Fun with Crew

The past few weeks Cory and I have really made it a priority to spend as much one-on-one time with Crew that we can. Since he wont be an only child for much longer we are trying to savor these last days of just us having Crew and Crew having all of our attention. We have had alot of fun and it has been really good for our family! We went to the Diamondbacks game a little bit ago and Crew enjoyed all the perks that go with going to a ball game. Also Sunday Cory decided to bring out his old tent that he got when he was a little boy. We played in it all day and then we moved it into Crews room where he slept in it, read lots of books in it, and even had fhe in it! He was in heaven! I have also been swimming with him alot at my parents house. He loves going off the slide. This new floaty thing has been amazing and he can just go off whenever he wants! He puts his hands up, goes backwards, and just acts crazy while going down the slide! I sure love my little boy and am so glad for him to meet his baby brother!

Crew is spoiled...thats all I can say. He thinks he has his own ipod and ipad. He knows how to work all of the gadgets, how to unlock them, put on netflixs, and pick his own shows!

(fun with cousin Leesie)

And here my belly is this morning. The doctor said the baby could come anyday.

weekend getaway

Last weekend Cory took me to a resort in Scottsdale to relax. I am coming down to the close of this not so fun pregnancy (7 weeks left!) and he knew that I needed a break and some time to relax before the baby came. So we went to the Hyatt at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale and relaxed, swam, went out to dinner, ordered room service and just had a great time! Crew was in heaven...he probably enjoyed this weekend more than anyone else! But we had fun as a family. The hotel had events all weekend long for all the summer visitors. They had alligators, snakes, turtles, and gila monsters that came and Crew was in heaven. They also had Native American dancers, swimming at night with light up jelly fish and fish (Crew loved that) and other fun events! We had a great time, but I didnt get many pictures to document it. Only on my phone.

Next time I'll do better with the picture taking!

Movies...

Well since it has been so hot we have been enjoying going to the movies lately. Crew is OBSESSED with toy story. we watch 1 & 2 almost everyday and we have seen Toy Story 3 twice already. My mom bought Crew these Woody pjs and my niece Jessie pjs. Crew cries when I have to take them off to get dressed for the day and yes I do have to wash them everyday so he can wear them at night!

Crew watching Toy Story 2 in his pjs with woody and buzz

These pjs are hilarious to see him in and he is always so happy when he wears them!



Well I ventured out and went and saw the midnight showing of Eclipse. I had lots of fun with my sister Savannah and my friends Jenny and Mallory. We enjoyed seeing all the crazies there and really enjoyed the movie! It was hilarious waiting with these girls and we really had alot of fun!

The Circus Is In Town...

Last night we were able to go out to dinner and to the circus! We had so much fun! Crew loved the whole show and loved all the perks that go along with the circus! I loved the elephants so thats where I took most of my pictures. Cant wait for it to come again!

The New Baby Elephant...it was so cute!

A BIG Day at the Bendixens!

There is a guy at Cory's work who has chickens and has been taking to Cory about them for a week or so. Cory has mentioned it once to me and then all the sudden today he was like for fhe can we go get some chicks for Crew. I was like uhh sure if you help clean up the mess! So Cory got home from work early and we went and picked up these 4 chicks. Crew is so scared to hold them, but loves watching them! (I was so scared that he would squeeze them to death so hopefully he is always scared the hold them) So here are a few pics of Crew looking, video taping, and kissing the 1st Bendixen pet(s)!

Well....today I decided that this week was the week to start potty training! I wanted to do it before the baby came and the earlier the better so he wouldnt go back to his old ways when the baby came. I got all the underwear (buzz, woody, nemo, lightning mcqueen) and this was the potty of choice! We went to the library together and picked out a potty training dvd and 4 books to read today and tonight to prep Crew for the BIG day...tomorrow. Well we were at home and Crew said "where potty" and I went and grabbed it and put it in the family room while the potty movie was on and all the sudden he was going! Cory and I got so excited and Crew was even more excited! So tomorrow we will work on it all day and hopefully he will be all set within a few days! I really hope it is this easy....but im sure it wont be! haha

Summer with Aunt Sophie

One of my goals this summer is to take Crew to do atleast 1 really fun thing each week. Well we have been living it up and we have been doing practically 1 fun thing a day! We go to Sunsplash twice a week, swimming, another waterpark, and much more. Last weekend I babysat my little bro and sisters while my parents were gone. So we decided to go to Sunsplash one day and Jeepers the other day. Crew loved spending time with aunt Sophie! Crew had fun going on rides, playing games, playing in the jungle gym and just being with Sophie! Here are some pics from Jeepers and I'll post pics from Sunsplash later this week!

(Crew literally passes out after swimming everyday!)


Hope your enjoying summer as much as us!!!

summer hair cut

Well we decided to give Crew his summer hair cut! Here are a few pictures of him. He now has the same hair cut as his dad! haha It has been hard to get good pictures of this crazy and very active 2 year old! We have been going swimming everyday and having lots of fun! I sure love this little boy!