it a little too excitedly. :)

Bennett is FULL of smiles all day. Really. All you have to do is look at the boy and he will return the gesture with a full smile like this one, but usually bigger. I LOVE this boy!!

He recently found his foot and plays with it all the time and he looks pretty cute doing it too.

Getting used to "tummy time", hence the lack of smile.

Skye has been riding her bike for at least 4 months, if not more. She loves it and is really good at it too. She is being a little slow/timid in the video, usually she is cruisin' along.

Introducing Bennett Gene Jensen (finally!) and his baby blessing

Bennett Gene was born on April 12, 2011 at 3:11 am,

He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inches long.

Here is our cute little guy who has stolen my heart-

I love this picture! You really do forget how little they are.

Skye loves her baby brother (usually:)) and is always excited to show him off.

Bennett's Baby Blessing Day

Our handsome little man

He is looking like he will be a hand/thumb sucker

I love this picture!

This is the best family photo we could get. It was super bright outside and we weren't posing the best either... but hey, it works right?

Thank you Allyson for taking all these adorable pictures! Give her the credit everyone. :)