Benji's Big Adventure: His First Baseball Game

Several of the last Sundays, when the Nationals have been in town, we have toyed with taking Benjamin to his first baseball game. This morning, we decided today was the day!

The nats were clinging to a 2-1 lead when their closer blew it and gave up a solo home run in the top of the 9th. BUT, as we were walking home from the bus (we left in the bottom of the 9th because we were all hot and tired), we heard the fireworks implying they'd won. So while he didn't see it, we're pretty sure the Nats pulled it out in Benji's honor.

Pictures and a short video are below.

Benji's First Baseball Game!

Smile for the Camera!

So Benj has been smiling for a couple weeks now, but we have not been able to capture it with the camera - despite lots of attempts (see below).

Trying to Capture a Smile

HOWEVER - I managed to video one this morning after Benji's morning nap. Enjoy!

The heartland of America

So, as many of you know, I (Dan) have been spending a whole lot of time away from home of late - which undoubtedly makes little Benjinator very sad. But, there's a silver lining to every cloud, and this one involves the Delaware County (Indiana) fair. There's not a whole lot to see in terms of tourism in Muncie, Indiana -- but the county fair offered a slice of good ol' fashioned America -- teenage boys and girls on dates, fried onions, fried dough, fried mushrooms, fried fried, rides, carnival booths, fried hot dogs, and more fried dough.

More pictures may come later in the week. Stay tuned for updates.

Muncie

Two Months and Counting - Mediocrity at Its Best!

Benjamin had his 2 month check up (at 10 weeks) today. He has grown to 23 1/4 inches (+1.5 inches since last month) and 12 lbs. 4 oz. (+3 lbs). He is solidly in the 50th percentile for height, weight, and head circumference (hence, the mediocrity headline). This is a marked improvement on his weight since last month when he was still in the 25th percentile. He also got lots of immunizations and despite the infant tylenol is a little out-of-sorts this evening (we'll be redosing him in about 90 minutes).

UPDATED - 7:30 pm - there are new pics in the album below since the original post

Pictures from Tuesday's bath (his first minus the sling in the baby tub) and playing yesterday with his Gram are below!

Misc

Some Pics of Benji in the Bumbo

Here are some pics from Monday morning - we're getting Benji introduced to his Bumbo seat. He's still a bit too small for it, but he's getting there!

Benji in the Bumbo

For some reason, I have not been able to upload videos this week - rest assured, I'll keep trying.

The First of Many Posts This Week

So Gram (Chrissie's mom) is here in D.C., which means lots of pics, and Dan is in Muncie, Indiana for work and has demanded pics and videos on a daily basis. The confluence of these two events means lots of posts this week so stay tuned!

These pics are of Benji chilling and also of his bath - which he is finally starting to enjoy. There will also be a video of tummy time appearing soon too, but the internet isn't cooperating, and Chrissie wants to go to bed.

Gram's Visit Day 1

Photos and Video from the Past Week

Below is Benji's July 4th photo shoot! We put him in the only outfit we had that resembled red, white, and blue, but he subsequently peed on it (as he is known to do). (Click on the image to go to the album.)

Benji's July 4th Photo Shoot

We also took some video this week of Benji just chillin' out.