Where Benjamin eats dirt, and likes it!

Here am I, a sweet young babe out in the fresh air with my handsome puppers...

And then, I find

DIRT!!!!!!! Dirt is awesome, and tasty, and fun to squiggle my hands in, and just plain brilliant!











A few days later, I practice my new awesome messy skills, impressing my Big Papi by feeding myself freeze dried blueberries and then avocado with my cool green spoon!

Yeah, I got the whole word in my hands, and I am spinnin' it like nobody's business ;)

Our Second Trip to Cincinnati

Yes, we did it again... even though I said,
"Never! Never, ever, ever! Do NOT even ask me ever never ever again!"
We still went.

I still said, "Never! Never, ever, ever! I mean it this time, DO NOT EVEN ask me ever never ever again!"

Benjamin still hates riding in the car - can you tell?

On the up side, we did have a great time once there...


Doesn't Zoe just ooze happy enthusiasm in this photo?!!? I love it!



Aunt Kerry's birthday fell on Easter this year (OUCH!),
and so we had a double celebration:

Easter pictures and playing with Zoe in the early afternoon,
while Aunt Kerry and Uncle Jim went to a Red's game,

and then a yummy Easter feast while Aunt Kerry opened her very happy birthday gifts :)

And, then... more peaceful moments of the ride home:

Early Easter at Ft. Detrick

We took Prima Tana and Uncle Corey with us to see the "Easter Bunny" at the park on Ft. Detrick. They had an Easter egg hunt too!


The Easter bunny was, well, was kind of, sort of,
very much creepy...

Afterwards, Prima Tana wanted to carry

her baby around in the Ergo, just like Tio carries Benjamin.

Yes - that is the adult Ergo - we just tightened all of the straps for sweet Tana :)

ttyl *SherryQ*

9 Months-Old and He's ALL tHaT!

Momma, Is it okay if I take care of Forest now? See how gentle I am? I really LOVE him!Now, Forest, your hair should stretch just like ... this ... (pull, pull, pull)

Benjamin enjoys Forest very much - Forest sometimes enjoys him right back :)

And now ... 8 1/2 months old

Baby Benjamin is growing, growing, growing!

I had a dream last night that he just started talking, in full sentences, and surprised us all :)

Benjamin in his new carseat - we're not using it yet, but soon will be :)


Pretty soon Benjamin will have spent more time outside of the womb than inside, which means he will lose most of his special baby talents, and really start developing his special growing-into-a-person talents. We can already see his little personality coming through! He seems to have a very silly side, is sensitive, and balls up his little fists when he is frustrated - so far, all of this is adorable :)

Benjamin is enjoying eating oatmeal with bananas, bananas on their own, peas, asparagus, avocado, chicken (woo hoo!), pears, mangoes, kiwi, grapes (peeled), sweet potatoes, butternut squash, apples, kale, zuchinni and probably other stuff that I am forgetting here...

We are going to be trying broccoli (again), cauliflower, yellow squash, cabbage, green beans and pork soon!

Benjamin loves being outside - he crawled all through the grass on his own (no coaxing from Mommy).

And he loves being with Forest the dog. Forest wants to love Benjamin, and he is trying so hard. But, it is difficult for a puppa when a sweet baby pulls on his tail, his sensitive boy bit area hair, and pokes him in his eyes...

Octavio and Benjamin are great pals and play with the basketball game in the nursery, read books, and roll the soft sport balls across the floor together ;)Peek-a-Boo and making funny faces/noises is a really big hit with Benjamin right now - he is such a little giggler!

Benjamin is a super-crawler, and pulls up to stand on everything (including the dog) - so we expect it won't be too long before we have a super-walker living with us :)

We hope that all is well with everyone out there - take care, Happy Passover, Happy Easter, and Happy Spring to all!!!

xoxoxoxo Sherry, Octavio, Benjamin and Forest ;)

Adventures with Baby Benjamin - outside and standing!

Benjamin's first time on the lawn...

Forest is teaching Benjamin all about lawn care :)

Super stander!!!

Derek Zoolander "Salesman" look

shhhh... sleeping with Big Papi ;)

And some movement by our little mover :)

and then

Don't worry... he is just fine and was right back up again :) Our sweet baby boy!

Is anyone looking at this stuff, or am I amusing myself?

*SherryQ*

Still shots etc

Tired of the movies? :)

Here are some still shots..
Prima Tana and Baby Benjamin on the hammock... Baby Benjamin playing with blocks from Prima Zoe and jumping in his Amby jumperoo




And another movie ;)

and stills... of Prima Tana with her fancy dolls from Abuela and Abuelo!

He's a crawling fiend :)

Our little sweet monster baby Benjamin... he takes after his Big Papi, and he LOVEs to eat, eat , eat :)




Benjamin also enjoyed his Prima Tana this past week - she stayed with us while her Mommy was in California and Daddy was in Israel.

and

Benjamin is a crazy crawler now, and has been pulling up onto the couch and ottoman to stand! With Tana here, we moved the bed to put the baby rail back on - but he thinks it is great fun to pull up on it and tip over the top... so I'm not sure how useful it will be for safety - he is drawn to it ( and many other things) like a moth to a flame!

and

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And in his jumpy jump Amby attachment:

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