Eight Months

Happy Eight months to our little Man!!! Will this be the month that you decide to crawl and show us your teeth? We hope so!

Oranges

We have discovered that Ben loves oranges. He can suck the pulp off of the skin! It's pretty fun to observe. I think it feels good for him to chew on the peel while he is still teething.

Halloween

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Things have been a bit crazy around here. I've picked up more shifts at my online work and Ryan has been working long hours. We have an ant problem that we can't get rid of. How do such tiny things, drive me SO crazy?! We had a fun Halloween, my girlfriend Megan, came up to visit Ben. We didn't take him out trick-or-treating, just to dinner at our friend's house. All in all, it was a fun Halloween. Ryan and I were having flashbacks to our Halloween two years ago-quite different this year! I finally scheduled a session with a photographer in the area to have family pictures taken. I am excited to have some professional pictures taken of our family. I'll be sure to post them ASAP! Ben has still yet to crawl or pop up teeth. He has started saying "dada" which Ryan is very excited about. I have a feeling that before we know it, Ben will be running circles around us!

Another cancelled PFT

Ben has developed a wet cough over the last few days, so again we have cancelled his infant PFT. I have to admit, I'm not upset about this. I'm not really looking forward to the procedure but I hate the anticipation of waiting for it. However, we are keeping busy with everything else going on. We visited another pumpkin patch and went to our first Halloween party. Ben is feeling and sounding great except for his little cough. We are hoping it's nothing too serious. Our CF clinic said to give it a week and then we will reevaluated what steps need to be taken.




Ben is clapping, ALMOST crawling, eating some table food and hating CPT more then ever. He keeps us on our toes!!

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday Ben and I went to the pumpkin patch with a girlfriend and her little girl. We had a great time despite the fact that it was hot! All week long it had been cold and rainy so I was hoping for good pumpkin patch weather. I got more then I bargained for! Ben was a trooper although we didn't last longer then an hour. We picked out two pumpkins, one of which we will crave at the halloween party we are attending. I can't wait to debut Ben in his Halloween outfit. Stay tuned!

Weekend away

This last weekend was our first time being away from the little man overnight and let me tell you, it was hard. However, we knew he was in the best of care with my parents so Ryan and I managed to enjoy our "Parents night out". We went to the wedding of our dear friends, BJ and Ashley. We had such a great time catching up with all of our college buddies. BJ and Ash had the sweetest surprise for us too: instead of wedding favors, they donated money to the CF Foundation in honor of Ben! Of course I had a couple of tears right in the middle of the dance floor, but I am reminded of how lucky we are to have such an awesome support system. We couldn't do all that we do without all our friends and family! We love you BJ and Ash, Congrats!!

CF website

This website invloves two things I love: Cystic Fibrosis awareness and Ellen DeGeneres! Check it out!
www.letsrockcf.org/emily2ellen.html