Merry Christmas!

Ben had a good first Christmas! Apparently Santa must have thought Ben was a good boy because he got a lot of presents!

Ben was a present himself!

Ahhh, a soccer ball!

A tool bench!

A super big doggy (I don't know where that is going to fit in the house!)

Ohh, pretty tree

Jingle bells, jingle bells

Books!

Walking

I don't know how I feel about this walking. I only forsee trouble, headaches, the words No! Stop! and timeouts in the future.

Yummy Pancakes!

Little piggy was scarfing down the pancakes yesterday. He ate 4 pancakes, and banana and a bottle for breakfast. And then ate a sizable lunch 3 hours later. I guess walking requires a lot of calories.

So Excited!

Ben gets so excited about Monster now. I am trying to catch him playing hide and seek with her in the curtains, but neither of them were cooperating.

So Ridiculous

Ben and I took Monster for a walk today because it was *warm* (45 degrees). So I bundled Ben up, put the canopy on the back pack to shield him from the wind, and tried to keep him toasty warm. And what does he do? Busts his head through the side of the canopy and hangs his head out like a dog hanging its head out the car window. He stayed that way for the entire 3 mile walk. Ahhh, so ridiculous. The side of him that was inside the canopy was nice and warm, while the arm dangling out the side was obviously, much colder. You'd think he'd learn...

Spoon

I thought I'd see if Ben could master a spoon last night with his mashed potatoes and bananas, and low and behold! He could do it! I had to put the food on the spoon for him, but he picked it up and put it in his mouth and ate off of it. Today he used a fork with his corn casserole. He even seems to prefer the spoon and fork to using his hands. We'll see if that keeps up...

Santa!

We went over to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa today. Ben did very good, though he didn't exactly smile.

The Remote

Ben is totally obsessed with the remotes. We found an old VCR remote for him so we don't have to fight over the tv remote. I think he would have taken it to bed with him if I had let him.

Open, Close, Open, Close...

I Got My Eye On You!

10 Months Old!

The Lights Before Christmas at the Zoo

Sitting Like Such a Little Gentleman

This is really funny to me. When I feed Ben, I always cross my leg and rest it on his chair. One day, Ben started doing the same thing! Whenever he sits in his high chair, he always crosses his left leg, mirroring my posture! Sometimes he kicks it up a notch and sits indian style

Here, Let Me Help You With That

Ben was being thoughtful and helping DSack and Rachel remodel their kitchen with tupperware.

Row Row Row Your Boat

We went to see DSack and Rachel yesterday in Medina. DSack took us to his very large shooting club where they have a pond with row boats.