12.17.13

Benjamin learned how to giggle! It's adorable. He's done it on two occasions... I tried to get a video of it but he doesn't like doing things on command. :-) So we'll have to wait until I surprise him with it. It's the same thing with smiling. Sometimes he's smiling so big and looks adorable but when I take my camera out he's so distracted by it he just stares at it and loses interest in me or smiling.

We went to Bloomfield to visit Grandma and Grandpa Sam for the weekend since they're going to Utah for Christmas. He got to open his first Christmas presents! He especially liked looking at the tree (not as much as cousin, Leena, did though! I'm regretting not putting our tree up this year. We never got around to it until recently but then we decided that since we're going to Europe the day after Christmas it's not worth the work of putting up and taking down. I'm pretty overwhelmed getting all the details for the trip finalized and starting to pack (sort of) that the thought of adding something else not necessary seems laughable. It's a good thing everyone else has a tree that he can enjoy staring at!


On our way back from Bloomfield we stopped to see Grandma Mary - Lamoni's paternal grandmother. She doesn't understand or speak much English so it's mostly smiling and communicating with the little Navajo that Lamoni knows, but she really enjoyed seeing Benjamin and held him for a good 30 minutes. He put on his best show for her too.
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