"I gotta feelin'..."

Ben loves to listen to the Black Eye Peas before he goes to bed for the night. Sort of gets him all pumped up to sleep through the night.

I love how he acts all upset that he's being laughed at, but not really. I think he may have a performer's heart.

Want to know what we're doing tonight? We're working on Silent Night. Who knows...maybe Grandpa Bubba will program him at church this Christmas.

Ben's Crib Goes Bye-bye

Ben's been sleeping in a twin bed for the past eight (but who's counting) nights and has been a superstar. He loves it and, if you come to visit, will make sure to show it to you first thing. The creators of Ben's happiness? Tim and Beth. They lent us Ben's new big boy bed and boy are we grateful!

Last Wednesday we were walking (well, Ben was strolling) to church and Ben, out of nowhere, looks up and says, "Not my bed, Dude's bed." I think his favorite part about the bed is that it came from Uncle Dude. I don't really care what causes him to be so excited and happy about it...I'll take it!

Ben reporting live from Cody Drive

Not just any underwear...CARS underwear

This is Ben in his new Cars big boy underwear.

This is Ben embarrassed because I showed the Internet a picture of his big boy underwear.

Ben...I'm a mom. It's only going to get worse.

Oh, he CAN communicate

It seems as though even when two year olds can't completely communicate, they still get their message across. In fact, maybe more people should talk like a toddler. You know, eliminate the extras.

"Mommy, where daddy go?"

"What that do?"

"No..."

"Choo-choo go round"

Yesterday he was with my mom and as she was dropping him off in the child center at the YMCA she asked him for a kiss to which Ben promptly replied No. My mom asked again for just one little kiss and Ben responded again with a very enthusiastic NO.

So my mom asked him if he was all out of kisses and he told her, "kiss go neigh neigh." Well, she certainly got the point.

One more quick one. We have this bright yellow pool noodle that has a bend on the end with ears attached to make it look like a dog. Rob and Ben often play with the puppy. Rob will hold it behind is back and pretend he can't find puppy and Ben will point and giggle. So a couple of weeks ago Rob and Ben were playing (probably wrestling) and Ben took puppy and whapped Rob over the head with it.

Rob looked at Ben with a stern look and Ben, without missing a beat, pointed at the pool noodle and said, "Daddy, Puppy."