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.

Dada?

So Brian is convinced that Ben has said his first words. He basically has been repeating the sounds which forms dada. Judge for yourself though.

"All I Want For Christmas...

Is my two front teeth!" At least that's what Ben would be saying if he could talk. And yes, the two bottom teeth are coming in! The past few days have been a struggle between giggles and cries, but he's no worse for wear so far. One thing some friends recommended is teething tablets which helped him sleep much better last night. We haven't used them much, but I'm a believer so far.



We also went to the doc today for his check up and he's still average. He weighs in at 17 lbs and 2 oz (50%), height is 26-1/2" (50%), and head circumference is 17-1/4" (55%). He also got the flu and h1n1 shot today so hopefully he will only mantain the cold he's had the past three months instead of getting something worse.

6 Months Old!!

Ben is 6 months old!!! Yippee! Click on the pic for a slideshow of the past month.



And just think he started out like this 5 months ago...


He's growing so fast I can't believe it. He can sit on his own and is even hinting at the beginning of crawling by getting on all fours and rocking a little, but I think we're still a little ways off from the actual movement. Guess I should think about baby proofing in the next few months.

He loves eating solids and most are really easy to make, but apparently my applesauce is like poison and he refuses to eat it. Instead he would rather have processed applesauce made by the one and only gerber. Who knew?!

Early Turkey Day

My parents came in town to visit us and since we won't be there for Thanksgiving we decided to host an early thanksgiving here. We had a few close friends over who were missing out on their traditional thanksgiving as well. A fun time was had by all. Here's a pic of the kiddos.

Ben, Jack & Nicola


Unfortunately I'm terrible about getting pictures or videos with Deebo & Papa so next time I will make sure to get some.