Summer fun Mini-series! (Post 2 of 5)

So as I mentioned in my previous post, we decided to take a week off and have ourselves a "stay-cation" this year. We thought we'd enjoy our own city and do some things we don't normally have the time to do. And even though we had taken Ben to the Zoo a few times last summer, he's definitely at a better age for it so we were itchin' to do it again! The highlights for Ben were probably the baby elephant, the petting zoo and the monkeys. We all had a blast!

We also invited some family along to share in our day. Grandpa Breckenridge and Great Aunt Janey met us there to spend the day with our little stinker. Here's the eye candy...enjoy!

All ready to go with his sunglasses and his "Go Bucks" hat...and yes, he can say "Go Bucks". ;)

This was right after he had some ice cream...I don't know about you all, but I have the same reaction to ice cream!

Great Aunt Janey and Ben right outside of the building where the baby elephant was. Think he was having a good time???

A great picture of Ma-Ma and Ben at the Zoo!

And here's another great picture of Ben and Grandpa Breckenridge hangin' out!

Remember, this is only the second part of a five part mini-series. See you all soon!
Jeff, Jenni and Ben

Summer fun Mini-series! (Post 1 of 5)

I hope everyone enjoyed the last mini-series of post because I'm fixin' to do it again! We've had a fantastic spring/summer so far and have been enjoying the outdoors more than ever. We didn't get out much last summer when Ben was a newborn, but we're making up for it now!

A few weeks ago, we took a family vacation and decided to spend it at home...a "Stay-cation", if you will. I've realized that as a father, I don't really look forward to things as much as I did before. I think that's because I'm living so much more in the moment since Ben came home. So it's not really a bad thing, but events and activities sneak up on me a bit. I didn't really have time before our vacation to really look forward to it. Ironic, because it turned out to be 9 of the best days of my life. Sure, I had paternity leave when Ben was born, but he was just a newborn then who didn't do much. This was the first time since then that I was able to spend more than a few days at a time with Ben. And he's a little dude with a personality now! We had so much fun. And as much as I love my job, I had a really hard time dropping him off at the sitter on my first day back. Anyway, I'll be posting 5 times over the course of the next several days, and 3 of those post will give you all the "Stay-cation" details you need!

For now, enjoy a few of our favorites from between my last posts and our vacation.

What a HAM!

Here's Ben and Great Grandma Breckenridge (that's a mouthful) reading a book before bed!

Ma-ma and Ben showing off those precious smiles!

Daddy's little Guitar Hero!

Keep your eyes peeled for the next several days (or subscribe to an RSS feed...yeah right).

Love,
Jeff, Jenni and Ben