Benny's 11th Month!

Benny's personality has really started to develop this last month. We are all loving watching what a funny, loving little boy he is becoming! It is hard to believe that a year ago I was still pregnant and now we have a baby who is starting to act much more like a toddler than the baby he was just a few short months ago!

The older boys continue to shower Benny with love and attention and really I could not ask for better big brother for Benny. They watch out for him, play games with him, read him books, make him laugh, give him hugs, kisses and snuggles, and overall just love to be around him.

Benny has started to make all sorts of silly faces and loves to make us laugh. He will initiate games of peek-a-boo, and loves to hand toys or books to us so that we play with him.

Benny still babbles up a storm and has added, "Mom!" to his list of words. It is still questionable if he is actually attaching meaning to what he says, but he definitely seems to yell for me or Tim when he sees us. Another new word/sound is, "Yum!" when he is eating. He still LOVES to eat and will stop to clap or say, "Yum!" if he really likes something. He still loves peaches more than anything, but is really not picky at all. He also loves eggs, beans, salmon, peas , yogurt and cheese.

It has become pretty much impossible to accomplish anything when Benny is around. He immediately makes a beeline for the dog bowl, stairs, toilets, cupboards, basically anything that we don't want him to get into. He loves dumping out his toys or books and putting one of them in his mouth and then crawling as fast as he can to show us what he has.

Benny will pull himself to standing on pretty much anything, and will just hold on with one hand, or lean against it with his belly if he needs both hands to do something. He has started cruising around furniture, but isn't pushing anything around or trying to walk yet.

I really need to take a picture of him in the bath because it is one of his favorite parts of the day. He is definitely a water baby and loves to splash around and play in the tub, We just put a few inches of water in the big tub now and let him crawl around and play each night before bed and he has a blast. Our hearts have been so full these past 11 months watching Benny grow and change. We all love him so much and can't imagine our family without him in it!