Back from our trip

We came back from a two week trip on Monday night. Sadly, I have only limited pictures documenting the trip! I guess I have my hands full and can't handle a camera as well. Ben and Chloe were both amazing travelers! We were in Vail for a week and then headed to the midwest (Madison and Davenport) to visit aunties and uncles and cousins and to celebrate the marriage of our dear cousins Anna and Joseph. A great time was had by all! Ben met, among others, his Uncle David for the first time and was in love with him. Uncle David is a natural with babies, it seems :) I wish I had a picture of the two of them - does anyone have one?

Ben is no longer taking one of his anti-seizure drugs, topamax. And no increase in seizures! Thank heaven. Since topamax has been taken out of his system, he seems more curious and alert to his surroundings. It makes me wonder how much these drugs have affected his development during the past year. He is still taking on drug - klonipin, a valium-type - but this drug doesn't seem to dull is affect very much. Although I wouldn't really know that until we took him off that drug too. He has about a seizure every 5 days.

Ben is still trying to get up on all fours on his own and is very active, moving arms and legs while lying down. He has started turning his upper body to see and touch things around him which is fun to see. One of his favorite activities is testing different surfaces for sounds by scratching them. He is as sweet and happy as ever.