What Have They Done?
Mood:  quizzical
Today, Ben went to his first ultrasound as his own self. He saw the vibrating coffee bean lurking inside me and is very confused. He pictured a life of having to share toys, a room, his clothes. We're pretty sure he babbled "What have you done?" to us.

Just too hard!
Mood:  sad
The day has come. I cannot maintain the best website anymore. I've moved photos to a Yahoo Photo Album and still upload them pretty often. It's just easier to click "upload all" than to do all this html code junk. I thought I was wonder woman, but this new and improved, crawling Ben has gotten the best of me.

Given up on Dinner
Mood:  hungry
So around January 3rd, Ben has decided he just won't eat baby food anymore. I don't know why. We've tried to go the chunkier stuff but he didn't want it. So we tried to go back to the pureed stuff...and he didn't want it. He will eat anything that comes off of mine or James' forks though. So lately he's been eating lots of rotini and Hamburger Helper. He's also starting to protest formula. Our once beefy baby who would eat anything in sight has now become a challenge. This isn't suppose to be us! This is like a story we'd read and laugh at...you know like "ha ha...glad our baby isn't like that! ha ha ha ha!" Now, we are the ones that people laugh at. It's not fair.

Off to see Rosina!
Mood:  lucky
Topic: Doctor's Appointment
Today was Ben's 9 month appointment! Boy how time flies! He topped the scales at 19 lbs, 3 oz. He's grown 9 inches since birth and overall, a pretty normal and healthy baby. He acted like an angel in the office...he already knows how to put on a show for people...hummmm...we've got a tricky one on our hands.

Happy New Years!
Mood:  celebratory
Happy Almost New Years! Woohoo! How do us Haughs celebrate the New Years these days? Why we went to our City Hall open house, that's how! Now don't get too excited or too jealous. Ben looked around at all the Revolutionary War displays. He really wasn't amused much.

What is Wrong with our Baby??
Mood:  not sure
For some time now, Ben gets into a mood. He tenses all the muscles in his body, sort of holds his breath and grunts. He'll take a break and do it again. At first we thought he was just doing the #2 thing. However, he never produces anything when he does this.

His favorite time to do this is usually at the mall or out in public when complete strangers can look at him and think "what is wrong with that baby and why isn't his mother doing anything to help him?" He's a tricky one, I tell you. A real tricky one.

Leakage!
Mood:  d'oh
So about a week ago, Ben sprouted his first tooth! We think it's because of the excitement of Hannukah that caused it. Anyways. So earlier this evening, Ben was sitting in his crib as I was cleaning up his room. I gave him a teething ring because I think that's what good parents do when their babies have teeth coming in.

So a couple minutes go by and I notice that Ben is all wet. Was it drool? No. Was it urine? No. Ben some how popped his teething ring. So of course, the bright one I am, thought it was poisonous and we were going to have to rush Ben away to have his stomach pumped. So I called the doctor and she said that she's never heard of that happening before and to call the poison control center! So I did. The man was very nice and told me that all teething rings are non-toxic.

So at the end of the day, what I expected to be a future episode of ER, was not. Ben must be part caveman and/or wolf tearing that teething ring to shreads like that. I wonder if I'm going to have to give him big pieces of raw meat to gnaw on soon.

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Ben's first Christmas was filled with lots of food, presents and family! Santa was very good to Ben and we want to thank everyone again for their generosity!

Happy Hannukah!
Mood:  on fire
Today marks Ben's First Hannukah! I was going to go all out and get him a Menorah, but I don't think it's safe to let babies play with fire and candles. Instead, we through on a Baby's First Hannukah Bib and gave him some Zwieback Toast. I would have given him some Matzo Crackers but I'm not sure if they are safe for babies. They seem a little dry.

Marathon Benny
Mood:  energetic
So you are wondering what a typical afternoon consists of for an 8-month old and his mother? Why, I'll tell you. It consists of me putting Ben down on the living room floor and have him jet off into the kitchen to try to eat cat food. I pick him up off the kitchen floor and bring him back into the living room. The cycle repeats itself about 26 times. A baby marathon if you will.