Ben...smiling, talking and trying to crawl.

Ben is almost 9 months old. He's talking, trying to crawl, and smiling all day long. He loves to play with his brother's toys and works all day to try to get to them. On his belly, back to sitting, a little crawl here and there, eventually he makes it to the toy!

He gives the brightest smiles when someone new comes into the room. I love big baby smiles! He has 3 teeth and another one trying to come in. He puts his arms up to let us know he wants to be picked up and tries to help a little when we dress him. The other new "accomplishment" is screaming. When we aren't feeding him quick enough, a loud piercing scream comes out of his little angelic mouth. It works...we move quicker and try to get the food in his mouth. Anything to stop the scream.

Ben loves the water! Cold, freezing, pool, lake, bath tub...it doesn't matter. As soon as he sees water his arms flap and legs kick until he gets in...then they continue to splash and kick. He giggles and bounces up and down when he's in the water. I love it that he enjoys the water so much.