Ben: 10 Months

Ben is 10 months!  On Wednesday he went to the doctor for his "9-month" check up.  Yep, we are still a little behind, but at this point we aren't catching up.  At 10 months, Ben weighs 20 lbs 6 oz (70th percentile), and is 29.5 inches long (77th percentile).  He has 6 teeth, waves hello and bye-bye, claps hands and plays "So Big," says "mama-mama" and is cruising along the furniture and will happily walk along if someone is holding both of his hands.  Ben is proving to be a bit of a picky eater.  What he likes, he eats a lot of, but he puts his foot down and flat out refuses things he doesn't like.  (He does like real bananas, green beans, toast, chicken, potatoes, and goldfish crackers!)

Ben has the biggest brown eyes and eye lashes for days...he's going to be a real heartbreaker:

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(that's not a real cookie...he likes to much the food Natalie makes for him in her kitchen.  

On the menu today, chocolate chip cookies!)

(and chips!)

Can you see how long his hair is getting?  It's really starting to get thick, too.  

love that face!

Natalie still absolutely loves her little brother.  She's always cuddling up to him and saying "aww, hi little buddy."  Lately, whenever she gets to do something fun, she'll stop, approach Ben, and say, "it's alright, Ben, you can ______ (fill in the blank with whatever she's in the middle of doing) when you get a little older."