Happy Mother's Day

For mothers day I wanted one thing... to sleep through the night. Ben sleeps through the night 3 out of seven days usually and otherwise is up once. I wanted a guarenteed full nights sleep, which I was grateful to recieve. I also got a lovely painting of Ben's hand made into a tree with daddy's help and an IOU for this tree in our yard. Jon also planted me a garden with a friends help. My goal is to keep these plants alive until next mothers day!

Expirament update

Jon just read the blog on his leaving the tool out in the kitchen for so long. It is gone...
He would also like to ad that one does not use a wrench for floor instalation...he used it when he put our water purifier on the sink (which I would like to ad was a week before the floors!)

Other then that Jonny... your a 10 :)

Eight Month Comparison Pictures

Awwww... What a sweet boy!

Backyard update

We put up a fence last week and a play structure- really it was for Ben but currently Bayley is really benefiting from it! He tears around back there and is an expert fetch player. We didn't know this since we have never had a fence. We are really happy with it and plan to have lots of BBQ's this summer!

Our Very Own Ice Cream Truck

When I picture the idyllic Leave it to Beaver suburbs of the 1950's they always come complete with an ice cream truck. I did not think there were any left in existence until this morning when we heard very loud music coming from down our street. It sounded like circus music and we looked around to see the source when a gigantic ice cream truck just how I'd always imagined pulled into view! It stopped by the mailboxes to serve some children and I was surprised to see my thirty something pharmacist neighbour come around the corner, embarrassed at being caught first in line! If I wasn't still on this silly diet I would have ran to beat her there!

My Favorite Time of Day

I love Ben's bedtime routine. One reason is because it is the only time of day generally when it is just him and I. He is very curious and active generally but at the end of the day he is tired and cuddly. I savour these few times when I get them! Ben starts with a bath after dinner, then we he gets in his pajamas and we read a book, sing a song, say goodnight to Daddy and then he has a bottle. He snuggles into me and I rock him to sleep (against the advice of 100% of child raising experts..but I am not giving it up).

...And He's Off

Ben is very mobile now. He can crawl very fast when he feels motivated (usually a water bottle-his favorite toy ?! or a ball). He grew tired of this new ability very quickly and now would prefer to be standing. He can and does pull himself up on EVERYTHING! Unfortunately around the same time he learned to clap at his accomplishments. He stands and then lets go to clap for himself, of course falling over- usually hard and then cries. Dare I say I can't wait for him to walk!