Why is it okay that the summer is quickly vanishing away before our very eyes? It's already closing on the last week of July and it seems like time has just flown by!I stayed home today with my Benny. He had a fever yesterday and ralphed on the way to daycare in the morning. He was fine though once we got there. Then after nap he had another fever, so we had to go pick him up. He had another one at 1am and I've been feeling a little like I'm getting a cold so he and I stayed home. He went down for a morning nap, and about 40 mins after he went down, so did I! And oh...my...gosh... I NEEDED THAT. It was a beautifully perfect nap. The bed was comfy and cool, I slept and didn't worry about needing to make sure I woke up if he did, it rained a little outside which made the snuggling even better.... ah man, it was just what the doctor ordered. We went for a little walk, Ben loves to go outside and took me by the hand to both the front AND back door trying to get me to take him outside. SO we walked up the street with the dog and it was kind of "sprinkling" if you could even call it that. But by the time we got back to the house and the driveway it started to rain again. So it was perfect timing. After his second nap he was pretty grumpy and I think in pain, so after the Ibuprofen kicked in he was happy again. AS you can see above- we did a little coloring too. He's still getting the hang of it, and got bored after a while. But that's okay, "every little bit counts said the old lady as she peed in to the sea" (as my mom says).
DJ came over to hang out tonight and that was great. She's leaving for Chicago soon, and it makes my heart very sad. I love my sister SO much and will miss her immensely. It has been great having her here in Georgia with me. I don't want to talk about it anymore, because I don't feel like crying right now when my nose is already stuffed up.
So what's new? Eh... not much really. Both of us are still working, day by day. Same thing, different day. What keeps us going and happy is our guy. He makes life interesting, exciting, crazy and wonderful. He's getting really good at saying things that sound like what he's really trying to say, like "thank you", "all done", "bee" for tree. His vocabulary is getting bigger but my favorite is still to hear his gibberish talk. Ryan's favorite is when he says "bye-bye!" and waves! He refuses to eat with utensils at daycare, but refuses to eat WITH OUT them here at home! I'm still having the "no eating vegetables" battle with him- but I need to try a different method out. I read in a Parenting magazine to wait until he's STARVED and give him those first. But he's pretty stubborn and I don't want to fight him too much. He'll at least eat the baby food kind- but he's almost a year and a half and getting too old for that. He's getting something though, so I guess that's good. I'm thinking part of his not feeling good today is from getting more teeth. I will be happy when all those little buggers come in- but I think we've got a long way to go. He whined a lot today, so Nichole- I think I know how you feel... a little! I think I'll head to bed, back to work again tomorrow.
