Carrots (& Raspberries)

Yep, he's blowing raspberries while eating strained carrots. At least he likes the carrots, the newest food on the menu.
Can't you tell? He really likes carrots.
Peeking through a ring.
I left the laminated paper tag on this jumper, first out of laziness & then because it seems to be Benjamin's favorite toy on the whole thing. I've heard people say that kids will like the box a toy came in better than the toy itself...well, he likes the tags. Tags on stuffed animals, tags on blankets, pretty much anything attached to a toy that is not actually supposed to be part of the toy.
This photo has been a long time coming. Finally, a glimpse of those TEETH! He sure does like using them, especially on Mommy & Daddy's fingers. I'm trying to figure out if he's teething again, because yesterday he refused anything from a bottle several times & was screaming something terrible. I couldn't tell that those bottom teeth were about to come through until right before they popped out.
His shirts have been absolutely soaked with drool this week because he has been intentionally blowing bubbles, and that takes a lot of drool. He doesn't always look this intense about it, though. He vocalizes the whole time he's blowing the bubbles...you'll have to use your imagination.
What a sweetheart. Lovin' on his puppy dog from Aunt Janie. He especially likes it when I make dog noises for the puppy...again, use your imagination. Not gonna happen on this blog.

He's going through some changes with his eating and sleeping routines, meaning I have little idea what to do with him lately. Yesterday he slept in 45 minutes longer than usual, but this morning he woke up early. He took a full two-hour nap this morning, then seemed tired right after lunch but only slept for an hour. And he refuses to eat the amount of formula that I'm pushing on him. If he's not hungry, he will NOT eat. He forcefully pushes the bottle away. In addition to formula, we had been giving him cereal in the morning and strained veggies at lunch. We're going to try adding some more cereal in the evening to see if he'll stop waking in the middle of the night to eat.

Something really cute he's been doing lately has been saying things like "da-da-da-da." What's really sweet is when he whispers it under his breath, to nothing and nobody in particular...just kind of muttering to himself. Oh, and to anyone familar with Mike's clicking habit: Benjamin loves hearing him make clicking noises. Mike is way more amused about that than I am!