Benji turned 7! Yes it was 18 days ago, butI’m finally documenting it!! In my defense I was sick the whole week before and after his birthday. And we left on a two week vacation 3 days after the big event, so….

Happy Birthday Benji (this 7 year old did not want to get dressed or comb his hair for his birthday- o'well)

On June 29th Benji turned 7!!! We woke up and did presents with Dad in the morning! I love that because then we get to chill and play with the new toys all day. Like spy glasses, legos, books, water balloon Launchers…

Grandma and Grandpa Nettesheim came in the afternoon and helped Benji assemble the gift they got him.

Grandpa and the birthday boy getting started on the track

We had pancakes for dinner and then the Netty cousins all came over. Benji wanted a party just like Packer had except switch plants vs. zombies with Skylanders so, thats what he got 🙂 Ben had a fun Skylander game up on the big screen. They got squinkies for right answers and it ended with a treasure hunt and candy to eat during the movie.

grabbing some treasure

No party is complete without presents and cake and ice cream and no cousins night is complete without a movie so that’s exactly what we did. Benji had a really fun day.

Benji's cakes tell you exactly what his interests are each year - love it.

Because I seam to be losing my memory… some Benji info: Benji was my hardest baby to birth but the easiest to take care of. We joke that he was my easiest baby because I didn’t have any other responsibilities so I held and nursed him while I read the entire Work and the Glory series! This is also why he was the fattest. True. He never really had the terrible two’s or whiny three’s. He has always been quick to obey and tries really hard to please everyone. Benji is the perfect oldest child. He’s a wonderful example for his siblings. Born at 4:59pm at UVRMC, 6 lbs 4 oz, super jaundice. He had the worst bean head ever. Dr. Peterson had to use forcepts. Benji was born 3 weeks early when my water broke. My mom was on vacation at the time. I worried more in the first week of his life than I ever had. We bought the best baby monitor heart beat monitor we could afford so we could hear him breathe. For the other kids we slackened up a lot 🙂 Benji’s favorite part about his birth is that his cousin was supposed to be born on July 5th and he was supposed to be on the 17th BUT he beat her and now he is 5 days older! (actually don’t know what the exact due dates were – I’m sure my journal could verify but no time to search that now)