February Update

Unfortunately February started with a Patriots Super Bowl loss, but we were dressed and ready for the game. Memere was in town and visited for a week, as always everyone had a great time. The boys have really enjoyed playing together as you can see in the video below. We were able to register the boys for school next year at St Stephens, Benjamin will continue to attend 4 days and Tyler will be in toddlers 2 days. This past weekend Benjamin had two big outings. First he went with Dad on Saturday to watch a benefit hockey game, his friend Will's Dad played in the game and his team won. Then on Sunday he went with Mom on a date to the play "If you give a Pig a Party!" He said it was very funny and that we need to write a new book, "If you give a Wolf a Waffle!"

Kindermusik

Tyler started his Kindermusik classes with Mommy today, as you can see he really enjoyed the scarves. Enjoy the video of Tyler as he attempts to ride his Tonka Truck and crawls...

GO TY LO...

Tyler's two top teeth.


Benjamin eats Daddy's B-Day Cake

Just before Christmas Tyler was just starting to crawl, now just a few weeks later he has mastered crawling and started to stand! It is amazing to watch him crawl from the family room into the kitchen and from his bedroom into the bathroom when looking for Mommy! He also has added his top two teeth to match the lower two. Benjamin has been out of school this week due to a double ear infection, Tyler decided to join in with a ear infection today. We got an inch of snow in Charlotte last night, so Tyler has now seen his first snow fall although it is gone already! A quick side note: Sara PASSED her Clinical Social Work Exam this week which was a huge accomplishment, she put in a lot of dedicated studying over the past 6 weeks- YEAH!

"Rocking around the Christmas Tree...."

Where to begin? So much has happened since our last post!!!! We forgot to mention last time that right before Thanksgiving, we realized Tyler had his 2 bottom teeth coming in- which was masked by symptoms of his cold. He also began eating cereal and trying solid foods just in time for Thanksgiving! As you can see from the photos, both Benjamin and Tyler have been in the holiday spirit- Benjamin in his new Thomas the Train Christmas jammies from Memere that he wore while helping decorate the tree a couple weeks ago when Papa & Grandma were here visiting.....which was such a nice Christmas gift! My Dad is doing so much better- no doubt thanks to all of the prayers that were said for him, so he and my step-mom Karen were able to make a trip down to celebrate an early Christmas with us. Tyler has been nothing but smiles, and is always so cheerful and ON THE MOVE!!!!!!! He's been sitting up by himself forever it seems, and is content to just sit and play with his toys, except for when his big brother conveniently moves them all out of reach....and Benjamin calls Tyler "Sneaky"?! Tyler doesn't let it bother him too much though, because he also has been scooting and rolling across the room and finds a way to get whatever he is after! As you can see, he is up on all 4's and getting ready to crawl any time now- as a matter of fact, he took a couple of "steps"forward crawling today, only appropriate as Uncle Pete was in town celebrating Christmas early with us, and just a little over 2 years ago, he was a witness to Benjamin taking his first steps walking! My how fast they grow!

Gobble Gobble

Benjamin met Sir Purr at the opening of the new light rail system in Charlotte.

November has been a month full of fun and visitors for Team Goguen. Memere came to town for the first two weeks in anticipation of Emerson's arrival, thankfully Memere was in town for her arrival on 11/18 and got to spend lots of time with the boys. Tyler celebrated his 6 month birthday on 11/17. Tyler has started eating rice and oatmeal cereal along with Bananas, so Benjamin enjoyed the donut on his birthday! Grampa, Sharl and Uncle Joey arrived and celebrated Thanksgiving in Charlotte, with a deep fried turkey of course.

Happy Halloween

Benjamin the Pirate and Tyler our precious Pea had a great time Trick or Treating in the neighborhood. Mom and Dad joined in and dressed as Sir Purr the Panther according to Benjamin and Curt Schilling, complete with a bloody sock! Benjamin really showed an interest this year leading his friends from house to house. He greeted those answering the door by saying "Happy Halloween" instead of Trick or Treat. Fun was had by all!

Tyler's Baptism

On Saturday, October 8th we celebrated Tyler's Baptism. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great celebration following with family and friends. We are honored to have our best friends Ann & Chris as Tyler's God-Parents, and they made the long drive down from Albany,NY to be here for the big day!

Benjamin continues to do well in school, and seems so big these days.....he is still the best big brother, and is always so excited to see Tyler when I go and pick him up from school. Today he surprised me by saying "Mom- our house is a planetarium"- that word sure seems like a big one for a 3 year old.....he even knew what it meant when I asked him! I'm thinking he must have learned it from either Curious George or preschool- most likely his buddy the monkey!

Tyler is also growing leaps and bounds and we cannot believe he is 5 months old already!!! He is smiling, giggling, babbling, and rolling over like crazy- even beginning to scooch/scoot when on his tummy. We are sure he must be teething too with the amount of drool he has, and time spent eating his hands!! He also grabs everything from hair to toys to Benjamin's sippy cup the other day, and looks as though he's almost ready to try rice cereal with the way he watches us eat! As you can see from the picture, eventhough Ann and Chris are trying to train him to be a fellow Yankees fan, he has taken an interest in his Daddy's team while reading one of his books!