Foody

Ben is a foody.He laughs hysterically and wiggles exitedly whenever I put him in his high chair now He will eat EVERYTHING! He will keep eating avacodo even though he is visably hating every bite. The problem we are having now however is that he will keep eating indefinatly. I gave him a couple cubes (I freeze the food I make in ice cube trays so they are in cubes) of apple and pear and he continued to keep his mouth open for more. I gave him another after another until he finally seemed satisfied. He took one look at me, grinned and threw it all up. Now I limit his meals to cereal and 2 cubes only! I also bought him this mesh eating tool I can put whole peices of fruit in it and he will chew on it to get the fruit out, but obviously it has to be squeezed through the mesh first so he can't choke. This tool has bought me a lot of time to get things done that I have put off for six months. This is the first thing so far that will keep him occupied for more then a few minutes!

Happy Easter

Ben had his first Easter with Jon's family yesturday. Gramma included a treat for Ben (puffed rice cereal) among the treats which was very cute! Ben as usual loved the attention and was happy to meet his second cousin who is 2 months younger then him. It is funny to think that last Easter neither of them were here and next Easter they will be running around together!

7 facts for 7 months

Ben is seven months old today! Here are some facts about our little man:

1- Ben always wakes up happy.
2- He loves music- his favorite songs are insy winsy spider,twinkle twinkle little star and if your happy and you know it.
3- The only food he does not like is avacodo.
4- he makes a strange monkey/dolphin sound when he is happy.
5- Bayley has not currently let Ben touch him even though Ben wants to so badly.
6- Ben will only nap in his carseat.
7- He loves to be the center of attention.

The Chicken Pot Pie

Presidents choice makes a blue menu chicken pot pie that I love. I have opened this box three times now and put it on a pan. While the oven is heating up someone will call and invite us for dinner. Friday Jon called and said he was bringing home pizza, Saturday my parents took us to dinner and tonight it happened again when Jon put it in the oven and some friends called with a last minute dinner invite. The power of the pie gives new meaning to "convenience food" since we don't have to do anything at all exept heat up the oven. We will try again tommorow- feel free to call us!

Ben's Girlfriend

So Ben is in love...with Ruby. He has seen her a few times now (conveniently their mom's happen to be friends)and he lights up every time. They are so cute together and are very similar in many ways; not only are they both too cute for words, they make very similar noises, like the same toys and are both follicly challenged. Ben is only 4 days older then Ruby and as the older man is teaching her some things like how to get on your knees and rock back and forth, sit unassisted and the joys of the gourmet organic puffed rice cereal, for advanced palates only! Ben is a little forward at times as you can see in the picture where he is trying to hold her hand. Good thing Ruby's daddy wasn't around!

Some New Stats...

Ben had a Dr. appointment yesturday. He is 27.5 inches long and 18.3 pounds. He is growing well and the Dr. said to wait for the warm weather to clear up his eczema...I hope the solution is just that simple!! He is doing well and J said he took his shots like a tough guy... tougher than Mommy for sure since I couldn't even go!

I'm in Love...

With Amy!!! I am officially hanging up my superwoman sash and crown and introducing Amy, my new cleaning lady. Something had to give, and it is, to my delight, the housecleaning. I work full time- being forty hours of paid employment followed by 128additional hours of being full time chef, taxi, grocery shopper, laundrymat, floor washer, dish washer, pot scrubber, song singer, book reader, peek a boo player, dog walker, duster, toilet scrubber, night walker, pacer, rocker, mother and wife. I am thankful for modern sciences that allow me to remouve; sock darner, weed picker, crop havester, canner, chicken feeder, cow milker, scratch baker, wood chopper, slack mender, crocheter, quilter, knitter and diaper washer off my job description!- My ancestors must have had at least 5 extra hours in their day, I am sure!

I work at home with the sole goal of having more time with Ben. I found though that he was being put second at times as a result of the sheer magnitude of things that needed to be done that I am not able to during the day when I am working. Since I am devoting the time I would be house cleaning to my additional job some of the funds earned in this time could justifiably go towards some help. This is one of the best descisions I have ever made. Amy came yesturday and cleaned my bathrooms, dusted, vacumed, hand washed the floors, and scrubbed the stove and oven while I happily played with Ben the whole morning not caring when he napped since I had nothing to worry about doing but ...dare I say... RELAXING!!! I was so overjoyed with this prospect that I got carried away with my excitment and paid her double what she charges (she did walk to my house in a blizzard...). This is the first Sunday evening in about 6 months that I feel as though I actually had a weekend... THANK YOU AMY!!!