1 Month Old

All or Nothing

Well, as you may have picked up from previous posts, my mom and my little brother Buzz are here right now staying with us until March 4th. And this week we are adding a few more. Today we have staying at our house:

Me
Drew
Benjamin
Mom
Dad (arriving this afternoon)
Buzz
Rita (Mom's best friend from 25 years ago, visiting from MI)
Dennis (Rita's husband)
Jonathon (Andrew's brother who lives with us)

And by March 8th, we will be back down to just

Me
Drew &
Ben :)

Dennis & Rita will be leaving Saturday
Mom, Dad & Buzz are leaving Tuesday
And Jonathon is getting married the following Friday

We are enjoying the chaos, but are also looking forward to the silence. :)

Bumpersticker of the Day

THESE COLORS DO NOT

RULE THE WORLD

Sooo Tired

All that eating and pooping just knocked him out. :)

Fighting the Sickness

Well, sickness has hit our house. Andrew's parents had it right after Ben was born, and we stayed away for weeks hoping we wouldn't get it. Well, Jonathon came down it, passed it to Andrew (who has been in quarantine the past few days) and now my little brother is getting it. So far my mom, Ben and I have not fallen to the nasty - sore-throat-high-fever-nasty-cough-bug, but please pray it stays that way!

Other than that, we are doing great. Ben is changing every day, and I already feel like I am missing it. I don't know if it is possible to have a favorite thing, but I LOVE when he sneezes. :) OK, Ben is grunting and squeaking, which either means "I am hungry" or "I need a new diaper" or it probably means both. :)

L

What should the caption be?

Kiss Me Quick!

Valentine's Day Dinner

I know I am a week late, but here are a few pictures from our Valentine's Day dinner! Every year my mom makes a big dinner and decorates the house, and writes cheesy little notes to go with a gift for each person (You make me snicker - with a big Snickers bar etc.). We had a great time, Ryan & Meredith, my In-Laws and Andrew's 2 little brothers and Josh & Missy came. We had great fun!!

Eating Update

Thank you so much for all of you who prayed for Ben while he wasn't eating. His little episode lasted about 36 hours. He is doing MUCH MUCH better... eating like a pro! Every 1-2 hours during the day and 4 - 4 1/2 at night. He is slowly but surely growing, and I am so thankful he has stayed a tiny baby for so long! He is almost 4 weeks old and just growing into his newborn clothes! I am still completely infatuated. :)

My Favorite Auntie Missy

She makes the best faces!!

Bumpersticker of the Day

WE STILL SQUIRREL HUNT

Let it Snow!!

No, this is not Asheville, this is Eden, Utah... my home town.

Here is a stop sign in Eden:

And this is my parent's driveway:

Gotta love it!  (Unless you are my dad... he is getting a little sick of plowing it).

More Ben Pics :)

Bath. Check. Pooped. Check. Sunday outfit on. Check.

Checking out the wide world... or at least the 8 inches of it I can see!

GASP!!! A passifier!!

Sleeping on dad.

Mom did my hair. I am not sure what to think.

Bumpersticker of the Day

I EMBARRASS MY OFFSPRING

Out of the Fog...

Well, tomorrow will be 3 weeks since Benjamin came into our lives. In the past few days I have just gotten a little energy back, (meaning I have finally worn something other than pajamas!) I have even ventured out a few times! Friday night my mom and I went to Babies R Us, Saturday we had a showing, so I hung out at a friend's house, Sunday we went to church, yesterday we went to the mall, and right now I am sitting at a coffee shop (the internet has stopped working at home, so my posts will be few and far between for a while I am afraid).

Every parent says it, but it really is true that the love you have for your child is unlike any other love you have known. I think my relationship with the Lord has been deepened just by experiecing this new kind of love. Ben is a sweet sweet baby, and I could stare at him all day. I study his every move, and could watch him make facial expressions all day... and he can't even do anything yet except, eat, poop and sleep. :) Although, he has just started to smile back at me... amazing.

Andrew and I doing well, I get about 5 hours of sleep (on average) a night and I have taken about 3 naps since he was born... I just can't sleep during the day! Besides...I might miss something. :)

2 Weeks Old

I can't believe it has already been two weeks! We brought him home two weeks ago today.

And this is a few days old, but it shows his black hair after a bath. I promise a real "non-Ben" post very soon, but I haven't been out of the house to actually do anything worthy yet...:)

A Day of Firsts

Ben and I ventured out for the first time alone on Tuesday night. I was a little afraid that he was going to wake up and wail but he was the perfect baby and slept the entire time! We headed out to Bible Study, the car put him to sleep he slept the whole time, and slept the whole way back, although we didn't make it to Walmart like we intended, I felt like I had climbed Mt. Everest. Silly I know...

Drew and I also took Ben out for his first walk! It was EIGHTY degrees on Tuesday, so we headed out in the beautiful sunshine and had a grand time, without jackets or socks!

And finally... Ben survived his 1st showing on Tuesday as well. Thankfully we had 5 hours notice, so we were able to get the house clean (even though they still showed up an hour early!). Sadly they didn't seem to interested, I was hoping they would see the baby and have compassion, and just buy the darn house! Maybe next time.

Talkin' to Mom

And thank you for your prayers, he is eating a lot better this afternoon!

Low Point

Well, 10 days into the Baby Adventure we hit a low point. My precious baby wouldn't eat. I tried everything, and eventually he was eating at least through an eye dropper. This morning is better, he has started sort of eating again - but it was a long 36 hours. We are learning to take one hour at time, and we have brought whole new meaning to the term sleep-deprived. If you think of it pray that Ben would settle down and eat like the eater I know him to be!

L

Nine Day Neck Ache

You would get one too if you had this to look at all day...

How can you not love that face?
9 Days old already! Here is Ben & Drew doing "tummy time" together. :)

Meeting Ivy

Is it just me, or is "glow worm" the first thing that comes to mind??