Sorry about the longer time between posts this time. We have had an adventure-filled two weeks with not much spare time to post on the blog. Hopefully things are calming down and we will be able to post more often. We would love to hear from you guys. I have made it so no one can comment on this blog, but you can always email us at bencarmenhope@gmail.com. We are keeping you and your family in our prayers and just hope you are safe and happy!
Hope you are ready for lots of pictures!
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| The beginnings of Benson starting to smile on a regular basis |
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| Sometimes Benson and Mommy will sit and listen to the scriptures on the Iphone. He seems to quite like it. |
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| Benson finally got to meet his Lolo (Grandpa) and Lola (Grandma). |
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| The first grandchild! |
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| Lolo! |
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| I love how happy Lolo is! |
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| Lola barely let the car park before she ran inside to meet her Apo (Grandson). She was so excited and instantly in love. |
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Ben dressed Benson for church and was very proud. He looked pretty adorable!
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| More of that adorable smile!! |
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| Lola held him almost non-stop while she was here and he LOVED it! Benson loves to be held. |
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| Benson with his Tita (aunt) DJ and Lola. |
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| I don't love this picture, but Benson definitely knows his momma. If he was crying or tired, Lola just had to hand him to me and he would fall right asleep. So sweet! |
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| Aunt Kristen finally came into town to meet Benson as well. |
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| It was so fun to hang out with Kristen and get her advice and learn from her. |
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| We tried the bumbo, but he's still too small. It will be soon though. Benson is EXTRA strong. He totally holds his head up. He also stands on my belly sometimes when I am holding him. It's pretty crazy. |
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| I love this picture! Benson doesn't seem to like to sleep in his bed, but he does like the couch as long as mommy or daddy is close by. |
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| Benson ready for our first walk outside in his new stroller. |
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| Out for our walk. The weather has been so nice and Benson sleeps really well in the stroller. |
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| He is kind of holding onto a toy. |
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| Our little monkey! |
Below are pictures from the same time period from my cell phone. We take a lot of pictures with my phone.
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| Benson absolutely loves this fan. He just stares at it, even when it's not spinning and the light is not on. |
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| Benson's first time in the Baby Bjorn. He is ok with it once it a while and it definitely makes it easier to get things done. |
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| Archie kissing Benson (I don't usually allow this, but I had to snap a picture) |
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| So sleepy!! |
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| So sleepy......but not willing to sleep, so he screams instead. He doesn't do this much though, he is a pretty calm baby! |
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| Sleeping on Lola. He totally fits in. |
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| Told ya, he is SO strong! |
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| On our first walk |
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| Close up! (you can also see how CRAZY his baby acne is). |
