Second Kid Syndrome

Ben gets lots of love, attention, and the added bonus of entertainment from his sister, and count 'em t-w-o- dogs! However, there are things that I did with Audrey that I just can't remember to do with Ben, or just don't have time for. She had play dates every single week from the time she was 3 weeks old. Ben has had 3 play dates in 10 months. I am not alone in this syndrome though, and the 3 play dates he has had are with moms who have 2nd children. Don't even talk to me about the Duggars; I'm just NOT that woman. Anyway.....this gets me (in a round about sort of way) to the original reason for this post. I was getting Ben ready for bed and reading him some books when he started crawling on this lovely chair (lovingly made by my Mama and a copy of one my Grandpa made for me) when it dawned on me that I spent about an hour in the yard in Greensboro trying to have my own photo shoot with Audrey and Ridley on her 9 month birthday with this chair. I loved the red chair with my name painted on it that my grandfather Andersen made for me, and was so proud of the duplicate Mom made for Audrey. So, I guess I should be doing the same things with Ben that I did with Audrey, but clearly that theory went out the window a while ago. So (after much rambling) here we have pictures of Ben at 10 months in "the" chair. Yes, it is a last minute, before bed, kind of thing, but it's still the chair. Why am I writing such a long blog about this "chair" when I normally shun wordy blogging? I guess because I loved the one I had so much, used it every day until I guess I was too fat as a preteen and broke it, and now Audrey and Ben have one just like it. I am not sentimental about everything, but a few things. I guess I'll have to write a rambling blog about the play kitchen by Grandpa made for me too that I still have. Ok, so after much adieu, here are the pictures.