What a ham!

Lately when I take the camera out Ben gives me the funniest face. He wrinkles his nose, smiles big and makes a cute growly/giggle sound. It is just so funny!

This baby just loves to read!

He can often be found sitting on the floor turning the pages of a book...

How cute is that?

Babies and tunnels

Babies love tunnels and Ben is no exception!

I just love the face he makes when he is coming through!

And he is soooo fast that it was hard to take a picture!!!

But, I finally got one! Hello big boy!!!

Father/daughter dance...

I love watching Chris and Maggie dance around the kitchen being so silly!

I worry there will come a day when she no longer will want to do this...

But then, maybe she will get a little older and want to do it again... Chris hopes maybe to dance one day to "I hope you dance" with one of his daughters at their wedding. Guess we will have to wait and see...

Like Mother, like daughters...

Like mother, like daughters...

Just like Ben loved his wrap.....

JJ loves his sling...

The kids are just loving our newest family member!

I think JJ is loving his new family too...

He and Katelyn spend a lot of time just snuggling...

On the floor or on the couch they both seem to really like being together! JJ surely is not lacking attention, that's for sure...

He loves me... He loves me not...

Remember these flowers??? I loved them till the end!!!

He loves me... He loves me not... He loves me... He loves me not...

When Katelyn got to the last petal it was "He loves me". Connor said, "Who loves you?" Katelyn said, "God loves me." Yep, He sure does love you Katelyn!!!

When Maggie was doing it her three year old patience shone through as she pulled of 5 petals at a time, LOL!

And then there were 5 monkeys...

Yup, we have a new monkey in our house. I guess he is technically a guinea pig but that's a minor detail.

Last night as we all slept Santa's Elves came by and delivered a very special guinea pig to Katelyn. Katelyn had just asked for a cage but apparently Santa found a guinea pig in the cold, snowy woods at the north pole. He thought of Katelyn and figured she would be the best home for JJ, the guinea pig. Here is the Letter Santa's Elves left attached to the cage. It is hard to read though.

Needless to say, Katelyn is just thrilled!

So are the other three monkeys in the house...

He is a bit bigger then I had imagined but seems like a very sweet little guy.

He does have a cute little face!

Welcome to the family JJ

9 month checkup

Ben had his 9 month check up today. It went pretty good I guess. I am so tired though so I am just going to do bullet points...

*He weighs 22.3 pounds and is 28 3/4inches, I forget his head circumference. His height and weight are down to the 50% and his head was down to the 75%. I wouldn't say that the doctor is concerned but she does want to keep her eye on his growth.
*She is a bit concerned about the fact that he doesn't eat much but just wants me to keep trying.
*He is going to go see a pulmonoligist about his respiratory stuff and definitely feels it could be a result of his RSV.
*The doctor feels that it is a possibility that he still has reflux which could have a direct correlation with the wheezing, ear infections and lack of eating. We are putting him back on previcid and going tomorrow to see the gastro specialist.
*He got the second dose of his regular flu shot.
*She was able to see his right eye turn in more then the last time and is glad he has seen the eye specialist already.
*She was impressed that he already says Mama, Dada, and Na-night.

Man, sometimes when you actually write something out it seems like so much more! This baby sees three different specialists! He is such a happy baby even though he has some yucky stuff to deal with. WOW, we are lucky to have health insurance!