Our growing little baby!!

Our Baby Bennett sure has grown a lot this year!! It is hard to believe he is 16 months!! I thought I would rewind a little and show off some of my favorite baby pictures of him!! One of my favorite things about our sweet baby boy is his HUGE bright smile:) He is always smiling:) Such a happy little baby boy!! And he really is the sweetest!! He brings us so much joy:)!! It is so fun to have one of each as it's so fun to see how much they are alike but how different they really are. Bennett is just all boy!! Into anything and everything. He loves pounding, climbing and putting everything in his mouth. He also loves to snuggle with Mommy though which is the best:)!!

Our little Model:)

Taylor has been our little model since she was a baby in many marketing pieces for Celebrity Kids/Chicago Kids before they closed down and then recently when our favorite photographer from there, Julia opened her own business she asked if Taylor would do a little modeling for their website/marketing pieces to promote her new business "Giraffe & Giggles". Julia is the sweetest person and her work is amazing!! She is so playful with the kids and Taylor just adores her. She is really able to capture expressions in a great natural way. I would highly recommend her to anyone!! So fun for little Miss Taylor to play around the park and get her picture taken. Watch out Hollywood:)!!!! We may have a rising star:)!!!!

Florida Vacation

Florida for us is always a relaxing and nice vacation. We love going to Grandma's condo on Longboat Key. The condo is literally right on the beach...you walk out the door and your feet are on the sand and the ocean is right there in front of you. The kids loved it as it was like a big backyard for them where they could run on the beach and play in the sand and we could see them from the windows. We love grilling fresh seafood and watching the wonderful sunsets. This area is especially special to me since it reminds me of my family since My Dad lived in Sarasota for 13 years. Kari & I would run on Siesta Key Beach and talk about who we would marry and having kids and saying how we want to bring them to this beautiful beach. It's so fun for me to see my kids playing on these same beaches now and swimming at The Longboat Key Club and walking in St. Armands Circle and best of all I just love the quality family time we have together to just enjoy one another!!

Our family trip to Disneyworld. Truly Magical!!

We took the kids back to Disneyworld and it was even more magical than it was when Taylor went at age 2 and Bennett was in my belly last time so it was fun to see him running around loving all the lights and action too. This year Taylor was even more mesmorized by the Princesses she loves so much!! There is nothing quite like the magic of Disneyworld and watching the joy it brings to your kids eyes!! Makes Nick & I feel like a kids again too:) Wonderful family fun!!

My beautiful Princess Ariel and handsome little Sea Monster

For Halloween Taylor wanted to be a Princess (of course!!) and since she was Belle (her Favorite Princess) last year she picked Ariel for this year:) How fun to wear long hair since she is obsessed with wanting long hair right now too. She is such a 3 year old girlie girl and I am loving this "Princessy" age!! Bennett's costume was my favorite on the Chasing Fireflies website so I loved that it matched and looked so great with Taylor's costume. How adorable is he as a little sea monster?!?!! Perfect costume for him this year too as he loves monsters and loves going roar and growling which is what he did when he was trick or treating and it was hilarious!! We had so much fun trick or treating with the kids. Grandma came too!! It was Bennett's first time and he was loving it. The kids had a blast dancing to the Monster Mash at Taylor's friend Evelyn's fun Halloween party too!!

Halloween Festivities 2010

Most people that know us well realize Halloween is a big thing in the Peterson household:) It's a major Holiday and lots of decorating of the house takes place as well as tons of fun fall festivities. This is Daddy's favorite Holiday and even before we had kids Nick had me dressing in costume every Halloween and going to pumpkin patches. This year we went to 4 pumpkin patches and a ton of Halloween parties!! One of our favorites is always the pumpkin patch where the kids get to go on all the rides. This year was Bennett's first year that he got to join in on all the fun and we had him going on the scrambler and mini ferris wheel at age 1. Mommy was not loving it but Bennett had a perma grin:) We had so much fun with the kids and they love it!! Here are a few pictures of My little "scary skeletons" enjoying all the fun:)