Peanut Butter

Still no walking. A couple of times he has let go of everything around him and stood by himself for a second, but then he plops back down onto his bottom. Maybe the problem is that Ben actually likes to fall on his bottom (he thinks it;'s pretty funny). Dad and I have tried to have him walk back and forth between us, but most of the time he curls up his two legs and won't even straighten them out to take a step. It's almost like he is thinking, "why are you making me do this ridiculous balance thing - I can get along fine without it."I know when he makes those first few steps and starts to get the hang of things he is just going to take off. He always wants to be where Caelan or I am, so it would be a lot easier to be there if he could walk there by himself. I don't think it will be too much longer (maybe). He had a few sick days - yesterday and the day before. He had a pretty high temperature (102-103 for most of the day), but that was the ONLY symptom he had (minus the fact the he just wanted to lay around and he was grumpier than his usual self), but no cold symptoms or flu-like symptoms. Dad gave him a blessing last night (Caelan actually put her hands on his head and started talking like she was the one doing it when we mentioned that maybe that';s something we should do - it was cute), and he is doing much, much better today. I'm glad because his Grandpa and Grandma Dick are coming to visit. This Dude loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He is also a serious fan of water. When we get to the dinner table he wants to just drink and drink and drink - he gets a little upset when we take a break so that we can actually get in a few bites of our food. He is getting better about the water in the swimming pool. He doesn't like getting all the way in yet, but he loves putting his little feet in and kicking them around. All we have to do is open the front or back door and Ben starts giggling in delight. What an outdoors boy! Too bad it is starting to get Las Vegas hot here now that we are almost into June. There will be a lot of swimming in the pool for the next few months, I can tell you that.