What's up with the baby these days?

Benjamin is growing so fast! He is now 8 1/2 months old.

He can pull himself up now, so we had to lower the crib.
We have the gate set up in the living room in a rectangle shape, with a blanket underneath. All his toys are in there and that's where all 3 kids spend most of their time. Will and Kirstine love to play in there with him. We call it his cage. He pulls up and likes to stand up in it, and Kirstine even said that he took a few steps around the cage yesterday.

He appears to be giving up his morning nap already!!! I'm not too fond of this. At this age we couldn't drive anywhere with Will past 10:30 or else he was out! and this lasted probably until he was almost 2. so if we had a playdate somewhere we just had to make sure we were out of the house before then or else our day was ruined. i tried to put ben down at 10:00, but he refused. so i got him back and he's been playing strong since then (it's now 12:15).

Eating: He's finally got it! For the longest time he just flat out refused. He just spit everything out. I gave up, tried once a week, but still no luck. and then about 3 weeks ago i tried to make him fruits and vegetables and he loved them! he's so funny. with the other two, and with most kids, they hated all veggies, and most often we had to disguise the vegetables inside the rice or oatmeal so that they would eat it. and eventually we would decrease the cereal so that it was mostly veggies. completely opposite with ben. he HATES cereal. so we have to disguise it inside of the green beans. funny kid. but he's getting better. today is my first real cooking day. i've already made 2 unidentifiable fruits, squash, and carrots are next on the list. i might have some other things hidden in the freezer for him. and i also have apples, so i might do that later as well.

what else... he's looking less like the other kids now. and lots of people ask if he has blonde hair. maybe not blonde, but definitely lighter than the rest of ours!no curls yet, will and kirstine's weren't curly at this stage either.

We have one tooth, and i believe one moring coming in.

And lastly, he is still the BEST baby in the whole world. unreal what an awesome kid he is. we are sooo lucky.

So funny. He was just sitting there smiling at Will, and the next thing I know, I look over and here he is! He didn't wimper a bit. Such a perfect baby.

Will's birthday and party

miscellaneous pictures

Benjamin sleeping very cute a few weeks ago
Ben's first soul patch

Spring Concert

These are the very few pics I got from their spring concert on Thursday. I'm a dummy and misread the time, thinking it started at 11:30, when it really started at 11:00. Which means Scott missed it. So I was trying to take care of Benjamin, take pictures, and video tape all at the same time. The pictures of Kirstine i seriously took while the camera was sitting on my knee and i pushed the button with my left hand while my right hand was video taping. I will say that my right hand was not so steady at these moments and videotaped a little bit of the steps and not a lot of heads were in the shots.

Easter Pics

These first pictures are of our small group easter egg hunt.
And these pics are from Easter morning and after church.