Where Does the Time Go?

This past week has been pretty indicative of the entire month for us - it has gone by so quickly and we have been very busy. The bulk of my concern lately is taking some of my students to Italy for Spring Break, which is in three days! I have been busy planning and preparing for that as well as getting everything ready at home for Benjamin (and preparing myself for leaving him for so long!). Since Steve is coming with me, my Mom graciously offered to take care of Benjamin for the whole week we are gone (with Grandma Zusman offering to step in when needed). We are lucky to have such supportive family!

Here are some recent activities that Benjamin has been up to before we leave him. I am hoping he doesn't change too much while we are gone for eight days!

At Sam's Club - he had a good time looking at the people. He wanted to be held for quite a bit, though, too. He is not too used to the cart. It is so cute to see his legs swinging while he is sitting there.

Enjoying our recent beautiful weather.

Steve took this picture! He mastered this skill on our honeymoon.

What a cute baby!

He is getting good at scooting across the room. Also, he is starting to pull himself up on things (almost, that is!). Grandma Zusman also reported that today he started on his hands and knees and slowly worked his way to a sitting position. Still not too much movement in terms of crawling, but he is working on it!

Tried bananas and liked them. We will probably move on to stage 2 foods after Spring Break.

Still no teeth! Don't get them while Mommy and Daddy are gone!!

This video is of one of our walks, where he was saying 'dadada' a lot. It was cute because he was saying it quite loud until he saw the camera, and then gets really quiet.