Month Seven - January

Matt's family spends most of January in Florida so Ben met a good chunk of aunts and uncles and received lots of love and attention.  The weather was warm enough that we got to spend most afternoons outside which makes for a happy Ben and happy puppies.

Ben hit a few milestones this month - he can hold his bottle on his own (although, he doesn't always) and he knows his name.  At first we weren't sure if he'd look at us because of our voice, but realized when strangers would say his name, he'd look so he definitely knew 'Ben'.  He's definitely latching on more to his two favorite toys: Benedict, his rabbit and Beefcake, his lovie.  We introduced Beefcake to help him sleep better and it seems to help.  He enjoys snuggling with it so far.  

 Testing out our wagon from Christmas

 Big Smiles!

 Sugar and Ben spending time together

 Enjoying the backyard

Stylin'

Christmas Activities!

Wow, was December busy!  Most weekends had something either with holiday parties, Matt finishing up 4th quarter travel and, of course, holiday travel.  I think we were just happy to end 2015 alive.

 We started the month off with Ben's first parade.  I love parades!  And this was the first time I had ever been to a Christmas parade and SWEATED!  Man, it was warm.  But it was worth it - Ben got to wave to Santa!

We also took Ben to see Santa Claus!  We met a friend for dinner and sat on Santa's lap afterwards - it was a lot of fun!

 Christmas itself was very hectic traveling both to Maryland and Illinois.  Ben got to see all his cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents - so clearly he didn't get any attention or kisses.

Matt and I had waited a long time to be able to celebrate Christmas with a Baby Lawson so our favorite moments were the ones with just the three of us as a family.

 Sweet book from Aunt Jessica

 Christmas Eve gift tradition - a book, an ornament and pajamas!

 Christmas Day!

SANTA BROUGHT ME A TUNNEL!

While we were in Illinois we had Ben's baby dedication.  We were excited to have it in the same church as we were married in.  We had a great turnout of friends and family!

Month Six - December

Ben's 6th month of life came with lots of fun milestones - first plane ride, first Santa sighting, rolling over and blowing raspberries!  He still does not like taking naps, but we still have hope one day we'll get some rest!

Food is one of Ben's many loves - his favorites include sweet potatoes and squash.  But he definitely does not like bananas.  We'll keep working on it, but so far, bananas and avocados do not taste good to him.