5,4,3,2,1

This week has been full of little milestones for this family.

On Monday Axel turned FIVE months old. 
 We celebrated with a trip to the beach followed by a stop at Johnson's Dairy Bar for dinner (which was really for the rest of us) and ice cream (which we did share with Axel to his great delight!). 

 He is a happy smiley guy!  He loves to smile at people...it is so fun to walk into a room and see that little face light up with a goofy little smile!  He still really loves his sister and tolerates (and perhaps even enjoys) her unending attempts to get him to smile/look at her.

On Thursday Ben and I celebrated FOUR years of wedded bliss.  It has been a busy but pretty great 4 years.  We were able to celebrate with a picnic in the park on Wed.

 

Just the three of us :)

 

And then Ben made dinner on our anniversary...Shrimp Fra Diavolo...delicious!!!! And brought me this lovely boquet!

  This cutie had a great week.

She spent THREE days at Grandma & Grandpa "Camp" with her girl cousins and Grandma & Grandpa "Bengskin".  And boy did they pack in the activities...swimming, crafting, 3 girls "sleeping" in the same room, and even a trip into Boston to ride the swan boats and visit the "ducks".  I can't wait to see all the pictures....but it has been fun trying to figure out what happened according to what Tobi has been recalling. We got some picture updates of these THREE girls having a great time:

It sure seemed strangely quiet not having Tobi here and we missed her lots, but it was so great that she got to spend such a special time with her cousins and grandparents.  (I do have to admit it was a nice little break to have just one child to look after for a couple days...but the level of entertainment was lacking significantly!)

Do you see what TWO stands for? 

 

 Here's a closer look!

Yup...tooth number two is officially in!  The only time we can get a good look is when he is crying...so I had to snap a couple of shots while he was a little upset.  (Hmmm, nice huh?)

And for the last milestone we now have ONE more eater in our house.  Axel had his first "meal" from a spoon.  Rice cereal...mmm, mmm, mmm!

I'm not sure if it really counts since he mostly sucked it off the spoon like he was sucking on a bottle...but let's just say I could not get the spoon to his mouth fast enough!!!!