Sunday, May 10, 2009

One Month Benjamin




I feel like I double post most things between this blog and my facebook page... But I guess they serve two different purposes as well. Benjamin is growing quickly and really is a pretty mellow little boy. I love him to pieces. I'm anticipating smiles in the next few weeks!

Friday, May 1, 2009

"Our Life": The musical

For the past while Quincy has become our little songbird, singing pretty much any song she has heard more than twice and many that she makes up words to a familiar tune. Recently Brandon and I have noticed that she is CONSTANTLY singing.... about going to the bathroom, about getting dressed, about playing in the backyard, about eating food, about fighting with Eleanor, (you get the point). One of Quincy's favorite tunes is the theme song to "WONDER PETS"-- A few days ago Brandon discovered that if he sang one line of the song, Quincy would sing the next... even making up a song, Brandon could sing one line and Quincy would follow with her own line while continuing the melody. It wasn't until yesterday however that Brandon discovered that he was only allowed to sing certain lines of the melody... when he attempted to make up words using "Quincy's" part of the song, she stopped him and said, "Hey, that's my part!"

Eleanor is also a singer.... however, she sings mostly Disney songs. The most entertaining song to watch her sing "I'll make a man out of you" from Mulan... she looks and sounds so intense and even angry when she sings it... its funny!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Bath Time-- warning: explicit pictures





So, Benjamin had his first bath. He didn't seem to mind it too much, but he's such a mellow baby I would have been surprised if he didn't like it. Bathing babies is fun, but takes more than two hands to do it well.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Happy Birthday Brandon!

Today Brandon is officially 31 (and kinda bummed about it). My mom was nice enough to offer to come over and watch the girls for a little while so we could go out. We didn't do anything terribly exciting...we went to JCPenney's to try and find some new pants (unsuccessfully) and then we went to Cold Stone for some overpriced ice cream.... It was nice to get out, but I'm officially a boring wife-- I didn't even come up with birthday bash for my wonderful husband. Happy birthday anyway!

Monday, April 20, 2009



So, its been a week. Benjamin, so far has been pretty mild tempered and I love to snuggle him. We had a photo shoot yesterday... Some of them turned out okay... Brandon and his dad came up with the lacrosse stick prop.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

NEW BABY PICTURES.






I'll let Valynn get on and write something I'm just going to put some pictures up. Well ok I'll give you a little info. we have a new baby BOY !! His name is Richard Benjamin Haslam , we plan on calling him Benjamin. He was born on friday April 10th at 6:02 pm  9 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 and a half in. long. He and his mother are doing well. 

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Update




Well, when Quincy cut her hair on Sunday I called my friend Jackie to help me figure out what to do. But for one reason or another we could never seem to find a time for her to get over here (between us leaving the house unexpectedly, the girls then getting sick, etc.) So, me being impatient, one day sat Quincy down in the bathroom and attempted myself....
Like it or not-- here's the beautiful Quincy princess with short hair.... I'm glad hair grows.

Brandon was NOT happy with me.