Benjy at 17 months
It has been so long since I last updated the blog - we seem to have had a very busy few months, what with work and a few weekends away here and there. Benjy's now 17 months and - no surprise here - getting more adorable all the time. Every day, he surprises me - the words he has picked up, the ideas and almost concepts he understands, the way he plays now - his new skills are coming thick and fast, and often almost unexpectedly. We just had Chanukah, so Benjy's toys have been updated to things more suitable for his age - his favourite things are pushing his new buggy around the house, playing with his sweeping brush set and - his all time favourite - playing with his tea set.
Something that he is doing lately that I just love is that one day, while either wiping his face or putting his hat on (can't remember which it was), I asked him to look at me and he said 'aaahhh' - I realised that I must say 'aaahhh' every time he looks at me! He now says 'aaahh, cute' - very telling about my feelings about his gorgeous little face!
His 'boo' game is becoming more emphatic - whatever time of day it is, as soon as we go into his bedroom the first thing he does is shout 'boo' to us, and he plays it all day long, loving watching us jump in pretend shock each time he surprises us.
Considering his vocabulary is still, for the most part, monosyllabic, and that much of what he says can only be understood by people who know him well, he provides a running commentary of what is happening all day long. Conversations are like a word association game, trying to work out how he is making the various connections in his mind. It's absolutely fascinating, watching and learning how he puts his world together.
Some photos: Benjy on the walking wall outside Roundhay Park in Leeds - I have fond memories of that walking wall from my childhood; and some photos from our weekend away in Norfolk with Alex, Zoe, Emma and Hannah, where Benjy donned his waterproof and wellies for the first time and discovered the joy of splashing in puddles.
Something that he is doing lately that I just love is that one day, while either wiping his face or putting his hat on (can't remember which it was), I asked him to look at me and he said 'aaahhh' - I realised that I must say 'aaahhh' every time he looks at me! He now says 'aaahh, cute' - very telling about my feelings about his gorgeous little face!
His 'boo' game is becoming more emphatic - whatever time of day it is, as soon as we go into his bedroom the first thing he does is shout 'boo' to us, and he plays it all day long, loving watching us jump in pretend shock each time he surprises us.
Considering his vocabulary is still, for the most part, monosyllabic, and that much of what he says can only be understood by people who know him well, he provides a running commentary of what is happening all day long. Conversations are like a word association game, trying to work out how he is making the various connections in his mind. It's absolutely fascinating, watching and learning how he puts his world together.
Some photos: Benjy on the walking wall outside Roundhay Park in Leeds - I have fond memories of that walking wall from my childhood; and some photos from our weekend away in Norfolk with Alex, Zoe, Emma and Hannah, where Benjy donned his waterproof and wellies for the first time and discovered the joy of splashing in puddles.
posted by Carrie at
12/25/2009 08:34:00 PM
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