Happy 4th of July!!!

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable 4th of July weekend...and make sure you clean your plates 'cause Mommy says there's starving children in Africa. I'm not sure why that means I have to clean my plate, but I do it just the same!





Love and Feed-the-children,

Benjamin G. Ross

Extra, Extra!!!

Hey there everybody!

I know it's been forever and a day since anything's been posted here, so I wanted to give a quick update. I've been learning and growing so much this summer. I decided that crawling should be a thing of the past. While I could crawl faster than Mommy could walk, I thought it was time to do away with childish things. I started a little later than some babies, but I was waiting for that perfect time when Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Paw-Paw, and I were all in the same room. That's a rare thing because they're all so busy with so many things, but that's okay, they take great care of me. Anyway, I digress...When they were all in the room together, I just started walking from one person to the next. I was so proud of myself that every time I took off walking, I started laughing...sometimes so hard that I fell down! That was a couple of weeks ago, and now I'm walking everywhere.

I also went for a check up and the doctor was very impressed with my dexterity skills. I love blocks, and I've been building towers for awhile now. I'm thinking about being an architect like "Ted" on "How I Met Your Mother." I'm sure I'll change my mind about what I want to be when I grow up about a bazillion time, but hey, that's the fun in being a kid...The possibilities are endless!!!

Right now I'm waking up from my nap, so Mommy has to stop typing and come give me some TLC. Hope you've enjoyed the updates!

Love-and-I'm-A-Big-Kid-Now,

Benjamin G. Ross

Hot Off The Press!!!

That's right, fans of me! Mom's out of school and that means you get a double-triple-quadrazillion dose of pics and updates. Go ahead and take a moment to do some index finger stretches, because you wouldn't want to hurt yourself with all the scrolling you're about to do!!!

Here goes....

Okay, at first glance there may not seem to be much going on, but if you look in the background at Mom, you can see this bored-looking-for-something-to-do aura about her.

So she started poking around trying to find something to amuse herself with...and what she found was TONS of Riley-Cate's hair bows!

Being the adventurous woman my mother is, she decided it would be fun to see if she could fit EVERY SINGLE BOW on little Riley-Cate's head!

I'm pretty sure that Riley-Cate didn't agree with Mom's fashion sense, but she was a great sport about it! Mom had tons of fun!!!


Mom had SO much fun, in fact, that she thought it would be even MORE fun to put all those bows on ME!!!

I can't say I'm the frilly type...

Luckily, Riley-Cate came to the rescue and took the bows off for me!

And here's just more proof that I'm a happy baby...












Here's what they mean by "ankle biter"....

Here's Meme reading a book to Riley-Cate...

Then something REALLY funny happened, but I don't know what...Must be some kind of inside joke!

And here Riley-Cate and I are sharing breakfast...

This is me as the green monster on my birthday!


I got that stuff all over me!


But then I had just as much fun taking a bath to wash it all off! I love bath time!


Alright, there ya go! Some of my greatest hits! Not all of these pictures were very recent but, in my humble opinion, I think they were all VERY cute!!

Stay tuned, more recent pics to come!

Love-and-Blogging-Is-What-Moms-Are-Really-Made-For,

Benjamin G. Ross

Welcome To The World, Kate Collins!!!

Hey there! I know it's been awhile, and this is going to be short and sweet. I wanted to send out a special hello to my new cousin, Kate Collins Condray!!! Welcome to the world, and enjoy all that sleeping time because before you know it, people will be wanting you to walk and talk and stuff!!! =0)

Love and Man-What-I-Wouldn't-Give-For-The-Good-Ol'-Days,

Benjamin G. Ross

P.S. : I intend on having Mom post massive amounts of updates, but she's unavailable until after school's over on May 8th. After that, she's fair game, so I'll make sure she gets you all up to date on the busy world of me!!!

Just Call Me Mr. Kanevil!!!

