Four Wonderful Years

We have had an extremely busy last five days. It will take me a little while to get organized with the pictures so I will post more later this week.

We celebrated our anniversary on Wednesday. Nana and Papa came to town early to help watch Benjamin so we could have a day to just be together. Even though it rained and changed the plans a bit we had a great time.

Publish PostFour years ago I married the man God created just for me. I thank God daily for such a gift. He is a great husband, friend, and father. He sure knows how to make life fun. Jonathan, I love you!

Officially off the waiting list!

A few posts ago I mentioned Benjamin's babysitter got another job. He has been on several waiting lists at childcare centers in town since. I am happy to announce He has offically been given a spot and starts going in one week. My friend Ashley helped me out for a few weeks with watching Benjamin. Then my Mom went to part time at work to be able to help out the last month. I am so happy the wait is over and he will be enrolled this week! It will be good to get back in a routine.

Ashley's sweet girl, Kylie, is few months older. When she has the two of them together in the jogging stroller they like to hold hands. Something about little one year olds holding hands just makes your day.

I think we have found his favorite fruit. Kiwi. He seems to think it tastes much better when when he feeds himself. I am sure the mess is half the fun. He starts with a bib, but soon rips it off when it gets in his way. Even after a bath I still find seeds on him hours later.
At the end he gives me this look that says..."More Please."

Tent Time

It rained most of the weekend. In lieu of being able to go on walks and swing outside we introduced some new fun. Benjamin got to experience his first tent.

Question

Benjamin has a strong obsession with doors and refrigerators. His preoccupation with doors has made it possible for me to get things done. I would just put him in front of a door and I would have several minutes to get something done. As he perfected his crawling skills this solution has not worked. He has what I call "refrigerator speed." Once he hears a door open, preferably the fridge, he crawls with all the speed he can muster to get there before we close it. I no longer have been able to get anything done because I spend every minute keeping him out of the dishwasher, fridge, and other various places involving doors.

I needed a solution. I needed a distraction. I am convinced toys are really cool things invented by parents who needed diversion tactics. While shopping with a friend we stumbled upon a consignment sale. I found two fantastic toys that have doors. One of these items was a kitchen. It has 3 doors he can open and close! His Grandma got it for him for his birthday. Which leads me to why we need the marriage ref. So in place of calling the NBC show, I will post for you all to comment and judge.

Is a kitchen set a gender neutral toy?

I like to think we are encouraging the next Bobby Flay to make his mark on the culinary world.

Sweet Tea. The first step to reclaiming my life back

Sweet Tea. Oh How I have missed you.

For the last 19 months I have highly restricted caffeine due to pregnancy and nursing. For the first time in a year and a half I don't have a life literally depending on my body for food! And to celebrate freedom I have had three large sweet teas in one week.

Thanks to the vast search results of Google my search for a picture also yielded the fact that each glass of tea is 310 calories. Fantastic! I will think about that next week when I introduce running back into life.

In addition to the flexibility of a caffeinated beverage I have started to read for fun again. In fact, if I am being honest, that is partly why I wanted to stop nursing. I need those spare 20 minutes of time each day to read Francine Rivers' newest book. It was released in March. I love her novels! I have been impatiently waiting for her to finish this novel for three years. So the Medella pump is taking the shelf as the books come off it.

Easter Weekend Part 2

Benjamin is really into giving hugs and kisses. He hugs and kisses with all of his might. He smashes his face as hard as he can into yours. Then he kisses you and sometimes the teeth can get you. And as the recipient of his affection you tend to look like this when he is loving on you. Grandpa and Benjamin sure do love each other!

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