Benson's First

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We threw a little shindig this evening...

for this cute boy and his grandma.  You see, her birthday is kind of today and tomorrow, and Benson's is on Monday.  His grandma found out just a couple of years ago that her birth date was wrong.  She'd always celebrated it on the 23rd, but apparently she was actually born on the 24th.  What a crazy thing to find out in your 70th decade.

This is one of the reasons we like to live here.  We love having family near to celebrate special occasions with.  We usually party at Scott's parent's home, but tonight the party was at ours.  I had a lot of fun getting ready for it, and we're so grateful we have a home and a yard so we can do things like this.

Benson wasn't too sure about this whole party thing.  He liked having other people around to hold him (he'll go to pretty much anyone), but he was very quiet and calm.  This was a stark difference to his sister who was infinitely more exited about this party than anyone else.    He especially didn't know what to do with all of the presents. He just sat and watched all of the commotion.

But this...

he was very, very sure about.