Smiles and coos

• Cal and Ben think it's hysterical that they can lay down and have Seth lay on their tummies. I have a picture of Cal and Ben doing this when Ben was a baby too. I should post that. Seth loves all the attention. When he's awake (which still isn't all that often) he is very alert and is smiling and cooing A LOT! He's also experimenting with raising his eyebrows and sticking out his tongue - fun! Seth is even holding his head up and doing a mini-pushup for 30-45 seconds at a time. I was amazed today!!

• I'm sad to see in these pics though that Seth is looking less like a baby and more like a little person these days! I think his "newborn" phase is over :( Boo hoo...I'll never have a tiny critter again. He's definitely made it to the 10lb mark, maybe more. He'll have his checkup in a week and a half.

• In Ben news - he's reached toddlerhood and the terrible 2's in FULL swing. Bring it on! He's a fiesty one that Ben...I'm missing the days of calm, sweet, quiet Benbo. He's quite often the one who's sparking the food fights, screaming matches, and the occasional swats at his older AND younger brothers. He has found lots of ways to test the limits lately: yelling at naptime, spitting milk out, throwing food all over the place, to name a few and being yelled at by mommy doesn't seem to phase him.

• He's also talking up a storm and well out of the "delayed" phase. He was re-evaluated and it looks like they're going to cut us off in another 6-8 weeks. The therapist who evaulated him was great and got him being silly and talking and laughing like crazy last week. He even talked about an activity after they had moved on to the next and she said that was something that is deemed "a 3-year-old" level. Cheers for Ben! He even remembered the activity (popping bubbles with his nose) today when Denise brought out bubbles!

• **It seems the only way I can get paragraphs anymore is to bullet them? Otherwise it all runs together...weird.