A week has come and gone quickly since Benson was born. It's amazing how we can't imagine our life any other way. Addy has had a little trouble adjusting, which is expected. Sharing her daddy's attention is the hardest part. We had a few extreme melt downs until I figured out what was causing them. Her feelings were getting hurt so easily and it has been hard to let baby Benny use her stuff. Christian comes home at night and my calm little angel turns crazy and naughty. She wants 100% of his attention! They play wild and Addy runs around being crazy. She gets upset if I interfere with their fun. She has been getting into things and making some serious messes. Addy makes me laugh with her reasoning of why she did what she did. It's hard to be mad when you here that cute little voice tell you "I'm swimming" in the whole roll of toilet paper on the ground, or when she dumped the entire bag of marshmallows down her shirt making her have a "baby Benny."
On Tuesday night Christian took Addy out on a date. She got dressed up and I curled her hair extra special for her dad. She even wore lipstick! They went to Chipoltle for dinner and then to the library. During dinner she danced in her chair and kept telling Christian how fun everything was. The library had some activities going so there were lots of kids for her to be around. She loved doing the alphabet white board. She chose out some books, three movies, and an alphabet CD. Addy loved her night out with her daddy. Christian knows how to make her feel extra special! Addy definitely deserves this time with Christian.
Here are a few pictures of this week.....
On our way to Benson's first doctors appointment.
My cute boys snuggled up watching the Olympics.
These pictures are from yesterday right after his bath. Benson is 1 week old!
I am sure it will still take some time for the "newness" of the baby and all the changes that come along with it to wear off. Addy is such a great help for me during the day and is an awesome big sister. It melts my heart to hear her talk to Benson. She always says the sweetest things. Christian and I are so lucky to have two amazing kids.
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Love all the hair Benson's got :-)
SO cute:) We have those same receiving blankets. It's crazy how much he has already changed just since the hospital. I think he looks a lot like Christian in these pics.
He is sooo cute! That is so awesome Addy got to have a 'date night' with daddy. Those times are priceless!
I cant get enough of that little man. I love all the pics you keep posting. He does look like his daddy-o. Speaking of daddy what a great one, to take his little princess on a date. He is a keeper!!
I am glad you are doing so well! I remember having "Daddy Dates." My dad did them all the way up until I went to college. We would go to a movie or just to eat or he would think of something special. It always made a huge difference to me because he traveled a lot for work so his time in town was always short. Sometimes he still tries to steal me from Michael when we are in town for a date even now. I think Chris will really enjoy this! Can't wait to hear more!
Ashley I honestly can't get over how STINKING CUTE Mr. Benson is. No joke he is the cutest baby boy with all that hair and his adorable little face. I hope things continue being easier for Addy. Keep the pictures coming so I can keep drooling over this baby boy!!!
You have two of the cutest kids! And I love that Addy went on date with her dad. That is sooo cute!
You guys make such beautiful babies. You should have a dozen. Can't wait till tommorrow to see all of you.
So sweet. I cant wait to get my hands on that boy ;) Chris is such great daddy, I am glad they had a good time together. Love the top picture of them.
That is so cute that Daddy did that for Adddy, they need that special time. I'm so glad things are going good, let me know if I can do anything to help you out... have fun with your mommy, and hold that baby as long as you can.
Looking at these pictures makes me look forward to when mine is born. He really is adorable.
He looks so much like you Ashley. Your kids are darling. I do not have any other children, but our dog has been very jealous of our new addition.
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