Twice the Fun Plus One

We had a prayer/blessing for Benjamin at church a couple of weeks ago.  It was a special morning when our entire church family prayed for this special baby and for our entire family.  We are indescribably blessed by our church!  I think Ben knew he was the center of attention and he ate it up.  He was talking at the top of his lungs (which is pretty close to screeching) almost the entire time we were up there!  I am still putting Ellie and Gracelyn in separate rooms during naptime.  Gracelyn tends to sleep quite a bit longer than Ellie so having them in different rooms allows Ellie the freedom to do this: when she wakes up.  If you look closely, you can see that she had covered the bunny with her beloved blankie.  I went in there because I heard her talking, but she wasn't very loud or calling for me.  She was just reading to her stuffed animals.  Ben LOVES his toes!  I guess this is pretty common, but his sister...

Gracelyn is such a wonderful big sister!  If Ben is crying on his playmat or bouncy seat she will drop whatever she is doing and run to wherever he is and try to make him feel better.  Sometimes she just puts his pacifier back in his mouth, but sometimes she will sit next to him and make faces or silly sounds trying to get him to smile. Pigtails are my absolute FAVORITE!! (Even when they are a little lopsided! ) Pigtails AND Chick-fil-A.  It doesn't get any better than that! Naptime has been a struggle with Ben, and I don't remember having these issues with Ellie and Gracelyn when they were his age.  He just has not gotten into a routine, yet.  He has been sleeping through the night, about 8 hours, since he was about a month old and 10-12 hours since about a month and a half.  But, naps are crazy!  In the last week he has napped at around 1 pm for about 2 hours.  Before he started that he would take 3 naps that only lasted about 45...