Hi there friends of me! I just thought I would take a minute to tell you about my latest daredevil stunt. Early Friday morning, I was sleeping like..well, like a baby. I must have been having a dream about mountain climbing or I have inherited Mommy's sleepwalking or something because I got a rude awakening when my body made a resounding thump on my bedroom floor. I fell like four feet, landing almost on my head. Needless to say, I was very scared, and Mommy and Daddy were even more scared than me...and they hadn't fallen or anything!!! I didn't hurt myself, just a little bump on my noggin, but Mommy and Daddy are taking no chances. I'm going to start sleeping in a big-boy toddler bed, which is only about a foot from the floor, so there won't be any more high altitude acrobatics on my part. I doubt if Mommy and Daddy ever sleep again...poor things, they're such worry warts!!!

Well, that's all for now. I just wanted to inform you of my stunt!

Love-and-Evil-Kanevil-Beat-That,

Benjamin G. Ross

"In The Unlikely Story That Is America, There Has Never Been Anything False About Hope"

Okay, I realize that I'm a little young to be deciding my party affiliation, and I also recognize that because I'm only one and unable to type, Mom's political views may intertwine a bit with my blog. That being said, this video and the speech made in it is inspiring, regardless of your own personal political opinions, which you are entitled to have. I invite you to put aside politics and just listen to the words.



Love-And-We-Are-Not-As-Divided-As-Our-Politics-Suggest,

Benjamin G. Ross

Who? Who! HOOTERS!!!

We went to this place the other night called Hooters. Dad says we were only there for the articles...Whatever! I was there for the food, and the girls weren't too tough on the eyes either!!!

First, I was befitted with my very own Hooters bib.

Then there was food...

And I ate...

And I ate deep fried dill pickles out of Mommy's hand...

And when my hot dog came, I tried to eat the bun, but I'm not big on carbs...

I'm more like Daddy...a meat and potatoes kind of guy!

Pickles aren't bad either...

I'll even eat my peanut butter crackers dipped in ranch dressing!!!

After dinner, I was swarmed by beautiful women. I really liked this brunette behind me!

The ladies loved me!


Love-and-Ain't-No-Thing-Like-A-Chicken-Wing,

Benjamin G. Ross

Let Me Not Eat Cake...Again!!!

Okay, so let me explain myself. On February 5th, I had a perfectly good birthday. There were presents, there was Meme, and there was cake. What more does a boy need?!

I had alot of fun with my cake! It was made out of two cupcakes with lots of green icing on it to make it look like a puppy, and I ate the WHOLE thing!

The next day, however, was another story. I was bitten by the stomach bug, and he's a nasty little monster! Because I, and everyone else in the family, was so sick, we had to reschedule my official birthday party. But Nana came over, and we rocked and napped, awwww! Just like in the good ol' days, I made sure to spit up on her a couple of times, but Nana's a champ, and she helped nurse me back to my normally bouncy self!

We rescheduled my party, and can you believe it??? We had hot dogs!!! My favorite!

Mom made this really cool cake. My birthday party was racecar themed, so she had a bunch of cars driving around on my cake. Oh, and on the bottom, those aren't REALLY tires...they're Oreo cookies...Mom's such a clever devil!

As good as that cake looked, after my experience with green icing and the stomach bug, I wasn't too keen on the idea of eating cake. In fact, I'm not so sure I'll ever eat cake again!

Cousin Riley-Cate was there and she was festive. She can already walk by herself, but she was racing around in my walker, just for fun. Riley-Cate's a hoot!

After everyone, excluding me of course, had cake, it was time to open presents. I got alot of really neat things. One of my favorite presents was from Aunt Laney, Uncle Jason, and Riley-Cate. It's this refridgerator magnet farm house that you can make different combinations of animals with. I like to push the frog buttons over, and over, and over, and over, and over....=0)

I also really loved my dinosaur from Miss Brenda and Mr. Gene Perkins. I mostly like to chew on his tail!

And then there's Snuggle Time!! This bear laughs, and I always give her big hugs. Right next to Mommy, she's one of my best friends!


So my birthday was a success, but I'm hoping that next year there won't be a stomach virus involved. Maybe I'll be ready to eat cake again someday, but it won't be any day soon!

Love-and-Pass-the-Phenergan-This-Way-Please,

Benjamin G. Ross