Happy 21-Month Birthday, Benjamin Bug!

Okay, so a whole month has gone by with no posts. A lot has happened this month. We lost Bum Bum, Ellie and Timber's baby dog and Benjamin's good friend. He still looks around for her when we mention her name and says "Good Girl!" So that has been hard. And I worked extra on some freelance projects plus lots of doctors appointments for Halmuni aka "Mahni." So with all that going on I realize that I used FaceBook a little more frequently to update people on Benjamin. Mostly through pictures. But here are a few posts that I grabbed from my FB page that happened between 20 and 21 months old.

strange to be called "Mom" & "Dad" by our baby. Still want to be "Mommy" & "Daddy."
August 20 at 10:16am

Had a wonderful family date tonight. Benjamin played on the swings, monkey bars, and slide for the first time!
August 29 at 8:40pm

Feeling like the world is different without the Bum Bum. We love and miss you, Baby Dog.
August 31 at 4:06pm

In more current Benjamin news his shoes from See Kai Run were delivered this afternoon. He loved opening the boxes and seeing them, all the while saying "shoes! shoes! shoes!" He wore them for most of the late afternoon and evening and when Mahni and I tried to take them off he said, "No! Mine!" and tried to run away. The baby likes his shoes and who can blame him? They are really cute! We'll try to get a good pic of them up soon. Thanks Poppy & Mahni for the early Christmas gift!

We love you, Benjamin Bug. We can't say it enough.

Love,
Mom & Dad