Well, Ben's second holiday season has started. We enjoyed Fall Festival at church last week and got to see all of the kids in their costumes. Ben also had a carnival at school that he got to dress up for. Ben has a couple of little pumpkins at home that he rolls around. He thinks they are just new toys, so hopefully it isn't too terrible to take them away next month. :) We are so excited to spend the upcoming months visiting family and celebrating the joy of this season. We have so much to be thankful for.
Ben continues to grow and change. He took his first steps on October 20th and has gotten a little more adventurous since then but isn't walking yet. Ben climbs on or up just about anything that will stay still, including Mom's leg when he is acting shy. Some of Ben's current favorite activities are opening the shutters and looking out the windows, unrolling toilet paper, playing with cardboard boxes and collecting shoes. Yes, he does have plenty of toys and loves those as well. He got an indoor playset for his birthday and can go down the slide by himself and he also enjoys sitting at his table and chairs and playing with his stacking cups or looking at a puzzle.
Ben has graduated to a sippy cup for his water and milk. He also enjoys feeding himself. Some of his favorites are grilled turkey and cheese, raviolis stuffed with anything and the classic Cheerios. Ben doesn't miss a meal and has learned where we keep different types of food in the house. He will go to the fridge when he wants milk and point to the cabinet when he wants cereal. We had to move the fruit to a different location as any time he crawled through the kitchen past the fruit bowl he would think that he needed a piece. We are still working on figuring out what to do with the fake bowl of fruit on our kitchen table. He now points to it and asks for a "nana" when he is hungry. And when he really thinks about it, he adds a quiet little "ba" at the beginning and whispers "banana".
Ben's newest favorite words are "go, go, go?" or "bye, bye". He goes to the front door or to the garage door and says either one of these and waits in hopes that it is time to take a walk or go somewhere. He waves and says "bye, bye" when people leave too. Although it isn't as they are leaving, it is about five minutes after they leave for the next ten minutes. The timing will come eventually. :)
November 8, 2007
September 27, 2007
Ben: One Year
Ben is a year old! Wow! He is growing and changing so much right now. He is adding new words to his vocabulary weekly it seems, including: mama, dada, more, duck, quack quack, wow, uh-oh, woof woof and there are probably others that we just haven't figured out yet. We had a great visit to the pediatrician this week. Ben is a growing boy! He is now 22 pounds and 10 ounces and 32.25 inches long! He is off the charts for head size and height and about average for weight.
Ben is still cruising along. He now has gone from cruising only along furniture to using walls and people and anything that is more stable than he is. The doctor did say since he is tall with a big head on his shoulders that his balance may take a little longer to accomplish. Ha ha! Ben is enjoying playing upstairs in the playroom a lot more. He "reads" for a while, then gets out a puzzle, then works on the stacking rings, etc. His attention span is growing but he likes to fit in a little bit of everything.
We are now up to nine teeth at last count. Ben has five of the front eight teeth and all four molars! We are glad that he is developing but ready for a break on the old chompers for a while as they can cause some rough nights. Ben is doing really well with table food. He is pretty much exclusively eating table food with the occasional jar of food when he is feeling picky. His favorite meal right now is raviolis. He cannot get them into his mouth fast enough. Ben transitioned to whole milk this week and doesn't seem to notice really. This is a wonderful blessing to our morning routine since the daycare provides milk and will keep a couple of his bottles and cups at school and wash them for us.
We are looking forward to celebrating his birthday with some friends and family this weekend. We will try to get pictures up soon of this month and the party.
Ben is still cruising along. He now has gone from cruising only along furniture to using walls and people and anything that is more stable than he is. The doctor did say since he is tall with a big head on his shoulders that his balance may take a little longer to accomplish. Ha ha! Ben is enjoying playing upstairs in the playroom a lot more. He "reads" for a while, then gets out a puzzle, then works on the stacking rings, etc. His attention span is growing but he likes to fit in a little bit of everything.
We are now up to nine teeth at last count. Ben has five of the front eight teeth and all four molars! We are glad that he is developing but ready for a break on the old chompers for a while as they can cause some rough nights. Ben is doing really well with table food. He is pretty much exclusively eating table food with the occasional jar of food when he is feeling picky. His favorite meal right now is raviolis. He cannot get them into his mouth fast enough. Ben transitioned to whole milk this week and doesn't seem to notice really. This is a wonderful blessing to our morning routine since the daycare provides milk and will keep a couple of his bottles and cups at school and wash them for us.
