Election Day!

This photo has nothing to do with the election, or voting... but I was playing with Ben when he got up from a nap and he was too cute not to photograph!

Daylight Savings Time

Ben didn't get the memo.

Grammy Visits!

Last Thursday Grammy came to visit! We all had such a great time, and Ben learned some new things - he can now clap, take steps (with support of course), and drink from a straw! What a week!

We spent Sunday and Monday morning preparing for the storm, and hoping our power wouldn't go out! We watched the Weather Channel, and Ben was very worried about all of our friends and family who live in the area, hoping they weren't hit too hard by the storm.

We were lucky and didn't lose power at all. It was really windy, trees fell, and the power flickered, but we made it through without a scratch! A huge amount of people weren't as lucky - this storm was crazy. The aftermath is affecting White Plains now too, though. Gas is sold out at a bunch of stations, so we're also lucky that we live right across the street from a grocery store! Matt was off work for most of the week, but if he's back on Monday hopefully the gas stations get more gas!

It was strange being so unaffected by the storm when so many people were hit hard.

Grammy brought Ben a pumpkin with his name on it! It lights up, and he thought it was very cool. On Wednesday we got two pumpkins to carve for our pumpkin contest!

Grammy got home safely, and we got to see her for a few extra days!! We're so grateful for the time we had!

Happy Halloween!

Love,
Yoda

Blue Sky Halloween!

Blue Sky had their family Halloween party this week! Matt and Ben were Luke Skywalker and Yoda from Star Wars!

Sunday Funday

Seven Months

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Seven Months

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Got your nose!

Ben doesn't go to the doctor until he turns 9 months old, so we're not sure how much he weighs... but I'm pretty sure it's around 50lbs. At least that's what my arms think.

• Ben has been amazing this month - he's hated being on his stomach pretty much from the beginning. A lot of the time he would just lay there and cry, so we didn't do a ton of tummy time:

Then all of a sudden he loved it! He's been rolling and spinning like crazy ever since!

• He loves pulling to a stand, and will do it if he's sitting up in his crib. Luckily he can't sit up on his own yet, but we're going to have to lower the crib soon!

• He still loves tags. He finds them on everything he can. He studies them like he's trying to read the tiny print, and then of course he chews on them.

• He likes pretty much every food he's tried - he even likes sweet potatoes now! He's tried rice cereal, avocados, sweet potatoes, bananas, peaches, grapefruit, apples, squash, peas, green beans, carrots, chicken, turkey, pears, and black beans. The only thing he doesn't love is banana. He's also been eating cereal puffs sometimes. It's so cute to watch him pick it up, put it in his mouth, and hear his two little teeth crunch into the puff.

• We tried giving him a sippy cup a few times... he tends to hate it! It seems to get him frustrated quickly.

• He absolutely loves playing with two new books he got as gifts! He loves playing with the fish puppet, and sticking his fingers in the cut-outs, and he loves opening and feeling the Halloween book!! Thank you Joan and Aunt Susie!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Just Because

He's starting to catch on...

Ben has started peeking around things to see us when he can't see our face. We love hiding and waiting to see his little blonde hair start to peek out from whatever it is we're hiding behind, craning his neck to find us!