Bentley bear is 5 months old today

Phew..it's been a wild 5 months. Your beautiful smile and sparkly eyes have made things a lot easier for mommy and daddy. We love how you follow us with your eyes when we walk in the room and smile and giggle at everything we say(making us feel a lot funnier than we actually are):) We're still trying to solve your skin and tummy problems but we're getting closer!! You've been so patient with us and reassure us with your gummy smiles that you love us as much as we love you!! We hope the next 5 months are a lot more comfortable for you than the previous. You love your sister so so much and she's made it her job to make you smile each day. You make her equally as happy!! Presto loves you too bud...he just blows spitty kisses in your face as his way of showing you. You've found your toes and are rolling from side to side with them in your hands. You love showing us how stronger you are by straightening your legs and standing up on our laps every chance you get(and an immediate giant smile follows). 5 months in and you still have VERY blue eyes. We are taking lots of pictures to prove it in case they change. These eyes are what make you uniquely Bentley(amongst the many things we'll learn along the way as your little personality blossoms). You are an absolute perfect addition to our family!

Seeee!! Presto loves you so much! He isisted on helping mommy feed you. You weren't so sure about it but hung in there like a champ:)

Your many sweet faces...

You're having a blast with you toes!


And lastly your beautiful, contageous, smile!!

A boy and his monkey

Presto has a deep love for his monkey. He has a ton of monkeys but there's one that is very dear to him. Lately, he's been having full conversations with his monkey and taking him around everywhere with him. He calls him "bunky". This week bunky brushed his teeth and ate breakfast with Preston. Pretty sure it's one of the cutest things in the whole world for us to watch. He says "hug?" to monkey and then he embraces in a big ole hug(forces monkeys arms around his neck). Presto is our very late sleeper(wakes up around 9). Since Sophia is already at school Presto sits in Phia's seat and puts Bunky in his chair for breakfast:)


Note the cucumber in bunky's hand. Presto insisted that bunky have breakfast too and choose a cucumber for him. Also insisted that BOTH bunky's hands were touching the cucumber...ha! Very particular just like his sissy:)

Bentley bear is our happy boy!

4 months 3 weeks...

Leyla sends us the best pictures while we're at work of the kids. She loves to dress them all up and take pictures which we love! Bentley's had a very rough few weeks with his skin. We've been so worried and stressed everyday. Today she sent us these pictures of Bentley while we were at work and all the stress of the past few weeks seemed like a distant memory. He really is such a happy, mellow baby. It's been really hard to appreciate his amazing personality that is blooming with all the skin problems but we can see the light! We love you Bentley!!

We love you Presto...

Here are just some of the ways we love you Presto:
We love when you say "I do it"
We love when you look at us and say "hug"
We love when you ride at full speed on your birthday bike(even though I lose my breath at the thought of you falling)
We love watching you demand a "hug" and "kees" from your monkey
We love when you say "what you doing mommy/daddy?"
We love when you started calling Sophia "So-wia" and "So-tia"
We love when you copy daddy by saying "cleeean diapayy"
We love when say "wawwry" instead of "sorry"
We love when you say "hot gog" instead of "hotdog"
We love when you say "gooz" instead of "shoes"
We love when you share with your sister even when you don't want to
We love the energy that is bursting out of you from the second you wake up
We love that you've fallen asleep without a struggle since you were born. We appreciate this more than you'll ever know.
We love that when you wake up, you never cry or scream out. You play quietly in your crib until we come get you.
We love listening to you sing "bah bah blacksheep have you any wool" using your own Presto words.
We love when you see a picture of Humpdy Dumpty you enthusiastically say "ohhhhhh Hunty Hunty"!!
We love when you're running full speed, fall over, pick yourself up and act like nothing happened reminding us over and over what a good sport you are.
We love listning to you say "vroom vroom" while wheeeling your cars all over the house.
We love your confidence. From requesting hugs from the lady at the grocery store to riding your bike right over the curb and thinking nothing of it. We cringe and swell with pride at the same time:)
We love when you look at the ground, twist your arms in and say "ohhh kayy" with a super sad face when your disappointed knowing full well you're tugging at our heart strings.

