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.

Mini Mangino

Ok - so not quite, but there are still four chins in this picture. We tried to root for KU, but it seems like Ben is a jinx. Every time I dress him in a KU outfit they lose so next week we are going plain. No KU gear will be found on Ben and hopefully that will be enough to snap Reesing out of his slump.



As for the rest of things, all seems to be well. We figured out that he hates peas, but loves just about everything else we've given him. We are still trying to get a good nap schedule figured out, but no luck so far. He still has his 'fussy' time around 5-7 so hopefully we can get that fixed in the near future, but other than that he enjoys his days and sleeps 11 hours at night. Not too much to complain about.

He is starting to get to play with more of his toys and actually play with them rather than hold them. He's mastered the art of throwing things too so depending on the toy he has in hand it may be dangerous to be around (just ask Brian).

Happy Halloween!

Peek A Boo

So Ben thinks this is the funnest (yes - funnest) game ever. We've begun to play it on a daily basis just to hear the giggles and it seems like every day it gets more hilarious. It doesn't seem to matter what object or if we are hiding from him - either way he cracks up. Here's a video we got of it the other day when he couldn't get enough.

Yes, he is in the baby bjorn. His fussy time is late afternoon and he is only content in that or his door jumper so we switch off between the two. Also, that is a deflated balloon of what used to be a bear.

Pumpkin Patch

Ben went to his first pumpkin patch this past week and was very entertained looking at the pumpkins. He just stared while we picked out our pumpkins and even let out a few laughs. Here's a pic of him next to pumpkins that way just as much if not more than him.

This week he's started to sit completely on his own. Ok, so it's only for a few seconds without tipping over, but he tries real hard to sit there. He's also enjoying his jumper. We let him sit in it for quite a while today and he was very content the whole time. I'm glad he's finally enjoying it more than the first couple times we had him in there. It's always nice to have new arsenal for keeping him busy. See the video below for playtime this afternoon.

5 Months Old - Yeah!!!

I apologize it's been a little while, but things have been super busy around here lately. This past weekend Ben was sick with a fever and ear infection possibly, although that went away the next day so we weren't too concerned. He still has a stuffy nose and he has since past this nice bug onto his dad so now I have two sick boys. Wonder when I'll get it....

The weekend before my dad came to visit and stayed with Ben and I when Brian was out of town. Ben loved his Papa time!!! In fact, the night my dad was gone Ben was much more fussy - I think he was a little spoiled :)

Anyway, Ben is officially 5 months old and doing well. He has sort of mastered the art of sleeping on his stomach. He loves to sleep that way and normally he is out when he does, but sometimes when he wakes up with his butt in the air he doesn't like it. Luckily he's getting over that and sleeping better again. Plus he's so cute when he's sleeping like that with his knees tucked under him. (I know - I'm biased)

We've also started giving him rice cereal and he has mastered the art of eating it. In fact, he enjoys it and laughs the whole time. It's very entertaining!! He's also now reflux free!!! No more drugs - yeah! Although the last month he was on zantac he didn't mind the taste of it, it appears that us pinching his cheeks was the real culprit for his screaming. Oops. We'll learn this parenting thing eventually.

Here are some pics of the past month - click on the pic below for the slideshow.