Easter Morning

Thankfully things have calmed down a little around here. The kids woke up early and were excited to see their baskets and all the goodies. Ben's got a cool car to play with and Ashley got a digital camera so she can be like us.


Ashley snapping away pictures. It was a cheap camera so the pictures aren't great but heck she's 3. She's happy! Plus it came with removable face plates to change it up...

Mmmmm, juice boxes!~

I am starting to feel better now from my surgery. Still very sore but I am not as dopey as I was, so that is good. I am still on soft foods and will be for a little while, but I am definitely getting bored with them.

Hope you had a good Easter

dye job

Yay, so we finally dyed our Easter eggs! I had them boiled before my surgery but it just didn't work out. Then yesterday we went downtown and Mike ended up getting a horrible migraine. Thankfully the clinic on base was open and he was able to walk in and get treated. Thank goodness! Anyway so they gave him 2 shots which made him pass out so I did the eggs with the kids by myself.



I even let them eat one. Ashley loved hers but Ben was more amused by his. He pushed it around on the table for a while and then threw it on the floor for Boca.


Yes, that is a bruise on his forehead....He did it to himself the other day because I couldn't pick him up after my surgery. So instead he banged his head on the wood floor. Great right!

Here is the egg-celent final product. Ashley added stickers and all so our eggs were all decked out!

Not walking yet, but close

Well Ben hasn't started walking yet but he is getting closer. He is getting more comfortable holding on to things and walking and he is starting to let go of things while standing for a second or two. So here he is pushing our kitchen chair around the house.

Catch Up

So Mr. Ben got his first taste of Oreos...He liked 'em and so did his face, hair, nose, ears and precious little chin!

Then we tried finger painting! Oh so much fun. Ben wanted to eat it so I had to keep telling him "no" which he thought was funny. But he made himself a pretty tray picture.

Ashley got to paint too, although she is a tad more advanced and gets to use brushes.

Here is a picture of Ben's easter egg from the easter egg hunt on base. He found two but threw one and another kid picked it up and ran off. But funny thing.....check out the background....it's PV's husband. I didn't even see them there but I caught them on camera. :)

Ick.....

Poor Ben has the *ick*. He puked yesterday morning in his crib (which Mike didn't notice when he got him up...I only found it when I went to lay him down for nap, sweet!). He's been a little clingy (for all you snickering "isn't he already clingy"...think more than usual). This morning he woke up poopy and I mean POOPY. It was directly to the bath for him. No amount of baby wipes could do the trick. He's doing okay now, eating breakfast as I type and seeming to enjoy it. I'm just hoping for a speedy recovery as this next week will be crazy.

I start classes on Monday and am having surgery on Friday so I will be out of the swing of things for a few days at least. I will be having my tonsils and possibly adenoids out. I am a little nervous but I am sure I will be fine. I've only ever had my wisdom teeth out (I was awake the whole time) so the going to sleep thing worries me a bit.

School is eh school. I will be taking Organizational management and principles of social research...I am sure it should be fine. October (completion of my degree) will come fast! I am so ready to be done. Just a few more terms.

I've got a new video of Ben walking with with the assistance of my ribbon storage cart but I have to upload it first.....

Doggie

Ben favorite place is the dog bed. He kicks Boca out of it constantly. Poor dog. Well not really because she has taken a liking to our couch. Anyway, the other day I caught him scooting across the livingroom in it. So funny!

First Clipper Cut

Yup, it's true. Benjamin got his first clipper cut today. His hair was getting a little silly looking. He had a patch of hair on top that was thin but about 3 inches long (mini comb-over...) and in the back the hair was thick and getting long. (Plus it was going over his ears, a big no-no in my book). Here's the Before pictures....


So we got him all set up in the chair and got busy. Not a single tear from the little trooper! I did it with the 1 inch attachment so it's definitely shorter than it was. Much better if you ask me!
And here are the after pictures: (I know it's hard to see the difference cause its blond baby hair) so cute:))