Ben's morning routine...

When Ben gets up in the morning, he is always in a good mood. As soon as I walk into his room, he gives me a big smile and is eager to get out of his crib and make his way into the family room. He sits in his chair and waits for me to bring him milk and cheerios. We then watch his favorite show (which I record every morning so we have a new episode to watch), the Imagination Movers. Although they are quite annoying and a little strange, Ben loves this show. He will sit and watch it as long as you let him. The show is about 4 guys (who wear blue jumpsuits), called the Imagination Movers who solve people's problems by brainstorming ideas and working together to come up with a solution. Throw in a mouse, a neighbor who likes everything boring and beige and lots of weirdness and you have the show.

Maybe this will give you an idea of what we have to listen to every day, over and over again.

As you can tell by these pictures, Ben gets really into it...

This is what Ben is learning in gym class...

The past few days, Ben has been using his chair to do this...

Alfalfa

Ben woke up this morning with some hair on top of his head sticking up and despite some attempts to making it flat, it just won't do it. We had a busy morning. First we went to Ben's gym class where he got to jump on the trampoline and practice walking on the balance beam. I think he remembered going there last week because as soon as we walked in, he got a big smile on his face. He has done great during his first couple of classes and definitely gets a lot of energy out. After a trip to Target (where we got new stuff for Ben's bathroom. He is going to have a monkey theme in there), we came home and played a little, ate lunch and then Ben took a nap.

Here he is at lunch, eating his grilled cheese. Too bad he kept trying to feed it to Lewey while I wasn't looking.

A little fun before nap time...

We have internet!

After two weeks, we finally have working internet. I am so excited! We are still busy unpacking and getting everything back to normal but I promise to update more often now. I did some catch up entries today so make sure to scroll down to see them.

A wedding weekend

Two weeks ago, we spent the weekend up in Oakhurst (near Yosemite) so that we could attend the wedding of Drew's cousin Diane. The wedding in the woods and a lot of fun. Ben spent a lot of the night on the dance floor, dancing with anyone who would go out there with him.

When did he stop being a baby?

This was taken after the holidays, almost 8 months ago...

and this was taken last week. Doesn't he look so much older?

It only took all summer...

for Ben to go past the first step and all the way into the pool. He took his time and now he loves to go all the way in. Him and and his dad go swimming a couple of times a week now. He would stay in for hours if we let him.

Who can resist cupcakes?

Ben does enjoy cake but since he makes a huge mess eating it, I am hesitant to give it to him. He did get to eat one of my birthday cupcakes and he loved it!

At first, he was just stuffing as much as he could in his mouth...

he then took a little break...

and let out a little smirk...

before he realized that he could wipe the icing off of his high chair tray and lick it off his fingers.

It only took about 10 minutes to clean up the mess.

I haven't forgotten

Hi Everyone,

Sorry it has been awhile since I have updated with new pictures. I have not forgotten about it, I just haven't had a chance. We have been so busy with the move and now we don't have internet (we are in Barnes and Noble right now). We are getting our internet installed this Friday so I promise to update once it's working.

Check back in a few days for some new pictures (and maybe even some videos).