Benson's Birthday!!

I can't believe our baby is one year old!  We decided to have a little celebration with friends and of course cake and ice cream.  Benson seemed to have a good time and just loved being around lots of people.  We gave him a cake to smash and surprisingly he only pecked at it.  I would have thought that with his personality he would have had it everywhere.  I think he was more interested in getting out of the high chair and playing with the kids.  He received some great gifts including a car, bubble machine, swimsuit, finger puppets, shoes, just to name a few. They have been keeping him very busy this past week.  Thanks to everyone who could come and help make our little boy feel special.  Happy Birthday Benson!  We love you!

PICS FROM THE PARTY

I thought it would be fun to list some of the things that Benson has accomplished in the past year so that we can always remember (I'm totally copying you Krista).  Here goes, 

Benson ...

• has 8 incisors and 3 molars, the 4th will be breaking through any day (Lundon would be proud of my terminology)
  
• loves climbing up onto the couch, into laundry baskets and onto anything challenging, we've found that he is very persistent and won't stop until he has conquered the challenge
• says "daddy" and "duck," tries to say "bath" and knows exactly what it means, he also knows what "go" means and heads straight for the door
  
• is great at sharing food with our dog, feeding himself a cracker then feeding Gizmo a cracker and so on (Gizmo waits patiently for it too)
• can open the front door and will take off down the sidewalk, he is very good at walking and goes quickly 
• waves bye-bye and claps to patty-cake
• dances to music and will immediately start bobbing his head when we go into stores that have loud music