Our sweet boy turns 2 today! Ben continues to grow in a consistent pattern off the growth chart with no end in sight. He is rapidly catching up to James who is 27 months older than he is.... sharing clothes now is nice, but I am not sure it will go over well when Ben surpasses James in the next few years;) For his size and strength he is certainly a force, especially when he is running at you full bore, but at the same time he is so loving and gentle. He is affectionate and gives the best hugs... you just have to be ready for them... I have been knocked over more than once by the unexpected hug... he sees any adult in a crouched position as really needing a hug right that second:) He has grown up so much over the past 6 months being super protective of Audrey and all of his brothers, being a big help with chores, and desperately wanting to do anything and everything that his older brothers do... this is where we struggle sometimes because he is big enough to do almost anything they do, but he doesn't have good enough judgement yet for things like climbing on the top of the play set. This summer he learned to swim on his own with his lifejacket, so we are hoping that will continue through the winter. He still isn't speaking, but over the past 2 weeks we have seen some great improvement in his willingness to try and say words over just smiling at you... he also now has quite a vocabulary of animal sounds:) We love you little man and can't wait to see what the next year has in store for you!
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