The Bennetts' Blog

Friday, July 31, 2009

Sea World!!! Woo Hoo!!!

Bryan and I thought that we would take Annabelle on one last trip with "Just the 3 of Us" before little brother makes his appearance. I had heard that Sea World was so much fun for kids her age, so we loaded up the car and headed to San Antonio!

Annabelle was the BEST traveler, never complaining, but always questioning if we were close to Sea World and asking if random buildings (Napa Auto Parts, and a little house on the side of the road) were Sea World. She woke up from her nap in the car when we were in Boerne, Texas and she asked if we were at Sea World yet. I told her, "no...but we are nearly in San Antonio!!!". She looked at me and said, "but I don't want to go to San Antonio, I want to go to Sea World". Explaining citites is a hard thing to do, but I tried my hardiest. We pulled up to the hotel and Annabelle grabbed my hand and said, "Oh, mommy! I love it!!!! Thank you so much for taking me to Sea World!!!!" Bryan and I just laughed and explained that this is just where we are sleeping, and we were on our way to Sea World after unloading the car.

Annabelle had an absolute ball at Sea World. She was able to ride quite a few of the rides geared towards the younger kids. I couldn't believe, but Annabelle was 39 inches with her shoes on!!! We have a tall girly on our hands...came in handy though when riding the rides! Annabelle loved the dolphin show the most (which was probably Bryan's least favorite thing we did). Annabelle danced through the whole performance...it was adorable! I think she stole the show more than the dolphins and people jumping into the water!!! Next she liked the waterpark stuff, that was Bryan and my favorite part too! I was so thankful to have the waterpark in the 105 degree weather! Being pregnant and hot is not a pleasant feeling!

We went to the Alamo and we ate on the RiverWalk and took a riverboat ride too. We tried to go to the zoo, but it was about to close, but instead we went on a train ride by the zoo. Annabelle liked that, although after 2 1/2 days at Sea World, we all looked like death run over!!! Our hotel was AWESOME! It had a small playground, 3 pools, and they did smores every nite and showed a child's movie on the exterior wall every nite also. Plus...it was the closest hotel to Sea World, which was great!

Swimming!

We have had SO Much fun this summer. Bryan's parents opened up their pool for the first time in like 6 years. Needless to say...Annabelle and everyone else is having so much fun swimming at Nannie and Bop's pool!

Annabelle has really taken to the water this year. She just goes and does her own thing in the water, although she isn't brave enough to jump off the diving board yet. She is a really good little kicker, and if I was brave enough to let her take off her floaties, she could probably stay above water for a short period of time. Mommy's chicken though!!!

Annabelle looks adorable in all of her little swimsuits. She is so much fun.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Our little Dancer

Annabelle went to Dance Camp earlier this summer. Annabelle's aunt Brittney was one of the instructors, and Miss. Brittney couldn't wait to see Annabelle do tap and ballet. Annabelle was well equipped with a couple of brand new leotards, new skirts, a dance bag, hair accessories, tights, ballet shoes and tap shoes. WOW...you need a BUNCH of stuff to look the part!

Annabelle had a GREAT time doing this. We will definitely be signing her up in the fall, and can't wait for her recital in the Spring.

Here are some pics...they aren't very good, because parents weren't allowed to watch, but I found about an inch worth of space between some curtains and the window frame outside the studio where I could spy on my little cutie!

Showing us what a ballet dancer does.

Miss. Brittney and Annabelle

You can see Annabelle in the first black leotard from the left. Her hands are up.

Turning in a circle with hands above her head.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Soapy Soup????

Annabelle is HUGE on "How To's". She can sit and talk and talk and talk her way through something. One of her favorite things to do is to make Soapy Soup. She can sit in the bathroom and make Soapy Soup for literally an hour. She does it over and over and over again, but the instructions always stay the same. First you need to add "just a little tiny bit of soap", then you put in water. Then she always imagines that she has freshly squeezed lemons, then stir, stir, stir. Add more water, then add more soap, then stir, stir, stir. Then we need a "hint of mint" and some ice. "Ahhhhhh...Delicious!" She got most of her recipe from Max and Ruby and the lemonade episode (hence the freshly squeezed lemons and the hint of mint). I absolutely LOVE watching her make her specialty, and yes...I have tried soapy soup, and if you can get past the fact that it is soap, and it tastes like soap, then it is pretty good. Hee. Hee.

