Wordless Wednesday

Old news I forgot to share....

Benito got his first tooth back on October 21st! It was so funny, because at his 10:00AM pediatrician appointment, she looked in his mouth and said, "No teeth yet. His gums do look a little swollen, though." Then, at 2:00PM when I was getting ready to give him a bottle, I noticed that he had something white in his mouth. I thought he had gotten hold of a piece of paper or something, so I stuck my finger in his mouth to get it out. Lo and behold, sometime between 10 AM and 2 PM, that little tooth had popped right through! I would love to post a picture, but he is pretty shy about showing anyone and I haven't been able to get a picture that you can see it in yet. My little guy is growing and changing so fast these days that I can barely keep up!

Fave Foto Friday

The picture above is of my older sister, Gayle, and me, taken back in (gulp) 1976.

This picture is my sweet niece, Belle, and my precious baby Ben, taken this week.

Notice any similarities? I kept looking at the picture I took of Belle and Ben and feeling like it was dejavu. Then I was looking through some old photo albums and saw this picture of my sister and I. I thought it was great how we are in almost the same pose and she has blond hair just like Belle and I have black hair just like Ben. Isn't that crazy?

For more fave foto Friday pics, go to http://www.kissthefrog4me.blogspot.com

Look who's getting soooo BIG!

Ben can officially sit up as of yesterday! He hadn't shown much interest in trying before because every time I would sit him up he would start grabbing his toes and fall over face first. But, yesterday at a friend's house while he was too busy watching her daughter crawl around I finally got him to sit up. Now he wants to do it all the time. In fact, once today he actually sat up for almost 5 minutes straight. I'm so excited for him, but it also makes me sad because he is growing up too fast!

Yummy, yummy squash!!

Today Ben got to try squash for the first time. Since rice cereal and green beans have not been all that much of a hit with him, I assumed he wouldn't be too excited about the squash either. Boy was I wrong! This boy ate every single bite of the squash and kept going "mmm" between bites. I had never heard him make that sound before, but I always say "mmm, yummy" to him when I give him bites, so I guess he figured it out once he had something that really was yummy to him. He actually even cried when the squash was all gone! I guess maybe I should have taken my aunt up on the offer of fresh squash from her garden this fall!

Busy, busy, busy!!

Since my last post, Ben went for his six-month well baby check and he is doing great! He is now up to 13 pounds, 12 ounces, which still keeps him under the 5th percentile, but is a pound more than he weighed at his four month visit. He is 25 and 3/4 inches long, though, so that explains where all of his growth is happening!

I am busy, busy, busy this weekend because I am caring for my cousin's 17-month old son because she is in the hospital in danger of delivering her new baby 8 weeks early. Please say a prayer that all goes well for her and the baby. I'm having a blast with her son, but boy am I tired! On Friday my Mom and I took Ben, my cousin's baby, my niece (3), and one of my nephews (14) to the zoo. That was really an adventure, but the kids all loved it.

Will is back at work on board the vessel for the next four weeks, so I am on my own with the kids. I sure do miss his help-especially with an extra!

Please pray for this family

I don't know this family personally, but I read their blog and would like to ask that all of you pray for their sweet daughter.

http://ferrickfamilypromise.blogspot.com/