Sorry it has been so long since I've posted.

Hi everyone. We really don't have anything new to report. We have all been healthy and Ben doesn't have anything new happening in his medical or developmental world. The marathon Mike has been training for so hard is finally here this weekend. It is in Columbus on Sunday and my mom and I are planning on taking Ben to cheer Mike on at the 14 mile marker. Unfortunately, we can't stay for the entire race because Ben doesn't tolerate sitting still in his stroller for long - he wants to spend his time and energy rolling on the ground. Ben gets very grumpy if he doesn't get his way too and that makes for a long hour and a half trip back to Cincinnati. So we are playing it safe and planning the trip around Ben's nap and not spending too much time with Ben in the stroller. If only he slept in his car seat, we wouldn't have to beat it home so fast! Ben is excited though and ready to show his support.

We are also anxiously awaiting Halloween this year. I can't wait to put Ben in his cow costume. This will be the first year we take him trick-or-treating. We plan on going to just a few houses because Ben really won't be eating the candy and I definitely don't need it! I have a chicken hat to wear too so we are going to be a group of farm animals! Ben tried on my hat (yes, it fit him too) and decided he wanted to stick with the cow costume - more his style.