This Little Ranger's Alllllll Better!!!

Okay, so last time you heard from me I was all sniffley and coughy and just, just YUCK! It wasn't all bad though, Paw-Paw came over to help, and we took naps together like back when I was just a little boy! Ahhh...the good ol' times!

Then, when I got all better, Paw-Paw took me to camp and we did Camp Ranger stuff. It even says "Park Ranger" on my shirt! The hat I will have to grow into I think!


Tomorrow is my first Thanksgiving. Well, I guess technically last year I was there, but all I could do was take small samples and give Mommy lots of indigestion for it! This year I'm a brand new man, and I'm ready for this stuff called "turkey & dressing"! It's going to be a regular smorgasbord!!! Daddy deep fries the turkey and Meme makes the dressing. Nana makes the pies, and Aunt Laney makes the green bean casserole. Mommy makes the ham, and this year she's making a homemade cheesecake too! However, all of that simply pales in comparison to the REAL reason for Thanksgiving...Meme's SCRUMDIDLIUMPTIOUS!!!!

No, in all seriousness. Well, as serious as a baby can be...tomorrow I will be thankful for the food that I will feed myself because I'm almost as independent as my mother, but what I will truly be thankful for is the beautiful family that I have been blessed to be born into. God was smiling the day he picked my family for me, and I will be smiling for years to come because of it!

Love and Don't Drive and Eat Turkey,

Benjamin G. Ross

Colds Are Not Cool...

I just haven't been feeling too hot the past couple of days. My top teeth are poking through, and it hurts something fierce! AAAAND to top that off, I have a cold. My throat's all scratchy and my nose is all stuffy. I have no idea why they are called colds because they are not cool in the slightest!

But not to worry, I have a vast assortment of treatments to choose from...
Because of the childproof nature of all of the bottles, Dr. Mom and Dr. Dad are dispensing my medication. That's good because it would have taken me years to bite through the top of this cap!!!


Love and Sniffles,

Benjamin G. Ross

What's All This Nonsense About Teeth?!

Okay, as you can see here in this super-duper-extra-close to me picture, I have two shiny new teeth! I worked really hard chewing on stuff (toys, teething rings, people's fingers) to get them here, and I'm really proud of them. What I don't understand is why Mommy went today and had FOUR wisdom teeth cut out. I mean, I know she's smart and all, but is she really so smart that she's got to get rid of some of it?! Oh well, here's to Mommy and to her getting better soon! I love you Mommy!

Love and I-Will-Share-My-Teething-Rings-With-You-Mommy

Benjamin G. Ross

T-I-Double-GRRRRR!!!!!

The wonderful thing about Bens, is that Bens are wonderful things!
Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs!
They're bouncy, clouncy, flouncy, pouncy, and fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the best thing about Bens is I'm the only one!!!

Well, that poem is actually supposed to be about my friend, Tigger, but seeing as how I pretended to be him for Halloween, I thought it would be okay to replace his name with mine for literary comedy's sake!

I wanted to share some pictures from my first Halloween. I know you all like it when the pictures are individually listed and carefully organized with quotations, but this time I had to put them in a nifty slide show in order to hurry up and let Mommy have the computer back to do her homework. Geeezzz....these parents who put off their research papers until the last minute! What am I ever going to do with her?!

Anyways...Hope you enjoy the show!

Love and Bounce, Bounce, Bounce,

Benjamin G. Ross