Cell Phone Woes

Just looked at my cell phone bill for last month and it was terrible. I guess I had been using up our rollover minutes for months and they finally all played out. So until I figure out how to stay within our 550 minute plan, e-mail me or call me on the weekend unless you really need something. I get charged for incoming calls, too.

Who needs to crawl?

Ben can go, go, go in his walker. This morning he was making circles from the front door, behind the couch, loop around the kitchen and back again. He bounces off a lot of stuff along the way. John says we're going to have to repaint the baseboard by the time he learns to walk. Here's a short clip.

Redneck Retro

Doesn't this shirt look like something right out of the early 80s?

Bed Head

Playtime Pics

Here are some pics and a video of Ben playing this morning before lunch. The video is going to be sideways for a few seconds because I forgot that it posts better horizontal.

Adventures in Eating

Ben managed to get a few of the Puffs in his mouth by himself yesterday. It wasn't pretty, but it worked. He also ate Mandarin oranges, a green bean, and mashed potatoes. He loved the oranges. The green bean caused a face reminiscent of the early green bean pictures. After one, he refused to open his mouth for any more. I don't think he initially liked the texture of mashed potatoes. He had to close his eyes to swallow the first time, but seemed to like them after he got used to it. I'll try to take some pictures today.

This post really should be called "Adventures in Peeing," that's been the real issue this week. Ben's woken up in a wet bed every day this week. He's rolling over onto his stomach to sleep and his diaper is leaking out the top. A friend recommended that I buy Huggies Overnite diapers. I'm headed to Wal-Mart after his nap to buy them.

Nine Months

Ben is 9 months old today. In the past couple of weeks, I've been feeding him bites of "real" food. Oddly enough, he likes bites of banana while he clamps his mouth shut tight if I try to feed him banana baby food. Christmas Eve I got a little too adventurous. I was sitting on MawMaw and PawPaw's couch with my plate in my lap and Daddy was sitting next to me holding Ben. Ben reached over and stuck his hand in my broccoli cheese rice casserole. I thought, "what would it hurt to feed him a bite?" Well, he either gagged or choked and then threw up all over himself, daddy, the couch, and the floor.

He really likes the Gerber Puffs. He can pick them up, but he can't figure out how to get them in his mouth. I let him play with them for a while, then feed them to him. He looks like a fish after a worm as I'm putting them in his mouth.

Here are a couple of pictures of him eating "Yum Yum" rice crackers. He really likes these and can manage them all by himself.