Pictures

I love the tongue thing that he does. He has done it since he was born and it just cracks me up. He'll be sitting there poking his tongue in and out like he is checking the wind or something.















Ashley's new job! She is getting good at feeding Boca. Except when she wants to play in the food, so she transfers all the food to the water dish. Let me tell you cleaning up soggy dog food is not my idea of a good time.
















Nor is cleaning oatmeal and blueberries out of previously clean hair. She did this one pretty good. There was oatmeal everywhere!















Ben loves laying on the ground. We put some toys up above him and he loves swatting at them and watching everyone else from a new angle. My only complaint is I can't take my eyes off him with Ashley around.

back in school

Well I just finished my first week of classes since having Ben. So far they don't look to be that bad. But ask me again in 6 weeks and my answer might be a tad different. I am taking the psychology of adolescence & the psychology of adult development and aging. They both seem to be quite interesting.

Ashley has re-figured out a new trick that is driving me bonkers! Get this.... Yesterday I had to go to the bathroom so I figured everything would be fine if I was only gone for 2 minutes. I closed the door, ahh a little privacy for once. When I came out I couldn't find Ashley, I ran around the house calling in each room and looking under the beds and in the closets. But when I entered the living room I realized the back door was wide open. I ran over there and only to see her out in the MUD. Not just any mud, stinky North Dakota stagnant mud! Of course she didn't have shoes on so she was up to her ankles in goup. Lovely! Today I just about locked her in the crawlspace (oh wait, we don't have one, but I really thought about it :)) Because she kept opening the door and walking out. Mike thankfully whipped a stick concoction that we can wedge at the top of the door frame so she can't do it any more!!! HAHAHA

Mike's ALS graduation is on Thursday! Whoohoo, I will then have a hubby again who isn't so darn busy to breath. I have a honey-do list that has been growing over the last 5 weeks. Poor guy thought he was gonna get a break...

Comparison

Ok, well I was writing an email to my friend C.R. and mentioned that I thought the kids looked quite a lot alike. I hadn't actually pulled out pictures to compare so this morning i decided to do so. So here are 2 pictures of Ashley when she was 2 months old, so let me know what you think.

Shots, shots, and more shots

I took Ben in for his 2 month well-baby appointment today and he is doing great. He is officially 14lbs 10oz. and above the 95th percentile for weight. (up almost 3 lbs in the last month) He climbed up in height from the 50th percentile to the 75th and of course big heads run in our family so his head is up there on the scales too. He had to get 3 shots and a oral dose of the new roto virus vaccine. Poor guy did not like that one bit. Plus he's a bleeder. Ashley never bled when she got her vaccines but all three of his did and not just a little dot of blood it was all over. Weird. Poor Ashley was just a tag along to the dr. visit and when they saw her in the immunization clinic they told me she was due for a new vaccine that just came out. Great, poor girl was blind sided. Now she's been cranky all afternoon. Ben is just sleeping like a lamb, he wakes up to eat and then passes out again.

My 1st one sheet wonder...

Alright, I know I am a little slow in trying this but I finally did it and boy is it fun. I love how I came up with so many cards that are all a little different! I will definitely have to do this again.

Holy Buckets!

Holy Buckets of snow, that is. Last night when going to bed the news man said a light dusting, is that what they are calling 6+ inches of new snow, a light dusting. That one got a chuckle out me alright.

I still managed to drag both kids out in the snow and to the gym even though my thighs were still burning from yesterdays cardio class. Today's kickboxing class kicked my butt even more and now my legs and arms are sore. Double Whammy! Why do I do this to myself again? OH yeah, to be healthy! I have to keep telling myself that when I have to grip the chair to stand up.

Ben goes for his 2 month check up in the morning so we'll get to see just how big he is really getting.

Oh and today is our Anniversary! 4 years and 2 kids later....Sad thing is with him in ALS we can't even do anything. Oh well, we've got plans for a quick dinner this weekend, in between his mandatory volunteer time and our well needed oil change.

EEG

I took Ben in for his EEG that the neurologist ordered because of his shuddering spells that he has been having. He was not a happy camper when they were marking his head for placement nor when they were glueing on the electrodes. But once we got him settled down he just passed out. He really didn't want to wake up when they had to test his awake state. Poor guy. Needless to say after all that crying he was pretty quiet the rest of the evening and he only woke once to eat all night!!!! I really needed a good nights sleep!

Oh I forgot to add that we got the results almost immediately after the EEG at our follow up appointment. Everything checks out and the neurologist said that he no longer has any concerns with Ben and says that he seems perfectly normal and healthy and the shuddering spells should end by the time he is 6 months- a year.

Ashley is doing great in her toddler bed. Nap time seems to be the easiest but she is still doing remarkably better than I expected. Whooohoo Ashley!

The big move....

Well, I finally made the decision to move Ashley to the toddler bed. I didn't make the drastic step my friend E did by taking down the crib because I am going to need it very shortly as my bassinet is only good up to 15 lbs and my little chunker weighed in at 14 (with diaper and clothes) yesterday when daddy weighed him....So anyway my friend S had a Finding Nemo toddler bed for sale so I made the plunge and bought it.

I decided to put it to good use last night and told Ashley she was going to sleep in her big girl Nemo bed. She was excited at first but after our night time routine and I left the room she got out and cried at the door. I gave it 15 minutes and then went in, moved her back to the toddler bed and told her it was time to go night-night! She was asleep in her bed by 7:30 only 30 minutes after starting our bedtime routine. Not too bad! We'll see how nap time goes today, lets hope for success.

It's still snowing...

I love it when I can actually succeed in getting a picture of Benjamin smiling. He has really started doing it often this past week. It is so cute. He has started cooing also. It is the greatest thing to see the excitement on his face when he tries to make a noise and something really comes out!


Here's the diaper shot for Grandma so she can see how big he is getting since she left. His hands and feet are so huge. He is already in a size 2 shoe.


Mike was lucky enough to get released early from work (even though he will have to make it up) but it was nice to have a snow day with all of us home. Oh, and the guys from his shop came over and plowed my driveway and unburied the green car. What a relief that was as we got over a foot of snow last night and about the same is expected for tonight.


I had to take a picture of Boca outside. The snow is already up to her belly and it is still coming down. It was hilarious to watch her try to find a place to go potty because her but is almost already in the snow when she is standing.