We had a nice weekend - today we went back to the pumpkin patch to go on a hay ride. We weren't sure if Ben would have enough patience for the hay ride, but he did great. We picked pumpkins in the field and then got to visit with some of the farm animals. After a few days of not wanting to walk at all, Ben is doing better than ever with his walking. It's hard to get a good video, but enjoy the short clip below!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Fast Fast Slow
We like to listen to SteveSongs by Mr. Steve during dinner and Ben especially enjoyed Daddy singing along to the Fast/Slow song...
Saturday, October 2, 2010
First Steps!
Ben took his first unassisted steps today at 13 months and 1 day! He wanted to hand me a block and took 3 steps towards me. Yay! We don't have pictures of him walking (without the lawn mower), but here are some cute pictures from earlier today.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Stacking Blocks
As I mentioned before, here are the pictures of Ben stacking 5 blocks. He did it all by himself (Josh is just trying to keep him from knocking them over before I could get a picture).
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Ben at 1 year
Since I never really did a big post for Ben's birthday, here's what he's been up to now that he's 1. He just had his 1 year check-up and is 23 lbs and 31 3/4 inches. He is very tall and wears 18 month clothes for the length. He has 7 teeth now with several more getting close to coming through.
Food -Ben is 100% on table food now. He's a pretty good eater. He'll try most everything and his only big dislike so far is chicken. He loves dairy (cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, milk), turkey (meatballs, meatloaf), ham, tomato sauces, any kind of melon, beans, peas and avocado. He doesn't especially like being fed with a spoon, so I spend a lot of time cutting up food so he can feed himself. I try to give him modified versions of what we're eating for dinner and it seems to be going well. We haven't been brave enough to go to a restaurant since he's been on table food but hopefully we'll try that soon (it was much easier to just take a jar of baby food with us!).
Sleep - His sleep is going well. He usually falls asleep easily at 8 and will sleep until 6 or so. He usually takes two 1 1/2 hour naps. Of course sometimes he will wake up at 5 am and not be able to fall back asleep.
Playing - Ben is very playful and curious. He loves his toys, especially anything he can stack. He likes to stack his blocks (his record is 5 at a time - I'll post a picture later), is starting to put legos together and is stacking his foam blocks too. I am always surprised by how gentle he is when he stacks his blocks and how he knows to put the bigger ones on the bottom.
As active as he is, he also likes to sit and look through his books. He will pull every single book off his shelf and flip through them.
Ben has a funny sense of humor and likes to tease me by offering his toys and then taking them away as soon as I try to grab them, he shakes his head "no" to every question I ask (and he has a huge smile on his face when he knows the answer is really "yes"), he loves to be chased and crawls away from me laughing when I tell him it's time to go somewhere. For now it's cute. :)
He also loves to chase Hannah around the house. She pretends she doesn't like it, but when he's not paying attention to her she'll sit in the middle of his toys. Of course I watch them very closely when they're together.
Ben is clapping a lot, "dances", plays peek-a-boo, points to things if I ask him to show me where they are (light, fan, trees, ducks), says Dada/Daddy and "Um" for me. He gives kisses and also does high-five.
I think Josh would agree that Ben is such a joy at this age. We both get such a kick out of him communicating with us more. There are some not-so-fun parts (like the 5am wake ups), but overall we are really enjoying our sweet little boy.
Food -Ben is 100% on table food now. He's a pretty good eater. He'll try most everything and his only big dislike so far is chicken. He loves dairy (cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, milk), turkey (meatballs, meatloaf), ham, tomato sauces, any kind of melon, beans, peas and avocado. He doesn't especially like being fed with a spoon, so I spend a lot of time cutting up food so he can feed himself. I try to give him modified versions of what we're eating for dinner and it seems to be going well. We haven't been brave enough to go to a restaurant since he's been on table food but hopefully we'll try that soon (it was much easier to just take a jar of baby food with us!).
Sleep - His sleep is going well. He usually falls asleep easily at 8 and will sleep until 6 or so. He usually takes two 1 1/2 hour naps. Of course sometimes he will wake up at 5 am and not be able to fall back asleep.
Playing - Ben is very playful and curious. He loves his toys, especially anything he can stack. He likes to stack his blocks (his record is 5 at a time - I'll post a picture later), is starting to put legos together and is stacking his foam blocks too. I am always surprised by how gentle he is when he stacks his blocks and how he knows to put the bigger ones on the bottom.
As active as he is, he also likes to sit and look through his books. He will pull every single book off his shelf and flip through them.
Ben has a funny sense of humor and likes to tease me by offering his toys and then taking them away as soon as I try to grab them, he shakes his head "no" to every question I ask (and he has a huge smile on his face when he knows the answer is really "yes"), he loves to be chased and crawls away from me laughing when I tell him it's time to go somewhere. For now it's cute. :)
He also loves to chase Hannah around the house. She pretends she doesn't like it, but when he's not paying attention to her she'll sit in the middle of his toys. Of course I watch them very closely when they're together.
Ben is clapping a lot, "dances", plays peek-a-boo, points to things if I ask him to show me where they are (light, fan, trees, ducks), says Dada/Daddy and "Um" for me. He gives kisses and also does high-five.
I think Josh would agree that Ben is such a joy at this age. We both get such a kick out of him communicating with us more. There are some not-so-fun parts (like the 5am wake ups), but overall we are really enjoying our sweet little boy.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Rosh Hashanah
Here are a few pictures from our trip up to NJ for Rosh Hashanah. We had a nice visit and spent time with a lot of family & friends. Ben had fun showing everyone the light/fan, clapping, and walking around Grandma and Popi's house. He also thoroughly enjoyed his first taste of Grandma's matzo ball soup.
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