October is gone already?

To all the faithful blog checkers out there (ahem, Mom), I have to apologize. I let October basically get away from me without posting Ben's weekly pictures. YES, I have been taking the pictures, but posting them has been a tough task. I have taken on some added responsibility at work and when I get home all I want to do is play with the Lil' B. After bedtime, me and the Mrs. make dinner and catch up on the DVR. Here are FOUR whole weeks of growth at once!

I Get a Kick Out of You!

Taken last weekend while Daddy was in charge. Ben loves his jumpy jump!

32 Weeks and a new tooth!

Ben cut his 3rd tooth this week. It was a painful upper, but it came through. It was even more painstaking for me to get him to give me a look at it for a picture. But as any good photographer will tell you, when the subject doesn't listen...stick your thumb in his lip. Ha ha! Ben is still giving his best shot at crawling, but he is still just scooting around. He is trying to move his arms independently, but its just not connecting with moving his legs. He is probably a week or two away from full-blown crawling.

Ben's Weekly Photos 30 and 31

Sorry to anyone who has been looking for Ben's latest pictures. I have been really busy and all I want to do when I get a free moment is play with Ben! He has been really active lately. He is not quite crawling yet. His "crawl" is an improvised version of the popular 1980's break dance moved known as "The Worm." I actually have it on video from last weekend. I am going to try an upload it an post it today or tomorrow. In other Ben news...he is cutting his 3rd tooth. He is getting his first "upper." It has been a little painful coming in. The other night we had to give him a dose of tylenol and numbing gel and he still didn't want to go to sleep. Good thing his mommy has the right touch and she was able to get him to go to sleep. Here are Ben's 30 and 31 Week photos. 30 was in honor of the opening week of football season. I couldn't get him to stay on his back long enough to take a picture. I told you he is active!!!

29 Weeks - Labor Day Picnic

This week Ben celebrated Labor Day with a cookout at Pop Pop and Gigi's house. He went swimming in the pool with Daddy and discovered that he loved to slap the water a lot. He didn't even mind that he was splashing himself in the face.

Ben's Six Month Photo Shoot

For Ben's third photo shoot, we decided to change up the scenery a little bit and headed over to my mom's house. He demonstrated his newly acquired skill of sitting up. Ben certainly loved being nudie on the carpet...luckily he didn't pee!


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Use the password "ben6".

27 Weeks and 28 Weeks

One of Ben's favorite things is his chew toy Sophie the Giraffe. He loves biting her face these days. He also has a jungle sleep machine that simulates a jungle beat and the grunt of a giraffe. Here is Ben in his 27 week photo shoot "Rar'ing" like a lion. I replaced the previous sitting up photo from 27 Weeks. The new format proved more difficult than the old one. Luckily I took pictures of both.

In his 28 week photo, Ben was a little less enthusiastic. I think he was either in a food coma or we think he is getting some more teeth. He has been biting anything he can get his mouth on lately. Poor Sophie is lucky she is made of natural, resilient rubber!

Look Who's Kneeling!

This week for Ben's 26 Week (or what I like to call 6 months) picture, he did one of his new tricks! We all knew Ben has a strong upper body, but this week he learned how to push up onto his knees. He has even begun to rock a little, but hasn't quite figured out how to move his little apendages forward yet. If there is an object he desires in the vicinity, he gets onto his knees, rocks a few times and propels himself toward the object. If he doesn't land close enough he resets and tries again. Its funny to see! We are going to try and get a video of it this week and put it on the blog. Stay tuned. Here is Ben's 26 Week errrr 6 month picture:

25 Weeks and Two Teeth!!!

Ben cut his first two teeth a couple of weeks ago. The first one was no sweat. The second one...that hurt a little bit. He cried, moaned, whined and struggled, but it came in. This is actually one of the first pictures I managed to get of him showing them off. Its like he wanted to show everyone....perfect pose Ben!

24 Weeks Old