Buttons

This morning Ben drifted (his mom carried him) from his crib to the bed where he slept in even later than me. I can't say that this really surprises me, but in some way it seems like some sort of unconscious generational challenge.

     

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Ben is officially crawling and very, very, busy. His latest trick as of today is pulling himself up on whatever he can find. I put him down for a nap and when I went in to peek on him, I found that he can now pull himself up...I guess it's time to lower the crib. Gone are the days where I could put him under his "rainforest" on his back and quickly check my email without the fear he'd go anywhere. My running shoes are on! I am ready. It's a good thing I'm a teacher and have eyes in the back of my head. ;)

       

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I went in to say "bye" before I left for work and found these two snuggling...makes it a little hard to leave in the morning.

For Ben's first Valentine's Day we headed to the country house (in-laws) to get some rest and relaxation. On the way we stopped at Ikea with Ben to see if there were any fun items and we found a collapsible tunnel that he could crawl through. On his first attempt he made it end to end in about 2 minutes.

On Saturday we called Mops and Pops on Skype so Ben could get a quick video chat in with his east coast grandparents. He was in a good mood and aside from trying to stomp on the keyboard, he did a great job.

In the evening, we went to some family friends' house for a homemade crab dinner complete with red velvet cupcakes that Dara made earlier in the day.

   

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Ben help up great until about 9 o'clock when Dara and Ronni decided to put on his PJs mid-air before we headed home.

Ben is getting to be a fairly enthusiastic eater. This morning when we were having breakfast he was chomping at the spoon the minute he saw it, sometimes resulting in a misaligned approach amd thus sweet potato up the nose.

       

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In the past few days Ben has been sccoting around quite a bit. He can pretty much cross a room now in just a minute or two and he always heads for trouble when he's on the move.

   

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Ben's Nonni Ronni gave him a bath tonight! He kept staring at > himself in the mirror and splashing around. Bathtime is one of our > favorite times of day.

A happy boy!

Buttons woke up at six this morning, so I brought him into bed with us and he slept another two-and-half hours.