Merry Christmas!

We headed to the lou for xmas again and it was a lot of fun. Ben enjoyed his first Christmas and stayed up late on Christmas eve over at Momo's (my grandma) house. There was so much going on that he just wanted to be a part of it.

Christmas Morning (in Papa's hat)


Ben all wrapped up.......................Opening his first present on Christmas morning


Ben with Mallory & Riley...............Caroline holding Ben


Ben & Deebo as reindeers........... Ben with Papa (notice what Ben is holding - Holy Benjamins!)


Then on Christmas it snowed and gave a great dusting so that it was truly a white Christmas. Although when we got back home we noticed that we had a lot more snow - I'd guess almost a foot or so and it's still snowing! Just look at our deck!

7 Month Mark!

Yep - Ben hit 7 months just before Christmas. He's having a blast lately rolling around and playing on the floor although after a bit it leads to frustration that he can't crawl. Still thinking we're pretty close to that milestone since he will get up on all fours and lung forward. Ben is definitely a mover and has a ton of energy. I have a feeling once he's mobile we won't be able to keep up with him, but at least for now all the movement is stuck to rolling or pushing himself backwards. You can only get so far that way (luckily for me).

Click on the pic for a slideshow of the last month.



Merry (early) Christmas to everyone ! We get to spend it with my family so I know Ben will be excited to see all his cousins!

Santa!

My company hosted Mr. & Mrs. Clause yesterday and we took the little guy for his first visit. He didn't seem to mind who was holding him which was good, but we were still unable to get a smiling Ben on their laps. He made out a big wish list for them in babble talk so hopefully he doesn't get any of that. He did receive this little dump truck toy that he loves so that was nice.



He is still not crawling, but will roll all over the place to get from here to there and is getting frustrated that he can't get around or certain things like he could if he was crawling. I guess that means it's probably coming up quick, but I still haven't baby proofed other than outlets so I should really think about getting on top of that.