More Firsts

This past Wednesday, September 24th, Benjamin began pointing. This is not something we've been specifically working on with him so we were a bit surprised to see his cute little index finger gingerly stretched out, with a slight hook to it. But by the end of the day he was straight-fingered pointing, no doubt about it!

His pincer grasp is also emerging. More on his right hand. He's still doing mostly the raking hand on the left side. But on the right side the pincer comes out more and more. Once he gets it down pat we will introduce finger foods!

He also interacted with the telephone like a telephone on Wednesday. Grandmommy Kim was singing "Nabiya" which he loves. But usually he smiles and looks around the room for her while he bats at the phone with his hand. But this time he held the phone to his ear and smiled, looking like he totally got that Grandmommy was INSIDE the phone.

And since we got back from his cousin's birthday party in Charlotte on Sunday Benjamin has been out of sorts. He cried most of Monday which he has never done before. He snorted with congestion all that night which was horrible. Tuesday he began sneezing a lot with clear "ko mul" or nasal drip. And more snorting through the night. And by Wednesday he had a fever that got up to 103.3. Scary. After stripping him bare naked and getting some infant Tylenol in him his temp came down to a more manageable 101.8. Thursday he still had some fever but was able to play most of the day and I'm up now writing, waiting for the time to give him his next dose of medicine. Ah, it's 3:30 am now. It's time. Poor Bug.

Nine Months Old Today!

Okay, so it's been a month since we've posted. Bad, bad, bad!

Grandmommy and Granddaddy from Florida visited for about 3 weeks and we all had a great time. Lots of "Nabiya" was sung by Grandmommy Kim to Benjamin's delight. We miss them and hope they come back to visit soon!

New things since we last posted. Benjamin now crawls FORWARD! And fast, too! He also is waving "hi" and "bye" and can identify his Mom and Dad ("Where's Mommy?" He'll look to Mommy. "Where's Daddy?" He'll look at Daddy). He is still doing well with the handful of signs we taught him. He knows milk, mommy, daddy, kitty cat, eat, and the sign for more. And he loves a good round of Peek-A-Boo. He also loves to get in his walker and chase the gigantic yoga ball around the house, shrieking and smiling.

Things he still enjoys: Airplane, There's a Baby in the Mirror!, Dance Dance Dance Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle, Yo Gabba Gabba, Licky Lellie Lemon Drop, Hand, bath time, toes (his and other people's), looking at EVERYTHING!, and going "grllluurrr!"

Here are pictures from today. Happy Birthday, Benjamin Bug!!!