1/4 Cup

Ben's new favorite toy:

His pants are also looking a little on the small side! Sorry Bud!

Mr. Curious

I think it's time to move the monitor camera!

On The Move!

Don't Smile!

Eight Months!

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Eight Months

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Eight months old! Wow! I know we say it every month, but he just keeps getting better and better! He is so much fun right now, with his huge grins and belly laughs. He is incredibly curious and so much fun! 

• He's been pulling to a stand on pretty much anything he can get his little hands on! Usually it's my legs or arms, but furniture, toys and boxes will do too.

• Sometimes he'll wake up during a nap or at night, and settle back to sleep on his stomach! He started by mushing his head straight down into the mattress which was a little nerve-wracking, but he seems to have gotten the hang of it now!

• He's scooting and sliding all over on his stomach! He's mostly moving backwards, so it usually leads to him getting tangled in a toy or stuck under some furniture:

• New best friend: himself! He loves to play with the big mirror in our room. He'll stand up and press against it, smiling and mushing his face against it:

• He just got his third tooth! The top left one came in, and we can see where the top right one is starting to cut through as well.

• He is still so adorable when he peeks to find us when we're hiding!

• His hair is getting so long! We should probably cut it soon... but we're not ready yet!!

• He's drinking from a straw now! He didn't like the sippy cup, so we got him one with a straw, and he loves it!

• He clapped for a few days when we asked him to, but now he's stopped... so when he starts again we'll get a good video!

We love you so much, Ben! Happy 8 months!

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!