When it's hot outside...

One of Ben's favorite places these days is the pool. He loves it and never wants to get out!

Bouncetown!

We went to Bouncetown Family Night with the Wolf family. We had to show the Daddies what Bouncetown was all about.

Charlie:

Ben:

Penny:

Who had more fun?

Maybe the Daddies. :)

Around 8:05 PM, Ben told us he was ready to go.

One more slide down before bedtime!

Zoo with Daddy's family - minus Daddy :(

We went to the zoo yesterday with Nick's parents, sister, and Ben's cousin, Carl.

Two little brains think alike.

The look a little like twins. :)

Before we got in the car to drive home, we enjoyed the fantastic weather a little longer and lunched on the curb in the parking lot.

Catching up

Hanging out in his chair.

Ben's ready for the pool. Maybe this is why it had a leak in it the first time we brought it to the pool.

Gavin came over for a playdate and it was so hot, we put them both in the little pool. Of course as soon as we had them in suits and everything, they were ready to go inside. Figures, right?

Aunt Jenny came to visit for an overnight. Ben was so happy to see her. I'll have to get her pictures since this seems to be all I have.

Ben's First Words

Months ago, I announced that Ben's first word was "Hi" and at the time, it sounded like "HA." Recently, I said he's been getting a little better at talking. I'm happy to say that he has straightened out his "Hi" and added two more words to his vocabulary: "shoe" and "ball." He will also repeat a few others. The only one not in this video that he says pretty consistently is "Daddy" ("dada") (sorry Nick...I think he started to get distracted). Enjoy!

Quiet!

One of the cutest things that Ben has been doing recently is "shush" us!

Afternoon in the pool

We went to see some Kray family friends today and they were generous enough to let us take Ben in their pool. This was his only 30 seconds of apprehension about the pool. After this, he leaped in and did NOT want to get out!

The funny thing was the he didn't want to be in the tube thing and he didn't want to be held. We need to teach him to swim soon as he was dying to be on his own in the pool. He was so happy in the water!