who tweets?

I tweet.

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(And I mean on Twitter)

how did this happen?

He will be 4 months old next week. What?!?

mmm, peaches

Someone enjoyed his first taste of baby food.

situps.

Yes, that's my 3-month-old sitting forward in his carseat all by himself. And he pulled himself to that position, too. This is going way too fast. And I don't want to hear how he'll be walking before I know it! He wants to stay little forever, he DOES!

Not really. He wants to do big boy stuff. We've been thinking about solid foods lately. I know I would get some folks jumping down my throat about how you're supposed to wait till they're like... 6 months old. But really the reason people wait so long is mostly when they have food allergies in their family, and we don't. So we don't have to worry about that. And blahblah food allergies on the rise blahblah. Not every baby is the same. And Benjamin has been showing signs that he's ready for solid foods.

He is SO loud. Especially today. He's been just talking and yelling at the top of his lungs. He just wants to be heard.

I can't think of anything else new with Ben. Well I did tell him to say "Dada" and he said "Gaga". :) He wants to talk so bad.

I'll be doing my garden probably starting tomorrow morning. I'm excited. I finally get a garden of my own. Wahoo!

Next weekend we are off to Winder for my future sister-in-law's bridal shower. I helped plan it so I gotta be there to help set up. She'll finally get to meet Benjamin. Yay Melanie!

Kay, that's all. :)

Love,
Kristen

ohoh!

I meant to tell you... we decided to use cloth diapers and finally made the switch! Everything is going really well! I like it a lot better than disposable diapers! We only use disposable when we are going out and at night because they absorb more. The reason we decided to go cloth is to save money and prevent diaper rash, and because cloth diapered babies potty train faster. :)

anyway. I just had to share that!

(plus, cloth diapers come in colors and are sooo cute on the baby bum. :D!! )

oh! hey!

finding an egg...

baby's first easter!

Benjamin's Memphis present: build-a-bear doggy named "the Doctor"

Benjamin and Alethia on their first date.

Big boy snoozing.

hey!!

it sure has been a while since i have posted. since then, ben has:

started using his hands more and more
rolled over from his belly to his back twice
started "talking" a lot more
gotten soooo much bigger
started holding his head up pretty steady while on his tummy
started sleeping in his own crib
had bronchiolitis, had breathing treatments, and has gotten over bronchiolitis.
had his first easter egg hunt

and much more. it's been fun watching him grow up. i can't believe he is 3 months old! i went through and boxed up his too-small clothes yesterday. we are moving on up!!

anyway, that is all i have time for! more later, hopefully!

ps - lookit! http://www.crybabyzboutique.com/pages/LookWhoswearingCryBabyz.htm

going or coming?

This past weekend was spent with my parents in Winder. It is so neat to see my mom and dad as grandparents. It's a total transformation. And I was wondering to myself yesterday what it was about babies that makes us love them completely the moment we lay eyes on them? They are so precious. My dad spent a lot of time with Benjamin yesterday. We call him "Papaw". It makes me miss my papaw.

Anyway. Benjamin laughs and smiles a LOT. And coos. He is just so precious and social. He's definitely taking after Carl with the social bit.

I love being a mommy, but I am exhausted. I should go take a nap.

go look at my flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/k10renee/