Welcome Bennett Michael!

I know it's been a month since Bennett arrived, but as you can imagine, life has been a bit crazy around the Jarnigan house (It's only taken me two days to do this post). Therefore, I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably not going to be sending out birth announcements. I didn't do it for Ed either, so I don't feel so bad. :-) I wanted to post some pictures of Bennett from the hospital and then a short little video I took of him the other day. When he was born, he was 7lbs. 13oz and 19.75 inches long.

Ed and I took Ben to the doctor yesterday and he has grown so much in the past month! He is now 10lbs. 7oz. and 22.75 inches long. He is such a big eater, so I'm not surprised at all that he has grown so much.

Some may be wondering how Ed is doing with it all. He loves his little brother and is so proud to be a big brother. We haven't changed much about our routine, so that helps. Ben just comes along wherever we go. He lives in the carrier and loves every second of it. He's my snuggle bug.

In the pictures, you can see where he has spots on his face. The cord was wrapped around his neck when he was born and they had to vaccum him part of the way (only about 5 sec) because his heartbeat was quickly going down. A bit scary for a second, but he was fine. It was an easy labor otherwise- only 8 hrs!

right after he was born- probably one of the best moments in the world for a mother

I took this pic a couple days later at home

proud big brother

Here are some more recent pics.

My boys :-)

Here is a short video of Bennett. We were at Pump it Up for a bday party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZwdF_6zeI

Just some recent pics of us outside enjoying the nice weather. We also got a new camera, so I'm trying that out. Ed threw our other one down the stairs and broke it (sad times). Therefore, we splurged and got a much nicer camera that we have been wanting for a while now. Thanks, Ed! There is also a short video of Ed "wacking the ball" as Pawpaw says it, and now Ed calls it that as well.

Playing in the sandbox

Lefty??

Look at that form! Eye on the ball and everything! I think he's an natural. Wonder where he gets it? :-)

My boys

One of Ed's favorite activities- playing ball with Hailey.

Three amigos

Best buds

Click here to see video

FAO Schwarz

Being that we don't have much more time as a family of 3, we are trying to make the most of our days with just Ed. We took a trip into the city yesterday and went to FAO Schwarz. Ed's mind was about to explode from all the stimulation. Here are a few pics and one video.

petting the big elephant

going crazy in the huge candy section- you can see daddy trying to move quickly

watching trains- of course the favorite part

running on the famous piano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiwsQYmVX6I&feature=youtu.be

Updates

Just realizing today how long it has been since we posted something on our blog! Wow. Well, lots has happened since we last posted.

* Ed is potty trained (Yippiee!),
*has learned to pedal his trike (and mommy has to chase him all over the neighborhood- which is not easy when you are 8 months preggo),
*is now wearing 3T clothes (any parent can relate to this milestone or any change in sizes of clothes),
*and little brother is a month away from making his debut (if not sooner!).

Our little boy is getting so big and just in time to be a big brother!

36 weeks and counting!

Video of Ed riding his trike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9l4fBUUWG0