Merry Christmas!

Benjamin was added to our family ornament tree on my Grandmother's banister.

Family picture at Memmaw's house.

Riding on the Jimmie Johnson Sit and Ride that Grandma and Granddad Schubert gave him. I LOVE this present and I can't wait to decorate it!

Checking out the presents for the first time.

Meeting Santa Clause for the first time! We went to Yankee Candle and Benjamin saw him before I did and started kicking and screeching. He was so excited to see him.

Merry Christmas everyone! We had such a wonderful day with family. We spent the night at my parents house for Christmas Eve. As a tradition everyone got new pajamas and we wrapped presents. Benjamin loved taking the ornaments off the tree and ringing the bell.

On Christmas day Benjamin loved playing with his toys. After we opened presents we had Oyster Stew and visited Benjamin's Great-Grandmothers (Mammaw and Memmaw) and finally made it home in the evening. Of course with all of the festivities Benjamin didn't get a nap so he went to bed early.

Also, as of today, Benjamin is 9 months old! It is going by so fast! He is all over the place... crawling and cruising everywhere. He can stand by himself for a few seconds now so it's scary to think that he might be walking soon. Benjamin still doesn't have any teeth so he is drooling everywhere and occasionally gets fussy. He LOVES to eat and usually eats what I make for dinner... therefore he visits me in the kitchen quite a bit. Recently he has been playing with magnets on the refrigerator so now he takes them off and tries to put them on all kinds of different surfaces to see if they "stick". Grandma Schubert got him the Leap Frog Farm where you match the animals for Christmas so tonight he was busy taking the animals in and out of the farm. It was fun watching him explore with them.

We are SO blessed this Christmas and grateful for what the Lord has provided for us! We can't wait to see what He has in store for us in 2010! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

8 Months Old

Family picture....

Owenby family picture in front of the Scott's house....

Another Owenby picture... THANK YOU SHELBY SCOTT!!! The pictures look awesome! Let me tell you... it is not a small task to get all 10 grandkids AND adults to cooperate!

Baby dedication at Liberty Baptist... thank you Grandparents and Oostras for coming to church to watch Benjamin get dedicated! When we were at the front of the church while Pastor Grant was praying, Benjamin was trying to get the Bible out of my hands!

First football game... ODU vs. VMI. We had a great weekend in Lexington and the weather was perfect. Benjamin loved watching the football game.

Benjamin has reached the 8th month milestone... it has been a blast the past couple of weeks. He is into EVERYTHING. Benjamin is crawling all over the place and has figured out our house is in a circular pattern. He does his laps everyday and comes into the kitchen to see what I'm cooking occasionally! He loves to go to the book display in the office and pull down some of the books. Benjamin will pick some out and we read them together. Benjamin is also pulling himself up on everything... chairs, small tables, our legs, and the sofas. We got him a mega block fire truck and he will pull himself up and then push the truck while walking. It is so cute.

During Thanksgiving week we had a full house. Susan, Chris' sister and her family (husband Glenn and their 4 kids) stayed with us while Sherry, Chris' youngest sister, came down and stayed in Williamsburg at a time share with her family (husband Hank and their 5 kids). Benjamin met his cousins for the first time and watching his face as they all came in was PRICELESS! He had an awesome time playing with them everyday and couldn't wait to get downstairs every morning to see them. I would carry him down the stairs and Benjamin would kick his legs and look around the corner to see if they were up.

We are enjoying the beginning of the holiday season and love to watch him discover the lights and the spirit of the season. We pray for everyone to have a wonderful and safe Christmas and we will post Christmas pictures as we get them. Merry Christmas!