Good-bye February!

Tomorrow is March 1st and Ben will be 17 months old! We went to Macy's last night for some new clothes. Ben has just about out-grown his 12-month size clothes. It always makes me a little sad when we have to go up a size in clothing....it's a very tangible reminder of how fast he is growing up. We've also had to switch to a booster seat for eating. Ben decided he was no longer happy in a high chair and wanted to be at the table with mommy and daddy.


We have had a great week. The baseball team won two district games last week. Jeremy has a winning record for the first time in his coaching career. Way to go hubby! If you're out riding around, check out that baseball field.....it is looking mighty sharp!


I also want to mention (and celebrate) the fact that Ben has been healthy for an entire month! We love Dr. LaRue, but it sure is nice to go a month without a visit to the doctor. Now more than ever, I am sure we made the right decision in taking him out of daycare. I realize we'll have to deal with the germs and sickness when he goes to pre-K, but I'm so thankful for the break right now.


I've posted some pictures of our week below. We got to spend the entire afternoon with our Godson, Hayden, yesterday. Ben and Hayden had a great time playing together. I didn't get any good pictures of them together, but I snapped a few of Ben, Shannon, and Corretta. I've also uploaded the cutest little video of Ben telling the camera some of the different animal sounds and body parts he knows :) Enjoy!

Helping Shannon find his eyes

Fascinated with Corretta's ring

Ben and his Godparents

Coloring with cousin Lauren

Cheeeeeese!

Playing with some pine bark

Our week in review...

The Byrd family had a good week. The baseball team played Santa Fe Tuesday night and won 10-1. The team played in a tournament yesterday. They lost the first game, but won the second. Ben and I had fun cheering Daddy's team on. Several of the parents have younger children and Ben attracts them like a magnet! It was so cute. They all wanted to play with him. I've posted some pictures from the ball park below. In the first picture, Emily and Maxcy are trying to carry Ben......he was not liking it! Other than not liking to be carried, he was very friendly. He let the kids roll trucks back and forth with him. I had fun trying to keep him out of the dirt and ant piles :D

Ben's physical growth has definitely slowed down, which I am thankful for. That first year's growth just amazes me! Intellectually, he is still growing like a weed! I haven't stopped to count how many words he can say, but I know it's over the 50+ words the baby book says he "might be able to" at the 18 month mark. The new words for this week are fox, box, Cass (for Cassie), two and five. I'm sure there are more, but these are the ones I can recall right now! He is also starting to recognize letters. He knows T, B and Y. We bought LeapFrog's fridge phonics to go along with his fridge farm. He is such a little sponge!

I can't believe we are starting our last week of February. Ben will be 17 months old March 1st. Holy smokes!

February Update

Gosh! I can't believe I haven't updated this thing since January 21st! We have lots of news to share. I'll tell you guys the best news first.....Ben isn't going to daycare anymore!!! YIPEE!!! He was getting sick every other week so my wonderful cousin, Cassie, is keeping him for us until the end of the school year. His new routine is so much better. He is getting to sleep in, which means his bedtime has been pushed back to 8 o'clock instead of 7. Jeremy usually gets home from baseball practice around 6, so he actually gets to spend a few hours with Ben this way. Cassie and Ben hang out at the house for a couple of hours in the morning and then they usually go spend a couple of hours with my Aunt Joyce. My Aunt Joyce is keeping 4 kids right now that are 3 to 5 years of age. Ben gets to hang out with the big kids and is also getting used to Aunt Joyce, who he will be staying with in August. He will be with her until he starts school. Yay!!! Ben just seems so much happier being at home and around family all day. He loves playing outside so he gets to do much more of that now (even more if this stupid cold weather would go away!)

Baseball season has begun! Jeremy's first game was Thursday night against Lake Gibson. His second game was Saturday against Bartow. Ben and I actually got to go to that game and we had a blast! I forgot my camera, though, so I don't have any cute ball park pictures to share.

We had a relaxing Valentine's Day yesterday. We hung out and played at the house. We also went to Publix and got most of the cleaning done. Jeremy and I pay per viewed Couples Retreat last night, which was really cute. I can't believe February is almost over. We've got FCAT next month and then Spring Break. This school year is flying! I'll leave you with some new pictures of my little valentine and some oldies of me and my big valentine :D