We are looking forward to celebrating his birthday with some friends and family this weekend. We will try to get pictures up soon of this month and the party.
August 27, 2007
Ben: Eleven Months
Yes, another month has flown by. This one was a busy one too, with lots of new experiences and a fun vacation!
Ben is about 22 pounds now and getting taller by the day. He has cut 4 teeth and is working on 4 more. So we have lots of swollen gums, rough nights and are looking into buying Orajel stock. With these new chompers and more interest in table food, Ben has been trying lots of new things to eat. He now eats what parts of the school lunch that he can and we supplement his meals with baby food on the days they are serving hamburgers and the like. On hamburger day though, we got a note on Ben's care sheet that he "ate lots of hamburger bun and French fries". Way to go, buddy! A few days after that he ate a ham and cheese sandwich. We haven't found much of anything that Ben hasn't liked which is great.
Ben is cruising a little more now around the furniture at home and working on "walking" while holding our hands. His crawling speed has gone from quick to lightning speed in the last month and he still loves crawling upstairs to the playroom each evening with Mom and Dad. Ben likes to wave all of the time now except when we ask him to (of course). He waves to Mom during dinner time and waves to Dad while he is mowing or grilling. It is quite funny.
We haven't had much progress in our signing, but Ben is working on saying some words and it is so exciting! We have had a repeat or two of "quack quack" when we talk about our rubber duckies and Ben started saying "ba" for ball. He will say it when he throws a ball to you or when he finds one in his toys or in a book. It is so fun! We look forward to seeing what is next!
Ben had lots of new experiences this month when we drove to the beach in Destin, Florida. We made the trip over two days and he did so well in the car. We got lots of beach time while we were there. Ben loved the ocean and we would take turns holding him in the water so he could splash around. Ben tolerated the sand and learned to like it a little more after he realized we could play with it. He wasn't so sure about it sticking to his hands so we kept water nearby to rinse off as needed. We tried to eat out mostly at lunch time to avoid crowds and work more easily into Ben's schedule. He liked all of the different places and really enjoyed getting bites of French fries and crackers along with his lunch. He was quite the trooper and seemed to have lots of fun too. There are lots of pictures in the links section under Month 11.
We look forward to celebrating Ben's first year soon! We hope all is well with your families.
Ben is about 22 pounds now and getting taller by the day. He has cut 4 teeth and is working on 4 more. So we have lots of swollen gums, rough nights and are looking into buying Orajel stock. With these new chompers and more interest in table food, Ben has been trying lots of new things to eat. He now eats what parts of the school lunch that he can and we supplement his meals with baby food on the days they are serving hamburgers and the like. On hamburger day though, we got a note on Ben's care sheet that he "ate lots of hamburger bun and French fries". Way to go, buddy! A few days after that he ate a ham and cheese sandwich. We haven't found much of anything that Ben hasn't liked which is great.
Ben is cruising a little more now around the furniture at home and working on "walking" while holding our hands. His crawling speed has gone from quick to lightning speed in the last month and he still loves crawling upstairs to the playroom each evening with Mom and Dad. Ben likes to wave all of the time now except when we ask him to (of course). He waves to Mom during dinner time and waves to Dad while he is mowing or grilling. It is quite funny.
We haven't had much progress in our signing, but Ben is working on saying some words and it is so exciting! We have had a repeat or two of "quack quack" when we talk about our rubber duckies and Ben started saying "ba" for ball. He will say it when he throws a ball to you or when he finds one in his toys or in a book. It is so fun! We look forward to seeing what is next!
Ben had lots of new experiences this month when we drove to the beach in Destin, Florida. We made the trip over two days and he did so well in the car. We got lots of beach time while we were there. Ben loved the ocean and we would take turns holding him in the water so he could splash around. Ben tolerated the sand and learned to like it a little more after he realized we could play with it. He wasn't so sure about it sticking to his hands so we kept water nearby to rinse off as needed. We tried to eat out mostly at lunch time to avoid crowds and work more easily into Ben's schedule. He liked all of the different places and really enjoyed getting bites of French fries and crackers along with his lunch. He was quite the trooper and seemed to have lots of fun too. There are lots of pictures in the links section under Month 11.
We look forward to celebrating Ben's first year soon! We hope all is well with your families.
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