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

I've Been Working On The Railroad!!!

I have my very own train that choo-choos its way down its very own track!

I wasn't so sure what to think about it at first...

But then I loved it!

Love and Trains,

Benjamin G. Ross

P.S. Make sure you scroll down and look at all the new posts I've put up...there's been a few lately!

Carvin' Up Some Fun!!!

Last weekend we had a Halloween party, and it was tons of fun! We invited some friends, carved some pumpkins, and ate some excellent food that Mommy cooked. I have to say that her chicken scallopini is fantabulous...and I'm one to know, because I'm now a solid food connoisseur! Here are some of my favorite pics from our party...

I was Tigger! As you can see here, I really enjoyed the party, but this is the only picture of me there because I had some sleeping business to take care of the rest of the time!

The little "monkey" that I was playing with was my friend, Emma. She's really fun...and pretty too, but don't tell her I said that!

We had some picture taking time...Here's Emma with her Mommy and Daddy, whose grown up names are Jessica and Damien.


Emma got soooo sleepy from all the picture taking that she fell asleep sitting on her Mommy's shoulders!

Here's all the ladies posing together...what a good lookin' bunch!

This is my cousin, Katelyn, with her Mommy, Lori. I think Katelyn looks cute and very athletic!

My Daddy and Damien are B.F.F.'s...but only in a very manly way!

Next it was pumpkin carvin' time...I was asleep for this part too, but everyone else had a grand ol' time!



Emma wasn't much on the carving, seeing as she's too small to play with knives, so she played with my toys instead. That's fine with me, she's so cute she can do whatever she wants...but don't tell her I told you that!

Meme didn't carve a pumpkin either...she supervised and kept all the grown-ups in line!

Here are some of the finished pumpkins...

This one is Mommy's rendition of Tigger...I think it looks just like him!

Daddy did this vampire biting a woman..but it's only pretend. No humans were harmed in the making of this pumpkin!

This bat was carved by Jessica, and I think she did a fabulous job!

This one is like an optical illusion! First it looks like a ghoul, but inside there's a witch! Damien worked really hard on this one!


We all had a great time at our Pumpkin' Carvin' Party! I can't wait until next year when I can stay up for the whole thing! Until next time...

Love and Pumpkin' Seeds,

Benjamin G. Ross

Look At Me Grow!!!

Hello fans of me! It's been a loooonnnggg time since I've given you an update on all the things I can do, so I wanted to catch you all up on how grown up I am becoming....

Of course I'm still the cutest thing that there ever was, according to my Mommy who knows EVERYTHING!

And it's nice that the weather is cooling off, so I can wear my hats that Daddy loves!

I call this one "Cute Elf"!!

Being spoon fed is nice and all...

But I've been ready for something a little more challenging for awhile...

First I started with this mesh bag type thing, so I could learn how to chew...

And now I've moved up to eating all by myself! This is toast, and I love it!

I've mastered cup drinking too, and it's great after spa-sk-etti!!

All that eating was making me put on some extra pounds, so I had to get some exercise! So, I decided that I would start crawling instead of just laying around all the time. Now I go EVERYWHERE!

I've also become quite a sociable little guy. This is me and my cousin Riley-Cate. We were discussing the economy and the state of world affairs over dinner!

I like to hang out and play too. Here's me with Riley-Cate and my friend Aidan.

Mom says the living room looked like a tornado hit it afterwards, but I say it's a nice "lived-in" look!

This is me with my cousin, Katelyn. She had pink hair in this picture...I wonder what her Mommy feeds her?! =0)

Here's me with my Grandpa Richard. He's teaching me all about football and why the Cowboys should rule the world!

I have lots of cousins! Here's me with Richard, Robin, and Dakota!

And even more cousins...this is me with Katelyn and her Mommy Lori...
I love my Granny Cindy, and her chair is really fun to climb on too!

Of course Paw-Paw is still right where I want him, in the palm of my hand!

And no boy is ever too old to take a nap with Mommy!!!


I'm growing up fast, if you blink you might miss it! Stay tuned for more updates...I'm learning new things by the minute!

Love and Can-You-Believe-I'm-This-Big,

Benjamin G. Ross