Addie and Bennett

This post is long overdue. We have posted about Bennett before- he is Addie's friend that lives down the street. According to Addie, he is her "best friend" even more than Daddy.


They spend a lot of time together, usually seeing each other at least once a day. They get along pretty well most of the time,there are occasional fights but it's usually over in a few minutes and then they are happily playing together again. It's funny to listen to their conversations and to watch them play together.


Weddings and getting married have been an occasional topic of discussion since we had Gaga's wedding in May, but it usually is Addie telling us she's going to marry Gaga or one of us. Anytime she sees a bouquet of flowers- she thinks someone is getting married. I guess Bennett watched his parents wedding video and decided he was going to marry Addie. One night, he came out and told her he was going to marry her and she came running over to me saying, "Mom! I'm going to marry Bennett!" A few minutes later, Bennett came over and asked her if he could have carrot cake at his wedding. It was hilarious. I guess he's trying to get his opinions in early!

Now, if you ask Addie who she is going to marry, she'll tell you she's going to marry Bennett, in the big white temple. The cake has evolved to pink carrot cake (although, not sure Bennett knows/agrees with this). We were at Costco the other day and she saw their flowers. Our conversation went something like this:

Addie: Mom, we should get me those pink flowers so I can marry Bennett.
Me: Oh really? But Daddy doesn't want you to get married and leave us.
Addie: But I just want to! I'll come back and see you!

A few weekends ago when we were at the Homestead (where Gaga got married), we approached the building where Gaga was married and Addie exclaimed, "Mom! It's MY wedding!" It was so funny!

While it is probably a little early to talk about marriage and weddings, it's pretty cute to hear them talk about it.

We have way too many cute pictures of them- so I put together this slideshow- the pictures go way back to January of last year!