Basketball Boys

Dan has played intramural basketball every year--but this year is especially fun for me because he's playing with Hal (my sister's husband) and Tanner (my little brother). It's so fun to go to the games and see them playing together. Holls, Benson, and I are their fans, but in all actuality we do a lot more catching up with each other than we do cheering. Sorry guys! We're sure going to miss Tanner and the Boyds when we move.

Great-Grandparents!

Our families have had 2 weddings, 1 homecoming, and a baby blessing in the past 5 weeks. So, Benson has been able to meet all of his great-grandparents! I was bad and only took pictures of Benny with Grandma Long and Grandpa Erickson, but we'll just have to visit them all again soon and I'll be better at playing photographer. Now, we just need Benny to meet his Grandma and Grandpa Foster in Texas...he'll see them soon!

Tummy Time

Benson is a pretty pleasant fellow--except when it comes to tummy time! He goes berserk as soon as his belly hits the blanket. He tightens every muscle in his body and goes into superman mode with both his arms and legs in the air. I don't know how he does it. But, Dan is a persistent Dad and lays by him for the whole thing. For the first few weeks Dan would give him a little start by tilting him on his side and Benson would finish up turning onto his back. But, the day before he turned 6 weeks Dan laid him flat on his tummy and within 20 seconds he had turned himself over onto his back all by himself. Since then, tummy time hasn't been as miserable. He still isn't pleasant, but he's relaxed a little bit. Here he is at his tummy time best.

Going Private

Hi friends! Well, now that we have a little boy, we've decided to make our blog private. But, we want to keep sharing with the people we know. So, just leave your email address in comments and I'll send you an invitation. I won't publish comments on this post so you're email address will be kept private.

Here is Baby Ben hanging out with Dad. He often has this worried look on his face--I'm sure he got that from his mother!

Benson Michael Foster

Our little guy is growing up! He is already 2 1/2 weeks old, 21 3/4 inches long, 10 lbs. 5 oz., and growing out of his newborn look. He's been a pleasant little boy most of the time...but late in the evening he gets all of his grumpiness out--poor neighbors.

Choosing his name was a traumatic experience for me and never again will I wait until our child is born to choose a name. I'm too emotional, sleep-deprived, and dramatic to choose a name after birth. But, after a week with our poor little guy having a different name each day--we decided on Benson Michael Foster!

We need to take new pictures because he has already changed so much, but here are a few from when he was just a week old.

Look at his cute little smile--he does this all the time in his sleep!

Playing with Dad

Hanging out with Grandpa Erickson in Idaho--they'd snooze together on the sofa
One of Benson's (and Dan's) favorite positions

Junior is here!

This is my first post on our blog since Carrie is a little occupied at the moment, but we kept getting requests for pictures, so here they are. Our little boy was born Tuesday morning and weighed 9lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long. He's a big baby but doesn't fuss much. We're excited to have him with us.