Baby on The Loose

Watch out! He's coming for you.

The Tooth Is Out There

Ben's first tooth finally broke through. We discovered it early on 2/13. Bradley's first tooth showed up on Christmas. Ben just missed sharing a holiday with Lincoln. Instead he has to share it with Saint Beatrice.

Pop Quiz (aka Where's Regis)

Put these items in the correct order starting with the lowest.

A. Congress' approval rating

B. Bush's approval rating

C. Giuliani delegate count

D. Percentage of Cheerios that actually make it into Ben's mouth

He's Smarter than He Looks

We needed to use a heating pad on Saturday. Due to the kitchen remodel, we weren't exactly sure where it ended up. Mommy was checking the cabinets in the family room. Daddy started looking above the stove. Then, Bradley says, "look above the refrigerator". I opened the cabinet and BAM there it was. I wonder if he can find my missing credit card.

Introducing Sir Benjamin Newton

You are looking at a future physicist. Eating carrots is not interesting enough for Ben. He likes to multi-task and perform gravitational experiments during dinner. This picture captures the rare instance where his spoon (or whatever you call that thing) is not not hurtling towards the ground. Every time he drops it, he leans over and looks at with an expression of "I wonder how that happened."

The Streak Continues

We went to Heaven on Seven to celebrate Ben's 8 month birthday. Notice anything different about this picture? Ben is sitting in a high chair. We have abandoned the infant carrier. Ben now rides in a full size car seat and gets to sit at the table when we go out to eat.
He still isn't crawling, but he is getting close. No teeth to report either.

Mr. Bump to the Rescue

We had a traumatic "baby's first" on Thursday. Bradley had his first bloody nose. He was climbing on top of the coupe and fell off. Brad never saw the blood. I am not sure how he would have reacted to that. Everything was fine after lots of hugs from mom and a visit from Mr. Bump. Mr. Bump is essentially a icepack with personality.

Number 2 is Number 1?

Benjamin is gaining on Bradley in the race to be number 1 son. Ben recently started saying "dada". While it is true that Bradley also has this skill, Brad is more likely to demonstrate it between the hours of 3AM and 6AM, which reduces his point total.

Baby's First Climate Change

If I had posted an blog entry last week, it would have been titled Bensicle, since it was -2 degrees.  Yesterday it was 62 degrees.  Global warming is nice, but it doesn't help the with the short days we have around here.  The early sunsets had Bradley confused over the weekend.  Sometimes he doesn't start his nap until 2:30 or 3:00, which means he wakes up when it is dark  After his nap on Sunday, he asked for a bowl of cereal.

Baby's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Christmas

We celebrated Christmas numerous times this year. Phase 1 on the 25th included Grandma, Poppy, Lisa, Chris, Scott, Deanne, Emily, Amelia, and Kate.
Part 2 included Ryan, Tyler, Great Grandma and Aunt Jan.
The last celebration was with Grandma and Grandpa.