If we could stop time we would in a heartbeat. You are such a fun 2 year old. Bentley is so lucky to have you as his big brother. I was unsure if I'd know how to raise a little boy~thank you for teaching mommy and making it soooooooooo super easy(and fun) for me!! I have a feeling it's just going to get better and better with you kiddo. We love you to infinity and way way way beyond!! xoxo

Disneyland...

On President's Day we packed up the kids, Nana, and Leyla for a day at Disneyland. Thankfully we have a friend who gets us ALL in for free which makes the day a whole lot less stressful. This trip was particularly special because Leyla has an annual pass and let us in on all the parade secrets. We don't usually wait around for parades but she knew what to do so we were front and center for the 11am show in front of the castle. Mickey took Sophia and Preston by the hands and danced with them! Talk about pure joy. Then the 4pm parade down Main Street(which Preston slept through despite the insane noise) we were front and center again! The princesses and characters all interact with the croud, Sophia was absolutely beside herself with excitement. Honestly we would've gone for the day JUST to see her face at this parade. Phia was VERY excited to show Presto "It's a Small World" for the first time. He's been on it before but was just a wee baby:) The kids loved Toon Town and the Tiki room, and Pirates. We took Phia on the Haunted Mansion to which she said "I don't ever want to go in there again". She had her little head buried in my shoulder the entire time poor thing. We also went to Cali Adventure in the evening for dinner and went on the rides in A Bug's Land. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day!! Phia told all her friends about it at school and both her and Presto are still singing "It's a Small World". All us ladies sported Minnie ears for the day which made us all feel like kids again:)


I hope they remember this...they were beaming with excitement! Presto wouldn't let go of Mickey's hand!


It's a Small World!



How cute does Nana look with her ears??

Toon Town...


It doesn't get much better than this...

Bentley spent a lot of the time sleeping just like this:)

Handsome boys:)

Mickey's house!

Presto didn't care about meeting Mickey. He was so in love with his house!!

This parade was by far the biggest highlight of the day. We thought dancing with Mickey in front of the castle was the highlight until this parade! Sophia was beside herself with joy. She was so fun for us to watch! Mommy LOVES this picture of her and Daddy:)

Look how close we were!!


Sophia has naturally infectious excitment anyway...this was a whole other level!

Our princess was dancing and singing the entire time!

Her excitement was not lost on the characters. Many of them came over and gave her attention...she was giddy with joy!

This is how Preston spent his time during the parade. OUT like a light!

Presto and Daddy twins day!

This was too cute to not document. I found a shirt(by accident) at Children's Place that was the same as a shirt Daddy already had. Both boys already had camo bottoms so walla...put 'em together and we had the handsome Tees twins.

Bentley's 4 month stats!

This little guy is so amazing. He really is such charmer and his adorable smile melts our hearts. His favorite things are Sophia, trying to sit up(he basically looks like he's doing sit ups), "flying baby" as Sophia calls it which is when we put him up over our head, looking at himself in the mirror, staring at and discovering his hands, and being held! His 4 month stats were:

Weight: 15lbs 6oz
Height: 25"

He weighs a little less than Presto did at this age and is a little longer. Here are some of our favorite recent pictures of him. His face is so sweet. Definitely a Tees...a lot of Sophia and a little Presto in there too.

Flyingggg baby!!

"Who me?"...coy baby face...

Drooly stud baby face...

Uh oh my daddy is on the phone so I better be quiet face...

I'm so stinkin' cute I can hardly stand myself face...

And one more amazing smile for mommy just because face...

Can you please not put me on my tummy face...

I'm still cute even on my tummy face...

I'm loving my hands face...

Wohoo...it's my favorite toy face...

I'm so in love with my sister faces. He really does light up and giggle out loud to her daily. Thank you Sophia for being such an amazing, patient, and proud big sister!