Monday, June 8, 2009

New Baby, New House, New Dog! WOW!

WOW...a BUNCH has been going on in the Bennett house since my last update.

First...it's official...it's a BOY for the Bennetts. We are absolutely thrilled, Bryan especially. Baby looked really good last time we had an ultrasound. I am 16 1/2 weeks right now, and I will have another ultrasound this week.

Second...we bought a house. Our rent house lease expired at the beginning of June and Bryan and I have been driving around crazy going into Open

Houses and New Construction houses. We found a gorgeous home in Regal Park, and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. We moved in last week and this is a picture of my new GORGEOUS kitchen!!!! Love it, Love it, Love it. It has double ovens and a gas stovetop, and an appliance garage. I will post more pics later.

Third, we adopted a rescued dog a few weeks ago. His name is Weenie Beenie Bennett, and he is a sweet, little pitiful about 3 year old daschund. Annabelle ADORES him so much and he is so gentle with her. They sleep together in her crib

(he sleeps under the covers, just like her!), and he is really pleasant to be around, besides the barking! Hee. Hee.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Prayers for Sweet Baby Abbott

Look at this absolutely ADORABLE face! This is my cousin's baby boy, Abbott. So I guess he would be Annabelle's 2nd cousin. He is the smiliest baby I have ever seen. We don't get to see him often, only a couple of times a year.

I am posting about this precious baby boy, because I want all of my viewing audience to pray for baby Abbott. I just found out that Abbott has cancer. He is just 1 year old. From what I understand, Abbott had been throwing up for about 21 days and the doctors couldn't figure out what was making him sick for so long. I believe

that the doctors discovered that he had a tumor on or around his brain. He had surgery to remove the tumor and the test results showed that it was cancerous. Of course, we are all heart-broken. How can this happen to a child that is so sweet and innocent...who makes EVERYONE laugh and smile when you are around him????? His parents have done EVERYTHING right. His mom has been blessed to stay at home with him and love on him every minute of his life. I am still in shock at this horrible news. His parents are currently in Dallas, staying at the Ronald McDonald House so they can be close to Abbott. We heard this weekend that he now has an infection where the tumor was removed and has been moved to ICU. I think that he will be going through chemotherapy soon.

I am asking everyone to PLEASE pray for this angel baby. We love him so much. Out of the HUGE family I have, I think everyone would agree that this is the sweetest, most loveable and precious baby in our family. You just can't help but to squeeze his sweet chubby cheeks and you literally light up when you are around this little ray of sunshine. Please pray that the treatments the doctors perform will remove the cancer from Abbott. Please pray for his parents, Heidi and Casey Wyatt and for their strength as parents. Please pray that the infection will not spread and that it will go away in its entirety. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers...I know that God works miracles and loves all children, so I am confident that the Lord will cure this precious baby boy!

Monday, May 18, 2009

PREGNANT!!!! YIPEE!

Bryan and I are officially announcing that we are pregnant! I am past my first trimester already, and am currently 13 1/2 weeks pregnant!

We couldn't be more thrilled. I think everyone in the universe knows that I wanted another baby, but Bryan wasn't quite on board. He said I have the month of February to "try" and if it didn't happen than it wasn't meant to be. Well, lucky for me, I know my body pretty well, and we were able to get pregnant!

I am feeling great! A little bit of morning sickness, but that is pretty much over now, so that is good. Baby is doing great. Growing and fast and seems really happy.

Please continue to keep me and the baby in your thoughts and prayers if you think about us. I am a type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic, so I am labelled as a "high risk" pregnancy. I am trying really hard to keep my bloodsugars under control, which is the key to a successful pregnancy, but sometimes they get all out of whack.