Brrr...Baby It's Cold Outside :)

Like everyone else this time of year our schedule is PACKED, but we are loving every minute of it :) Benjamin went to his first Christmas parade in downtown Tyler and boy was it cold!! Dada and Granpa Swanie took turns holding Ben on thier shoulders until neither one of them could take it any longer...Does this little boy just look like a snow bunny or what???

Max went to Austin for 4 days to the Texas State Assessment Conference and Benjamin and I made the journey down to visit and had a great time touring around downtown:

The Ben Man has become quite a great traveler...he slept HARD on the trip home...

The Ben Man got a great report this morning @ his 18 month check-up. He is officially on the charts in the 95th percentile in weight @ 31 lbs and has moved up to the 64th percentile in height. When I asked Dr. Austin about his head possibly being a "little large" he told me that his head is the size of your average 5 year old...oh what a smart boy we have (I'm sure it's all brain)!

Have I ever mentioned that this boy LOVES cooking!! Especially when he gets to lick the spoon...Max and I made our first Puerto Rican flan tonight...and it smells YUMMY :)