Teething

Benjamin and I are not fans of teething. He doesn't like it because it hurts, and I don't like it because he wakes up 3 times a night. I'm glad that he and I are on the same page. :-)

6 Month pictures

Me and Benjamin had a fun time getting pictures on Saturday. Okay, I had a fun time. It took a while to get Benjamin to smile because he was so enthralled with everything around him. But his mom finally remembered something that always makes him smile. That's when we finally captured the two pictures up top which happened to be two of the last pictures he took. The only bad thing about the picture with me and my sweet son, is the fact that I forgot my wedding ring. No, I am not a single mother. I have a wonderful husband who is the greatest help. :-) So, there you have it...Benjamin in my most favorite outfit that he has. Too bad it's getting so warm...he can't wear it too much. Oh well, that's why we have pictures, right?

A dirty question (GASP!)

For all of you who were hoping to read an inappropriate post, you have come to the wrong blog. This is a question, in fact, about dirty, grimy, linoleum kitchen floors. Yes, gross, I know...who still has linoleum? That would be us - we rent a 60's themed apartment with the brown/orangy carpet and nasty brown speckled curtains. So for those of you who don't know, we're moving. It's true, we are moving. We will no longer have the nasty carpet in our new apartment and we will have a swamp cooler. We also will no longer have neighbors above us because we will be the upstairs neighbors. In fact, if we stayed in our current apartment, we would be our very own upstairs neighbors. If you didn't catch that...we're just moving upstairs from apartment 3 to 1. Sorry, it's too fun not to mention. ANYWAY, in trying to clean our nasty linoleum I have hit a dead end. The stuff constantly looks dirty no matter how hard I scrub. Does anyone out there have something that they feel works wonderfully for cleaning dirty, grimy, linoleum kitchen floors? In fact, I think I'll have a competition. The person whose product works best, will get a post especially dedicated to them. I know, who can resist this one? And just so you know, that is not a picture of our lenoleum, it's just a picture I found...ew.

BOYS rule GIRLS drool

Benjamin learned first hand this weekend why girls are bad news! Now that you know the ending of our story, let me tell you the beginning. We went to my sister's house for General Conference. Conference was amazing and truly strengthened our testimonies in a living prophet and apostles. For the Sunday afternoon session we watched a little girl because her parents had tickets for Conference. She had quite the runny nose. We were having to wipe it every half hour or so. She was a darling little girl who was VERY well behaved, but she had a bit of a cold. As our story continues... I was changing Benjamin's ONE messy diaper a week (that's another story) and she was so excited about the baby. She was at his head looking at him and, yes, breathing on him. I was a little more focused on getting my son out of his EXTREMELY messy diaper and less focused on getting her away from his air intake. Needless to say, Benjamin got a little cold. Whether it was from this sweet little girl or from somewhere else, we know not. But, he did tell me that he knows why girls (not me...I'm a mom, not a girl) are bad news.

On a different note Benjamin had his 6 month doctor appointment yesterday and is weighing in at 17 lbs 7 oz, which is the 35th percentile...so we need to beef him up a little. :-) Actually the doctor said he was doing great. His height, is 27 inches...which puts him at the 75th percentile. That makes his daddy happy! He wants a tall boy! We will post pictures of him soon!

Take me out to the ball game!

Our sweet BENJAMIN is 6 MONTHS OLD now! He loves to grab at his feet and he's now making some new gurgling sounds. He is starting to sit pretty well on his own, but still hates tummy time and prefers being on his back most of the time. But his mom is mean and I make him have lots of tummy time to get those muscles big and strong. Benjamin loves his walks! I'm grateful to have a son that likes to be outside. We only wish that spring would come faster! There was one Saturday that was SUPER warm and we were able to watch daddy play some baseball! Here are some fun pictures with Benjamin wearing his daddy's baseball hat.
GO LOGAN CUBS!

I looked out the window and what did I see......

SNOW!!???!!!

Spring Break was March 9-13. I had the week off because Utah State University was on furlough. So the first day of Spring Break was filled with about an inch or so of snow. It was cRaZy! Instead of being upset by it, I decided to play in it. I did a snow angel on Josh's car, but you can't really tell that's what it is. Oh well, it was good times nonetheless. I had even put up my SPRING block letters in our window....I was just asking for snow, wasn't I? I guess if it can't be spring outside, it can be spring in our home!

Clarification

So I've received a lot of concerned phone calls/e-mails/comments. I just want to let you all know that I'm completely happy and everything is great. I don't think I delivered my message well in the last post. I just wanted to know some things that worked for other people on how to budget your time...especially those who are/have been/know working mothers. I have also received a lot of wonderful advice...to that I thank you. So I apologize to any of you who thought that I was having a rough time, but at the same token am eternally grateful for your kindness and concern. I also apologize for my confusing post...I will try to be more clear next time. Maybe I just needed more jokes. :-) Knock Knock (who's there?) KGB (KGB who?) KGB answers to no one!