Seven Months

Ben will turn seven months old tomorrow- it is just going by WAY too fast! I'm sure other Moms out there feel my pain. I'll have to post some new pictures soon. They will probably be action shots of our little man crawling! He is so close- right now he inches his way across the floor doing the army crawl:) We will also have some good pics of Ben in his Halloween costume... more to come on that! The picture above is from Ben's 6 mo. photo shoot with our photographer Mandy Leonards- she is the best!

Sorry this is so short, and it's been a while since I've posted too! I've been busy preparing to take my Series 6 test coming up here in a week and a half... wish me luck!

Family Pictures

As most of you know, the photographer that did Ben's newborn pictures offered a "baby's first year" package that we couldn't pass up! This package included 3, 6, 9, and 1 year photo sessions for Ben, and she was kind enough to include a family session with one of these. So this past Sunday it was time for Ben's 6 month pics, and we opted to do our family photo shoot at this session as well. Mandy, the photographer, is wonderful to work with. She is great with Ben, and even was kind enough to cooperate with Gunther for a few shots!


Well, Ben is definitely photogenic, but Nick and I are a different story. Ben looks absolutely adorable in all of the pics... and then you have us. The family shot leaves a lot to be desired. Let's just say the family picture that she posted in our sneak peak won't be appearing on your Christmas Card:) Hopefully there are some better ones in the entire gallery once she is finished!

Here is the link to her blog, where you can see our "sneak peek"! This includes usually just a few shots that are Mandy's favorite from the whole session. Enjoy... and tell me which ones you like best! (And feel free to comment about how Nick looks like he might topple over in our family shot...heehee!)

You have to scroll down a little past a few other families to get to ours once you click the link below...


http://bodylifeworks.com/photo/

6 month stats

Well, I have to say it's hard to believe that Ben is 6 months old already!! I honestly never in a million years could have imagined how sweet and precious our little boy would be. Nor did I ever have a clue how much joy a little person could bring to my life. Having kids truly puts a different spin on everything.

The picture above was taken a few weeks ago, but I don't post pics of our whole family very often, so there you have it.

Ben had his 6 month Dr's appointment today, and I'm happy to report that he is a healthy growing little man. 19lbs, 10oz. and 27 inches long. That is the 85% for weight and 75% for height. He is sleeping through the night, from about 7pm to 6 or 6:30am... I can't ask for better than that. He has been learning to gobble up his baby vegetables, and we are now on to introducing fruits. Ben is also doing a great job of sitting up on his own without toppling over!

We have his 6 month photo shoot this Sunday, so next week I will be posting the link so you can all view them on the photographer's website!

Daddy's little Catfish

Munchkin, Peanut, Little Man, Wild Man, Punkin-head... all commonly used nicknames that Nick and I use when we are talking to Ben. Lately, Nick has also started calling Ben "Catfish". Why?? I did my best to get it on video. He's a little cranky in this video because we were approaching nap-time.

Ben's little mouth when he is doing his "baby talk" looks suspiciously like the wide mouth of a catfish (minus the whiskers). The cheeks are my favorite part:)

Play time

Ben looked too cute tonight "reading" his books... I couldn't stand it! I just had to snap some pictures. One of the best parts of my day is the time we get to spend with Ben in the evenings before he goes to bed. I miss him all day long. He is getting so big right in front of our eyes. It's hard to believe he will be 6 months already on Saturday!

Enjoys the pictures of our sweet boy...

"Mom, I'm not sure what this says. Can you help me out?"

"Look! Monkeys!"

Daddy loves this picture:)

Rough River

Ahhhh, vacation. Even if it's a 3 1/2 day weekend, it's always worth it. For Labor Day weekend, Nick and I were invited by our good friends Erin and Mike down to Erin's family lake house in Kentucky. They have a beautiful vacation home on Rough River Lake, just a short few hours journey from Indianapolis. So Friday afternoon Erin and I left work and loaded up Owen and Ben from daycare and hit the road. Nick and Mike had to work a little later, so they drove down separately... I think they were just trying to avoid spending over 3 hours in a car with 2 babies!! The boys did great on the car ride though, and were very good babies all weekend.

We had such a wonderful time. Erin's parents, Eric and Leslie, were amazing. They had enough food there to feed a small army... and I think I ate everything in sight! From waffles to big steak dinners... we definitely didn't go hungry! The name of the game was relax, so that is just what we did! It was fun to see Ben and Owen play together, go on a boat ride, and even get their first bath together;) For me the best part was being able to truly relax and not have anything to do. We took walks, took the boat out for some water sports, played around on the jet ski, took naps, and just had a good time hanging out together!

We owe a BIG thank you to Erin, Mike, and the Ballenger family for sharing your family vacation spot with us for the weekend- we loved it!

I had so many pictures it was hard to choose! Here are some of my faves...

Ben and Owen in their matching Lake shirts

They were wrestling... looks like Ben's weight advantage didn't matter:)

Proud Mommas

I swear he doesn't have anything in those cheeks... go ahead, squeeze for yourself!

Ben was up most mornings at 6:15, so I was lucky enough to see the beautiful KY sunrise

Bundled up for an evening cruise on the boat

Proud Papas

Erin and Owen take in the fresh lake air

Ben looks a little uncomfortable in the life jacket

Had to end with this one- what a cutie!!

I love sweet potatoes

Ben has started to eat baby foods over the last week and a half and it's definitely taking some getting used from all parties involved. He seems to really love the sweet potatoes the most... that is, the ones he actually manages to swallow. The rest end up on his bib, face, or spit all over momma:) He thinks that's pretty funny, as you can see below!