Camera Fun

Ben and I were bored this evening and had some fun with Photo Booth... check us out!


And finally... Ben's "I'm going to take over the world" stare. Don't look directly into his eyes!

Sleep and Sandwiches

Last night Ben had his last meal at 9pm, and then slept until 5am!!! It was fabulous. Of course I was up by 3, checking on him every 15 minutes until 5, just be sure he was alive. But it was great nonetheless.

Ben had his 2 month check up on Monday, and we learned that he's up to 12.4 lbs (that's a gain of 5 lbs. since birth!). The doctor was impressed by his neck control and said that he was developmentally like a 3 or 4 month old. She referred to him as Rock Star three times during the visit. I was a proud mommy, that's for sure! It was a great appointment, except for the round of immunizations that made him scream bloody murder. I hate hearing him cry, and that was the most he's ever screamed. Hopefully we won't hear that again for a long time.

To celebrate what an advanced baby he is, I bought Ben a Bumbo. Yes, one of those weird little chairs that help babies sit up. He's not quite ready for it, head/neck wise, but he seemed kind of into it for about 10 minutes. I figure we'll just put him in it for a short time each day. Check him out:
ps--love the slippers!!

Today, being Wednesday, Jonathan came home early (god bless elementary schools with weekly half-days!). He made one of his monstrous PBJ&J sandwiches. What's the extra J for, you ask? The extra jelly he loads on... disgusting:
The picture doesn't do justice to the amount of jelly he puts on his sandwiches!! Let's put it this way, he uses a spoon to get the right amount of jelly out of the jar.

Finally, a friend sent the following link today. It's hilarious:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

Ben is 2 Months Old!

Today Ben turns two months old... yup, just two months ago he came into our world and has been rockin' it ever since. To celebrate, we had some quality "tummy time," which as you can see, Ben isn't too excited about...


After a couple of minutes of fussing, he put his head down and napped for about 30 minutes or so. Jonathan said it was the Feagle way of exercising! But Ben has shown a great amount of neck strength and head control for his age... tomorrow we're going to the doctor for his check-up and I can't wait to find out how he's doing, developmentally. So stay tuned for more reports!

Our new blog! And what's with the name??

So we're making a move... from our old blog, hosted by our cat Chubby, to this new model. The major reason I want to try this out is for easier video capabilities. So here's our test run:

Now, for the question of why this blog is named Benjamite Sandwich... right after our son Ben was born, we would sing pretty much anything to him in moments of meltdowns. At one point I even found myself crooning some 80s classics, including Men at Work's "Down Under," which includes the reference to a vegemite sandwich... in true baby-talk fashion, I turned it into a Benjamite sandwich. Since then, Ben's been our little sandwich baby. Silly, I know, but it works for us.

So here's to goopy yeasty sandwiches, babies, and the new blog!