Sunday, April 27, 2008

Big Boy Ben

Ben is turning into a big boy! He's watching everything we do and imitating things, which is sometimes hilarious (walking around in Daddy's shoes all the time) and sometimes a little scary (like how I groan when I stand up from the floor now - who knew he was listening??). He's also started stringing words together to make little phrases like "night-night Daddy" or "uh-oh shoe" when his shoe fell off in the car today. That will hopefully make life a lot easier when I'm trying to figure out what he's saying!

He made his first trip to the dentist this week and did great. All she did was peek at his teeth, show him her tools, and talk to him about brushing his teeth by showing him on the stuffed animal. He didn't freak out and even opened his mouth for the dentist, so she called it a big success for his age. Hopefully when we go back for a real visit he'll do as well.


After watching me cut his toenails, Ben decided to give it a try himself.


He usually hangs out on the guest bed with me while I dry my hair (and sometimes his, too) and Ben decided this time to brush mine as well.


He loves riding around on Daddy and has found that eyes and ears make terrific hand holds! And he's not naked, we were all on our way to the pool.


Ben loves the pool! I wish we could take another term of swim lessons before this baby arrives but it's too physical for me to do with him right now. Hopefully the lessons we learned last year will help him until we can go back.



We visited a huge outdoor park this weekend with tons of stuff for kids of all ages. I love this about Singapore because these places are clean, well-maintained, and FREE. Matt and I wore the little guy out! It was his first trip outside the house since coming down with his cold and Ben was ready to play.


Big slide!


Wheeeee!!!


Little fireman...


Here's the 26-week belly. Everything from here on out is all new to me, so it's like being pregnant for the first time again! I already feel huge because I've never been this big but I'm in love with this belly and feeling this wild baby...he is SO active! I was reading the newspaper yesterday and the whole paper was shaking because the bottom was resting on my belly, which was all over the place.

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