7 Months

Benjamin is now 7 months. I took him to the Dr. this morning to have them check on what I thought was just a cold, come to find out my poor baby has a double ear infection! Ughh ask me how I felt..horrible. We have been wondering why all of a sudden he stopped sleeping through the night well now we know. We saw Dr. Wagner and she said that on a scale from 1-10 he had a 7 and a 5. Poor thing we will be giving out lots of TLC at our house!

Aside from being sick he is always such a happy baby. He is moving all the time from one place to the next already starting to get himself in a little trouble. :) He is babbling all the time I wonder if he is going to be a little talker like Christian. He is eatting stage 2 foods and doing really well. We are thinking about starting stage 3. I have also started using the mesh feeder with him. He has only had Banana but really enjoyed it. I have also starting putting a piece or 2 of ice in it for him to suck on, it really seems to help with his teething., speaking of which he now has 6 teeth with 2 more coming in. He has 4 on the bottom and two on the top the first one on top started coming in on Friday and then on Sunday you could see the 2nd one breaking through. I guess he is in a rush to try those Chicken Nuggetts from chick-fil-a Christian is always talking about.

Here are a few pictures of our little guy...as always Enjoy!

Benjamin enjoying his first Banana in his mesh feederMust be good look at that mess :)Christian loving on Benjamin Our sleeping boy before the ear infections!

How could I??

Not post this picture from bathtime-

I want to rock....

in my Diego chair since it doesn't rock I will put it in the lazy-boy and rock.... The things he comes up with- he was so proud of himself!Here is a cute picture of him putting his little pumpkin outside- I can't wait to take him to the pumpkin patch and see what he thinks of all the pumpkins!

The Longest Post Ever- PART 2

Now that we are almost done with September I guess I should post some pictures from the month...

Benjamin at the park- I love this picture

Daddy & Christian playing ball at the park

Benjamin loves to suck on his lower lip here he is in actionClimbing through the tunnelSooo SERIOUSPlaying with Mommy The boys swinging togetherHe loves to play in the mulchDaddy decided to join in on the funPretending to fly like a bird with Daddy on the walking trailBenjamin at the play area at the mallI think he was a little wore out and about ready to take a nap! :)Christian helping Mommy bake cookiessneaking a taste....mmm good this was his first taste of raw cookie doughSweet Baby getting ready to try carrottsmmm yummya bite of mashed potatoes...I think he liked them he ate a couple small bitesHere is a really good picture of Benjamin sucking on his lip....what a face! :)CHEESE- Christian playing with his trucksChristian saying the blessing at dinner timeBenjamin fell asleep on the way home from church and when we got home I laid him on his boppy pillow and he went right back to sleep
We had a chuch workday a few weeks ago and we went to youngsville Elementary to help with a few projects......

Christian waiting to get started wearing his Daddys work gloves
He helped me paint a door- can you guess what color?? the boys were exhausted and fell asleep before we got home it was less than a 5 min. drive! All Smiles
trying green peas for the first timehe doesnt seem to think they are too bad at least not as bad as Chrsitian didBenjamin has been teething a lot here he is sucking on a piece of ice in his mesh feeder he loves this I guess it makes his gums feel sooo much better!
We went to Jumpin Beans with Michelle and Nathan here are a few pictures I think everyone had fun~

Michelle & Benjamin just hanging out
Michelle and Nathan coming down the slideChristian and Nathan playingBenjamin just crawling aroundMommy & Benjamin talking Throughout the summer we have made many trips to the farmers market and to a local vegetable stand. Christian loves to go and help pick out the veggies. The last time we went I thought I would snap a few pictures since we probably wont bet to make many more trip before they close for the season...

