Bath time, chubby thighs, snuggles, and other good stuff

Officially 5 Months

On Father's Day, Ben celebrated his 5 month birthday. We were in Buffalo to introduce the boy to his great grandparents. It was really nice to be surrounded by family while he practiced his cute looks :) There was lots of giggling, rolling, and playing peek-a-boo. A good time was had by all.









In fact, Nana played so much peek-a-boo with Ben she wore him out and he just had to take a nap when he got home.

5 Months of the Bear Cub

Ben turns 5 months old on Sunday. He's got a lot going for him: he is an expert at rolling onto his tummy, he can eat his own toes, his push-ups are amazing, and he has quite the singing voice.

Baby Bear's 19th Week

Ben would probably say that the most momentous thing that happened this week was the arrival of his exersaucer....

Week 18!

Ben had a week full of milestones. He spent all day with a baby sitter for the first time; he was fine but mommy was borderline hysterical all day. He rolled tummy to back and back to tummy for the first time; however, he never bothered to repeat any of these feats because he discovered his toes. Why do all that work to roll when you can entertain yourself endlessly simply by lifting up a leg?

Ben's 16th and 17th weeks

If I were truly a competent doting mother, then I would have had the camera battery charged so that we could document Ben's visit with his Gran and Da over Mother's Day. However, I am not particularly good at this doting mother business and that first Mother's Day is lost to posterity.

However, we do have adorable pictures of smiling Ben and of Ben cuddling with his Daddy. And some video of the boy laughing his head off. So that should make up for the lack of Mother's Day goodies.

The boy still has his blue eyes. Maybe they're going to stay that way.


And he has a killer smile.


He loves spending time with the Fuzzy Guy.



And is just generally an adorable little beastie.


He's also gotten more adventurous, making trips down to Chinatown with his mom. I think he's forming an appreciation for the traditional music you hear people playing in the park down on Bayard Street. At least I think it's Bayard St.


He has declared war on the evil monkey on his gym.


He has figured out how to make the musical doggy make lots of annoying noises.


And he likes playing with his furry sister.

Fifteen weeks and Ben's 1st 100 days

So Ben has been king of the household for 100 days now. And while he hasn't established any meaninful projects for getting things done around here, he did party hardy on rain forest gym.



He is so out to get that toucan.



Ben also gave his daddy some pointers on how to play his character in Mass Effect.



He had some tummy time, which actually involved smiling, instead of tummy trauma, which involves crying.





He also practiced that moving thing. Once he rolls over it's goodbye easily controlled baby.



And he got to roll around in his cool, handmade afghan from Auntie Jen. As Ben says "gyaaah!" I think that means Jen rocks.