And he is one. Ben has grown so much. It's amazing how fast he changed from a baby to a toddler(?). He is walking around now. He started taking steps around Christmas, but is a full on walker now. He follows me around the house like a ghost. He is still as social as ever. His ward family loves him and all of the kids play with him. He is sort of rough so that is good when he plays with older kids (he doesn't cry when he falls). He likes to make a lot of sounds and responds when I ask him questions sometimes. He loves to explore outside and see dogs and other new exciting things like rocks and bark. He has gotten two more teeth on his bottom and is eating pretty much anything (although he likes chocolate things a lot). His hair has grown back and has a nice curl to it. He is still the happy, energetic Benji as always.
For his birthday I took him to the covered bridge for some pictures and later we walked to the park nearby. He loved seeing all the people out (it was finally a sunny relatively warm day). He walked back and forth across the bridge and looked over the side at the river underneath. He loves to climb and pulled himself up on the rails. He wanted to eat the bark at the park more than anything, so after a few minutes we headed back home. Later we had spaghetti and cake with Jamir. I made a lemon cake with lime flavored icing (Ben loves to suck on limes if he can get to one). Ben thought it was another cake smash so he squished and threw his cake on the floor. I'm okay with that since it's not great for him anyway.
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| I will miss his tarzan/spiderman crawl |
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| screaming from excitement |
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| watching someone walk by |
Some from my phone.
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| pointing at things |
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| excited to look around. |
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| opening Grandma's card |
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| spaghetti dinner. He put that on his head |
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| He was mesmerized by the candles |
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| so much that he had to be held back from trying to grab them |
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| he got a bit of the cake though |
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| candles all blown out by dad. |
