Ben's 11 Months Old!

Almost to the year milestone and so much has already happened.  This past week Ben moved up to a new room in daycare again and his now in the 'walking' room although the most he's ventured on his own is about 7 steps.  He still prefers to crawl to get around most days, but will regularly try to walk on his own and his balance is pretty good.  I'm thinking it won't be too long before he is upright solely.

His favorite foods are fruits and pasta.  He loves whole wheat pasta in tomato sauce which is super easy and quick to make, plus it freezes well.  He's a good eater and snacks constantly.  Good thing there are lots of healthy cereals that he likes to munch on.

Just today he has learned to tackle the stairs - at least how to get up them, not down.  We've tried to keep him off of stairs to this point, but since he's everywhere it's hard to contain him.  Now we just need to work on the going down part of the stairs so I feel better about the situation.  Good thing we got a baby gate not too long ago.

He's also gotten much better about sorting shapes in one of his toys and loves to hide things places to watch them disappear.  He still loves his walker and tries to push everything around just like the walker even if it's bolted down or weighs 100 lbs.  He's much stronger than I would give him credit for with his size.  Balls are probably his favorite thing to play with besides his walker.  He is fascinated with a basketball hoop thing we have and loves to put the ball in the hoop.  At least he won't understand it now when I tell him he doesn't have a shot at really playing that sport (let's face it, Bri and I are not tall enough), but if I keep telling when he's young maybe he won't grow up with false hopes.

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