These two years!

Well, Benny Boy, you are fast approaching your second birthday!  Just looking back on all the pictures from the past year makes it clear that we have been a busy family, and you have shared in some great times!  Summer saw us traveling to Canada for Aunt Teresa's final promises at Madonna House.  That was probably among the last of your classic "Benedict Sleep Disasters."  You had us (your mama and grandma mainly) up good portions of the night.

But your sleeping has improved.  Is it to the point where we can now smile at your sleep antics of years one and two?  Well, maybe not yet!  But one thing is for sure:  aside from sleep, you have been a total delight.  This Fall has been a time when talkative, social and sweet personality has really emerged.  One of the greatest parts of your life to watch is how totally devoted you are to Grandma Gehred.  You two are quite the pair.  Sometimes, after a day spent at their house, you will see us and say "go home!!!"  Not as in "let's go home," but rather, you go home and I stay with Grandma!  She is, as we like to say, "Benedicted." 

Thank you, Benny, for two amazing years of life and love.  You are a total gift to us!  And even despite many hours of sleep deprivation, you have been--in Grandma's words--"perfect"!