My Little Firecracker!

Here are some pictures of Ben in his 4th of July outfit. He looked so cute! I love his new little cheesy-toothy grin! We hung out at home for the 4th. Jeremy grilled BBQ chicken and we had Uncle Chuckie over. We didn't catch any fireworks....Ben was asleep at 7! Maybe next year!

9 months old!

Ben is 9 months old today! This month seems extra special to me because Ben has been living in this world the same amount of time that he lived in my womb. My camera is magically working again so I've got some new pictures to share. He has a bottom tooth that you can see in some of the pictures if you look close enough. He is still crawling all over the place and even starting to pull himself up. He has tons of thick hair. Some days it looks like a dirty blonde color and some days a little reddish. He still looks more like Jeremy than me. Everyone says your first child tends to look more like the father. I guess we'll have to see!

Enjoy the pictures. I can't believe he's three months away from being 1 year old.....time marches on.

The latest...

I can't believe I'm on summer vacation and haven't blogged since May! I've been having so much fun with Ben all day that I just crash at night! I'm getting old..... Here's a quick recap of what we've been up to lately...Jeremy's been busy with summer baseball. It's almost over so we'll take a few trips in July. Ben has a tooth! A bottom front tooth finally cut through the gum some time Sunday night/early Monday morning. He looks so cute! Ben had an ear infection the first week of June, so we took him back for a check-up Wednesday. He weighs 17.9 lbs!!! Holy cow! I can't believe he's almost 9 months old.

My camera is broken, so I apologize for not having any cute new pictures of Ben to post! I think I'm gonna have to break down and get a new one :( Our TV is also broken...again! We had a fuse replaced about a month ago. I think we're gonna have to get a new TV, too! We have our small TV from the bedroom in the living room right now. It sucks watching a little TV that isn't high-definition. I'm thinking about the book Flowers for Algernon now, ha! Seriously though--life is great and I can certainly deal with a broken camera and small TV. Life could be worse...:)

8 months old!

Ben will be 8 months old tomorrow, June 1st! Time is flying! Jeremy and I are really looking forward to spending the whole summer with him. We love our jobs but miss him dearly while at work. Ben is also pulling himself up into a standing position. It's time to lower the crib mattress again. We got some pictures of him pulling himself up in his crib this morning. We're both thinking he'll probably be walking before school begins in August.

Tomorrow is also our Godson, Hayden's 2nd birthday!!!! I remember his birth day like it was yesterday. Happy birthday little man:) We love watching you grow up!

Wedding Weekend

We had a fun trip down to Ft. Myers last Saturday for a wedding. One of Jeremy's college baseball teammates got married on Barefoot Beach. The wedding was so beautiful. Anthony was handsome in his suit & flip-flops and Heidi looked absolutely gorgeous! If Jeremy and I ever renew our vows, it will be on the beach! The reception was amazing as well. The place cards were tucked in seashells and each table had a beach-themed name. Jeremy and I sat at the "summer" table (how appropriate since I've been counting down the days until summer vacation since March).
Ben did great his first night sleeping away from home. Grandma & Grandpa came with us to watch Ben while Jeremy and I went to the wedding. We took him to the hotel pool which he absolutely loved! I swear he is just a fish out of water:) Here are some pictures from the pool.

Gigglebox

We caught Ben laughing hysterically on video tonight. Yea!!! As all you moms out there know, we are pretty darn good at doing household chores with one arm. After dinner I was trying to wipe down the kitchen counters while carrying Ben. I tried getting a Lysol wipe out of the canister with one hand and sort of whipped it in the process. Ben started laughing hysterically at me while I was doing this so I ran to get Jeremy to come check it out. I had Jeremy hold Ben and started whipping the canister with the wipe. He started laughing all over again:)

Milestone for the Benny Bear: Creeping!!!

Ben is mobile! We have ceramic tile throughout most of our house and wood floors in the bedrooms so the things Ben chases around the house keep sliding out of his reach! He's not technically crawling yet, the baby books call this movement "creeping". We call him our little G.I. Ben doing the army crawl:) Enjoy!