Pops came to visit for Christmas and New Years. We had our traditional New Years lunch of pork, cabbage, black-eyed peas, and cornbread. Chris smoked a boston butt on the Big Green Egg and it turned out incredible. It had to cook for around 18 hours so he put it on the night before and let it cook overnight. He had a few issues controlling the temperature and keeping it low enough, but he figured it out by the end and it's definitely worth doing again. The leftovers made the best pulled pork sandwiches I've ever had.
Mimi came over too and spent some time with her boys. Ben does so well for her, and Sam gets jealous.
One night Sam showed up in Pops room in the middle of the night and said he was hungry. Pops told him to go tell Mimi, but Sam crawled in bed with Pops instead. The good news is that he actually went back to sleep and didn't keep Pops up all night. When Chris got up to feed Ben at 5am that morning he saw Sam's door open and had to go looking for him. Sam has really been going through a spell where he wants someone in bed with him. He wants me to stay in bed with him until he falls asleep and he comes and gets in bed with us when he wakes up early. We had a talk with him yesterday and we are going to have to break that habit now before it gets out of hand.
Ben is getting stronger and can stand up in your lap when you support him. It's also good practice for holding up his head.
Ben is starting to give us the best smiles. He has two big dimples. He's starting to make some good squeals and coos. It's so much fun to see and hear!
2 comments:
That last picture is so precious!! I love his little smile and can't wait to hear more "stories" from him. :-)
that last picture is a keeper!
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