Ben has been very busy this new year. There's so much to show you that I made the pictures a little smaller than usual. He'll be 15 weeks old on Tuesday next week, which is getting so close to 4 months. It won't be long before we'll have to get a high chair and start taking lots of pictures of a messy cereal-faced little boy.
He's also started laughing lots. (Sometimes I can't tell the laughing from the crying, though.) He cracked Daddy up the other night. He was sitting in his bebe pod watching Daddy play a video game. The movement on the screen made him cackle and scream loudly, which made Daddy look over. When Ben was finished, he snapped his head around to look at me to see what kind of reaction I'd give him. That's the kind of thing I wish I had on video. (I am trying to get some of him laughing on video to post for you.) Daddy laughed for days just thinking about that.
Ben has been having some floor playtime. Here he's just kickin' around in his jingle shoes.
He enjoys sitting in his bebe pod most of the time. He gets to do this in the evenings while we eat dinner (if he's not already asleep or nursing.)
This is one of his favorite toys. It's his Baby Einstein play gym. Here he's playing with his purple octopus, and probably looking in the mirror at the baby who's also playing with a purple octopus.
He likes to swing, but not as much as he used to. I caught him by surprise when he was playing with his duck and book.
He loves to play with Daddy and chew on things. Daddy's pants leg looks yummy.
Although you can't tell it, he's staring at his mobile here. As long as he doesn't think I'm gonna leave him there to sleep, he loves to look up at Pooh and the gang and coo.
He's sittin in the pod again. I added this picture mainly to emphasize that he "doeth hith own tuntth." (You may need to click the pic for a better look at that joke)
Playin with the octo again. He likes this toy.
His most favorite new toys are his hands. He holds 'em, put's 'em together, waves 'em around, eats 'em.
And sometimes he blows bubbles, too.
He likes to "hang around" with Johnny Jump-up, and he can kill two birds with one stone by gnawing on his hands while he's hangin'.
In the morning, while I check my email (or like now while I'm updating the blog) he sits in his bouncy seat and watches his animals and chews his hands and laughs at me. Just a minute ago he actually grasped that teething ring he's got there and waved it around.
He also occasionally goes shopping with the girls. I don't think it's his favorite pastime, but he doesn't seem to mind it too much, either, as long as he's fed and can sleep some.
This morning he decided he'd play in his crib for a few minutes after his nap. He's getting so strong.
