This particular Easter weekend, we decided to take a walk up to the park right near our house and, being that it was gorgeous weather, I also took the opportunity to dress Ben in some pretty fancy spring gear and bring the camera along. He was pretty overdressed for the park but I had a great time snapping some pics and he had a great time snapping his suspenders ;)
Here are some of the many faces of Ben captured that afternoon and you can see in the middle that, one of the only reasons I can get so many pics of Ben, is because Jacob is amazingly co-operative and sleeps through it all!
On our way to the park, Ben always likes to stop to see the fishies in the corner houses' pond and then he likes to run away when I call him to keep walking ;) The joys of 2 1/2 year olds! Either way, I took the chance while he was stopped for a split second to snap some full length pics to capture the entire Easter outfit.
Jacob woke up at the park but only had smiles for us! He is such a happy little guy and I can't wait to hear what his giggles sound like!
Jon is not the biggest fan of all the photos I take (and perhaps especially of me dressing his little boy up in a pink shirt and white suspenders to go to the park) but I"ll give him credit for enduring most of it with a smile on his face. A cheeky smile, but a smile none the less!
Beyond his patience with my endless photoshoots, Jon is an amazing dad! I don't think I imagined anything less when I married him but it's still so special to watch him interact with Benjamin and play with him, whether that means running around with him at the park, letting him ride on his back around the house, baking pretend muffins with him in his play kitchen or just plain old wrestling. I know I lucked out when I married him and feel like I've won the lottery again watching him as a father. Here are a few of Ben & Jon!
Ben got this awesome 'Strider' bike for his 2nd Birthday from the McCarthy clan and he's just finally choosing to sit on the seat rather than just 'walk' the bike everywhere he goes. It makes him far faster and this time he rode it all the way to the park and would call it his 'motor bike.' I especially liked that he took such care to hang his hat on the handlebars before heading off the play at the park!
We had a great time at the park enjoying the incredibly hot April weather and visiting with some good friends from church and then headed back home for a rest (& Jacob's 2 hourly milk feed!). On the way back, Ben got sidetracked by filling his pockets with rocks and it was just too cute not to capture. Even though I'd love to add a girl to our family down the line, I love to laugh at all the very 'boy' things Ben does. Filling his pockets with rocks falls under that category in my mind!
Ben has become a little bit obsessed with pockets and I'm just waiting for that day when I no longer get to tell him what he's wearing. Until that time, I'll continue to torture him with photos ;)
I love this photo below. It just shows how intent Ben can be on a task when he's really interested. For a boy that goes 100 miles a minute most of the time he also has quite a little analytical side. It's fun watching that! Sometimes some of the best photos I have of Ben are when he's not looking and I think I"m going to have to do that more often now as he has started to say 'don't take my picture mommy.' It doesn't stop me yet but, if he grows up to be like his Uncle Josh then eventually he'll start covering up his face with a very specific middle finger and I'll no longer be posting those photos on here :)
We got home and it was time to get a few pictures of me with my little Easter man before heading inside!
Thanks Jon for putting up with my photos (and taking great pics of me and Ben), thanks Ben for letting me dress you, and thank you Jacob for being the most easy-going baby I've met so far! I am surrounded by an awesome family.
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