Ben - Ten Months

Sweet Ben is 10 months!  And sweet Ben is active!  He is army crawling up a storm and pulling himself up on everything he can get his little hands on.  He is also quite attached to me and prefers that I'm within a 5-foot radius of him at all time.  And preferably holding/touching/carrying him as well.  I looked back at Henry's 10-month post, and I should have just copied and pasted it for Ben - its all the same:  crawling, pulling up, separation anxiety (major!) and the introduction of his two front teeth.  It would have saved me some time!

I love seeing how much Ben absolutely adores Henry.  And I think that the feeling is pretty mutual.  When Ben is not trying to hunt me down then he is probably watching or crawling after Henry.  His face just lights up when he sees him and he does the excited arms and legs wiggle that I absolutely love.  And Henry is just so sweet with Ben.  He calls him "my baby" and will often bring Ben a toy to play with.  This is probably Henry's way of distracting Ben from getting too much into Henry's stuff, but I still think it is sweet.  I'm just really happy that they don't seem to bother one another too much (yet).

I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by.  There was never a truer statement than "the days are long, but the years are short."  I try to remind myself of this constantly when I have two whiny boys clamoring for my attention when I am also trying to get dinner on the table.  They will only be little for such a small amount of time.  Soon enough Ryan and I will be clamoring for their attention.  Or maybe I should put down my phone and really concentrate on Ben when I'm nursing him to sleep.  This is one of my favorite moments of the day when he is snuggled with me happy and safe, and this such moment cannot last much longer.  I'm actually getting choked up as I write this.  I'm just so, so lucky.

ps - Ben is also in desperate need of a haircut.  I'm going to ignore the fact his hair is getting into his eyes and he may or may not be sporting a tiny mullet.  I just cannot deal with it!