Christian picking out the greenbeans........

and potatoescarrying the green beans and his small pumpkin to the checkout weighing his pumpkin

The Longest Blog Ever ~Part 1

Well I have a little bit of catching up to do. To be honest I just haven't taken the time to update the blog. I guess sometimes Life gets in the way.....:)

Benjamin-
Wow it is amazing he is a little over 6 months old. I took him for his check-up with Dr. Dirk and he said he was perfect I love to hear him say that! Benjamin is a little heavy weight- 20lbs 5oz (90%) 27.5in. long (70%). He has 4 teeth yes that is right 4 teeth. They are all on the bottom but there are a few pushing in on the top! He is eating baby food and loves it. We have only done a few veggies and one fruit so we will need to pick up on that. Dr. Dirk told us that we needed to drop a bottle and feed him solids 3x's a day (a little bit sooner than with Christian). We have followed his advice and now Benjamin only has 3 bottles a day and eats 3 meals a day! He is such a happy baby always smiling. He is really doing a lot more these days.
*Sitting up on his own- although he does tend to topple over some)

*4 teeth with more coming in

*Loves to play with his feet

*ADORES his big brother- he can hardly take his eyes off of him when he is in the room

*Sleeps in his crib most of the time it is all night(about 7:30-8 sleeps until about 7ish)

*CRAWLING!! Yes you read that right our little man is crawling around all over the place- does this mean he will walk early to??? :)

*Loves his Jumperoo and his Exersaucer

*Loves to snuggle with Mommy Daddy and Christian before bedtime

*likes to swing at the park


Christian-
I can hardly believe that in a few weeks he will be two! He is such a smarty pants and is always teaching me new things everyday. He is loving going to preschool and will get in the car and say I have fun playing- go to school. He is such a talker. Ed has taught him how to shake hands and so no when he meets someone he will shake their hand and say nice to meet you! How sweet is that? There are lots more so I will just list some of them...


*Benjamin Don’t throw it don’t throw it (but please note when Benjamin "throws" drops something Christian is the first to say I'll get it and picks it up for Benjamin)

*Benjamin wake up its time for supper

*He’s cute-talking about Benjamin

*Counts 1-5 in Spanish

*A few weeks ago the power was out and the he could not watch his movie that day when Ed got home he asked to watch the TV and Ed said it was broken well Christian said Daddy you home fix it! (He gets that from me sometimes when something is broken I tell him we have to wait for Daddy to get home and help us fix it)

*He loves Benjamin but he also enjoys beating up on Benjamin oh the times will change I am sure when Benjamin gets a little bit bigger

*LOVES LOVES LOVES trains, cars, diggers, buses, & airplanes. There are a few places near the house that have construction going on and when we dive by he will say ohhh Look at that Digger then as we pass he will say see another one see another one!

*He says the prayer at supper time and always gives a loud AMEN!

*When we are in the car a lot of times he can recognize where we are going and sometimes he will say~ were almost there or almost home it is sooo cute

*He is doing great with his manners although sometimes we have to remind him

*He has enjoyed going to the farmers market and vegetable stand to get vegetable this summer

I am sure there are tons more that I can't think of but now for the pictures which I am sure is what everyone is waiting for!

Benjamin outgrew the baby carrier so in August we were trying to decide what to do. Well we bought Christian a new seat and gave Benjamin Christians old seat (yes it seems the 2nd child gets a lot of hand me downs! :)

Here is Christian checking out his new seat- we got the Graco Nautilus this should last him until he no longer needs a carseat. He LOVES it!

He tells me Mommy it has a pillow Benjamin riding in his "new" seat for the first timeAll SmilesIt must be pretty comfortable! Since he is no longer in the carrier that means a highchair in the restaurants...Here he is his first time in a highchair. This is a panera bread.
Sooo cuteEating green beans but watching every move my big brother makes!We took Christian bowling he had a blast- here he is putting his ball on the ramp
there it goes....watching to see how many pins get knocked down getting ready to take his 2nd turn
check out those shoes :)Here is the scoreboard even with guttergards he still did better than Mommy & DaddyAT THE PARK:
We have spent plenty of time at the park lately....Christian is such a climber here is he climbing on the dino look how intent he is no fear of heights here to bad we can't say the same about Mommy!
Here he is swining by himself as he likes to say Another day at the park with the boys
Getting ready to slide

riding the animals Our climber- going up the rock wall

AROUND THE HOUSE:
Our little man sitting up- all smiles

He loves to drive
Precious baby boy He is in the toy box all of the toys are outside the toy box....
Getting ready for Christian to take him on a wagon ride...better hold on
Christian pushing Benjamin in the wagon Big Brothers can be sweet sometimes :)
BATH TIME FUN!!
Look at those long eyelashes

Times two :)Little CutieJust playing

So now I think I have caught up all the pictures for August I guess later this weekend I will try to hit some of September.....