Benson: January 25th-January 31st

Another week has gone. Time is flying by and we are loving every second. Benson is growing so much. We took him into the doctor for a weigh in today and he had gained 9 oz!!! He now weighs 9lbs 8oz. We were extra pleased and so was the doctor. He is obviously eating great! We have been blessed with friends that have given us their breast milk so he is eating the BEST thing possible for him and thriving! He is beautiful as ever and just so much fun. He LOVES music. We will lay down with him and lay the phone next to him with Pandora playing Jack Johnson or Adele and it just calms him right down. To Ben's pleasure, he seems to love Jack Johnson the most. Maybe it's the Hawaiin in him :). I have also had him listening to church music and he absolutely loves it. It is the cutest thing to watch his eyes get droopy while he listens to hymns. He is figuring out sleep and we are pretty exhausted while he still has his nights and days mixed up, but that's to be expected. We have tried some new things with him, like the swing and the sling. So far he doesn't seem to love either. He does LOVE to sleep while being held though. He will sleep for hours as long as he is in someone's arms. He does not love the bassinet, but will tolerate it. He also likes sleeping on the boppy pillow. We took him in the car a few times this week. As long as he is well fed and changed before he gets in, the carseat isn't too bad. If he is hungry or tired, he HATES the carseat. We went on our first family outing to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. It was fun to go out together. Benson did amazing and really just slept the whole time. Since his umbilical chord fell off we have started bathing him at night. The first night was in the kitchen sink and he hated it. The next day we went and bought him a baby bath. He still hated it. The next night we put more water in and made sure he was warm and cozy and he LOVED it! He is still the most popular boy on the block with tonz of visitors. He is very loved!