"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.

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.