Let's Play Ketchup

Ha, ha... nice play on words huh? You thought I was serious didn't you?

Okay, well lets see. Last week was pretty good I guess. Tuesday night I got a call from one of my old friends Melissa Lindsey whom I used to work with in UT, and she and her friend were basically stuck in the Atlanta airport and after a series of delayed and then cancelled flights and needed a place to stay that night until their flight left first thing in the morning. Of course we obliged because we love visitors and also, if it was me I would hope and pray that someone would take me or us in as well! Luckily the MARTA (Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) is about 10 mins from our house and comes and goes directly from and to the airport. They finally got to our house around 10:30pm and then first thing in the AM (around 6:30) I took them back to the MARTA station. It was a short and sweet little visit, luckily we had a bed for them to sleep in and the house was fairly clean! (All of us at 6:30am)

That started my day off. I took the day off for two doc's appts that I needed to take care of. So Ben and I headed to my first one and afterwards went home and both ate and then took a nap. It was GREAT, I love napping with my little buddy. And I think he secretly LOVES to sleep on our bed. But seriously- who wouldn't? It's like the most comfy bed EVER. I was fighting a headache and hoped it would go away, but it didn't. Anyway- since my other doc's appt was all the way downtown and a pain to get to, I decided to leave Ben at the daycare for a few hours so he could eat and not have to be toted around everywhere. It also gave me a little break too. I will admit though, I did feel guilty. I knew he was in good hands though. I am paying them anyway after all! After my doc's appt, which confirmed I STILL have an ear infection after a good month or more, I went and got my feet done. I TOTALLY needed that. I haven't had a pedicure since I was pregnant which was really almost a year ago! After I did that I went and got some stuff for Ben and got myself a Oreo Milkshake from Chick-fil-a which if you haven't had one, you haven't lived, and then went and picked Ben up. I only had him there for a total of 3 hours, so it wasn't too bad. We went home after that and my friend Jenean, who is a massage therapist, came over and gave me a delicious little massage which has decreased my headache-factory output quite a bit. So basically, it was a "I deserve it" day, and it felt good.

The weekend was filled with more bathroom stuff. Mostly Ryan doing it. He's a champ and my hero. He is so dang handy and smart with that kind of stuff. He grouted the floors during the week and so he was able to start to tackle the tile on the wall. And wow... what a mess. This is what was discovered beneath those (probably) 28 year old tiles. It's a DANG good thing we're redoing our bathroom!!! It was basically tiled on top of drywall on top of more drywall. So, over time the grout had come out and water had seeped in and destroyed the walls. Ryan had to tear the lower half of the walls out and luckily the studs weren't ruined. The insulation on the outside wall had to be replaced as well, but other than that it was an easy fix. Ryan already put up the green drywall last night, which I guess is water permeable, and is almost ready to get the backer board up and start tiling. Have I mentioned my husband ROCKS? Because he does. I love him lots. SO... Stage 1 was the floor which I will have to do some before and afters later. Stage 2 was the demo of the shower tile which is done. Stage 3 will be to put up the new shower tile. Stage 4 is sealing all the tiles since they're tumblestone. Stage 5 will be putting in the new vanity and toilet and other needed items; mirror, cupboard, toilet paper holder, etc. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE A NEW BATHROOM! It'll look awesome when we're all done.

Well, Ben will be 5 months the end of this week! I can't believe how fast time has gone. And I have loved EVERY minute of it, hard and easy. Overall, we again are tremendously blessed with such an amazing little guy. He is such a good baby and I thank God every day for not only the opportunity to be a mother, but to have such a wonderful little spirit in our family! We are feeding him cereal mixed with jar food (fruit so far) here and there. Last night he tried Peaches in with his cereal last night and he liked that a lot better than when he tried bananas. I think the naners also made his tummy hurt, so I probably wont do those again for a while. He is doing well with tummy time, he laughs so much and talks up a storm, he's starting to try and roll over completely, and I think he could be teething soon. He's growing out of a lot of his clothes, although he's almost 5 months and still fits in some of his 3 month clothes! He's a little guy as my sister Shauna says! But really, are we surprised with how short his mommy is?! He even let us go out on a double date with our friends the Bundersons the other night while Ashley and Jacob babysat. We think the routine we've got him in really helped in being able to leave him that night. It was kind of sad not to put him to bed for the first time though, but we had fun- we went and saw Dark Knight and it was good. Here are some picts from lately.

This is his "I just woke up" look. I think it's so cute! Here he is with his Auntie DJ, both napping together! SO CUTE!Uh... so, Ben's mom is a dork and forgot to put the RIGHT leg in the RIGHT pant leg hole. I'm special, I know.

It's amazing to me also how much he's changed, and yet the different things that have stayed the same.

Here is he is at about 3 weeks old and now.

That's all for now I guess. We'll probably have more to update on as the week goes by. Especially on the bathroom. I will post some before and after pictures.