I just love this picture! The boys are interacting more all the time. Chris is always watching Ben and trying to keep up and Ben is really sharing more and is always so excited to see Chris in the morning or after a nap... "Hi Teese! Hayu dooeen?" If he didn't notice Chris leave for a nap or something, he'll ask "Where's Teese?"
I don't know if Ben could possibly love music any more than he does. He has such a great memory and has been singing tunes for months now. The better his talking gets, the more he tries to catch the right words while singing. He really tries hard! He gets the tune and the inflection of the words really well, and is getting more words in there all the time. Ben loves musical shows and really likes the little "music videos" between shows on Noggin. He knows them all! He dances and sings right along. He just loves loves to dance, and Chris has started bopping and rockin' out too. They are so cool.
Exciting times over at Katie's birthday party tonight. Princess everything, even a *real* princess gown, made by Grandma! Lucky girl :)
We bought Ben a toddler bed right after Chris came along and have had it in his room since about August. We figured when Chris was sleeping through the night and ready to go into the crib in their room, we would switch Ben over. Well, Christopher is now 8 months and is still waking up to nurse a few times a night... but he needs a real bed instead of a playpen. He's over 20 pounds now!
So yesterday, we worked on getting the room rearranged and all clean/babyproof and ready should he decide to get out of his bed and play around. Last night, we did our normal routine and put him down in the new bed. He got right up and got out of the bed (because he could) right after I put him in, but then I told him he could sleep in the new bed or his crib, but it was time for sleep. He picked his new bed and I kissed him goodnight and left. He whined for a quick second to test me, then went to bed, and slept all night until 7! What a big boy :)
Chris is happy-- in a few days we'll move the crib out into the other room for him! Until he can sleep all night and not wake up Ben, that is...
Check your cupboards for Peter Pan or Great Value (Walmart) brand peanut butter. If the code on the lid starts with "2111" and it was purchased since May '06, then it could be contaminated with Salmonella. Here is the link to the FDA recall page: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01563.html
We don't even usually buy this peanut butter, but I bought a big jar for cookies recently, and lookie here.... buh-bye peanut butter!
Chris has been having a HARD time getting to sleep lately. Poor guy. It took him forever to get his first tooth (one of the top ones, rather than the bottom ones first which is more common). Now the other top one is poking through, hopefully he'll get to sleeping better soon! Tonight I gave him some teething stuff for the pain, but it took him a while to relax and get sleepy still. I put him in his swing for the first time in a while, and after 10 minutes or so, he was gone....
Here's a new scrapbook page of Ben trying "brush painting". He isn't a huge fan of finger painting, since he's a little particular these days about having stuff on his hands, but the brushes were A-okay.
It seemed like it would all be a breeze. We got to the place, he watched a couple of guys getting their haircut- we talked about it, he said "okay" to getting his haircut. Before this, he's just gotten a little bit trimmed by Mommy so far, nothing big, and nothing by a stranger. The stylist put some cushions on the chair for him to sit on, and as soon as Daddy tried to put him down, that was it. He started crying, I guess it was too scary. He didn't want the cape either, that caused more tears. He sat on Daddy's lap instead, they got the cape on him and we gave him his pacifier that he usually only has to sleep. He watched videos on Daddy's phone and it wasn't too bad...
Chris is alllll over the place now. He army crawls and follows Ben around. He just loves to explore the house. He's funny because he seems to like to go UNDER things. When our pull out couch bed is out, he's always going underneath. He scootches under the tables and chairs too. Lately, Ben will get down with him to play, or he will try to do what Ben is doing if he's down on his tummy. The funniest is when they are both underneath something in a little tights spot and they're laughing or jabbering... so fun these boys!
This is what I found this morning when I came downstairs after taking Chris up for his nap, the little turkey:
Yep, for the first time since I've lived here (July '04), I saw Alabama snow. It snowed a bunch during the night. Dave kept getting up to look at it, he was like a little kid. He even went outside in the middle of the night. It started to warm up in the early morning, so by the time we went out, it was raining a little and the snow was getting all slushy. After a couple more hours, everything was back to normal.
Ben actually liked the snow. He saw it in Utah over Christmas, but it was so cold and deep, and he was sick most of the time. He didn't really like it. Here it was just a little, and it was freezing out so he thought it was cool. They mostly just liked going out to play first thing in the morning!
