sleeping in my arms

A great mom perk.

ben playing with socks

rolling over

It happens very quick here...

flight training

weight training

When is a 18 pound 4 month old underweight? When they are supposed to be 19 pounds. Ben had his 4 month checkup, and gained less than a pound last month. So Ben and I are spending the next month focusing on eating. Two goals: to gain weight, and to sleep more at night (he was sleeping 8 hour stretches, then got down to only 1.5 hour stretches). Richard started giving him rice cereal, and he's slowly learning how to eat it. He seemed to enjoy the new experience at first.

Ben's 4 month stats:

17 lbs, 15 oz

28 inches

spring training

all the chicks dig ben

Some more wonderful pictures of Ben from my favorite photographer, Heather Stokes. We went to her house last weekend for a photo shoot with her baby chicks and in her new photo studio. They also fed us some amazing pizza and ended the night with s'mores over a fire- best photo session ever, I think. She even printed these pictures and I was able to have them hung in Ben's room for our home tour this weekend. I got so much feedback on his pictures- I think Heather may have a new career available. Ben is showing so much personality in the wagon pictures, and the picture on the white blanket really captures him- his big beautiful eyes and sweet expression. Owen had a great time playing with Sylvie and petting the chicks.