Winding Down

Hello!
Well, the weekend is winding down. It has been a very busy but great weekend. Mama, Daddy and I arrived here in Perth-Andover last Tuesday evening around 9 p.m. We had a great time with Papa and Grandma before the other family members started rolling in. I got to meet my Great Gramie and Great Grampie Jamer, and all of my Grandma and Papa's brothers and sisters! There were too many cousins to count! I got to spend the most time with my cousins Kelsie, Kendra and Samuel. I sure did have a lot of fun with them. Most everyone has gone home now. You might be asking what the big gathering was for?!?! Well, my Great Gramie and Great Grampie Jamer celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! Praise God for His blessings!

Mama and Daddy have been taking lots of pictures from our trip. We won't be able to show them to you until we're back home in Oklahoma City (Mama forgot her USB cable show she can't put them on Grandma's computer).

We will be leaving Tuesday morning to go back to Portland, Maine. We're going to spend 3 1/2 days with MacKenzie, Sophie, Cat and Andy. Mama used to live with them in New York and help watch after MacKenzie and Sophie. I am excited to meet them too!

Well, I am pooped after being passed from relative to relative. I am going to head for a nap....

All my love,
Benjamin

Busy Day

Well, Mama and I had a busy day today. Daddy woke Mama up this morning at 7:30 because he wanted her to see if there really was a leak in the wall like he was hearing. Indeed, there was! So Daddy called the maintenance men at 7:30 this morning to get them over quickly. So, Mama and I had a house full of maintenance men until around 11:00 this morning! Here are a couple of pictures of the craziness!
Our carpet got so wet, they had to pull out the carpet pad and bring in this blower! It was VERY noisy....


The water soaked through the wall so much, the paint was bubbling. The men had to cut and peel away the paint so the sheetrock would dry.

In order to find the leak, they had to remove the ceiling tiles!

Mama wanted me to share these pictures with you too. She says that I am "just too cute!" If you can't read my onesie, it says "Chicks Dig My Tractor".....Mama says both of these pictures make me look like I"m up to something......

Well, that's all for now. All my love,
Benjamin

Grandma's Last Day--this time around

Today started out really nicely. I started out by praying in my sleep. Mama caught me in the act!
Then after Mama and Daddy's new bedroom furniture arrived, Grandma, Mama and I went down to Daddy's work for a tour. It was great! Grandma and Mama decided it would be a good afternoon to go walking at one of the malls here. We went walking for a couple of hours. Mama and Grandma stopped and looked in some of the stores to see if they could find any good deals on things for me. Gymboree was THE spot! Mama found a long sleeved shirt and a pullover vest for me. Grandma found me a raincoat and a cowboy hat! Here I am wearing my cowboy hat proudly. This picture was taken at dinner at the Smokey Bones BBQ Joint--go figure, cowboys and bbq!
Grandma and Daddy made May Baskets when Daddy was little. So since it is May 1, Grandma thought it would be a great idea for me to have my very first May Basket. It sure was a good idea. Look at the creation Grandma made me! She even put a couple of peppermints in it for me! Too bad I can't actually have them....
Well, its getting late and our family needs to head to bed. We have to send Grandma home tomorrow. All my love,
Benjamin

Fun Days

Yesterday was a great day. Mama, Daddy, Grandma Sheila and I went for a walk throughout downtown Oklahoma City. ,m,{_)PO(IUj7u8yn8mnmb76n (Benjamin's input). There was an art festival that we walked around, we visited the OKC National Memorial, and played in a fountain.

Then today, Mama, Daddy, Grandma Sheila and I went to church. We drove to Yukon, OK to visit a church where the Pastor and his wife are friends with some friends of ours in Omaha! It was a great time of worship and I got to spend some time in the nursery--it was fun! I wore a brand new outfit that Grandma Sheila got me--it has an African Safari on it. I wore it too because Papa Ron is in Mozambique right now and I wanted to think about him and pray for him. When we got home from church, Grandma Sheila put me into my Oscar the Grouch chair. I got my chair from Great Grammie and Great Grampie Jamer.

We went swimming this afternoon, but we didn't get any pictures because we were too busy having fun. Hopefully we'll go swimming again soon and I'll take pictures then.

All my love,
Benjamin

He's Official!

Well folks, my Daddy is official. He made it onto the City Rescue Mission website. Check him out!

http://www.cityrescue.org/cgi-bin/StaffList.cgi?section=&cat=Staff&rec=68

I love him so much! I am proud of how he and my Mama have followed the Lord's leading by moving to Oklahoma City. I miss my Grandma Nina, my Uncle T.J., my Great Grandma Jo and all my friends at Brookside so very much, but I know that I'll see them again soon!

Here is a picture of me taking a drink of water out of a sippy cup. My doctor said that I could start trying a sippy cup if Mama would let me. I LOVE water! Whenever Mama takes a drink of her water, I want to have a drink too!

This afternoon was really sunny, so Mama and Grandma Sheila took me for a walk. I got to wear one of my ball caps. I then wore it out tonight when we went out for dinner. Grandma Sheila and Papa Ron used to take my Daddy and his brothers out for dinner at the end of their first week back to school when they were boys. So she decided it would be a great treat to take Daddy out for dinner since it was the end of his first week at his new job. Mama took a picture of me while out on the town in my ball cap.

Well, I had better go for now. Tomorrow is supposed to be 73 degrees without much humidity. We're planning a busy day exploring Oklahoma City! Ta ta for now.

Love to all,
Benjamin

Loads of Fun

Hello everyone. I wanted to show you how much fun I've been having here in Oklahoma City. Yesterday Mama was washing a few dishes and I was loving watching the water in the sink. So Mama plugged up the sink and let me splash my feet in the water. Grandma Sheila made sure that I was steady by holding on to me.

Tonight Mama decided to mush up some avacado and let me try it. I loved it! Here is a picture of me with a bit of avacado on my face. No worries though, I didn't let it go to waste!

Tonight after dinner, Daddy helped me to stabd up while holding onto the living room table so that I could play with Baby Tad. I was able to hold myself up for a few seconds before tipping over. I love being a big boy!

I hope all is well with you! All my love,
Benjamin

Oklahoma City

Here we are! We're moved in and somewhat settled. Most of our boxes are unpacked, but we've still got some left to do. I've had fun with my Grandma Nina as she was here until yesterday morning. My Grandma Sheila came in Monday evening and we're having fun together also. Here is a picture of me with both of my Grandmas.

I have had a tour of Daddy's new work. My favorite part was the water fountain. I not only drank from it, but I was having fun splashing and getting myself all wet!

Well, I am off to take a nap. I'm all tuckered out from playing with Mama this morning. I'll write more later!

Love to all,
Benjamin