Benjamin is 11 months today! One more month of counting his age in months (although I probably will still have to do that). Ben is long and skinny. He doesn't have much extra fat around his legs or arms (probably took after his dad). His hair is recovering from when Jamir shaved it off and is still bristly/curly. I'm going to be in charge of the haircuts from now on. He can stand for a couple seconds and has taken some leaps from a standing to our arms. He's still too scared to walk without his walker or us holding his hand.
He is still the same smiley social baby. He loves to give hugs-to his bear, to Manolo, to older kids, to us. He is a hugger. And will sometimes cuddle if he is tired enough. He has a lot of energy. He takes everything out of the cubbards. He has to be exploring everything-usually when I need him to sit, but I'm happy he is curious and not afraid of things. Oh and he is not afraid of things. He will crawl right down stairs or into things if I don't watch him. And got mad when we wouldn't let him keep climbing the latter when Jamir put lights up outside. People still mention how he doesn't cry much or whine...although I hear it plenty. I think he just loves people so much that he doesn't around them because he has friends.
He is talking a lot more to us and makes a lot of facial expressions. He likes to look at books and play with more functional toys. We call him a little monster because he eats, tears, breaks and basically destroys everything. But we love him and his personality.
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| Manolo and Benji are best friends. |
