Weekend Update

November 16th, 2008

It’s another lazy Sunday morning at the Benoit household so we thought we’d do a little blog update about the past week. Things around here have been pretty busy and exciting lately- Hazel has been busy working on all sorts of important life skills, namely sitting up, trying to crawl and cutting her first tooth.

She loves to spend time on a blanket without a diaper or an outfit- she loves to move around, rolling and trying to crawl and it’s much easier when she doesn’t have a big ol’ diaper to restrict her movement. We try to keep a cloth diaper underneath her so that we don’t end up with a wet blanket. This is not always a successful endeavor!

Our sleep schedule has been somewhat interrupted for a while now- maybe two weeks. Hazel has been waking up in the middle of the night to have a little snack almost every night. We think this is partly because she is starting to teethe- her bottom right tooth is poking through just a little bit and the bottom front left tooth looks to be on its way as well! As if teething weren’t enough discomfort for Hazel to go through, she also seems to be going through another growth spurt. She’s learning to sit up all on her own and we’ve read that that takes quite a bit of work- physically and mentally!
Here are a few pictures of Hazel sitting up and playing with some of her favorite toys. She’s wearing a fabulous new outfit that her Aunt Joanna and Uncle Matt sent her. Isn’t she stylish?

She is starting to really get the hang of sitting up unassisted- she seems to love the view. Hazel loves squirming and wiggling around constantly now. When I went up to get her from her nap a few days ago she had managed to wiggle her arm out of her sleeve. She is constantly on the move!

This week we got a new recliner and decided to rearrange the furniture in our living room. This has been a 3-4 day process because we had to rewire all the electronics and spackle and paint over the holes left by the art we had hanging up. Jered did most of the work and he did a fantastic job. Our living room looks so much better now and the entertainment center is all ready for our next movie night. Clayton got to come and try out our new set up last night. He watched Hazel for us while Jered and I went out to catch the latest Bond flick. We’ve decided that once a month we are going to try and go out on a date in the evenings. Hazel goes to bed around 7 and then sleeps through until at least 3 or 4 am so babysitting for us in the evenings is pretty much the easiest money a teenager could earn! It was nice to get out, just the two of us, and reminded us that we need to make time more often to get out on dates!
Here are a few shots of Hazel- in this first one she is trying out our new recliner- remote control and all. I think she approves.

In this one, she’s wearing our slippers- they are still a little big for her feet.

These next pictures were taken this morning- we love our lazy Sunday mornings!