Presenting Miss Moses

It's a girl!! Yay! We are so excited!

Leaps and Bounds

Benjamin had his 9 month check-up today. I can't believe he's already 9 months old! He measured 28 inches long and weighed 23 lbs. and 10 oz. He's our big growing boy! I'm trying to remember what all we have and haven't shared. It seems like he's always doing something new! He started crawling last week and is always on the move now. I'm so glad that I finally got around to baby proofing because he is into everything! Any sort of cabinet or door, the trash can, wires, anything you leave on the floor is fair game. Today he started playing chase. If we crawl away and act like he's trying to get us he'll shriek and crawl after us.


On Saturday we gave him his first hair cut. I had wanted to wait until he was one but it was starting to look like a mullet and he didn't like how it would tickle his ears. Chris held him and entertained him while I did the cutting. I took off an inch from the back of his neck and around his ears!! It certainly is not the most professional looking cut but when I was done I felt like I was looking at a toddler instead of my baby! Chris made fun of me for tying some thread around his hair and putting it in a "First Haircut" keepsake box. Maybe Benjamin will appreciate it one day...or he'll be the clone of his father that he is and ask why in the world I kept it. haha!
Benjamin has started to have some word-object association. If we tell him to get his ball he'll start looking around for it. If I ask him where dada is at breakfast he'll look towards the bedroom to see if Chris is going to walk out. He definitely knows what milk is, especially if you do the sign language for it. I'm trying to help him connect between mommy's tummy and baby. I'll point to my belly and say "baby", but most of the time he's interested in his toys. He pays more attention when I show him the sonogram pictures on the fridge and say "baby". He's probably going to end up thinking baby means black and white blob. I'm not sure what else I can do to prepare him for the inevitable.

Wednesday is our next check up for the baby. We'll find out if it is a boy or girl!! We are so excited! I'm sure I will blog again this week to spread the news. So until then think "girl"! ;)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mamas! We hope you have a wonderful day!

Well, I had this nice long blog typed out but when I went to publish the post something went wrong and I lost all but the first 3 sentences! So I will do my best to recreate, but I'm feeling a little unmotivated now! haha!

My brother, Kevin, came up to visit us this weekend so we had some company, which was nice. He came up Friday morning and left this afternoon. Friday we took Benjamin to the pool for the first time and he loved it! He splashed, leaned over his floaty to look into the water, and kicked his feet when he wanted Kevin to push him around some more. Friday afternoon Chris had one of his wisdom teeth pulled. He was a little worn out for the rest of the day and Saturday, but today he is just about back to normal.

Benjamin is still on the verge of crawling, although he is mobile in his own way. He rolls, sits up, spins around, falls over, and pushes backwards. Sometimes he has a destination, other times he's just flopping around until he gets somewhere. Nap times have once again become a challenge. Now that he can sit himself up from laying down he will sit up and cry, holding onto the rails like a prisoner, and stare at the door until Mama or Dada come to save him. Then, a tragedy unfolds when he realizes we are just there to lay him back on his tummy.

The littlest one is doing well. I feel him/her moving just about every day. We got to hear the heartbeat again at the doctor appt. this past week and according to the old wives' tale we're having a girl! haha! We'll find out for sure via ultrasound a week from Friday. We'll be sure to let everyone know one way or another!

God bless you!