Ben at 6 Months old... and 7

Ben's Stats as of Aug 31, 2015 at his 6 month well check:

Ben at 6 Months

Height- 25.25 in (3%)

Weight- 15 lbs 14 oz (16%)

He always seems so big to me until I take him to the doctors office and see how he compares to other kiddos his age.  

As of today- 9.28.15...

~He is a mover and a shaker.  

While he's not exactly a pro-crawler yet, he gets where he wants to go and is getting quicker and quicker about it.  His coordination is improving as he crawls more and more and he's very intentional about where he wants to go.

~He's such a happy boy and is quite the talker/singer.  He especially seems to love the high pitch squeals- but at least they're happy noises.  

~He's not very patient when it comes to food but he is pretty patient with Caroline. He's loving baby food and makes some pretty good faces.  I've tried giving him pieces of the Gerber puffs and after gagging a few times they seem to disappear.  I'm going to give him a little time before we get too carried away with solids...

~He has gone through quite a few different sleeping cycles- one where he blessedly slept from about 8pm-7am; one where woke up two times a night- usually around 2am and 5am; one where he woke up at 3am; and his latest is waking up to eat at 6am and then going back to sleep for a few hours.  I'll take it. He's also sleeping in the same room with Caroline most of the time.  Usually though if he wakes up in the night I'll end up putting him in the pack-and-play. 

~He likes his mamma.

~Like lots of babies he loves to be where there are a lot of people and there's more to hear and see.

~Has a sweet little laugh and giggle.  It's fun to figure out just what will tickle his funny bone- it changes regularly.

Ben at 7 Months

Camp Yuba Triathlon

We survived!
Jared and I did a sprint relay triathlon.  I swam and "ran" and he biked.  Our time was laughable but we did it and we finished- which was what we set out to do.

Battle Creek Falls

For our Labor Day outing we went up to Pleasant Grove and did a short hike to a pretty waterfall. It was a beautiful day and I didn't realize how busy the trail would be.  Aside from being a little  cold in the shade it was a perfect little hike.

He's had enough...

After waiting all week for that little kidney stone to pass Jared decided he was done and we went in on Saturday morning to have it removed.

The kids got to go to the reservoir with all the cousins and Jared and I were at the hospital until about 6:00 that evening when we came home for the family reunion/50th Anniversary party for Dave and Janette.  Jared was even able to enjoy most of it.

Ready for a Party

So... Jared was dealing with a kidney stone and we were scheduled to have a ward party and a family reunion in our backyard.  Good timing, right?
Hard to see, but this was the fellas getting all the grills and tents ready for the Luau.

Despite the fact that Jared was drugged and in bed during the Luau it was a fun event and there was a pretty good turnout.
I told them to give us a few years and hopefully we'll have some nice shade trees and a higher ratio of grass to weeds.

Just for fun

When Ben was born my OB's office sent an offer for a free 8x10 so we finally went and got our picture taken.  I really liked the lady who did them and she even got both of them smiling. (Ben was smiling the whole time- Caroline is the tricky one)

First Munchies

Ben got to try out some oatmeal... he didn't really love it.