11 Months Old

Benjamin is 11 months old and full of life. His personality grows everyday. He learns so much all the time and is always investigating things and trying to figure out how things work. He is growing so quickly. His hair has the slightest curl starting at the ends when his hair is wet. It is getting to be that time for his first real hair cut. I have trimmed around his ears and his neck a couple of times, but it didn't look good at all. Im not a skilled barber who knows how to cut hair on a wiggle worm :)
BIG BIG NEWS!!!! Benjamin started walking on April Fools Day. Since he took those few couple of steps on his own, he has been UNSTOPPABLE. He has discovered this great way to get around and he's on the go CONSTANTLY!!! He does best when he has something in his hands to help keep him balanced. HE loves to wave his hand at you (his way of telling you to come here) and then grab One of your fingers and walk you all over the house. He turns you around in circles and backtracks his path as if to say, "Mommy, I didnt show you what I found over here yet!"
He has figured out some new things. He loves to flip the lamp off in the office. It is one of Gmom and Benjamin's favorite daily games. She flips the lamp on and he immediately flips it off and laughs or claps his hands. He has also discovered how to turn on the humidifier and to stick his plastic baby spoons down into the blades so that it makes an exciting noise. He turns around and looks at you like "Oh my gosh, I didn't do it." He is working so hard to get the hot tub to turn on now too. Uncle Bo showed him what sound it makes when you push the buttons and his eyes lit up with excitement. He crawls up in the towel basket and tries to push all the buttons. He can't push hard enough yet to make it work though.
He has 3 teeth with another one pushing through, it should be in any day. His first two teeth were his front bottoms. Now his 3rd and his 4th are the top "Fangs". Not the front 2 but the ones right next to the middle ones. We are hoping that they all come in pretty quickly because he has such a hard time with teething.
His absolute favorite toy right now is his State Farm red and white Beach Ball. He yells at it, hits it, rolls it, and throws it in the air. He laughs and squeals the entire time he plays with it and he plays with it off and on throughout the day everyday. Its funny, the free toy is the favorite toy!!!!!! He also loves to "read." He likes to take the newspaper, magazines, books, mail, anything paper and shake it or crumple it up. He is so much fun..
Even though he is a mess a lot of time, we wouldn't trade him or any of the experiences for anything in the world. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful baby who is a joy to his entire family. I will get some new pics uploaded soon.