Always Good For A Laugh

Vanessa has started saying the funniest things lately.  The other day, I went running with some friends at the park.  On the way to the car, I was holding both Vanessa and Benson which was giving me a good draft of myself.  I commented to Vanessa "whoa, Mommy's stinky."  Vanessa parroted, "Mommy stinky.  A poo poo!"
Which brings me to another point.  Am I the only person that talks in third person to their children?  It drives me nuts that I do this, because I don't want Vanessa learning to talk in third person, but I can't seem to help myself.

Another random, I've really been trying hard not to teach Vanessa to fear things, specifically animals.  She wants to catch EVERYTHING.  And, usually I tell her to go catch, knowing that she can't.  Well, she proved me wrong the other day when she brought Jon a LIVE spider.  Guess she can catch things.  Well, Jon picked it up with a tissue and threw it away.  I'm sure he explained some sort of yucky explanation while doing this.  Vanessa now enjoys picking anything black and yucky looking off the floor with a tissue and throwing it away.  Recent items: a pile of black thread on the carpet and an old raisin at the park.

Benson is growing like crazy.  I've been trying out the rice cereal a little more and realized the other day his obsession with watching us eat is not about the food.  It's all about the utensils and putting things in his mouth.  He still hasn't figured out the tongue movements for using a spoon.  But he sure can drool over sucking on the spoon.  His drool is crazy.  There are rivers of it.  He loves, wait, make that a need, needs to have something in his mouth almost 24/7.  He attacks things.  At the beach with some friends the other day, he was attacking me.  Trying to eat my shoulder, my dress, anything.  I'm pretty sure everyone thought I must be starving the poor kid, but he had just eaten.  He just didn't have anything in his mouth at the moment.  Benson did learn this little trick from his aunt, he satisfies his sucking needs this way occassionally.

Couldn't Resist

We're cleaning out the computer and I found this video.  I just couldn't resist.  It was taken clear back on September 2.  Can you believe how much she's grown!

Benson

Benson is now 4 1/2 months. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. He is so big. It's so funny having one so small and one so big. I am sure Benson will outgrow Vanessa soon.
Benson is chewing and sucking things like crazy. Anything that crosses his face he tries to catch and stick in his mouth. He loves to grab onto my face and then try to pull it into his mouth. With all this sucking comes intense drooling. I don't think he is teething, but man, he just doesn't seem to be able to swallow it all or something.
He is also becoming very observant of us eating. He watches food go into our mouth and sometimes yells at you, like he knows you aren't sharing. I did try some rice cereal on him but he couldn't quite get the spoon idea down. We'll try again in a week or so.
He has also recently learned to yell and scream. Not in a form of crying (though he mostly does this when he is mad)it really is just yelling and screaming. He also squeals like crazy and has a really cute laugh.
And amazingly, two nights ago he slept for 8 hours! I was beginning to think that I didn't make babies that slept for more than a few hours without needing something. Maybe there is hope after all....
And here is the cutie himself. I do have to say I absolutely LOVE that both my kids have Jon's eyes.