18 Months & 31 Years

Ben turned 18 months on August 1st and his mommy turned 31 on July 24th. Mommy celebrated her birthday with a wine tasting party and Ben celebrated by going to the doctor and getting a shot.

His appointment went well and he got a good report from the doctor. He is 35 1/4" long and weighs 26 pounds, 9 ounces. The doctor said he is off the charts as far as length, which apparently means he's over the 97th percentile. She said he's the height of an average 26-month old. If he could say something other than "dada" people might actually mistake him for a 26-month old!

Here are some recent pictures:

Here are a few pictures from Erica's birthday wine tasting party. Thanks to Dana for bringing a delicious cake!

Ben is very into current events and enjoys reading the weekend paper.
Ben and Elise tried to beat the heat by visiting a children's library. There wasn't too much for them to play with there and, as you can see from the above picture, they were a little bored.

One highlight of the library visit was that Daddy was able to walk from work to visit us.

One of Ben's favorite things to do now is locate airplanes when they fly overhead. I never noticed how many airplanes go by until he started pointing to the sky each time one flies over! They're usually too high in the sky for us to see them, but he can always hear them.

Ben enjoys giving b.b. kissies. He won't give anyone else in the family kissies anymore, but he sure does love showering her with them. As you can see, she isn't too thrilled with being the recipient of so many kissies.
Watch out Ben! I think she's tired of being bothered.