Ben is such a little observer! He must have seen Dad doing this a time or two and thought he'd give it a try!

I bought the fleece for his Halloween costume (pictures to come soon) and I laid it all out to cut out the pieces and he came over and laid on top of it and started playing with it. Afton came down to help me get the pieces laid out correctly and we just couldn't resist having a little fun... :)

Sorry the video is sideways. I didn't know when I recorded it that it would be forever sideways... :)

Ben can feed himself!

When we were having dinner with my family a couple Sundays ago, my sister was holding Ben on her lap and he decided to take her fork. She put some food on the table in front of him and helped him skewer the food onto his fork and put it in his mouth. I think I've been putting off the "feeding himself" stage because we have carpet downstairs... A few days later I decided to try it out at home. I gave him some mac n cheese (not the best idea because the noodles are so small it's hard to skewer them, but it worked nonetheless). Just look at him eating it!

Happy Birthday Ben

I know, I know... It's only 3 months late... I promise to try to be better!
Ben's 15 months old now. He's walking all over the place and he can sign/say a few words. He can say "uh-oh" "bah" (ball) "mama" "dat" (dad) "ca ca" (cracker/cookie) "gen" (again) "uppa" (up) and "hi!" He can sign: more, finished, cracker, cookie, mom, again, milk, ball, car, and baby.
The cutest thing about him right now is that when he wants my attention, he will start pulling on my leg, trying to get me to turn towards him, saying "Hi! Hi! Hi!" over and over until I look at him. Then he puts his arms up and says "uppa! uppa!" He will also walk up to little kids and say "Hi!" over and over.

Hungry Again

One might think I don't feed Ben enough, since this is the second blog about food... Ben found a few Kix on the floor that he hadn't gotten to yet. As he was crawling around eating them, he found one under the table. I watched him start crawling under the chair and knew he wouldn't be able to get back out, so I grabbed the camera and snapped a few shots. Surprisingly, he was quite happy while I took pictures, and only cried when I put the camera away and he realized how stuck he really was.

Wheaties: The late afternoon snack of babies

I had been sitting at the computer reading emails and such. Ben was just wandering around as he usually does, getting in to anything I've deemed "baby safe" like the tupperware cupboard. I realized it had been quiet after a while and since I was late for his nap, I wondered if Ben had fallen asleep somewhere... I heard some faint noises coming from the hallway where we keep our food storage. I snuck over and peeked around the corner. Ben was looking back at me while shoving a handful of Wheaties into his mouth. I didn't grab the camera quick enough to catch him sitting with the box, but as you can see he had plenty to eat. And of course, he flashed his oh-so-cute grin and how could I possibly be upset after that?