okay! okay! an update already!

Well, I guess it's time to update. And yes, I'm still working on getting a slide show of pictures done from our trip to UT. Life has been quite hectic lately. Our house is a mess. A long holiday weekend. Friends over to visit. Photoshopping wedding photos I took. Getting together a website for the photography. Getting the dog spade... just a lot going on.

First things first, Ben went swimming for his first time two weekends ago. I was hoping to have taken him when we went to Utah but we never had time or were near a pool long enough. Anyway, we went to Ashley's house and took him in the pool there. He seemed to like it... he was kind of neutral I guess. He didn't fuss unless we had him facing the other direction away from us. We just need to keep taking him and getting him more and more used to it.

I got an ear infection last Monday and decided to stay home. Taking the baby to the doctor with me was kind of an ordeal- but it was nice to be with him all day long.

Ben is getting SO big! We had his 4 month check up yesterday and shots. That was the first time I've had to witness the shots happen, and I felt horrible for the little guy. I got a little misty eyed, he was not happy. But he only cried for a minute and was pretty tough. He's in the 25th percentile and as the doctor says "perfect"... but I already knew that! He's eating more and more and I swear he grew a ton over the weekend. He slept a lot and ate a lot. He does that when he has a growth spurt. We tried a little bit of cereal. But since I didn't know how to make it, it was a little too thick. He didn't seem to hate it once he got passed gagging on it! We'll start giving him little bits here and there before bed.

He's been trying to sit up for a week or so. He'll sit on my lap and make his way in to a sitting up position somehow. I told Ryan I wanted to get him a Bumbo seat to help with strengthening his back, so last night we went to Babies R Us and had him sit in one they had out for display and he LOVED it! He was just giggling away! So we got him a LIME green one. And we put him in it when we got home. OH MY GOSH that kid is so stinking cute!!! I'm not biased or anything! Ha, ha! He just makes my little heart pump love blood.

We had an enjoyable 4th of July. It was pretty darn laid back and just what the doctor ordered. We had a little BBQ with Jacob and Ashley and then went and watched fireworks a few minutes from our house. Ben was not particularly interested in them, and just wanted to eat and then fell asleep right away... all while the fireworks were going off! Us grownups had an enjoyable time though. It was nice to keep it low key. Next year we'll probably have a good party though!

And yes, we got Ally spade. Wow. She's kind of a wimp. And right now SHE STINKS. The cone isn't really working very well, she still manages to reach her wound... but not as good as she hoped she could. I get very impatient with her and I'm trying to learn to deal with her better. I love her to death, but... yeah. Anyway, I took this picture of her Sunday night. NO this is NOT an action shot. She was seriously laying like this for a good amount of time. Clint was over with Ash and Jacob for dinner and noticed it! Too funny!