Baby Update/Benny Update

Hello everybody,

l know it has been a while since I updated this blog. A lot has been going on. The baby is doing fine. We had another ultrasound a few weeks ago and I have a doctor's appointment on Friday the 25th. According to the ultrasound measurements, my due date is anywhere between Feb 17th and Feb 20th. The earlier the better for me but not to early.

Benny has been making great strides over the past month. Just recently we had to get him new shoes for two reasons. The first reason was because his other shoes were actually worn out. The second reason was because he had almost grown out of this size 6 shoes. He is now in 6 1/2 size shoes. He has had a vocabulary explosion over the last few weeks. Words you wouldn't think he knows just rolls of his tongue. He is also pronouncing words a little more clearly. Just the other day, he was riding his bike in the street in front of our house. He looked at me as said "car come" and proceeded to "ride" his bike over to our yard. He can say "please", "thank you", and "you are welcome" correctly on a somewhat more regular basis. "Sorry" is a new word to his vocabulary since he is more involved with other children (at the YMCA).

Not only has his vocabulary increased, but his appetite has as well. The past few days he has been surprising us by the amount of food he eats. At first I wasn't sure if it was just a growth spurt (which I think he had) but his appetite has been increasing a little more every week. Yeah! Hopefully he will get a little more meat on his bones before our cold rainy season starts.

I had mentioned the YMCA. Benny has gym class on Monday and Wednesdays and swim class on Tuesday and Thursday for the next two weeks (until Oct. 2nd). He is very excited about going. Once this session is over, I think I will limit him to just swim class. He favorite thing is jumping into the pool which for him is actually falling into the pool. I want to keep going as long as he is interested.

Cute Story

I just have to share this. It is too cute. Last Sunday Brad, Benny and I went to church as usual. When we dropped Benny off at the nursery, he was once again excited to be there. He ran in and immediately went over to where they have some magnetic letters. As he took the letters off one by one, he was saying a sound like he was trying to say the letter sounds. I just stood there in awe. We do not have any of those letters at home. He does have an alphabet book that he likes to look at. When he does look at it, we name the letters for him.

I have noticed that he has what I would call beginnings of words. He has a word for juice, shoe, fish, please, cheese (these two sound very similar), and block. When asked he can identify his nose, mouth, tummy, toes and ear.

His vocabulary seems to grow every day. What a smart boy.