Benton at 9 months

Our little Benton Boo or Bents as Jackson calls him had his 9 month doctor visit yesterday. He was such a good little boy like always- he seriously couldn't be a better baby. He didn't even cry when they poked his toe to get blood or when he got his shot. He weighed in at just shy of 23lbs(0nly 7 lbs less than Jackson) and was 29+ inches long. He is still in the 80-90% for both height and weight and the doctor said that Benton looks great. He was really impressed by the size of Benton's thighs(I wish that someone would be impressed by the size of my thighs :)). At 9 months old Benton is on the move. He gets around so good with every method you can imagine except for crawling. He is not doing that yet, but he does have his form of the army crawl mastered and he is getting up on all fours in the crawling position. He loves to try and keep up with Jackson. It is so cute to watch them play. Their favorite thing to do together is to take baths. Benton loves the water- when we went swimming last week he was all smiles. I put him in the little yellow tube and he just floated around or went on rides with Jackson pulling him around. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. Benton does a really good job of finding things to keep him entertained- everything is a toy to him and he loves to play and explore. He is so fun... he is constantly smiling and it is so funny when he tries to laugh. He loves being a part of our family and he loves when we are all spending time playing together. He loves food- not his baby food he doesn't like that very much but big people food- I haven't found anything that he didn't want to eat. We just bought a baby food processor which is awesome because I can put a little bit of everything that we are having for dinner in it and then Benton can have that too. I would have to say that ice cream is Bentons favorite treat. Benton also loves to go shopping and ride around in the cart or go on a walk in the back pack. He just likes to be out and about. I can't wait until the weather warms up because I am sure that he is going to love playing outside. We love our little Benton and we are so thankful everyday that we are blessed to have him in our family.