Jul 19, 2012

A month of fun!

We are having so much fun being a family of three. And even more fun spending our summer here with our families too.

Ben has been all over the capital region and seen the sights.
He's been to the mall, twice - what a trooper!
The movies (Brave) and slept through the whole thing.
Gio's, duh; five guys, carrabbas, gio's.
Around the block.
In the sink.
On the porch. Yeah, we're pretty adventurous.
Schoharie. Like I said, adventurous :)
The lakehouse (not the lake yet...).
To a sketchy urgent care center (yay for strep!) where the receptionist wanted to hold him. Um no, but thanks anyway, how about you do your job and stay away from my baby!


Anyway... Doug is happy at work, I LOVE being at home, and Ben is the best baby. What could be better?
It has been soo fun getting to know Benjamin. He is so serious all the time. Here's a picture of Ben with his favorite 2nd cousin (okay, he hasn't met any other 2nd cousins...) and a classic serious face:

We think he must be a pretty contemplative dude.

We get a lot of these faces too!
Ben loves his pacifier, this penguin mirror thing Sarah got for him (he stares at it like nobody's business), car rides, being outside, tummy time, being held and carried, being sung to (too bad I don't have the best voice) and being read to (especially by his dad); he doesn't seem to mind baths, diaper changes, kids holding him, or loud noises. I love this phase - I want him to stay little forever!


 He's an excellent sleeper but this last week he has had a hard time napping. So, for example, he'll sleep for 2  or 3 four hour stretches at night (awesome!) but during the day he'll go down for a nap and wake up several times in one hour. We'll figure it out, I'm not worried.


Benjamin is so great at telling us he needs something. I say that because he doesn't cry unless he needs something. So it's really quite simple to provide and care for him. Thank you, Ben!



3 comments:

Katie said...

love it :-)

Catherine said...

He's so cute and sweet! Good job mama!

Elise said...

I think he looks just like his daddy! Only in cute baby form, of course :).