Random Photo: Auntie Anne & Jake at the Swings

Ben is a Finger Sucker!

Jacob loved a good finger to suck on when he was tiny. Baby Ben is just the same...

Jacob has seen Benjamin sucking on our fingers. Today while I was taking photos of the two of them, Benjamin grabbed one of Jacob's fingers and started sucking. Jacob looked so proud and pleased. It was really cute!

And another product of today's photos... (I love this one!)

Benjamin's First Bath

Benjamin had his first bath today. He didn't seem to mind it at all, actually. As long as I kept the warm water flowing, he was pretty content, and actually seemed to enjoy having his hair washed.

Oreos for Breakfast

With Jacob's new independent streak, he thinks he can do everything by himself. I was in my bedroom feeding Benjamin. When I came out, Jacob told me that he'd had some Oreos for breakfast. I said, "You have to ask me for those! You can't just go get them." His answer was, "Well, you weren't in here." We're going to have to work on that. It's his new way to get around the inevitable "no."

A Visit from Three Cousins

Today three of Jacob's cousins visited for a play date. Jacob wasn't very happy when they didn't play with toys the "right" way, or when Jacob also wanted the same toy. I think we probably need to do these play dates more often so he gets used to sharing HIS toys. I know he's good at school, but none of the toys there are actually his.

Jacob was also very into tattling and telling us what his cousins were doing. We'll have to talk some more about what constitutes tattling.

Benjamin didn't really pay attention to our visitors -- he just slept, as usual. :)

Call 911!

Jacob wanted to talk about calling 911 for an emergency today. I showed him how to use our house phone (you have to hit "talk" first) and how to dial on a cell phone (you have to hit "talk" after). We discussed when you would call. I said if Mommy or Daddy got hurt and wouldn't wake up. I said he shouldn't call if we were just in bed sleeping. He said, "Or if you are bleeding and you have a hole in your stomach?" I said, "Um... yeah." I'm pretty sure he talked about it in school and most likely the hole in the stomach came up then during the discussion with the other kids... but funny anyway. (We really don't show our 3-year-old violent movies...)

Feeding Fanatic

Benjamin's been a pretty good eater and tends to think that every time he wakes up, he is about to die from hunger. He was good at latching on right from the start (I had some problems with positioning, though). Yesterday he decided it was great to eat EVERY hour and to bite down hard. Yikes!

My poor body is recovering today and he's been a little gentler, thank goodness.