FFF-For Crying Out Loud

I don't have too many pictures of Ben crying because he doesn't cry all that much and never has. But, here are a few of him getting mad because Mommy was taking pictures instead of holding him!

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Where has the time gone?

Today Ben is 7 months old. It seems like just yesterday I was looking down at him in his isolette at the hospital! Now he is sitting up, trying to scoot around, and generally being interested in everything around him (especially the cheerleaders last night at Drew's basketball game!). He had to go to the pediatrician yesterday, so we know he now weighs 14 pounds. He's still on the small side for his age, but he is growing!

To my sweet baby boy,

I can't believe that you are seven months old already! you have grown and changed so much and so quickly! Every time I blink, it seems like you are doing something new these days. You are so curious, happy, and sweet. I love your adorable laugh, smile, and babbling. Your favorite word is "dada" and you say it constantly! Even though you can say mama, every time I try to get you to say it, you get the biggest grin on your face and say, "Dada". Silly boy! Mommy loves you so much, monito! Happy seven month birthday!

FFF-Kisses

Today's theme is supposed to be "blowing kisses", but since Ben is a bit young for that, we just went with kisses. This is Ben and I at the Children's Museum in October. For more Fave Foto Fridays go to Sarah's blog: Kiss the Frog 4 Me

Wordless Wednesday-Loving Cousins

Fave Foto Friday-Family Picture

Choosing just one picture to be my favorite family picture was impossible for me. Our family has changed so much in the past four years that I couldn't possibly figure out one picture to use. So, I chose more than one to show all of the stages of our family.

This is our family on May 30, 2008. These were our first family pictures with Ben. I love that she so perfectly captured the sheer joy and adoration we all feel about baby Ben!

This picture is of our family last March. We had these done to include in our family profile when we decided to pursue domestic adoption. A friend who is a photographer did them for us.

This picture is of that all to short week when we were a family of three with our daughter, Ariana, in Guatemala last December. In January, just 4 days after I last held her, she passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. She will always be such an important part of who we are, so we had to include her in our family pictures post.

This picture is of my family before my older sister and niece died. Back then, Gayle was the only one of us sisters who had kids. The two bigger boys are my nephews that I am raising, the smaller ones belong to my sister's fiance, who is in the center of the back row.

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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!