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Dear Benny,
You are 8 months old and I can't even believe it! You've become such a big boy.
8 months old, November 14, 2011
You are wearing 9 months clothes and size 3 diapers.
You don't stay still for very long, you're usually off and crawling after a toy, or following Trippy & McKenna around. You pull yourself up on everything and anything.
You always want to be with everyone; you don't ever want to be left alone. Sometimes when I think you're content playing with a toy by yourself, I'll get up and leave the family room to let Trippy out or do something in the kitchen...as soon as you notice I'm no longer in the room you start crying and you try to find me. You want to be with your sister all the time too. When Daddy comes home for work, the two of you love going down in the basement to play with him. You don't like it one bit when you feel like they're leaving you behind! You want to be part of everything.
You've been pulling yourself up in your crib for a couple of months now, it sure didn't take us long to get your crib lowered. I just can't get over how quickly you're gross motor skills have developed.
You're still a great sleeper. You go to around around 7:30pm every night and you get up around 7:00am. You take two naps a day, one at 9:00am and another at 1:00pm. Your naps usually last about 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
You've started babbling more and more. You don't say anything too specific - no ma, pa, da, yet, but you are making lots of sounds. It definitely seems as though you're trying to say something to us or respond to us when we talk to you.
You love to look at books and slap the pages. When you go over to the bookcase you always pull down the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book. You love that it has sound effect buttons.
You have a total of 4 teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom. They help you to chomp on the Cheerios you love so much!
You still love to eat. But, you're definitely a much bigger fan of fruits rather than veggies. Oh, you'll still eat them, but the face you make when you're eating them says it all! We've tried to let you knaw on whole foods, like apples, but you're sooo good and biting into them that we can't let you - just too much of a choking hazard!
You learned to clap this month! You start clapping when you see someone else clapping or if we say, "clap, clap, clap!" You clap when you're eating too!
You love to slap your hands on everything...on your high chair tray, your drum, the table, the couch...everything!
This month you learned how to use the walker and when you're in it you walk all over the place. You love when Daddy holds your hands to walk around. We keep waiting for you to let go and just start walking on your own. You seem so close!
You love to jump. You jump when someone is holding your hands and you love to jump with your sister in your crib and on the basement couch. The two of you will stand together jumping like crazy.
It sure has been one amazing month! I can't wait to see what the next will bring.
Just know you are the most special little boy in the whole world.
I love you, my sweet BooBoo!
Love, Mommy
We headed over to my parent's house around 4:30pm for the second half of our Thanksgiving holiday. It was a good time had by all...dessert, drinks, turkey sandwiches...
Benny decided to go formal for this party
Aunt Puggie, Benny, Punky, Aunt Krissy
my beautiful Momma
kushas for AB!
I brought a special Thanksgiving drink...Mango Cosmopolitans...DELISH!
the drink of the night
this girl couldn't get enough of the pumpkin pie
Kenna loves her Godmother...sooooo much!
Milazzo Family Picture 2011
pumpkin pie, round 2 (with her favorite guy!)
Uncle Rick's parent's, Grandma Mary & Grandpa Dick, his sister, Lori, her boyfriend, Al, and his nephews, Mark & Nick were in town for the weekend. They came over for dessert...who knew we'd end up partying??? We always have a great time when we're all together. It was no different this time.
silly
It was sad when the night was over. We had such a great time.
It was a perfect day. We are just so lucky to have such wonderful families.
We are so thankful.
Thanksgiving Break came and went. It's always quick. It never seems long enough. Before you know it, it's Monday and we're back to school.
How can that happen? We get FIVE days off. Five days should be plenty. But it isn't. It never is.
Being at home with McKenna & Ben all day long is treasured time.
(That's not to say, I don't have my moments of "GET ME OUT OF HERE!")
But, now that I'm back to work. I miss our days together.
The days of hanging out in our jammies...all.day.long.
The days of getting out of the house and having playdates.
The days of going to the zoo, the farm, the park, the store, the sprinkler park...anywhere...
Just the days.
So, needless to say, I couldn't wait for Thanksgiving Break.
...and boy, it didn't disappoint.
I have to say that in my now 10 years of teaching, this break was by far the best one yet.
I have the pictures to prove it. I'm sure you can imagine my sadness when those precious five days were over.
First up, on Wednesday we took a trip to the Brookfield Zoo. It was supposed to be a little chilly, but we thought it would be fun to go all bundled up. It ended up being a perfect day. Not only did it turn out to be a nice day, there was hardly anyone there!
This girl wants to walk all by herself. Not a baby anymore :(
Daddy was home all five days! It was his first trip to the zoo with us. McKenna sure loves her Daddy.
Benny Boo all snuggled up.
It's not a trip to the zoo without Brayden!
It was too chilly for the giraffes, so they were all inside. It turned out to be WAY better! We were so close to them!
Didn't take her eyes off of them.
The Polar Bear never disappoints. He always seems to be putting on a show.
I <3 my family!
Megan & her sleepy boy
Anyone else out there love geese as much as this girl???
getting a chance to stretch his legs
Benny so badly wishes he could walk around the zoo like his big sister... unfortunately it'll be sooner rather than later...where have my babies gone?
An absolute perfect first day of Thanksgiving Break!
Stay tuned for Day Two.
