Benjamin said “cracker” today. It sounds a little like “quacker,” with the less than hard /k/ sound at the beginning. It’s the most precious word he’s said so far. It’s super cute. I’ll try to get a video of it tomorrow. I’m sure he’ll be eating more crackers tomorrow, that’s about all he ate today. He had about a sleeve and a half of graham crackers so far today. There’s still more eating time to come, so we’ll see if he’ll finish the second sleeve. I might have to join him in the cracker fest as I have caught the same ickies that he had. Ugh.
My mom spent Wednesday through Friday taking care of our sick Ben so Roger and I could work. I think they both had a great time together, some quality bonding time for sure. Mom even reports that Ben said “Grandma” to her on many occasions. Awesome work B!
Let’s see some cute pictures instead of dwelling on the pestilence that has descended upon our household.

The face gets a new hat from GrandMary.

It takes some pretty good timing to find a pile of leaves around campus. The grounds crew typically vacuumes them up as their falling from the sky. So this pile was a special treat for Ben. He climbed in it and burried himself looking super cute the whole time.













