Week Eleven

OK I know I said I was going to go for quality not quantity but I'm having a really difficult time editing!! At some point, I'll stop reporting weekly. When I have to start chasing him from room to room, surely I won't have the time. Till then.... lots of pictures.


The weather seems to have broken from a mild winter into an balmy spring (I saw my first mosquito yesterday!!).  We can’t resist getting some baseball gear on Benjamin. Check out his very first Phillie’s hoodie!

Ben’s hands are still a mystery to him but he is really using his arms with purpose now. He swats away an unwanted bottle, squeezes onto the arm that holds him, reaches for items...

  

Unfortunately, he also scratches the daylights out of his face. I put him in a sleepsack and it was an absolute disaster.

As peaceful as he looks at this moment, he repeatedly woke himself after only 10 minutes rest, pawing at his face like a crazed borrowing animal! 

Needless to say, we’re still swaddling him up for every sleep. 


If it aint broke...

As much as I love bath time, I think after bath time the best. Ben is just so sweet and happy after his bath.

 

Daddy’s little rookie needed to get all spruced up for dinner at Zayde & Bubbie’s on Saturday night. 

Ben met Aunt Sue & Uncle Frank - in town for the Flower Show. Uncle Frank says Hawaii is the theme this year... but we suspect he just likes to accessorize.

 Ben spends some time with Zayde and Bubbie, too.

The thing these next few pictures have in common is that Ben is NOT smiling. He'll be grinning from ear to ear and the second I lift the camera, I get his poker face. 

He could be sitting with the aid of his boppy...

Laying in his bed or his lay-n-play (yes, smiling a fraction of a second before these pics)






Or chillin on the couch at Jommy & Pop-pop's....

But this time...  I finally got it!! It's not the best shot, but I got him cheesing it up for Jommy!!

I've always been more of a "kid" person. I look at babies, thinking how I don't know what all of the fuss is about and don't understand why people act like fools for a baby. Then this happened... Benjamin smiled lol. That happy little expression is the most precious gift anyone has ever given me. The second it's gone I do whatever I can to make it reappear. Yep, I'm a goner. He has me wrapped around his cute little pinkie.