Benziger babes

Make a wish! Development , by Mommy My little guy just turned three! My facebook feed reminded me that six years ago I was getting ready to go to Peru with Romina, Bruno, Miranda and Christina for the Fogarty program, four years ago we had just moved to Seattle and went to the San Juan Islands with Annie Borton and Amy Hutchinson, three years ago I was 36 weeks pregnant and going in for a c-section with pre-eclampsia, two years ago I was at Balsam Lake celebrating Theo's 1st birthday and last year I was finishing residency and couldn't believe he was two. Now he's three and getting all grown up!! Wow! Time flies and I'm sure baby Marit will be three in no time too. It has been so fun to see him grow and learn new things and become so independent. I'm so proud of him and the little man he has become. I can't wait to see what the next few years will bring.  A friend of mine wisely told me to invite the number of children you child is turning. Since ...

My first swim in the pool! After a wonderful week in Chicago with Daddy's family (update by Daddy here ), Mommy, Theo and I hopped a quick plane ride up to the Twin Cities to see Mommy's family. We were well-behaved for Mommy on the flight and luckily for her (traveling alone with two kiddos) it was only 45 minutes! We landed and headed to Lake Harriet near downtown Minneapolis to see some of Mommy's friends who were in town for her 10-year college reunion. Later that day, we had more of Mommy's friends over for a pool party at Auntie Annie and Uncle Eric's house. Theo was eager to jump in and he immediately saw the white plank at the end of the pool and asked, "Mommy, is that a diving board?" Mommy said, "Yes" and he said, "My want to go off the diving board, please." He had never gone off a diving board but he had watched the "big kids" at the local pool go off and he was wearing a life jacket so Mommy said "Ok...