Ben got his first cold... but he's much better now

Its been a couple of weeks since I've been able to get the time to write an update for the Ben Blog.  I have a good excuse though, we've all been sick.  I'm not sure who got it first, me or Ben, but we were both pretty sick for about a week.  Then just as we were getting better, Jill finally caught up with us and got sick too.  Its a lot of work taking care of a baby when we're all well, and much harder when we're sick.  Any break we get, we just rest or sleep.   Ben handled his first cold very well though.  He would wake himself up coughing from time to time, but then he would usually smile afterwards.  It took him a couple weeks to fully get rid of that nasty cough, but he's done it.  He beat that first cold and is building up his immunity system!  As you can see from all the pictures in this blog, Ben's a pretty happy baby - but he's not always happy though.  Being sick isn't fun.

Our little prince charming wasn't very happy at this moment.  Although this picture made Jill & I laugh quite a bit...  He looks like such the grumpy old man!  I could just hear him saying in a gravely old voice "Leave me alone... I just want to play with my animals, have my bottle and go to bed!"   I think if I photoshop a cigar hanging out of the side of his mouth it would just make this picture complete.

Ben also is learning the bad habit of watching TV from his Mom & Dad.  He doesn't like the Baby Einstein videos so much though.  He gets bored with them pretty quickly.  He would much rather watch a riveting crime drama like CSI: New York or Law & Order with Jill.   He's also digging Survivor too.  I don't know if this is providing any insight as to his personality as he gets older, but I'm not worried... yet.  We'll see how his tastes progress as he gets older.  I'm not so sure I want to release ownership of the remote just yet though.

Anyway, we're glad that we're all getting better now.  We're all a bit happier and hopefully I'll have some more time to put up a few more posts this week.  Right Ben??

RIGHT!  Look at how much better Ben is feeling!