Best Friends

Puppy and blankie are becoming permanent companions to Ben lately. I had to eat my words about not taking them anywhere when we dropped Ben off at the church nursery on Sunday because he took his friends with him. He's going through a really rough separation phase right now and freaks out when I leave, even if it's just for a minute, so his little buddies seem to help.


The rain has returned here so we've been looking for indoor entertainment. Ben worked on his balancing skills at the playground on Saturday.


Later we went and had some Memphis-style barbeque, which was wonderful, and Ben helped himself to the pulled pork. It was one of the best western meals we've had here even though it wasn't the same as Texas barbeque...we were not complaining!


Ben also helped himself to my barbeque sauce and licked it off each finger.


I'm not sure where he found these today but suddenly Ben likes his little sunglasses! I used to have to take a picture as fast as possible before he ripped them off and now he's bringing them to me for help getting them on.



I could hear Ben talking before I went in to get him this morning so I had to grab the camera and see what he'd say...he's learning several new words a day.