Ben's 1st Holiday Party!

Ben was invited to his 1st holiday party last week! He passed on the candy canes and fruit cake and stuck to his favorite "2009 vintage" milk and he had fun playing with the other kids!

Gobble Gobble! Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving 2009 was very busy yet fabulous and fun. Lots of family, lots of food and lots of giggles from the little man. Grandma & Grandpa Kriegel came from San Francisco and Jon, Kathy & the kids came from Sacramento. It was a full house for sure but that's what the holiday is about... family, friends and good times! The holiday weekend started out on Wednesday night with dinner out in Carmel with Grandma and Grandpa...

Then came Thanksgiving day... turkey, stuffing, pie and then more turkey. Ben loved his first turkey day with his grandparents, great grandparents, aunt, uncle and 3 cousins. Boy, this little man sure is loved!

The next day we celebrated Joel's birthday a few days early at the rock climbing wall. Jeff, Matthew and Joel had lots of fun climing for hours. The rest of us had fun watching and pointing. Ben had fun drinking his bottle from Grandma.

Saturday was the annual Peruzzi Olive Harvest Festival. Grandma Bolger was in town and did a mighty fine job of picking olives. The Peruzzi's made the most wonderful Tuscan feast, the sun was out and the 3 of us got to spend time with family on the Bolger side. It was a really great day!

Well... the Thanksgiving weekend is just about over... definitely a busy 4 days! Now we're off and running with decorating our house and tree for Christmas and Hanukkah and getting ready for a packed month of celebrating with family and friends. Lots of love to everyone, the Bolgers

Ben Eats Rice Cereal... Take 1...

Here's some live footage of Ben's first attempt at eating Rice Cereal, (and Dad's first time feeding him...)

Ben vs. Rice Cereal

Ben decided that he was getting a little tired of milk all the time... So we introduced him to rice cereal! After the first few rejections, I think he finally figured out that the pasty mess is supposed to stay IN his mouth, (at least a quarter of it...) And just like his father, he's already learning to take "Bolger bites"... Mmmm Good.

Ben Meets the Koontzes!

Jeff & I were supposed to have our first 'real' date since Ben's arrival this weekend... we were going to see Elton John & Billy Joel along with the Goines... but Elton has EColi... yep... EColi. Go figure. So no concert for us. Pretty Sad. But... the koontzes were in town this weekend so Ben got to meet his most favorite Koontzes over lunch in Carmel on Sunday. He napped through most of it but did have fun eyeing and drooling over his new girlfriend Shannon... Zach might have to keep a tight arm around Shannon if Ben has anything to say about it...
Here Ben is eagerly awaiting his first meeting with Zach & Shannon and fell asleep shortly after this pic was taken.

The Koontzes, Jeff & Ben gnawing on his hands... his latest discovery!

The 3 Men : Jeff, his good college buddy Zach and Benny just taking a stroll around Carmel talking about guy stuff... you know how that goes ;)

Happy Birthday to me!

Hey Ladies, its Ben here and I am four months old today. Its been a crazy weekend here in Monterey, we've done a whole lot of nothing. Mommy is taking care of Dad this weekend because he had tooth surgery on Friday. He's doing fine now so I had (another) photo shoot today to commemorate my big anniversary. Four months have flown by, pretty soon I hope to be able to eat real food and crawl. I've already mastered rolling over so watch out world, HERE I COME!

Lates,

B-Ride

Ben Loooves Costco!

Ben got super excited this morning when we told him we were all going to Costco. At nearly 4 months, he already knows Costco has the best frozen yogurt in town!