Tornado Alley

Yes, I know- three blogs in a day. I needed to catch up though.

Since about March 14th we've had a handful of tornadoes rip through here. We've been untouched so far. Tuesday night I got a call from Ryan saying I needed to rush home because there was a tornado warning. This is the stage after a "watch"... warnings aren't a real good sign. I had no idea what he was talking about either because it was bright and sunny here at work. So I buzzed home as fast and safely as I could and came home to DARK cloudy skies and wind, a grumpy baby, Ryan running around the house gathering up blankets, candles, cameras, things of value, etc. Ryan had an appointment with the Bishop that night for receiving the Melchizedek and it was inevitable we were going to miss it since the storm was making it's way right by our house. Me and Ben and Ally went and hung out in the guest bathroom bath tub since that bathroom has no outside walls. Delinda and Ryan were roaming the house and checking out what it was doing outside, which I thought was pretty unsafe. I have to say that one of the most unnerving things is to hear sirens going off in your neighborhood. Ryan got the picture above of the hail that started falling at one point. If you can't tell, it's about ping-pong ball sized (you can also see me in the background sitting on the edge of the tub). The storm passed and luckily we had no tornado hit us... just a lot of rain, hail and lightning. It was pretty scary though I wont lie. We even got make it to see the bishop AND the stake president after it blew over and are on our way to getting sealed soon!

Seperation Anxiety

So... we decided it was time.

Big Boy Ben slept in his crib the whole night through for the first time last Saturday. In honor of his triumph, we dressed him in this cute little outfit our friend Erin got us the next day. Boy did he earn that... except for he SLEPT an all nighter. :)

(Look at those juicy cheeks!)

I didn't think I'd have separation anxiety but I did. I missed having the little tyke next to me. When I have him in the bassinet I keep him right close to the bed so I can just sit up and help him out if he needs something. He did so good though, he really is an awesome sleeper. We had him sleep in there again last night... I know it was a while from the last time! A little at a time though okay? Not for him, but for me! ha, ha!

Here are just some cute pictures of him from the past little while. He's getting so big and changing so much. I love it. I look at him everyday and think "you'll never be this small again!"

1. In the first picture he sometimes makes this face when he's not sure if he wants to cry, but I think it's his sneaky way of getting mommy or someone to hold him!
2. he was out in the second picture, such a sleepy bear. I loved how his arms were positioned.
3. I love his hands. They are small and cute.
4. I was trying to feed and burp him and he was TOTALLY asleep, his head was flopping everywhere and he was all hunched over. So cute.
5. Sleeping so soundly in his crib.
6. Showing off his GT pants Jennifer bought him before he was born. I can't wait for her to see the pict in Mongolia!

Mother's Day

It's been pretty busy, and I became forgetful when I got pregnant and it SO hasn't gone away. We didn't ever make Mother's Day a huge deal in our house- because my mom said so. :) She always hated it for some reason... I don't know why. Anyway, because of all of that I forgot to post. So here's my post about my FIRST Mother's Day.

Ben and I were sick still, so I was pretty tired. But Ryan made me breakfast in bed before church and it was yummy. We went to church and then came home and prepared dinner for his parents to join us. Ryan got me a beautiful plant and some GORGEOUS roses and a sweet card. His mom gave me $20 which was extra nice and a wonderful very sweet card. Overall it was a good day. We had an enjoyable time with the Smith's, and I'm even pretty sure Ben said "happy mother's day" to me also!
My nagging pulled off as well... my sweet, suggestive nagging that is. And as an extended Mother's Day gift I came home from the temple the next Tuesday night to this! Not the big diamond ring, but a new wedding band! My wonderful, sweet, HOT, loving husband bought me a new wedding band, and even had our names engraved in it! I sure love that guy of mine. He is a very thoughtful man. And I sure do love my new wedding band! Not that the other one was bad, it was just turning yellow and really didn't compliment the big diamond as well as this one does.
So yeah, I scored for Mother's Day. In SO many ways. I love being a mommy to my Ben. I feel so blessed to have such a beautiful child that my love and I created. We are very lucky parents!