So here I am, a month and a half behind in blogging again! I will get caught up eventually, but in the meantime here’s a little glimpse at what Brody learned on his own- we didn’t teach him this, but rather he just picked it up. Most likely from Gigi, and/or the rest of the family.

He’s 2, and so very clever!

Brody counting, age 2 from Nicole Bennett on Vimeo.

If you’re reading this on Facebook, in an email or in your reader, you may need to click over to the blog to see these awesome videos.

Hallee Talking from Nicole Bennett on Vimeo.

Brody Sleep-Eating from Nicole Bennett on Vimeo.

Gigi Swimming from Nicole Bennett on Vimeo.

written August 9th, 2011

Today we went to see Dr. Fred for Hallee’s two-month check-up. It’s so hard to believe that she’s that old already! She’s definitely chubbing up though as you can see from her impressive stats:

Height: 22.5″ (54%)
Weight: 10 lbs, 10 oz (43%)

She is still so sweet and snuggly and is gradually starting to give us more smiles. She still has her fussy times (usually in the evenings) but otherwise is very chill and goes with the flow nicely. And boy does she put up with a lot of poking and prodding from her well-meaning older siblings.

And yep, she still looks just like Baby Gigi!

Here are some favorite shots of Hallee from the last two months (since I missed mentioning her 1-month birthday).

with Great-Grandma

with Great-Aunt Kathy

And here’s a little video of her being a content, little baby at 10 weeks old, it’s not all that exciting, but quite cute. You may need to click over to the blog to see it.

We had a super fun family vacation to Laughlin in July. This was our first family vacation with the Pavone side since my brother got married. We stayed at the Aquarius hotel and went boating on Lake Mohave nearby.

I have a lot of fun memories going to Laughlin growing up, especially with my girlfriends Rena and Brianne. It was cool to stay at the newly renovated hotel which we used to stay at (back when it was called the Flamingo Hilton).What fun to have (relatively) new family members (David, Gigi and Angelina) get to experience a longtime family tradition!

Gigi got to sleep in her new tent that Unc A picked up at Ikea for us!

She didn’t even mind her life jacket at all, especially when she got to drive the boat with Papa.

Great minds think alike!!

We did as much wakesurfing and wakeboarding as the choppy water allowed…

The weather was hot and the water was the perfect temperature!! I can’t wait till our next family vacation.

Reader poll: Look at the first photo; what does the “I” in the word Aquarius look like to you? This was a discussion topic all weekend for us.

Here are the rest of the photos.

Running Around from Nicole Bennett on Vimeo.
Hope you enjoyed that, and I have a few more up my sleeve!!

Last weekend we had a great trip out to Arizona… why, you ask? Visit Round Ball Round Bat for the details, including a link to our photos from the trip {fyi- if you are not our contact on flickr yet you will only be able to see the baseball pictures and not all the other cute shots of Gigi and her cousin}.

Also, here’s a cute video I finally edited that will give you a little hint as to why we went to the desert (if you don’t already know).

Manny Girl from Nicole Bennett on Vimeo.

I’ve been meaning to post this link…
Here are all of our January Photos on Flickr.

Gigi’s First “Vlog” (Video Blog)

Something Gigi loves is to watch “movies” that our friends post of their kids on their blogs. Today she literally asked me to watch one of her favorites- Bennett Laughing– Click the link so you can see how cute he is (she likes the dancing one, too), but don’t forget to come back here and scroll down!

Here’s Gigi smiling away as she watches Bennett…

And in response, she wanted to do a Vlog for Bennett: